A week ago I posted a survey asking all of you what your favorite Google AdWords report was. More importantly, I also asked, "Why?" As promised, today I'm going to share the results of that survey. Favorite AdWords Reports By the Numbers Search Query Performance: 54% Placement Performance: 23% Ad Group Performance: 8% Campaign Performance: 8% Placement/Keyword … [Read more...] about Our Readers Have Spoken! Learn What AdWords Report Was Voted as Your Favorite
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The Google Guillotine Has Fallen Again With the Removal of Cross Channel Tracking
This must be "death to good Google ideas" week. Yesterday they announced that Pay-Per-Action will be removed from AdWords in August. Today I received an email from Google telling me that Cross Channel Tracking is being removed, too! Cross Channel Tracking was a relatively simple way for advertisers to track conversions from 3rd party sources within AdWords. With the … [Read more...] about The Google Guillotine Has Fallen Again With the Removal of Cross Channel Tracking
Lead Quality of Google’s Pay-Per-Action: Good or Bad?
It's been a while since we discussed Google Adwords' pay-per-action (PPA) beta test. There was much debate when PPA was launched last year. Some heralded PPA has the future of paid search, while others snubbed their noses and said it would never work. Since last year I've been experimenting with this new distribution option with varied results. Recently, there have been … [Read more...] about Lead Quality of Google’s Pay-Per-Action: Good or Bad?
Learn How to Humanize Your Marketing in a Free Webinar
One of the most difficult elements of marketing is discovering how to relate to your customers on a personal level. When you learn to build a personal relationship with your customers, your business will reap the rewards. Our friends at Compendium Blogware and Vontoo are masters at helping businesses do just that. People like people. People buy from people. It's as simple as … [Read more...] about Learn How to Humanize Your Marketing in a Free Webinar
Manage Big, Complicated PPC Campaigns with Less Frustration!
Just in case you missed the "Managing Big, Complicated PPC Campaigns," webinar featuring David Szetela, (pronounced za-tell-uh), I have provided a quick recap of David’s tips and guidelines here. What consists of a big and complicated PPC account you ask? You have 10,000+ keywords, dozens to thousands of ad groups, you’re managing your account on multiple search engines, you … [Read more...] about Manage Big, Complicated PPC Campaigns with Less Frustration!
PPC News Roundup for June 12, 2008
If you run PPC campaigns that target markets around the world, this post is a must read. Kerstin Baker-Ash does a great job of summarizing tactics, pitfalls and the subtleties of language barriers. Have you used the AdWords Preview Tool? Most of us have, but the Rimm-Kaufman blog would argue that you may be misinterpreting it's use. The argument is that some advertisers … [Read more...] about PPC News Roundup for June 12, 2008
The Honeymoon Is Over – My Infatuation with Google is Waning
For the longest time, I've admittedly been one of those search marketers that's always praising the almighty Google. Every new product was the best thing ever, and the mantra of "do no evil" rang true. This infatuation even bled into my mindset concerning the other search engines. Because I was courting Google, Yahoo! and MSN became second rate hacks that deserved my scorn. … [Read more...] about The Honeymoon Is Over – My Infatuation with Google is Waning
Realize a Higher ROI by Creating, Reading and Understanding Goal Funnel Reports
At the core of any successful search marketing campaign is clearly defined goals, and tracking and measuring of these goals. This week have been discussing how to use Google Analytics to enhance your PPC performance and today I'll explore how goal funnels can help increase conversions and your ROI. First, in order to utilize goal funnels within Analytics, you'll need to … [Read more...] about Realize a Higher ROI by Creating, Reading and Understanding Goal Funnel Reports
From 19 Leads to 95. Turn Your PPC Account into a Lead Generating Machine!
Today I’d like to share with you some tactics that I’ve used personally to help turn one of my pay-per-click accounts around from generating 19 leads per month to 95 leads per month in a short period of time! Tip #1: Perfect your landing page: This is the starting point in giving users a great experience and becoming a trustworthy site. A lot of our clients are very open to … [Read more...] about From 19 Leads to 95. Turn Your PPC Account into a Lead Generating Machine!
Increase Customer Retention with Simple Social Networking
If you’ve sat in a marketing meeting lately you may have heard the ever evolving question of online marketing today, “How can we add social networking to our site?” Google may have mastered a way to do this, and it’s a very simple process. It’s a new program my Google rep emailed us today called, ‘Google Friend Connect’ that’s currently available for preview only. Release date … [Read more...] about Increase Customer Retention with Simple Social Networking
A Quick Review & Expansion on “Best Paid Search Practices”
Whenever the PPC Hero team attends a webinar or an actual real-life seminar, listens to a podcast, or reads a case study/white paper, we like to share a summary of what we've learned, a critique on the information provided, and additional resources for further research. I recently read "Paid Search Best Practices: 10 Tips to SEM Success" by Joe Soltis at Fathom SEO (you can get … [Read more...] about A Quick Review & Expansion on “Best Paid Search Practices”
Want A Free Pass to Pay Per Click Summit?
Think you have the best search marketing strategy? PPC Summit is calling all Internet marketers to submit your proven technique or strategy that helped increase your conversions. Winner gets a FREE PASS to PPC Summit. Take note: the deadline is May 12th! Just answer these two questions to enter: Question #1: What Increased Your Search Marketing ROI Last Year? Question #2: … [Read more...] about Want A Free Pass to Pay Per Click Summit?
