If you haven’t decided if DoubleClick Bid Manager is right for your accounts or need some basic information, read this article first. It gives an overview of what the platform offers, account organization, the creative approval process, pixel set up and basic targeting options. In this post, we will identify a few strategies to get started or expand in the platform. We’re … [Read more...] about Initial Strategies For DoubleClick Bid Manager
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Ensure Your Display Network Conversions Are Legitimate
The Google Display Network (GDN) is an excellent way to improve brand awareness. The GDN can also be a way to get your ads in front of new customers in order to gain additional leads and/or sales. When you are focused on brand awareness it is important to frequently run placement reports to review the quality of traffic. Oftentimes, we see conversions and do not think twice … [Read more...] about Ensure Your Display Network Conversions Are Legitimate
Google’s Search Rater Guide Shares How Google Ranks Websites
On November 12th of this year, Google published a 160-page comprehensive guide used to train search raters at Google. This guide is by far the most complete list of instructions that Google has ever openly published outlining how websites are rated. Before we dive in, it is important to explain the purpose of this document. Google uses actual human beings, not an algorithm … [Read more...] about Google’s Search Rater Guide Shares How Google Ranks Websites
3 Steps For Troubleshooting Conversion Tracking Issues
Issues with conversion tracking will throw off any campaign. As simple as it is, small issues may lead to inaccurate counts or no tracking at all. So what do you do when an issue pops up? Oftentimes there are worries about the technical side of the problem. Thankfully, you only need to understand the basics of conversion tracking to solve almost all of your … [Read more...] about 3 Steps For Troubleshooting Conversion Tracking Issues
Tips For Being More Strategic With Your Clients
A few weeks back I wrote about the consultative approach and how it can be used to manage PPC accounts more strategically. Our key stakeholders expect us to be a strategic business partner who proactively pushes their business forward through the use of paid search. What they don’t want is a reactive partner who’s just ‘awaiting orders’ before proceeding ahead with tasks and … [Read more...] about Tips For Being More Strategic With Your Clients
How To Integrate Structured Snippets Into Your Account
You’ve probably heard by now that there’s a new ad extension in town – structured snippets. Perhaps you’ve had some time to experiment with them, or perhaps you haven’t. With it being an avenue for some additional real estate on Google’s search results pages, it’s certainly worth investigating. Below, I’ll walk you through structured snippets, explain what they are and how you … [Read more...] about How To Integrate Structured Snippets Into Your Account
5 Steps For Creating A Solid PPC Competitor Strategy
Analyzing the PPC competitive landscape can help provide key insight into performance trends and determine how your ads stack up to competition. By not taking the time to analyze PPC competitors, you could be missing out on huge gaps in your program that could leave your account vulnerable to deep-pocketed competitors driving up costs and stealing impression share. Below, we … [Read more...] about 5 Steps For Creating A Solid PPC Competitor Strategy
AdWords Redefines “Conversions” – Are You Still Tracking What You Thought You Were?
One of the main ways to ensure your PPC campaigns are meeting goals is to use conversion data. As obvious as this may sound, Google hasn’t always made it easy because they report on many different flavors of “conversion” and they have changed the naming conventions and definitions a few times in the last 3 years. With their most recent change to the definition of “conversions” … [Read more...] about AdWords Redefines “Conversions” – Are You Still Tracking What You Thought You Were?
How A Lead Gen Strategy Increased PPC Revenue For An Ecommerce Account
As digital marketers, it’s important to always be thinking of new ways to generate revenue for your clients or business. While you are reading up about the latest PPC feature to test in your account, you might not realize that you probably already have valuable tools at your disposal. Below I will discuss how one company created online marketing synergy by using a lead … [Read more...] about How A Lead Gen Strategy Increased PPC Revenue For An Ecommerce Account
Be A Strategic Partner By Adopting The Consultative Approach
I’ve noticed a philosophical shift regarding my client’s expectations of their PPC partner relationships. They want their agency partner to be more strategic in their approach. Whether it’s an existing client who’s providing us feedback or a prospect who’s looking to change agencies, the feedback has been nearly identical. We hear statements like: "We're happy with our … [Read more...] about Be A Strategic Partner By Adopting The Consultative Approach
How to Build a Solid CRO Strategy
With new clients, new websites, and concluding of previous tests, the need for a testing and CRO strategy never stops being important. Creating a structured plan for your Conversion Rate Optimization strategy will align the goals and ensure the process will run smoothly. There are four key components to form a strategy: Gather all information Collect data Put all the … [Read more...] about How to Build a Solid CRO Strategy
5 Ways Conversion Reporting Could Be Misleading Your Optimizations
Are you confident the conversions being reported in your account are correct? Each PPC platform reports conversions slightly different and if you’re not clear on how your conversions are reporting, you could be optimizing toward the wrong conversion metrics. Below we will identify five areas where your PPC accounts could be giving you misleading conversion information and tips … [Read more...] about 5 Ways Conversion Reporting Could Be Misleading Your Optimizations
