For years, PPC marketers have avoided Broad Match keywords. They are notorious for matching irrelevant search terms alongside relevant ones. This imprecision stems from Close Variant matching, which includes matching a searcher's intent, synonyms, plurals, or misspellings. While Broad Match keywords can extend your reach well beyond that of Phrase or Exact Match keywords, the … [Read more...] about How to safely use Broad Match keywords
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How Social Platforms Are Tackling Ad Fatigue
Ad fatigue is a modern-day phenomenon that social media marketers can’t afford to ignore. It occurs when users become disengaged or even irritated by seeing the same or too many ads, leading to lower engagement rates and diminishing returns on ad spend. As users are bombarded with marketing messages every day, ad fatigue has become an issue that social platforms must address … [Read more...] about How Social Platforms Are Tackling Ad Fatigue
Everything I’ve learned conducting 912 FB & LinkedIn ad account audits in 8 years
When I joined Hootsuite & AdEspresso as a Facebook and LinkedIn ads expert back in 2016, I already had about 6 years of experience running Facebook ads. My journey started before Facebook even had a conversion pixel! Despite that, I learned fresh, invaluable insights from all the ad account audits I ever conducted. At the time of writing, I've conducted over 912 Facebook … [Read more...] about Everything I’ve learned conducting 912 FB & LinkedIn ad account audits in 8 years
Apple Search Ads: Past, Present, and Future
Every good search marketer is always looking for alternative channels to get better results for clients. Most of us tend to stick to the top two or three options — Google Ads or Meta, or perhaps we'll add LinkedIn or Microsoft into the mix. These channels are often already overly saturated, and it’s always useful to look at other options. Any alternative to the mainstream is … [Read more...] about Apple Search Ads: Past, Present, and Future
Building Links to Your Website Using PPC
Building links - the act of getting other websites to link to yours in order to increase search engine visibility and get referral traffic - can generally fall into two methodologies: PPC - in particular Google Search Ads - can be a useful tool for organic link building. The high-level process for using Google Ads to build links runs as follows: I’ll now break down … [Read more...] about Building Links to Your Website Using PPC
How to run branding campaigns with a performance mindset
In the world of digital marketing (especially when you are working at an agency), a recurring challenge is how to convince clients of the value of branding campaigns when they are primarily focused on performance metrics. When operating on a limited budget, the majority of it will go towards performance campaigns. If you do get the chance to run branding campaigns, you … [Read more...] about How to run branding campaigns with a performance mindset
Five Ways AI Can Improve Copywriting and PPC Performance
As AI begins to shape the landscape of digital marketing, content managers, copywriters, and digital marketers are starting to explore its potential applications for copywriting. It's been predicted that AI would take over a lot of the grunt work associated with creating and managing content - from doing basic research to developing detailed editorial calendars. Others … [Read more...] about Five Ways AI Can Improve Copywriting and PPC Performance
5 Crucial Considerations for YouTube Advertising in 2024
With users and daily views in the billions, YouTube is a video platform to rival any streaming service. This also makes it one of Google’s most lucrative sources of ad inventory. YouTube advertising recorded $8.66 billion in revenue in just the second quarter of 2024. Businesses look at numbers like that and see potential customers, but is the juice really worth the squeeze? … [Read more...] about 5 Crucial Considerations for YouTube Advertising in 2024
What I learned managing a $100M+ Paid Ads Budget at eBay
$150 million dollars can buy you a lot of things in this world. Maybe you fancy yourself a mansion in Bel Air. Maybe you prefer a private island in Thailand right next to the famous Phuket beach. Somebody, somewhere decided our team at eBay should spend that kind of money on Paid Search traffic, specifically on Product Listing Ads (PLA). While I might have preferred that … [Read more...] about What I learned managing a $100M+ Paid Ads Budget at eBay
The Ultimate Guide to Retail Media Network Advertising
Retail media networks represent a dynamic and rapidly evolving segment of the advertising industry. At their core, these networks are advertising infrastructures that allow brands to place ads on a retailer’s digital properties, such as websites, mobile apps, and other online platforms. This form of advertising leverages the digital footprint and consumer data of retail giants … [Read more...] about The Ultimate Guide to Retail Media Network Advertising
Learn PPC with Expert Training Courses and Essential Guides
Here at PPC Hero we're dedicated to helping you to learn more about the modus and mechanisms of the industry within which you work, in order to allow you do your job a bit better. Or become better equipped to do the job that you want. Whether you're just getting started in the trade or have a few years under your belt there'll should be something here to help. Because … [Read more...] about Learn PPC with Expert Training Courses and Essential Guides
7 Emerging Trends in TikTok Ads
Since its launch in 2020, TikTok has catapulted in popularity, boasting over 1 billion monthly users. (With some estimates at around 1.5 billion in 2024). That inevitably makes TikTok ads an attractive proposition to brands. As one of the fastest-growing social media platforms, TikTok has revolutionized how brands connect with their audiences. It distinguishes itself from … [Read more...] about 7 Emerging Trends in TikTok Ads
