Lately I've been discussing how global changes to your PPC account can affect your overall performance. In a nutshell, making big changes all at once can have big consequences (good and bad). Today, we'll explore a strategy that will help maintain your performance and mitigate Quality Score shock to your campaigns when making global ad text overhauls. In a recent post I … [Read more...] about How Foundation PPC Ad Texts Can Help Mitigate Quality Score Shock
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Get More Leads by Restructuring and Optimizing Your Google Content Network Campaigns
Lately, I've been writing a series of articles on the Google Content Network. Previously, we have discussed Content Network bidding strategies; how to and why you should separate the Search and Content network distribution; how to use your performance data to create placement targeted campaigns (not written by yours truly); how to locate performance fluctuations; and I've also … [Read more...] about Get More Leads by Restructuring and Optimizing Your Google Content Network Campaigns
Separating Match Types in AdWords: A Follow Up Post
My last article focused on separating your keyword match types into different campaigns. Today, I would like to discuss details on implementing this strategy, as well as clarify the benefits of separating match types into separate ad groups (not campaigns). As I mentioned previously, for robust accounts with optimized campaign structures, separating your match types for your … [Read more...] about Separating Match Types in AdWords: A Follow Up Post
Quick Look: Pay-Per-Click Metrics All Campaign Managers Should Understand
One of the best aspects of managing a pay-per-click campaign is the completeness of data. It is the only advertising medium that can give you a fairly accurate representation of how many eyeballs see your ad, and it’s the only advertising medium that can regularly associate a user behavior with an advertising placement. But with all of the data that’s available to an account … [Read more...] about Quick Look: Pay-Per-Click Metrics All Campaign Managers Should Understand
What to Expect When You Make a Global Change to Your PPC Account: Launching a New Website
You should think of this article as a "what to expect when you're expecting" in regards to launching a new website. More to the point, I will focus on the effects that launching a new website will have on your pay-per-click campaign. Okay, I'll just say it: you may break your PPC account. However, I want to discuss why making a global change to your PPC account is a big deal; … [Read more...] about What to Expect When You Make a Global Change to Your PPC Account: Launching a New Website
Use Content Network Stats to Create High-Performing Placement Targeted Campaigns
The Google Content Network can be a great source of ROI, but it can also represent a great risk. The potential for great performance – and the potential for wasted budget – both come as a result of the network’s sheer scope. With such a wide variety of sites available for advertising, marketers can get great reach. But with that reach, of course, comes great potential for … [Read more...] about Use Content Network Stats to Create High-Performing Placement Targeted Campaigns
Blog News Roundup for Friday, May 29, 2009
Do you like to party hard on the holidays? If so you don't want to miss this excuse for a party from the YSM Blog. Amongst some of the more well known holidays are a myriad of different celebrations that advertisers may use to focus their search campaigns. Personally, I'm looking forward to Ugly Dog Day at the end of June, but I don't think I have a search campaign that can … [Read more...] about Blog News Roundup for Friday, May 29, 2009
Improve PPC Performance with Efficient Bid Management
Bid management –adjusting keyword-level bids in an effort to land in a certain region of the search results – is monotonous, inefficient, and (perhaps) better handled by machines. That said, it is also a crucial tactic that can be used to improve a mature campaign. Though my colleague mentions it as a crucial weekly task (on Tuesdays), all too often, I see bid editing and bid … [Read more...] about Improve PPC Performance with Efficient Bid Management
Using Ad Text to Find the Right Clicks
The easiest way to evaluate an ad quality is through click-through rate. After all, it is a simple metric, and it would seem to measure what we’re seeking to accomplish through awareness. But a successful campaign is made or broken not by how many eyes get to your site, but by how many of them become leads, customers, or registered users. To that end, here are a few ways that … [Read more...] about Using Ad Text to Find the Right Clicks
What To Look for if Your Volume Tanks on the Google Content Network
Lately, we've been writing quite a bit about the Google Content Network. This is simply because there is so much to talk about! Today, I would like to touch on another topic within this theme: two reasons why your Content Network performance may suddenly tank. First, let's do a quick review of what we've discussed thus far: The initial article on this topic discussed what to … [Read more...] about What To Look for if Your Volume Tanks on the Google Content Network
8 Geo-Targeting Dos and Don’ts You Need to Follow
Welcome to day 2 of our week-long series on PPC geo-targeting! When navigating the expansive waters of geo-targeting with pay-per-click, there are about as many tactics to employ as there are locations to target. Choosing the right geo-targeting tactics can be a daunting task. To that end, today I'm going to share 4 Dos and 4 Don'ts to paint a very clear picture of how … [Read more...] about 8 Geo-Targeting Dos and Don’ts You Need to Follow
Driving Campaign Success With Advanced Ad Scheduling
With a strong, mature e-commerce campaign, you may find yourself running short of ideas on how to truly drive increased sales. Perhaps you are working through some (good) new ad creative techniques, or perhaps you have expanded your keyword list with long tail terms or less-relevant keywords (less good). Either way, situations like this are eminently satisfying – after all, … [Read more...] about Driving Campaign Success With Advanced Ad Scheduling
