Everyone in the PPC world understands the importance of ad text testing. We care, we think it's important, we wanna do it...and you know what? For reals, it's complicated. The headline lied. Most of us don't have one campaign with three ad groups to deal with, we have three hundred ad groups, and a lot of us aren't really willing to sit around and let tests run for the sake … [Read more...] about Never Odd Or Even: PPC Ad Text Testing Made Easy
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Landing Page Best Practices
You spend the time to develop the right keyword list and write very targeted ads to help increase your traffic, click through rate and ultimately quality score. But that is only one piece of the equation – where are you sending those visitors once they click? Your landing page is the first visual introduction to your brand and it should bring a positive experience to the user. … [Read more...] about Landing Page Best Practices
PPC News Roundup for July 2, 2010
Getting the consumer to your site is only half the battle. Check out these 5 Tips To Improve Conversion On B2B Landing Pages, and start reaping the benefits. *Side note: don’t be deterred by the title, the tips can be applied to your B2C clients as well! Mike Fleming dropped his third installment on using ad testing to reach your marketing goals. This final article helps us … [Read more...] about PPC News Roundup for July 2, 2010
Top 10 Tactics To Help When You Are Projected To Be Over Budget
Working with an unlimited budget would be wonderful, but since that isn’t the case for anyone I know, I thought I’d share 10 things that we look at when an account is projected to be over budget at the end of the month. By managing your budget throughout the month you’ll be able to stay on top of your spend, and hopefully you won’t be in a situation where you have to completely … [Read more...] about Top 10 Tactics To Help When You Are Projected To Be Over Budget
PPC News Roundup for June 11, 2010
Andy Komack offers some interesting ideas for overcoming high click costs, specifically for B2B PPC accounts which tend to have high competition and cost- but these concepts can be applied to any account. As always, the keys to PPC success- have good ideas. Apply and follow through. Test continuously. If you have a campaign that’s struggling to convert, maybe you’ve identified … [Read more...] about PPC News Roundup for June 11, 2010
A Guide to Google AdWords Settings
There are a lot of settings to choose from in your Google AdWords account, but how do you know which ones are best? Depending on your objectives, goals and approach you might find one combination works better than another but the key is to test, test, test. What works for one account or campaign, may not work well for another. If you haven’t spent time exploring the settings … [Read more...] about A Guide to Google AdWords Settings
Our Greatest Hits for May 2010
The page views have spoken! Below we have gathered PPC Hero’s four most visited, and hopefully most valuable articles from April. Whether you’re a new or long-time subscriber, you may have missed these insightful and helpful PPC management tips. In our most popular May 2010 post, Amber takes the time to bust 36 myths of PPC. Don’t worry too much if you are falling victim to … [Read more...] about Our Greatest Hits for May 2010
Using Data Trends to Indentify PPC Opportunities
The great thing about PPC is that it is easy to track and measure. When you link your PPC account with Google Analytics or other data program, you can exponentially expand your wealth of data to really understand who your user is and how they are finding you. All of this is great, but the data doesn’t do any good unless you use it. Don’t wait until your account is in trouble, … [Read more...] about Using Data Trends to Indentify PPC Opportunities
Don’t forget about the Smaller Search Engines – 7Search
While the top three search engines account for over 90% of search traffic, there are hidden deals to be found on price per click hiding among the second tier search networks. One such network is 7Search. 7Search provides advertising for a network of small websites and search engines like Mamma.com (the “Mother” of all search engines!). The quality of clicks are often lower, … [Read more...] about Don’t forget about the Smaller Search Engines – 7Search
36 Myths of PPC
Note: This post was authored by Amber, a prolific blogger at PPC Hero and one of our long-time PPC managers, who welcomed her gorgeous son Jacob on April 29th! Over the course of the past several years, many old PPC tactics have become dated and are no longer considered best practice. There have also been many PPC strategies that have been developed bloggers and so-called PPC … [Read more...] about 36 Myths of PPC
Ad Text Tips and Tricks for the Content Network
The Google content network is a mash up of many different sites and how people discover your ads on these sites is a little different than traditional search. People may or may not be searching for your brand or product, so they more or less stumble upon your ad and it takes a little more convincing to get them to hand over their click. It is important to approach content … [Read more...] about Ad Text Tips and Tricks for the Content Network
Unearthing Hidden Gems In Your PPC Account: A Guide
You know how sometimes when you’re doing a big spring cleaning, you find a cute pair of shoes you forgot in the back of your closet for a year? And they are suddenly cool again! You know how sometimes when you’re doing a big spring cleaning, you find a moldy grape your cat batted under the fridge? And you realize: wow, there could be some special stuff under all of my … [Read more...] about Unearthing Hidden Gems In Your PPC Account: A Guide
