Google announced yesterday the release of the new Estimated Total Conversions for search ads in AdWords. This first part of the release, cross-device conversion tracking, will help provide advertisers with estimates on how AdWords search performance influences conversions for businesses across multiple devices and eventually phone and in-store conversions. Google said this day … [Read more...] about AdWords Cross-Device Estimates. Good or Bad?
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Case Study: 78% Lower CPAs With Dynamic Remarketing
In the final part of our September 'dynamic' series we're going to look at dynamic remarketing and how it has fared for us so far. We've already looked at Dynamic Search Ads, Dynamic Keyword Insertion, Using AdWords Scripts, and Bing's Dynamic Parameters. ----- Back in August we took a dive into some of the most recent feature changes in Google AdWords. The one that most … [Read more...] about Case Study: 78% Lower CPAs With Dynamic Remarketing
PPC Reality Vs. PPC Theater
Disclosure: The idea for this post from Chiefmartec.com who gave a great argument against big fancy dashboards that pump data into your brain and for strategic data that helps you make good choices. I see this type of PPC Theater when looking at reports from other agencies, when trying to peel back data I am sent from clients and even internally, at times, when we are talking … [Read more...] about PPC Reality Vs. PPC Theater
Webinar Recording – Man vs Machine: The Automation Debate
Join renowned PPC experts Matt van Wagner and Neil Sorensen as they tackle the PPC automation debate in our latest #ThinkPPC webinar discussion, moderated by our own Sean Quadlin. Due to some technical difficulties we do not have a video for you from this webinar, however, we do still have the audio and power point slides! Bonus Questions and Answers with Sean … [Read more...] about Webinar Recording – Man vs Machine: The Automation Debate
PPC & SEO Unite with the New Paid & Organic Report in AdWords
AdWords has done it again with the release of another amazing new report that will allow online marketers to analyze and optimize your paid & organic search traffic directly in AdWords. The data is pulled via Webmaster tools and populated in your AdWords account so you don’t have to be using Google Analytics to view the paid & organic traffic. The PPC and SEO gloves … [Read more...] about PPC & SEO Unite with the New Paid & Organic Report in AdWords
The PPC Meeting Survival Guide
Some of my favorite topics on this blog deal with case studies analyzing account performance in painstaking detail. It makes sense - this is an intensely data-driven line of work, often requiring hours of analysis. But it's important that we don't lose sight of the other facets of this job, like long-term account strategy, expansion, and (in this case) how to have a great PPC … [Read more...] about The PPC Meeting Survival Guide
Get More From Google Adwords Dynamic Search Ads
Today’s post comes from PPC Hero Ally Hayley Coutinho. Hayley is a Paid Search Consultant at Receptional, one of the UK’s longest running digital marketing agencies. On a day to day basis, Hayley is the manager of various client accounts, both small and large scale, across several industries. -- Google's Dynamic Search Ads (DSA) program was first launched in beta in late … [Read more...] about Get More From Google Adwords Dynamic Search Ads
3 Events You Must Start Tracking In Analytics
Paid search and Google Analytics work hand in hand in so many ways (including right there in the AdWords interface). This month’s series week is all about how you can make the most of Analytics in your account, whether that’s with content experiments, event tracking or custom reporting. We’re going to find all of the ways that you can get even more insight into the clicks … [Read more...] about 3 Events You Must Start Tracking In Analytics
6 Cool New Advertising Options In Google AdWords
It seems like it's been a crazy few weeks at the Googleplex with the amount of new features that have been added into AdWords. We're going to take a quick look into 6 of the different features available that you might not have heard of and want to get set up in your account. RLSA - Remarketing Lists for Search Ads What is it? RLSA stands for Remarketing Lists for Search … [Read more...] about 6 Cool New Advertising Options In Google AdWords
RLSA & Why Tablet Targeting Isn’t Dead
Today's post is brought to you by PPC Hero Ally Thomas Hertkorn. Thomas is currently Head of SEM at Netlead GmbH & Co. KG, SEM in Berlin (Germany), specializes in PPC consulting, automation of large PPC accounts and has over 6 years of experience in Online Marketing. You can reach him @ThomasHertkorn -- Imagine you have a online shop that sells only tablet cases, where … [Read more...] about RLSA & Why Tablet Targeting Isn’t Dead
Facebook Reports Get an Extreme Makeover
Facebook has finally decided to make our lives in the PPC world a little easier for a change with the recent updates to the Reports in the Facebook Ad Manager. Facebook now allows you to select all the columns you want including: ad performance, spend, URL conversions, unique clicks, unique click through rate (CTR), cost per unique click, cost per 1,000 people reached, and … [Read more...] about Facebook Reports Get an Extreme Makeover
Save Time With The Ten Minute PPC Audit
It's series week on PPC Hero and we continue our run-down of time-saving techniques we've adopted in the past 12 months. This week Eric has already looked at building out your account and Carrie has dived into quick and dirty quality score techniques. Today we're going to look at the ten minute 'sense-check' audit. ---- A well-researched, in-depth audit of a PPC account can … [Read more...] about Save Time With The Ten Minute PPC Audit