As we near the end of the year, our team reflected on the changes seen in PPC, and put together the following recap of those with the biggest impact so far: Twitter Twitter has begun to reach out to companies who want to advertise on their social media platform via what are being called “promoted tweets.” Basically, a company or advertising agency can pay (based on a cost per … [Read more...] about PPC: A Review of 2010 & Our Expectations for 2011
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The PPC Audit: Rewards for a Critical Eye
You might be a small business owner, new to search engine marketing, and questioning the effectiveness of your initial PPC account structure. On the other hand, you could be an experienced PPC professional needing a new perspective on an established account. Without a doubt, the needs of these two PPC extremes may be entirely opposite. The PPC beginner could simply need … [Read more...] about The PPC Audit: Rewards for a Critical Eye
PPC News Roundup for October 22, 2010
During an economic downturn many business choose to save many by moving previously out-sourced services back in-house. In the PPC world many companies are choosing to take back management of their Internet marketing campaigns and turn them over to their traditional marketing team. If you’re a business thinking about having your marketing team manage your online campaigns you … [Read more...] about PPC News Roundup for October 22, 2010
PPC News Roundup for September 17, 2010
The holiday season is upon us, and the spike in online seasonal traffic is set to begin. The holidays definitely aren’t the time to set it and forget it; instead, we should capitalize on this time of year by beefing up our keyword lists. Erin ODonnell with Microsoft Advertising gives some helpful tactics for keyword list expansion in Holiday Preparation Series: Travel PPC … [Read more...] about PPC News Roundup for September 17, 2010
6 Steps To Raise Your Quality Score
Quality score is a vital component of your pay-per-click account because it influences ad position and keywords’ minimum bid. What is the quality score's purpose? Google assigns a quality score to ensure that it only shows relevant ads to users. Think of it this way, Google makes money off of the ads that it shows to the users. Google is by far the most popular search engine … [Read more...] about 6 Steps To Raise Your Quality Score
Our Greatest Hits for August 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. Jen holds the honor for writing our most trafficked blog in the month of August. In her post, Jen tells you everything you need to … [Read more...] about Our Greatest Hits for August 2010
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
Understanding JavaScript and How it Can Affect Your Analytics Tracking
Google Analytics is instrumental in the way we track the success of our PPC campaigns (especially since it’s free), but as robust as it is, there are certain visitors that just can’t be tracked. There are at least 6 types of those visitors, but today I’m going to focus solely on those that have their JavaScript turned off, and what it can mean for your PPC campaigns. What is … [Read more...] about Understanding JavaScript and How it Can Affect Your Analytics Tracking
Increase PPC Conversion Rates by Targeting High Volume Locations
If you have a PPC account that allows you to target across the Unites States, try adding geo-targeted campaigns for each of the 50 states to help increase your conversion and click-through rates. In most of my accounts I have inherited, there are several campaigns with very specific keywords that are targeted all across the US or one particular area. A great way to help … [Read more...] about Increase PPC Conversion Rates by Targeting High Volume Locations
Use These Tips from Yahoo to Maximize Your Holiday Revenue
This information was presented in a webinar by Yahoo last week. I went into it hoping to learn something new but wasn’t expecting to learn something new – but it turned out to be a very insightful webinar full of good stats that you can cater your PPC advertising campaigns to this holiday season. General Holiday Shopping Stats: Women this year are planning to spend … [Read more...] about Use These Tips from Yahoo to Maximize Your Holiday Revenue
Our Greatest Hits for September 2009
The page views have spoken! Below we have gathered PPC Hero's four most visited, and hopefully most valuable, articles from September. Whether you're a new or long-time subscriber you may have missed these insightful and helpful pay-per-click management tips. Enjoy! Amber's post titled, 5 Tips on Passing the Google Adwords Qualified Professional Exam was our top post in … [Read more...] about Our Greatest Hits for September 2009
What You Need to Know About the Google AdWords Quality Score
A Google AdWords pay-per-click campaign will not be successful unless special attention is paid to improving and maintaining your AdWords Quality Score. What is Quality Score? Well, as defined by Google: "Quality Score is a dynamic variable assigned to each of your keywords. It’s calculated using a variety of factors and measures how relevant your keyword is to your ad … [Read more...] about What You Need to Know About the Google AdWords Quality Score
