When setting up a PPC account one of the first things you should consider is how to determine account success. Asking yourself this question is imperative to ensuring your efforts and dollars are valuable and resulting in revenue. Setting Up Conversion Tracking If you are a retail business you will likely want to track your shopping cart thank you/order confirmation page … [Read more...] about Why We Track Conversions And How To Implement
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Now Available: Bid Optimization For High Valued Conversions
Previously in AdWords you could set bid strategies that focused on conversions at the campaign level, as seen below: Now, AdWords allows you to focus your bidding strategies on certain types of conversions that are more valuable to your company. What Does This Mean For You? Let's say for example your site is tracking sales and free catalog sign-ups. If you were … [Read more...] about Now Available: Bid Optimization For High Valued Conversions
Google AdWords Introduces Website Call Conversions
Have you been having a rough time tracking your calls that come in from your Google AdWords advertisements? Or have you been able to track the amount of calls that came through the AdWords ad to website path through another source, but it only tracks the amount of calls and not what keyword or ad the call came from? Conversion tracking when someone calls the website … [Read more...] about Google AdWords Introduces Website Call Conversions
Quality vs. Quantity of PPC Conversions: A Case Study
As pay per click professionals we’re faced with the age-old dilemma of balancing how many leads we produce for our clients vs. the quality of those leads. In many instances, we must sacrifice quality of lead in order to produce quantity and vice versa. The question that seems to come up in discussions with my colleagues is what to focus on first, quality or quantity? Today I … [Read more...] about Quality vs. Quantity of PPC Conversions: A Case Study
5 Strategies For Dealing With Restricted PPC Budgets
We’ve all seen it: the little orange text saying, “limited by budget” next to your campaign. The red alert that Google uses to say, “hey, you’re limiting your campaigns!” Unfortunately, we can’t always choose when we can open budget up, and we aren’t always able to expand budgets even when performance is great. These 5 strategies will help you make the most of these … [Read more...] about 5 Strategies For Dealing With Restricted PPC Budgets
Advanced ABCs of PPC – Terminology & Strategies to Remember
In the spirit of last week’s blog series, I’d like to take our readers back to school with a revisited paid search alphabet. I published a similar post back in August 2012, but I mainly focused on general and/or beginner-level terms. This time around I’ll uncover some more advanced PPC terminology and concepts to keep in mind as you manage your paid search campaigns. Class is … [Read more...] about Advanced ABCs of PPC – Terminology & Strategies to Remember
The Schedule is Now Live for Hero Conf Conversion Summit!
PPC Heroes, the full conference schedule for Hero Conf Conversion Summit is now posted! Explore the sessions, speakers and exciting venues and don't miss your chance to be part of an all new series of Hero Conf Summits, designed for serious marketers in competitive markets. Hero Conf Conversion Summit will feature world-class experts from brands you trust speaking to the many … [Read more...] about The Schedule is Now Live for Hero Conf Conversion Summit!
Presenting the Science and Magic of CRO at Hero Conf Conversion Summit
PPC Heroes understand the implications of unsuccessful ad campaigns. Clients and management want results and the techniques to continually reproduce them. So, we're diving deep into the details of conversion rate optimization and taking a different approach than your typical conversion conference. Hero Conf Conversion Summit will focus on both the technical AND creative side … [Read more...] about Presenting the Science and Magic of CRO at Hero Conf Conversion Summit
How Seller Ratings Helped Increase Conversions by 50%
Ever wonder how to get those star ratings to show up under your ads in Google? Those star ratings are called Seller Ratings Extensions and in a digital shopping world where consumer feedback and ratings are king, seller ratings can help increase conversions, click through rate and conversion rates. Below we will explore how seller ratings work, how to get started, … [Read more...] about How Seller Ratings Helped Increase Conversions by 50%
Still on PLAs? How to Migrate to Google Shopping
Welcome to this month’s series week on PPC Hero! We’ll be focusing on all things eCommerce, letting you know how to fine-tune your campaigns and where opportunity lies. So sit back and learn strategies for boosting your sales and ROI. Google is retiring PLAs (Product Listing Ads) in August and accounts running them will be upgraded to Google Shopping campaigns. Google … [Read more...] about Still on PLAs? How to Migrate to Google Shopping
Hero Conf Tackles Conversion, and You’re Invited!
When you get so many PPC Heroes together in one place, things are bound to get interesting. Hero Conf 2014 in Austin was incredible and we're still reeling from the overwhelmingly positive response. We’ve decided to channel that energy into something amazing. We’re so excited to announce a brand new event from Hanapin Marketing: An intimate Hero Conf-style summit, specifically … [Read more...] about Hero Conf Tackles Conversion, and You’re Invited!
Hero Conf Tackles Conversion, and You’re Invited!
When you get so many PPC Heroes together in one place, things are bound to get interesting. Hero Conf 2014 in Austin was incredible and we're still reeling from the overwhelmingly positive response. We’ve decided to channel that energy into something amazing. We’re so excited to announce a brand new event from Hanapin Marketing: An intimate Hero Conf-style summit, specifically … [Read more...] about Hero Conf Tackles Conversion, and You’re Invited!