Search ads are no longer just about headlines, description lines and display URLs. Ad Extensions now also play a huge part in the appearance and success of our ads. Take a look at this ad from Walmart I saw the other day. Notice how more than 50% of the space taken up by this ad comes from extensions of various types. Why Are Ad Extensions Important? There’s Lots … [Read more...] about Everything You Need To Know About PPC Ad Extensions
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Performing Competitive Analysis – How to Stay Ahead of Your Competition
A few months ago, the Hanapin team conducted a thorough competitive analysis for one of our largest clients. This particular client wanted to know how they fared against their competition in the Google marketplace when showing in the same auction. Today, we’ll discuss both how the analysis was conducted and how we used it to drive strategy. Pulling the Data: The Auction … [Read more...] about Performing Competitive Analysis – How to Stay Ahead of Your Competition
Roundtable: The eCommerce Feature Producing Great Results
With eCommerce week coming to a close we wanted to glean more information from our authors as all have a vast and diverse history working with eCommerce PPC campaigns. Hopefully, they provided good insight this week that you can test in your campaigns! Without further ado, here's the question: What is one eCommerce PPC feature/campaign type that has produced great results … [Read more...] about Roundtable: The eCommerce Feature Producing Great Results
Decrease CPA by 79% with Dynamic Search Remarketing
I’ve talked about how to use Dynamic Search Ads (DSAs) for eCommerce, and how to find success. The tl;dr version is that DSAs can fill gaps in product coverage and bring in new keywords ideas through the search query report. Sometimes with 1000s of products, you don’t have the time to build out every single product. Along with the time challenges, many of these keywords won’t … [Read more...] about Decrease CPA by 79% with Dynamic Search Remarketing
4 Reasons Your Mobile E-Comm Is Still Sucking (& How To Fix It)
When it comes to mobile e-commerce, we tend to go for the big flashy topics and metrics. But we don't always spend time actually looking into performance and identifying when it's working and when it's simply not. Today we investigate e-commerce from a mobile perspective and identify just you're doing (or not doing) that's causing your mobile e-comm to, for lack of a better … [Read more...] about 4 Reasons Your Mobile E-Comm Is Still Sucking (& How To Fix It)
[Webinar Recording] Make Them All Click! Fail-Safe Ways To Convert Your Leads
In PPC, your job doesn't stop with acquiring traffic. Traffic needs to end up doing something of value or otherwise you've wasted money and no one wants to do that! You know that every marketing campaign needs a dedicated landing page, but maybe you're dealing with a less-than-great website (and there's no option to change it at the moment) or you're running into some road … [Read more...] about [Webinar Recording] Make Them All Click! Fail-Safe Ways To Convert Your Leads
Ad Testing Scenarios For Low-Converting Campaigns
A/B Testing is a constant paid search practice with the process looking like this: Step One: Try something new. Step Two: Let it run for an appropriate length of time. Step Three: Determine the winner. Step Four: Repeat. But what happens when we can’t conclude a test because the campaign does not get enough conversions? Do we conclude tests early without significant data or do … [Read more...] about Ad Testing Scenarios For Low-Converting Campaigns
The 12 Steps for PPC Management
I’ve spent quite a bit of time recently reflecting on how I’ve managed my accounts over the years. As I’ve gone through this process, I have discovered 12 things that lead to better performance and increased efficiency when done consistently. When I deviate from these 12 steps, performance tends to suffer and account (not to mention client relationships) get even more difficult … [Read more...] about The 12 Steps for PPC Management
5 Tips For Better PPC Lead Quality
Lead generation can be a tricky game when it comes to PPC. In eCommerce, someone purchases a product and revenue is immediately generated from that conversion or sale. When focusing on lead gen, the initial conversions can be deceiving because while you may generate 20 leads, maybe only 2 convert into revenue, sale or whatever your final action may be. Below are 5 tips that … [Read more...] about 5 Tips For Better PPC Lead Quality
[New Webinar with Unbounce!] Fail-Safe Ways to Convert Your Leads
In PPC, your job doesn't stop with acquiring traffic. Traffic needs to end up doing something of value or otherwise you've wasted money and no one wants to do that! You know that every marketing campaign needs a dedicated landing page, but maybe you're dealing with a less-than-great website (and there's no option to change it at the moment) or you're running into some road … [Read more...] about [New Webinar with Unbounce!] Fail-Safe Ways to Convert Your Leads
Assessing the Impact of Image Extensions
Google first announced image extensions in beta in June 2013, providing an exciting opportunity for advertisers to include visual content directly in text ads. Playing off Product Listing Ads (PLAs), which have produced great click-thru and conversion rates for many advertisers, image extensions allow for three visuals to show at the top of text ads. These ads not only look … [Read more...] about Assessing the Impact of Image Extensions
How To Do Keyword Research for Ecommerce Accounts
Ecommerce accounts are a beast all their own. Many PPC Account Managers deal strictly with one type of account, so if you get thrown an ecommerce account for the first time, you may be a little lost about where to start for keyword research. There are a lot of awesome ecommerce tools out there, like shopping campaigns, dynamic ads, etc. Sometimes, keywords can become a second … [Read more...] about How To Do Keyword Research for Ecommerce Accounts
