Multiple accounts that I manage daily use city or state specific geo-targeting at the campaign level. While we have the option to use geo-bid modifiers across the campaign, this type of segmentation takes optimization to the next stage. Inside every paid search account manager, there is a control freak. Targeting campaigns at the city level gives us that much control over our … [Read more...] about 13 Reasons You Should Geo-Target PPC Campaigns
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Tips for Getting Results with an Inherited PPC Account
I’ve been assigned to a series of new clients recently as we shepherd them through their first 90 days with Hanapin. Additionally, I have been auditing accounts for prospects through our pre-sales process. In every instance, the accounts are pre-existing and have or would become an ‘inherited account’ situation. These accounts are currently not meeting goals and have a previous … [Read more...] about Tips for Getting Results with an Inherited PPC Account
Consider The Creative Process of Your PPC Program
How are you going to manage your creative process? Ultimately, potential customers are interacting with your creative assets. Response is directly tied to how deep this interaction is. How are you going to manage your creative process? This important question must be considered, answered, and decisively acted upon in order to have a successful paid search … [Read more...] about Consider The Creative Process of Your PPC Program
The Impact of Campaign Structure on Bid Management – Part II
In my last post, I discussed how the mismatching of search terms to keywords can dramatically impact bidding decisions and the resulting performance. In this post, I’m going to address another campaign structure issue that impacts the way we bid on low volume keywords. Structural Problem #2: Grouping Keywords to Support Long-Tail Predictions The second most common … [Read more...] about The Impact of Campaign Structure on Bid Management – Part II
Move Past ROAS And Think ROI
This week we’ve been discussing PPC challenges we’ve faced and how we overcame them. Having worked primarily with eCommerce accounts, I’ve come to understand that revenue and return need to be reviewed beyond face value in order to determine if a PPC program is truly profitable. In any PPC campaign, whether eCommerce or lead generation, return is the ultimate indicator of … [Read more...] about Move Past ROAS And Think ROI
Day-to-Day PPC Management: What to Ask Your Key Stakeholders and Vendors
Question #1: How do I measure performance? We’ve addressed setting goals and funding our program. Now the question must turn to “How do I measure performance?” 3 popular ways to measure PPC performance are: Platform Interfaces: All ad platforms provide a wealth of information. Traffic metrics such as cost, clicks, impressions, ad position, and cost per click can be … [Read more...] about Day-to-Day PPC Management: What to Ask Your Key Stakeholders and Vendors
The Big Lead Gen Mistake You’re Probably Making
Today marks the beginning of series week at PPC Hero. We'll be discussing issues that our authors have faced and how they've been overcome. From lead generation to eCommerce campaigns, we've shared our shortcomings and how we've risen to the challenges. Carrie is first this week, speaking about lead generation campaigns. In PPC we’re constantly checking performance and … [Read more...] about The Big Lead Gen Mistake You’re Probably Making
The Impact of Campaign Structure on Bid Management – Part I
As an Ad Tech software company providing automated bidding & campaign management solutions, we are frequently responding to advertisers who are concerned that mysterious bidding algorithms are not optimizing their bids appropriately. When I’m tasked with reviewing bid management performance for these advertisers, I frequently find issues unrelated to bid levels that are … [Read more...] about The Impact of Campaign Structure on Bid Management – Part I
Mobile PPC Advertising When You Don’t Have A Mobile Website
The whole world is going mobile…. except for your company. While the rest of the world uses their mobile devices any time they have a free moment, you ask your users to wait until they are back home to hop on their computers to find the information they want. Whether they are in line at Starbucks or sitting on the subway, potential customers are accessing the Internet on … [Read more...] about Mobile PPC Advertising When You Don’t Have A Mobile Website
The Top Women in CRO (Who Should’ve Made Our List)
As most PPC Hero readers know, every year we put together a list of the Top 25 PPC Experts, and in true PPC fashion, we rely on formulas and algorithms, not our opinion, to define what “influential” truly means. Inevitably, it means that well-known, established and traditionally influential experts are plentiful on the list, while other deserving experts—particularly the young, … [Read more...] about The Top Women in CRO (Who Should’ve Made Our List)
Why This Call Tracking Provider Welcomes Google’s Call Tracking Announcement
At the outset I want to make clear that I’m with call tracking and call analytics provider, Convirza. Naturally, we’ve been playing close attention to the Google AdWords call tracking announcement and subsequent reaction. In this article we’ll explain why, contrary to what you might think, we were actually excited for Google’s announcement that they are providing call … [Read more...] about Why This Call Tracking Provider Welcomes Google’s Call Tracking Announcement
Turn Traffic Into Results With This Ulitmate CRO Toolkit!
So much of the attention in digital advertising goes to what happens before the click: Optimizing bids and timing, ad testing, and beyond. But one of the most valuable ways to spend your time is by optimizing what a user sees and does at the end of their click journey, making sure your landing page is engaging and relevant, and creating a cohesive message from your ad to the … [Read more...] about Turn Traffic Into Results With This Ulitmate CRO Toolkit!
