Tis the season for holiday cheer, mistletoe and digital marketing planning for 2017! With all the discussions around digital budgets and strategy for 2017, are you sure your business is utilizing the right channels for your target audience? It’s no secret AdWords and Bing work great for pay-per-click advertising but if paid social platforms are not on your 2017 radar, you … [Read more...] about Social Media Demographic Strategy Tips for 2017
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5 Fast Fixes For Your Holiday PPC Strategy
Months of planning, weeks of implementation, days of scrambling, and one extended "break" hoping it all pays off. With Black Friday and Cyber Monday officially in the books, digital marketers are quickly diving back into the data to see where opportunity lies for December. While the first weekend of the holiday season is a good indicator of PPC account health, there is plenty … [Read more...] about 5 Fast Fixes For Your Holiday PPC Strategy
How To Leverage Micro-Moments To Drive Customers From Engagement To Conversion
The paid search industry has changed dramatically over the past 12 years. When I first began doing PPC full time back in 2004, the prime success metric was click thru rate. Conversion tracking was just beginning to roll out across AdWords and the Quality Score metric didn’t exist. The prevailing mentality of the time was immediacy. Customers ‘wanted it now.’ Advertisers … [Read more...] about How To Leverage Micro-Moments To Drive Customers From Engagement To Conversion
How To Improve AdWords Remarketing Performance With Advanced Strategies
Last month, I discussed how to advance your Display strategies with layered targeting, so I thought I would continue the series with how to improve remarketing performance through advanced strategies and layering. Remarketing has been a typical paid advertising strategy for a long time, but over the years, has been reshaped by new ad types, analytics integrations, and … [Read more...] about How To Improve AdWords Remarketing Performance With Advanced Strategies
Measuring Conversions Post Converted Clicks: Help For Lead Gen Advertisers
Last week fellow PPC Hero Emma Franks wrote a great article about Google’s decision to retire its converted clicks metric. The paid search industry has shifted away from strict adherence to a last click attribution model to more flexible models that consider the entire customer journey. Tracking this journey has led Google to take the step of consolidating all conversion types … [Read more...] about Measuring Conversions Post Converted Clicks: Help For Lead Gen Advertisers
[New Webinar with AdEspresso!] 4 Effective Strategies for Facebook Lead Gen Ads
Have you ever heard someone say that they love filling out a form? Didn’t think so! However, lead forms are an essential in marketing. Facebook Lead Gen ads have made it much easier for users to get more information about your business or products on their mobile phone, without ever having to leave Facebook. With 1.65 billion monthly active users and 90% of those on mobile, … [Read more...] about [New Webinar with AdEspresso!] 4 Effective Strategies for Facebook Lead Gen Ads
On Demand Webinar: 4 Effective Strategies for Facebook Lead Gen Ads
More about this Webinar Have you ever heard someone say that they love filling out a form? Didn’t think so! However, lead forms are an essential in marketing. Facebook Lead Gen ads have made it much easier for users to get more information about your business or products on their mobile phone, without ever having to leave Facebook. With 1.65 billion monthly active users and 90% … [Read more...] about On Demand Webinar: 4 Effective Strategies for Facebook Lead Gen Ads
No Conversions? No Problem. Optimizing When Conversions Are Few And Far Between
PPC is all about optimization. We’re constantly thinking “how can I improve performance? What are my KPIs and goals? What’s the next step?” However, there are instances where the client isn’t tracking conversions (in the traditional sense, anyway) or conversions just don’t happen all that often. In these situations, we have to get creative in how we think about performance and … [Read more...] about No Conversions? No Problem. Optimizing When Conversions Are Few And Far Between
6 Strategies For Targeting Followers With Twitter Ads
Every day, millions of people log into Twitter to discover what’s happening around the world. Whether they’re sifting through headlines, engaging with their community or sharing pertinent news, Twitter is a tailored newsfeed for finding the latest news and content you want to read. Did you know that on average: 9,100 tweets are sent every second (cool visualization) … [Read more...] about 6 Strategies For Targeting Followers With Twitter Ads
Google To Introduce Attribution Model Options For Conversions
Given that the average person spends roughly 5 hours a day online and visits over 10 different sites before converting, attribution modeling represents a vital aspect of account success. While identifying the right attribution model for your account can be a somewhat complex task, implementation within separate AdWords conversions will soon become much more … [Read more...] about Google To Introduce Attribution Model Options For Conversions
Shopping Ads Confession: I Think Custom Labels Are Overrated
I have a confession to make. I rarely use custom labels in Shopping ads. I realize that, in PPC-land, this is akin to admitting I don’t have my attribution models fully worked out per client, or even that I don’t think Enhanced Campaigns were 100% evil (2 more confessions, btw... might as well get them all out there at one time). That being said, you may now stop … [Read more...] about Shopping Ads Confession: I Think Custom Labels Are Overrated
Mastering PPC & Its Impact On Your Overall Marketing Strategy [PPC Hero Live Summit Session!]
With the PPC world growing and evolving by the minute, it’s important to keep your finger on the pulse of the latest developments and advanced strategies that are emerging. Gone are the days where accounts simply run on Google and Bing and nowhere else. In today’s PPC world, there is so much more to take advantage of and so many other platforms where a user can learn about your … [Read more...] about Mastering PPC & Its Impact On Your Overall Marketing Strategy [PPC Hero Live Summit Session!]