PPC optimization hyperbole? Could be. But for me, any one of the following ppc tasks can take me a mere 10 minutes and have produced a 10%+ bump in performance. The spirit of this post is not to convince you these can be done in 10 minutes, though. So please give me some space here to make the greater point. That point being that it doesn’t always have to take hours of work to … [Read more...] about 9 PPC Tasks for a 10% Boost in 10 Minutes
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Interview with Bethany Bey
Today I am delighted to present an interview with Bethany Bey, PPC Hero Blog Manager at Hanapin Marketing. Laura: To start with, tell us a little about yourself and your background. Bethany: I have lived in Indiana my whole life. I attended Indiana University (go Hoosiers!) from 2004-2008 and got my degree in Marketing and Management. I also got a minor in Gender Studies … [Read more...] about Interview with Bethany Bey
Slam Dunk! In Your Face(book)!
Welcome to the second installment of our Reach Expansion Final Four series for March PPC Madness! Today’s bracket is all about Facebook. We all know and love it as the platform that keeps us socially viable and in the loop. But does it work for marketing and PPC specifically? Here at Hanapin Marketing we have seen accounts win the game every month and some that at least … [Read more...] about Slam Dunk! In Your Face(book)!
Quality Score Optimization Makes Everyone a Loser
Quality Score is meant to be an indicator of the relevancy of your ad to a user’s search query. It is merely an instrument or a gauge that indicates the clickability of your PPC marketing efforts. PPC marketers often look to Quality Score as something to optimize. You insert your keywords in ads and landing pages, use negatives to weed out irrelevant queries, and on and on. … [Read more...] about Quality Score Optimization Makes Everyone a Loser
Mobile Growth and Utilization
Jeff Allen, an Account Manager at Hanapin Marketing, conducted this interview with Josh Aston. Josh is Director of Online Marketing at Progrexion (which is not a client of Hanapin Marketing.) He is leading Progrexion’s efforts in the mobile marketplace. Jeff: At Hanapin, we take a much different approach to Mobile devices than we do for desktop. Specifically, we try to truly … [Read more...] about Mobile Growth and Utilization
10 Changes to make to Your AdWords Search Campaign that will Boost Your CTR
Have the text ads in your AdWords campaigns got to a point where they need a click-through rate (CTR) boost without you making any immediate changes to your CPC bids? You know that increasing your text ads Click Through Rate (CTR) would not only lead to increased traffic, but would ultimately result in improved Quality Scores and a higher Ad Rank. You might also not want to … [Read more...] about 10 Changes to make to Your AdWords Search Campaign that will Boost Your CTR
Are Facebook Leads Less Valuable Than Google Leads?
At Hanapin, we encourage our clients to test out many different advertising platforms to see which work best for their business. From my experience, one of the hardest platforms to get clients to buy in to is Facebook. Even though Facebook continues to enhance and improve their advertising program, announcing even more changes this week, there's the perception that Facebook is … [Read more...] about Are Facebook Leads Less Valuable Than Google Leads?
Elite SEM Extreme Segmentation through Proprietary Bid & Campaign Management Tool
Developing a great account structure is the key to getting off on the right foot in the PPC game. The first layer of a PPC account is the campaign level. Google suggests mimicking the structure (or “sitemap”) of your site into an AdWords campaign which I highly agree with as this will be the foundation for your reporting as well. However, I believe in something called EXTREME … [Read more...] about Elite SEM Extreme Segmentation through Proprietary Bid & Campaign Management Tool
How to Leverage Lost Impression Share For More Budget
If you’re working for a paid search agency or freelancing on your own schedule, approaching your clients for additional budget can be a daunting task. How much should I ask for? What will they get in return for their additional investment? Well, I’m glad you asked because these are important things to consider before bringing this conversation up with a client. Fortunately, … [Read more...] about How to Leverage Lost Impression Share For More Budget
Updated Agenda – Yahoo! and 7Search to Speak at Hero Conf!
We are excited to announce that Mike McMeekin, Senior Manager, Search Optimization & Strategy at Yahoo!, Charles Meyer, Business Development Director at 7Search and Cleofe Betancourt, Business Development Strategist at 7Search will be speaking at Hero Conf! It will be a great experience listening to these professionals speak about paid search in relation to the search … [Read more...] about Updated Agenda – Yahoo! and 7Search to Speak at Hero Conf!
3 Fail-proof Steps to PPC Optimization
Often we are in such a hurry to start optimizing that we dive straight into our accounts, start pulling levers, and leave the office with a wide grin knowing that we did something today we can learn from tomorrow (or next week depending on the account’s size.) Unfortunately that does work sometimes. I say unfortunately because this is a case of winning the battle but … [Read more...] about 3 Fail-proof Steps to PPC Optimization
Interview with Brad Geddes
This week's Hero Conf speaker interview is with Brad Geddes, Founder of Certified Knowledge, an online paid search training and toolset provider. Brad has a lot of experience in the PPC industry, and we are looking forward to hearing him speak about retargeting and quality score at Hero Conf. Hero Conf is a paid search conference being held on April 16-17, 2012, in … [Read more...] about Interview with Brad Geddes
