Twenty eleven brought us some strange, sometimes shocking, usually funny search queries. The whole Hanapin office had a great time mining our reports to bring you these gems. We had some great WTQ post tributes to icons such as Justin Beiber, J.T., and Wayne & Garth during 2011; but for this month’s What the Query, I wanted to bring you a list of our top 15 search queries … [Read more...] about Best WTQ’s from 2011 – Plus Some Negative Keyword Tips!
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Heroview- PPC Task Optimization with John Lee
Our monthly Twitter interviews, Heroviews, are real-time discussions with PPC industry experts. Today’s Heroview featured John Lee (@John_A_Lee). As Director of Client Services at Clix Marketing and a speaker for our upcoming Hero Conf, John will share some tips on PPC task optimization. With so many levers to pull, it's hard to know what to pull when! PPC Hero: Thanks for … [Read more...] about Heroview- PPC Task Optimization with John Lee
AdWords Graphs Are My Best Friend
A couple weeks ago I wrote an article about desired outcomes in PPC. A big idea behind that article is to know what you are doing and why you are doing. This is a follow-up to that and some advice on how to retrace your steps in an effort to duplicate great account performance of past. I'll also give you some insight into how I go about diagnosing account issues. In my current … [Read more...] about AdWords Graphs Are My Best Friend
Ad Testing Made Easy: Getting Over Challenges for Necessity
The final installment to this month’s PPC Hero series on Ad Testing Made Easy will focus on covering why ad testing can be difficult and why it is so important to keep at the top of the priority list in lieu of those challenges. Challenges Getting Started It’s probably obvious based on the previous three installments in the series that one of the major challenges in ad … [Read more...] about Ad Testing Made Easy: Getting Over Challenges for Necessity
Facebook Ad Autopsy
When most people think of testing results for Facebook Ads, they think in terms of boosting click-throughs -- getting higher response rate by using the right picture and saying the right things. But that's an incomplete picture. Don't get me wrong: boosting CTR IS a good thing, but your goal should be to optimize the total process, at each stage of the client acquisition … [Read more...] about Facebook Ad Autopsy
Matt Lawson to Speak at Hero Conf
We are proud to have Matt Lawson, Vice President of Marketing at Marin Software, as a recently confirmed Hero Conf 2012 speaker. Register for Hero Conf by the 16th of January, and we will send you a free Display Network white paper, “Navigating the Google Display Network: How to Succeed and Gain Conversions” (limited to the first 25). Hero Conf is a paid search conference on … [Read more...] about Matt Lawson to Speak at Hero Conf
5 New Year Account Analyzation Tips
It's a new year, and that means you've got another year's worth of data in your PPC account. Don't let this valuable data just sit there, it's time for your annual new year analyzations! Account Executive, Sarah Storm (winner of coolest name in the office), tells you 5 tips for your new year account analyzations! And, for this week's WYKW, I've included the transcripts below … [Read more...] about 5 New Year Account Analyzation Tips
Letter from the CEO – “Maybe we should uh, call ourselves the Febreeze brothers because it’s feeling so fresh right now.”
2011 ended on a high note! Here are some big highlights from last year, from both Hanapin and PPC Hero: We moved into our newly renovated downtown office in the Certified Technology Park. We hired 16 new employees, pushing our head count to 22. We grew revenue by double-digits for the seventh consecutive year. I was awarded Entrepreneur of the Year at the 7th Annual Fuse … [Read more...] about Letter from the CEO – “Maybe we should uh, call ourselves the Febreeze brothers because it’s feeling so fresh right now.”
Delivering on the Look After the Leap
Back when e-commerce was relatively new, one of the go-to best practices for improving usability and conversion was to consistently tell visitors what would happen next. So you would: write embedded links so that visitors could reliably tell where they would land after the jump explicitly state what would happen as a result of filling out and submitting a lead form (we'll … [Read more...] about Delivering on the Look After the Leap
Only Two Days Left on Hero Conf $100 Holiday Discount!
Register for Hero Conf now to receive the Hero Conf holiday $100 discount before it expires on December 31, 2011. Use the discount code “Jingle” to receive the $100 in savings off of the regular conference price. That’s only $350 for the general conference pass or $1,220 for the conference and workshop! This paid search conference will allow to you to focus on PPC without … [Read more...] about Only Two Days Left on Hero Conf $100 Holiday Discount!
Rocket Science? No. Scientific? Yes.
So I saw this “meh” ad on my wife’s Facebook page, and thought it would make a pretty good example of “Things to Test on Your Facebook Ads.” But before I list off everything that could probably be improved or might be worth testing, here are a few things that are well done, or at least OK: The orange “Button” on the lady’s head provides enough visual prominence to at least … [Read more...] about Rocket Science? No. Scientific? Yes.
Hero Conf Agenda is Announced!
The PPC Hero and Hanapin Marketing team is proud to unveil the 2012 Hero Conf Agenda! Day 1 of the conference will include a variety of exciting sessions on topics ranging from Retargeting to Advanced Mobile Marketing to a Landing Page Clinic. Day 2 will include informative one-on-one workshops with the PPC Hero team. Check out the full list of speakers here, and check out … [Read more...] about Hero Conf Agenda is Announced!
