This week, the Hanapin team got together and sat down for our monthly Redbop training session. One of the topics we covered was the psychology aspect of search marketing, including search intent. Our presentation brought up the point of session based broad match queries and advanced location targeting, and I’d like to share some of that information with you. Session Based … [Read more...] about Search Intent: Session Based Broad & Advanced Location Targeting
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Modified Broad Match, Understood
One of my favorite movies of recent memory is Wedding Crashers, and while looking for a picture to put on Facebook to mock a friend, I stumbled upon a picture of Todd Cleary, the misunderstood son of the powerful Cleary family. Laughing to myself, I saved the pic to get back to work. Later, while puzzling over why my broad match keywords were getting impressions in an account, … [Read more...] about Modified Broad Match, Understood
Ad Writing Tips for a New Account
Welcome to part 3 of our series ‘Starting an AdWords Account From Scratch.’ In this article, we’ll be covering ad writing. Your ad groups won’t start triggering impressions until you have at least one active ad running. Read on for best practices and writing ideas. The Importance of Great Ads: Thorough keyword research and a tightly knit structure will be useless without … [Read more...] about Ad Writing Tips for a New Account
PPC Campaign Structure Basics & Best Practices
This is part 2 of our week-long series on starting an AdWords account from scratch. The series will walk you though each step of the process, from creating your initial keyword list to activating your campaigns. Give us 5 days and we’ll teach you how to start you very own AdWords account! Ready to start filling your designer handbags with the millions of dollars made from the … [Read more...] about PPC Campaign Structure Basics & Best Practices
Diagnosing a Problem Account
At some point in our tenure as a PPC account manager, we all encounter an account that just seems flat out stuck. Conversions start to steadily decrease, click-through rate starts to slide, and if you’re especially unlucky you’ll start seeing your traffic numbers stall too. I recently had an account that had all these problems for no easily identifiable reason, and thought it … [Read more...] about Diagnosing a Problem Account
Dealing With Google AdWords and Analytics Data Discrepancies
A few months ago I wrote a guest post for Portent Interactive about the data discrepancies between Google AdWords and Analytics. It's still something I deal with every day when trying to analyze and make account decisions and I wanted to share this post with our readers. In a touching speech by President Jack Nicholson, he asks alien invaders “Why can't we work out our … [Read more...] about Dealing With Google AdWords and Analytics Data Discrepancies
The History of AdWords Quality Score and Periodic Changes
Quality Score wasn’t always in place. In fact, AdWords existed for quite some time before Google decided it was time to pump up the quality of ads. Early Days of Quality Score Prior to the introduction of Quality Score, bidding was a simpler process. An advertiser’s maximum bid for a keyword was multiplied by the click-through rate (CTR). The highest result was placed in … [Read more...] about The History of AdWords Quality Score and Periodic Changes
5 AdWords PPC Areas I ‘Take With a Grain of Salt’
I’ve noticed a lot of PPC discussions lately where ‘take it with a grain of salt’ seems to be the answer. As search engines continue to expand ideas and opportunities for PPC marketers to use, it’s important that we realize, not everything is going to work the best and sometimes there’s no real way around an issue other than to get down to the nitty-gritty fundamentals. The … [Read more...] about 5 AdWords PPC Areas I ‘Take With a Grain of Salt’
Lower Your Cost Per Acquisition By Advertising On 7Search
This is part 3 of PPC Hero's advertising expansion series, focusing on improving return on investment by advertising through multiple channels. Today we have a post written by one of our PPC Hero allies at 7Search, one of the first search engines to use pay-per-click sponsored links. Life Was Easy Back in ‘98... For those that have been around in the Paid Search Marketing … [Read more...] about Lower Your Cost Per Acquisition By Advertising On 7Search
Bring More Visitors To Your Site By Advertising on eZanga
This is part 2 of PPC Hero's advertising expansion series, focusing on improving return on investment by advertising through multiple channels. Today we have a post written by one of our PPC Hero allies at eZanga, the developer of one of the most advanced systems to detect and deter click fraud in online advertising. Whether it is a B2B or B2C company, eZanga.com has the … [Read more...] about Bring More Visitors To Your Site By Advertising on eZanga
Four Reasons to Trust a Life Scientist with Your PPC Account
This is the second post of a series called "why to trust a (insert stereotype) with your PPC account." The first post profiled Amy, the "farmer's daughter," and this post profiles Jessica Niver, an Account Supervisor at Hanapin and the "life scientist." First, it would probably help to define a life scientist. Life sciences "comprise all fields of science that involve the … [Read more...] about Four Reasons to Trust a Life Scientist with Your PPC Account
Four Reasons to Trust a Farmer’s Daughter with Your PPC Account
This is the first post of a series called "why to trust a (insert stereotype) with your PPC account." It's the brainchild of Amy Hoffman, one of Hanapin's Account Supervisors and our first profile! Let me first give you a bit of background: In March, we wrote a series called "Behind the Curtain: Uncovering Amazing Search Marketers." Its focus was on Hanapin's job interview … [Read more...] about Four Reasons to Trust a Farmer’s Daughter with Your PPC Account
