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
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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!
The People vs. Bing Broad Match
The fundamental principle behind PPC is the keyword match type. It’s literally how we determine when we show our ads on the search engine results page, so understanding this concept is an important step in comprehending PPC as a whole. When I first learned PPC, it was explained to me like so: Exact match must contain the search query exactly. Phrase match requires that the … [Read more...] about The People vs. Bing Broad Match
The Opportunities Tab – The Good And Bad
Can there be useful insights in the Opportunities tab? I, like many others out there, tend to believe that I am smarter than the Opportunities tab. The Opportunities tab wants to spend more of my money and values click volume. My general feeling is: What does the Opportunities tab know about real paid search? Does it think about conversions or hitting monthly budget caps? … [Read more...] about The Opportunities Tab – The Good And Bad
Now Voting – Most Influential CRO Experts for 2014!
So as many of you know every year PPC Hero launches the Top 25 Most Influential PPC Experts of 2014. We've found it to be, not only a very popular list, but also a very resourceful one for many of our PPC allies, both new and old. Many of the experts also happen (or not so happen actually!) to speak at our flagship PPC conference , Hero Conf. This year, we've introduced a … [Read more...] about Now Voting – Most Influential CRO Experts for 2014!
