I have to admit that I’m guilty of buying into this myth myself. I’ll be setting up a new campaign with super strict cost per acquisition goals, and think “I just can’t afford to waste money on broad!”. This might be a good strategy to begin with, but what happens when you’ve finished building your account, you’re hitting cost goals, but your volume is teeny tiny? This is … [Read more...] about PPC Myth Busting! Myth 5: Broad Match Isn’t Worth Pursuing
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Heroview – PPC Account Structure & Organization
Organization in PPC is essential! Today our Heroview focused on just that: PPC account structure & organization. Cassie Allinger (@CassieAllinger), a Sr SEM Strategist at @dealerdotcom, pulled back the curtain on her organization and account structure techniques & showed us how it's done! Welcome to today’s Heroview, everyone! Real-time interviews featuring PPC experts … [Read more...] about Heroview – PPC Account Structure & Organization
Converting Facebook Leads into Sales
Last year my friend and mentor, Bryan Eisenberg, exposed the biggest lie of pay-per-click marketing: “Keywords don’t fail to convert!!! It’s we who fail to convert visitors from those keywords.” Bryan’s point is that as long as: the keyword phrase is relevant to your business, and the keyword-based ads are relevant enough to your prospects to cause them to click on the … [Read more...] about Converting Facebook Leads into Sales
ABC’s of PPC – A Guide for the Basics!
We’ve been posting some pretty advanced optimization techniques recently at PPC Hero to make sure our audience is getting the next level of PPC advice. That doesn’t mean new advertisers aren’t getting in the paid search game daily or that you all-star vets couldn’t use a little reminder of the basics. The following alphabetical list is going to seem a little simple, but you … [Read more...] about ABC’s of PPC – A Guide for the Basics!
Christmas in July: Considerations for Holiday Planning
The holidays loom for retail marketers, making July the time to start thinking about paid search campaign planning if you want to ensure your efforts are a success. Yes, it might be painful thinking about Black Friday keywords and holiday themed landing pages when the air conditioner is blasting, but it’s important to catch the holiday wave early. Analyzing your … [Read more...] about Christmas in July: Considerations for Holiday Planning
6 Useless PPC Account Audit Techniques
PPC Audits are incredibly useful. At our agency we have Account Mangers audit accounts routinely and they almost always find ways to increase account performance that the lead on the account glossed over. We also perform audits for companies small and large. Unfortunately, as with everything PPC, sometimes these audits are ineffective, or even cause damage. That’s because they … [Read more...] about 6 Useless PPC Account Audit Techniques
Seven Tips For Creating Killer Mobile Landing Pages
Mobile advertising has grown exponentially during the past few years. You can shop, check bank accounts, tweet, play video games and more, all from the comfort of your own smartphone. Thinking back to the first cell phone my father owned, which resembled something like a large brick, it’s hard to believe technology has come so far. For this reason, adapting your website for … [Read more...] about Seven Tips For Creating Killer Mobile Landing Pages
Harvest Keywords & Scale Up with Broad Modified Campaigns and Exact Match Negatives
So if you haven’t already implemented broad match modifier terms into your existing PPC strategy I hope this article will provide some insight and inspiration for taking the plunge. I was recently tasked with reviewing the PPC campaigns in my new role at Ties.com and was both sad and happy with what I found. I was sad to find that there was 1 campaign with 2 ad groups and a … [Read more...] about Harvest Keywords & Scale Up with Broad Modified Campaigns and Exact Match Negatives
UPDATE: Google’s New Ad Rotation Settings are NO LONGER the Devil
Back in May, Google released a new change to their ad rotation settings that set off somewhat of an uproar in the PPC world. That change has been walked back big time, and it's a victory for advertisers. Apologies for the lateness in updating this post. We were too busy celebrating these changes over the past 30 days instead of posting about them. Here are the details of … [Read more...] about UPDATE: Google’s New Ad Rotation Settings are NO LONGER the Devil
Getting Your Ads Right First Time! Case Study: $300 For An Ad?
When it comes to writing ads, even the best of us can be guilty of getting a little lazy. Considering how easy it is to swap ads in and out with AdWords Editor, it’s no wonder that we often just throw some ads up and think we’ll switch out the one that isn’t doing so well once we have some data. However, what if you had an account where you had to pay for every new ad you … [Read more...] about Getting Your Ads Right First Time! Case Study: $300 For An Ad?
Building A Mobile Landing Page With HowToGoMo: A Case Study & A How-To!
Now that you've got Client Buy-In for Mobile and learned about Mobile Landing Page Best Practices, It's time to build a mobile site if you don't have one! If you have a Google Rep, I don't think there's any way you've gotten around hearing all about HowToGoMo. If you or your client don't have the resources for a mobile site, this is A GREAT way to start testing mobile traffic. … [Read more...] about Building A Mobile Landing Page With HowToGoMo: A Case Study & A How-To!
The 25 Most Influential PPC Experts
The paid search industry is full of people blogging, tweeting, and sharing PPC wisdom. But which experts are considered the best of the best- when they speak, we listen? We researched over 100 PPC experts to find out who are the most influential and took into consideration social media networks and connections, blog contributions and publications, speaking engagements, etc.- … [Read more...] about The 25 Most Influential PPC Experts
