The holidays are rapidly approaching, starting with the one-two punch of Black Friday and Cyber Monday in a mere two weeks. I hope you’re ready, because every single ecommerce site in the world certainly is. So what can you do with your keywords to help your account keep up with the holiday rush? Have you ever tried to bid on the term “gifts” alone? It’s dumb. Don’t do … [Read more...] about Stocking Stuffer Keyword Ideas
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Lead Generation’s Sad Holiday Season Won’t Last Forever
The holidays aren’t a total joy for everyone. The clearest example that always comes to my mind is Tiny Tim and his family sitting around their table and eating a boiled boot or whatever. (This probably depends on which of the roughly 1.6 million adaptations of A Christmas Carol immediately pop into your head.) Ok, so Tiny Tim and the Cratchits have love and a family and all … [Read more...] about Lead Generation’s Sad Holiday Season Won’t Last Forever
Benchmarking PPC in your Industry for the Holiday Season
It’s the most wonderful time of the year… or is it? We sat down in the Hanapin Marketing offices last week to discuss our account projections this holiday season. “Don’t forget to spend heavy going into thanksgiving,” was the cry of PPC Hero’s Jeff Allen. “If you don’t, you’ll likely miss budget targets with the slow few days.” This got me thinking, how many of us are fully … [Read more...] about Benchmarking PPC in your Industry for the Holiday Season
Top PPC Tips For Local Businesses
Here’s the deal – you want PPC to power your business, but you offer a product or service that can only cater to the local community. What options does that leave you? There are really two things I want to focus on – the first is making sure your PPC is as awesome as it can be, and this comes from taking advantage of all the tools and tricks available to you as a local … [Read more...] about Top PPC Tips For Local Businesses
10 Ways to Decrease Your Display Network CPA
The Display network is a beast. This is just a fact. An even truer fact is that Display will run away with your budget and CPA if you let it. We had a recent request at PPC Hero for some ideas on how to decrease CPA in the Display network, and I figured…let’s just cover some basics that may be getting missed in a panic, as well as a few in-depth options. And I mean, why not … [Read more...] about 10 Ways to Decrease Your Display Network CPA
Google Economic Stats — A Comprehensive Analysis by Wordstream
Last week, Google released its "disappointing" Q3 advertising revenues (up 3% from Q2 and up 16% year-on-year.) To shed some light on how Google's advertising revenues reached a whopping $10.8 billion in Q3, our friends at WordStream have undertaken a comprehensive analysis of the performance of Google AdWords during the quarter. WordStream researched over $1 billion dollars … [Read more...] about Google Economic Stats — A Comprehensive Analysis by Wordstream
Facebook Ad As Publicity Stunt?
Red Bull has Felix Baumgartner and his 24-mile high, speed-of-sound sky dive, but Beta Brand has Fauxfu, the first “Vegetarian-Friendly Meat”: Two things I love about this ad: 1) The picture makes use of “non-existent functionality” by showing a play button over a static image. Even though this technically violates Facebook’s ad guidelines, it’s something I’ve … [Read more...] about Facebook Ad As Publicity Stunt?
Using Campaign Trends to Write Better PPC Ads
Campaign type is one of the most important things to keep in mind in your ad testing. Calls to action, benefits, punctuation and so much more should all get tested in your account in one way or another (Kayla has a great list here), but the results of each of these tests will vary wildly even within the same account based off of what type of targeting you’re using. I’ve been … [Read more...] about Using Campaign Trends to Write Better PPC Ads
7 Ways To Keep Your PPC Account Structure Manageable
I came across an account a few months ago so large and unwieldy that the thought of optimizing it made my eyes water. What was so wrong with the account structure you ask? Nothing! By my own admission it was perfectly set up. Campaigns were set up along tight thematic lines, each campaign had a separate mobile and desktop version, and these were both doubled up into both a … [Read more...] about 7 Ways To Keep Your PPC Account Structure Manageable
PPC Myth Busting! Myth 9: Remarketing Images & Display Images Should Follow The Same Best Practices
For my next PPC myth, I’m going to bust the myth that remarketing images should follow the same best practices as regular Display images. People just clump these together. Images ads are image ads, right? Wrong! The difference is in who you’re targeting. For standard Display image ads, you’re targeting people who you’re hoping are interested in your goods or services, but … [Read more...] about PPC Myth Busting! Myth 9: Remarketing Images & Display Images Should Follow The Same Best Practices
PPC Myth Busting! Myth 8: Ads Should Always Be In The Top 3
This is another one that I’ve been guilty of myself: thinking that ads should be in the top 3 ad positions at all times. Thinking the top three positions is the only place you can see good returns is a total myth. One that I plan on bustin'! When you log in and see ad positions in 4s and 5s or lower, you think “ack! I’m buried on the side or on page 2! No one can even see me!” … [Read more...] about PPC Myth Busting! Myth 8: Ads Should Always Be In The Top 3
PPC Myth Busting! Myth 7: Tablet Performs Like Desktop
So, we hear people talk about mobile all the time. I mean, ALL THE TIME. But we always hear that tablet can just be left in with desktop. Poor little tablet. He feels so left out. Cheer up, little guy, I'm here to bust this myth!! Of course, I can’t tell you that this is the case for every single account, but in my accounts I’ve seen a difference between desktop and tablet … [Read more...] about PPC Myth Busting! Myth 7: Tablet Performs Like Desktop
