Last week PPC Hero's own Eric Couch detailed how to make display campaigns with higher quality traffic using category exclusions. On the back of his post I thought I'd set up a case study in one of my accounts and actually try to make higher quality display campaigns. How did I get on you ask? Read on... What I did: I won't rehash old ground with a complete run down of … [Read more...] about Case Study: Boosting Display Campaign Traffic Quality
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The Power of Universal Analytics In the Palm of Your Hand
How many times have you been sifting through mounds of Google Analytics data and thought to yourself “I wish I could just pre-filter this data to include the stuff I really want?” If the answer is even once, you’ll like what Google’s bringing to the table this month. Universal Analytics is Google’s answer to our requests for a more customizable set of data to import and … [Read more...] about The Power of Universal Analytics In the Palm of Your Hand
Full Value of Mobile – A Dream Coming True?
Earlier this week Google announced the Full Value of Mobile Initiative. As Google puts it, people take a variety of online and offline actions on their smartphones, including calling a business, downloading an app, looking for directions to a store, or starting research about products/services that lead to a purchase on another device. But marketers do still not completely … [Read more...] about Full Value of Mobile – A Dream Coming True?
Google Grants Us Mobile Specific Value Tracking
We complained and Google listened. As the Enhanced Campaign migration is underway, the Googs have responded to our concerns about existing in a world of all-device campaigns. One solution they are bringing to the table involves parameters in the Value Track tool. Value Track is an AdWords keyword level URL-tagging feature that allows you to gain insights from all sorts of … [Read more...] about Google Grants Us Mobile Specific Value Tracking
Starting PPC For eCommerce Sites: A Beginner’s Handbook Part 3 (Final)
You’ve come up with the perfect eCommerce site. Maybe you got in on a great wholesale deal for miniature furniture for dollhouses. Maybe you spin your own yarn out of your angora bunny’s hair and it’s selling like proverbial hot cakes. But, you seem to have reached your limit for growth through the marketing channels (or lack thereof) you’re already using. Someone or … [Read more...] about Starting PPC For eCommerce Sites: A Beginner’s Handbook Part 3 (Final)
Bid Management: From Basic To Advanced
For this month's series PPC Hero decided to go back to the basics, but with a twist. We'll be tackling all of the standard best practices for bids, ads, and keywords. But we'll also share some of our personal insights about what works, what doesn't, and what you can apply to your own accounts. One of the first things you learn about PPC is bid management. It's built into the … [Read more...] about Bid Management: From Basic To Advanced
Niche vs. Big Competitors: How to Level the Playing Field
Today's post is from PPC Hero Ally, Jacob Sterrett. Jacob Sterrett is the digital marketing specialist for Pioneer Services. Jacob graduated from Northwest Missouri State University with a double major in Business Management and Marketing. He has been working in the PPC field for two years and he is Google and Bing certified in paid search. --- There are plenty of small … [Read more...] about Niche vs. Big Competitors: How to Level the Playing Field
Easily Increase Sales With Assisted Impressions & Clicks
Google has recently added search funnel data as a column in the AdWords interface. This data allows you to modify bids based on an impact a keyword has on both direct conversions (which have always been counting in the conversions column) and indirectly through a click that eventually led to a conversion through a different keyword or even an ad that got an impression from a … [Read more...] about Easily Increase Sales With Assisted Impressions & Clicks
Tap into Foreign Markets With International PPC Campaigns
Want to reach further with your marketing? An international PPC campaign can be a key part of getting the word out about your product or service. Overseas consumers are coming online at an incredible rate. According to Internet World Stats, the Middle East and Africa have the fastest growing online populations, while Asia accounts for 44.8 per cent of internet users. A … [Read more...] about Tap into Foreign Markets With International PPC Campaigns
Search Funnels Have Arrived in the AdWords Interface. Use Them.
Lost amid last week’s reactions to Google’s new Enhanced Campaigns was a pretty nifty enhancement to the Google interface. Search funnel information is now available for inclusion in the AdWords reporting, right alongside the rest of your data. As long as you have conversion tracking active in your account, you can add in these columns to get even more insight to how your ads … [Read more...] about Search Funnels Have Arrived in the AdWords Interface. Use Them.
The Beginner’s Checklist of What To Do in the First Month of Your AdWords Optimization: Part 3
This month Andrew Lolk of White Shark Media joins PPC Hero as a guest blogger to discuss his personal tips for optimizing a PPC account within the first month. This is part 2 see here, for part 1 see here. -------------------------------------------------- This is a three-part series that helps you identify the areas of optimization during the first month of your Google … [Read more...] about The Beginner’s Checklist of What To Do in the First Month of Your AdWords Optimization: Part 3
The Beginner’s Checklist of What To Do in the First Month of Your AdWords Optimization: Part 2
This month Andrew Lolk of White Shark Media joins PPC Hero as a guest blogger to discuss his personal tips for optimizing a PPC account within the first month. This is part 2, for part 1 see here. -------------------------------------------------- This is a three-part series that helps you identify the areas of optimization during the first month of your Google AdWords … [Read more...] about The Beginner’s Checklist of What To Do in the First Month of Your AdWords Optimization: Part 2