I did a funny thing last week. I realized that I don't naturallly differentiate the meaning between strategy and tactics. To me, these terms were interchangeable— more a matter of diction preference than anything substantive. That’s because sometimes when we enter a business place, certain words attain new meaning, or at least nuance to their conventional use. Have a look … [Read more...] about One Huge PPC Mistake: Conflating Tactics With Strategy
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4 Insanely Easy-To-Implement Features For Ecommerce Retailers
Occupying additional paid search real estate is paramount when trying to stand out from the competition. Everything from ad extensions to Shopping ads, to various aesthetics when writing ad copy comes into play. Along these lines, I've put together a list of 4 lesser used techniques which help to take up more real estate. These techniques include: Review Extensions Google … [Read more...] about 4 Insanely Easy-To-Implement Features For Ecommerce Retailers
Stop Using The Same Headline
Writing text ads in AdWords is difficult - except crafting the headline. Every blog and best practice article you read from so-called “experts” tells you to simply include the user's search query in your headline. In fact, Google seems to even encourage this practice by offering dynamic keyword insertion and bolding the matching words in the headline of your ads. So why … [Read more...] about Stop Using The Same Headline
Use Remarketing To Think Like A Direct Marketer
Historically digital marketing has been focused on new customer acquisition. When considering paid search we generally try to find new users who have the intent to buy our products or services. However, this sentiment is changing. New innovations in paid search are allowing us to use the channel for repeat customer acquisition. Email as a channel was the first branch into … [Read more...] about Use Remarketing To Think Like A Direct Marketer
Should Facebook Be At The Top Of Your Mobile Strategy?
Mobile. We as advertisers know it’s important. Google tells us, Microsoft tells us, and intuitively every time we use our mobile devices we know it. As more traffic funnels in from mobile devices, platforms are trying to adapt and so are we as advertisers. This is why Facebook’s 2015 Q1 earnings report got my attention, but first let’s lay out a couple of the big issues with … [Read more...] about Should Facebook Be At The Top Of Your Mobile Strategy?
5 Tricks To Make Your Pay Per Click Profitable This Year
With keywords and ad placements growing ever more competitive, it’s important that you’re making full use of every paid search option that’s available and relevant to your business, as well as ensuring that your basic account structure and targeting is fail-proof. So now that the first quarter of the year is almost complete it’s time to make sure your PPC campaigns are … [Read more...] about 5 Tricks To Make Your Pay Per Click Profitable This Year
The Real Performance We’ve Seen With Ad Customizers
What are they again? Although the conversations about ad customizers began a few months ago, some folks are still learning just what they are and just how they work. Ad customizers are another opportunity created by Google to better connect your potential clients and customers with the most relevant information about your business. They allow you to dynamically insert … [Read more...] about The Real Performance We’ve Seen With Ad Customizers
Implement Bing Universal Event Tracking Or Be Left In The Dust
Back in November I put together my predictions for Bing PPC in 2015. While we’re still early in 2015, some of the predictions are already in motion including: Firefox utilizing Yahoo search More complete attribution Audience targeting In order to take advantage of many of the new Bing Ads features, first you must be using the new Universal Event Tracking (UET). What is … [Read more...] about Implement Bing Universal Event Tracking Or Be Left In The Dust
Forget Quick-Wins! Build Towards and Then Sustain Great Performance!
In an industry where success is often defined by “quick wins” and other idioms for capitalizing on what we perceive to be egregious in-account oversights, it can be easy to forget that there’s another (more reliable) way to achieve performance growth: A Systematic and Sustained Maintenance of the Account With the Super Bowl match-up set (much to the joy of our peerless … [Read more...] about Forget Quick-Wins! Build Towards and Then Sustain Great Performance!
An Explanation Of The AdWords Conversion Optimizer Tool
Like most businesses, I’m sure your goal is conversion generation at a profitable cost per acquisition. Fortunately, Adwords provides an automated tool called ‘Conversion Optimizer’ that can help achieve this goal. Today’s post will explain what Conversion Optimizer is and how it works. Additionally, set up directions will be provided along with some personal thoughts and … [Read more...] about An Explanation Of The AdWords Conversion Optimizer Tool
Expect More From PPC Hero In 2015
2015 is here, bringing with it the promise of new PPC features, strategies, and more. Here at PPC Hero, we’re excited to continue providing thought provoking, insightful, and relevant content. As we begin the year we’d like to reaffirm our philosophies and let you know what to expect in 2015. PPC Hero’s Mission Our company website says it best: With every post we aim … [Read more...] about Expect More From PPC Hero In 2015
The Role Of Social Networks Moving Forward
Social networks play a large part in the advertising industry. It’s likely that the majority of you get plenty of advertisements shown to you once logging in to Facebook or Twitter. As the industry continues to grow, be prepared for even more advertising platforms. In 2015, advertisers will want to focus on non-Google opportunities. Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn are … [Read more...] about The Role Of Social Networks Moving Forward
