Today's post is from PPC Hero Ally, Jacob Sterrett. Jacob Sterrett is the digital marketing specialist for Pioneer Services. Jacob graduated from Northwest Missouri State University with a double major in Business Management and Marketing. He has been working in the PPC field for two years and he is Google and Bing certified in paid search. --- There are plenty of small … [Read more...] about Niche vs. Big Competitors: How to Level the Playing Field
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Three Automated Reports That Will Make You a Better Account Manager
PPC is fun. While there are surely people that disagree with that assertion (namely, anyone to whom I’ve explained what I do for a living), we within the industry know better. There are cool things to talk about all the time. There are weird insights to glean from tiny pieces of data. There are hashtags (#enhancedcampaigns) to go hog wild on during Google’s webinars … [Read more...] about Three Automated Reports That Will Make You a Better Account Manager
AdWords Editor 10.0.1 Is Here and it Supports Enhanced Campaigns
If you've been following any of the discussions we've been having on PPC Hero or our webinars concerning Google's new Enhanced Campaigns, you might have heard me saying that I was waiting for the new version of AdWords Editor before I even attempt to 'enhance' most of my campaigns. Well ladies and gentlemen, that day has arrived! AdWords Editor 10.0.1 is finally … [Read more...] about AdWords Editor 10.0.1 Is Here and it Supports Enhanced Campaigns
2 Display Tactics To Increase Sales Volume For Direct Response
Display is a big, scary ocean of impressions. Like this: For an account that's measured on direct response, and probably ROAS: that's terrifying. How are you going to sail your way through the choppy waters and avoid Cthulhu monsters to find your conversions while maintaining ROAS? Here's three tactics for your Display efforts that will help! 1. Dynamic Display … [Read more...] about 2 Display Tactics To Increase Sales Volume For Direct Response
A New Year Means New Ideas For Your PPC Accounts
To start your new year out right, you should look for some big ideas to bring to the table for your PPC campaigns to your client or boss. I recently polled the group over at Reddit.com/r/PPC to see what they were bringing to the table this year. Here are some of their answers and some things I'm doing! One user said they were starting to use Remarketing with Google Analytics. … [Read more...] about A New Year Means New Ideas For Your PPC Accounts
Dave Schwartz: Hero Conf 2013 Speaker Interview
We had the opportunity to interview Dave Schwartz, who will be speaking about enterprise PPC and Ad Testing at Hero Conf 2013. Dave leads client engagement and marketing strategy for DataPop. He joined DataPop after leading Category Development for Local and Automotive at Yahoo! Search Marketing. Prior to Yahoo!, Dave was an Engagement Manager for J.D. Power Consulting, … [Read more...] about Dave Schwartz: Hero Conf 2013 Speaker Interview
AdWords Gets Another Face Lift: SQR Keyword Columns and Bulk Editing
The holidays are often the busiest times of the year for those of us in PPC. Especially those poor, opportunistic, overworked souls with ecommerce accounts. So while you were out maximizing your ROAS, crushing your profit goals, pivoting tables, and gingerly sipping some eggnog, you might have missed a few features introduced in the AdWords interface that just might make your … [Read more...] about AdWords Gets Another Face Lift: SQR Keyword Columns and Bulk Editing
Nick Herinckx: Hero Conf 2013 Interview
We had the opportunity to interview Nick Herinckx, who will be speaking about how to track keyword-level PPC revenue and return over long sales cycles at Hero Conf 2013. Nick Herinckx is a published online marketing consultant and owner of Obility Consulting, a fast growing online marketing agency focused on helping B2B companies with long sales cycles drive pipeline, increase … [Read more...] about Nick Herinckx: Hero Conf 2013 Interview
Why PPC Agencies Should Include Call Tracking in All AdWords Plans
In early 2012, we here at White Shark Media were at a cross roads. We had acknowledged the need for call tracking for quite some time, but the interest to sign up with our call tracking partner wasn’t as high as we wanted it to be. We wanted 90% of all local-based Clients to sign up for dynamic call tracking, which would allow us to optimize AdWords a lot more … [Read more...] about Why PPC Agencies Should Include Call Tracking in All AdWords Plans
Top 10 Reasons It’s Good To Be In PPC
PPC is the bee’s knees. It’s trackable, scalable and profitable. PPC can also be incredibly frustrating at times because the work is never done, the credit isn’t always forthcoming and consistent stellar results have led to excellence blindness. After a few long weeks of a lot of lever pulling and client meetings I stepped back and thought about why I do it. Here’s my top … [Read more...] about Top 10 Reasons It’s Good To Be In PPC
The 5 W’s of AdWords Ad Extensions – Part I
The five W’s… I’m sure some of you may remember these from grade school as who, what, when, where and why. Collectively, they comprise the basic formula for getting the complete story on a particular subject. In fact, this is what I hope to achieve in my coverage of AdWords ad extensions this month. We had a few of our dedicated readers request coverage of this topic awhile … [Read more...] about The 5 W’s of AdWords Ad Extensions – Part I
Top 20 Ad Copy Tests for Improved PPC Performance
The team at PPC Hero has received quite a few requests for more posts on how to improve performance on ad copy and what kind of blog hosts would we be if we didn’t listen? Question: rhetorical. Answering anyway: we’d be the worst kind! Initially I thought this list could be rather 101-level and not very interesting or useful, but then I thought to myself, “Self, have you … [Read more...] about Top 20 Ad Copy Tests for Improved PPC Performance
