Have you found yourself scrambling during a client meeting? Dealing with an unexpected performance question or new promotion that the client has sprung on your team last minute? Or perhaps participating in an old-fashioned game of conference line awkwardness? Meetings should feel productive and move your team forward together. Meetings should never be draining or distracting … [Read more...] about Meeting Agenda Tips and Templates for Productive Digital Marketing Client Calls
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[Hero Academy Video] Dynamic Search Ads for Beginners
Dynamic search ads (DSAs) are search ads that show based on the content of your site. Google crawls your site and then matches to search terms that are closely related to the content on your site. Then, the headline and landing page are dynamically generated to match the search term. This allows for more congruency between the search term, the search ad and the landing … [Read more...] about [Hero Academy Video] Dynamic Search Ads for Beginners
The Impact of the 2020 Election on Media Buying
We are just shy of 1 year until the 2020 Presidential election is upon us. While that may seem that it is a long way ahead, that day alone will have a significant impact on the way we consume and buy and form of media over the next 12 months, especially for those in the world of advertising. As we enter the full swing of the election season, the Democratic primary … [Read more...] about The Impact of the 2020 Election on Media Buying
5 Optimization Tips to Maximize Sales This Holiday Season
Advertisers will be facing a shorter time frame this year for the usual holiday hustle and bustle. However, eMarketer is still forecasting total US sales to climb 3.8% making it the first-ever trillion-dollar holiday season. According to Forrester, 2019 online holiday sales will reach $138 billion. As advertisers, we need to take advantage of these predictions and … [Read more...] about 5 Optimization Tips to Maximize Sales This Holiday Season
Listen, All Marketers Should Be Considering Podcast Ads
According to this year's State of PPC, Podcast ads are a big opportunity for marketers; while over 50% of the U.S. population is listening to podcasts, only 4% of marketers are advertising in the channel. The average performance marketer is going to hesitate to jump into podcast advertising due to conversion attribution limits, relative to Google or Facebook ads. However, … [Read more...] about Listen, All Marketers Should Be Considering Podcast Ads
How to Grow a Startup With Paid Search on a Low Budget
If you want your startup business to succeed, you can’t wait for your SEO marketing strategies to bring in your desired traffic. Time is of the essence. Fortunately, you have a tool like the PPC to give your startup a kick start. With the right PPC advertising campaign, you can increase the organic traffic of your website. Your startup business needs solid proof of concept. … [Read more...] about How to Grow a Startup With Paid Search on a Low Budget
How to Forecast Spend Potential for Paid Social Campaigns [Free Tool]
If you’re anything like me, ideating and building strategies is often much more fun than presenting your plan and being pressed by the question, “what am I going to get from this? How much more revenue (or conversion volume) is this initiative going to provide?” Last year, we talked about forecasting uncertainty in Excel as one way to answer that question. Rachael Law also … [Read more...] about How to Forecast Spend Potential for Paid Social Campaigns [Free Tool]
[Hero Academy Video] Targeting the Right Audience in Microsoft Advertising
Search has gone through an evolution. As marketers, we used to be focused on keyword targeting and what someone was searching for at that time. But now the focus has shifted on the people we’re trying to sell to and what we know about them. We’re more focused on how to connect with them and figuring out where they are in our customer journey. With this evolution has come a wide … [Read more...] about [Hero Academy Video] Targeting the Right Audience in Microsoft Advertising
Beginner’s Guide to Pinterest for Business
Pinterest is a growing advertising platform that can boost any company’s reach and sales, especially for e-commerce brands. This guide will walk you through setting up your Pinterest for Business account, creating Pins, and launching ads. It will also help you start to create a budding Pinterest strategy that will drive conversions and loyalty from your targeted audience. Why … [Read more...] about Beginner’s Guide to Pinterest for Business
Click & Bot Fraud: The Spookiest Specters of PPC
Check out PPC Hero’s Ultimate Guide to How to Detect Click Fraud I was working in the office late one night when my eyes beheld an eerie sight. For a monster from my account began to rise and suddenly, to my surprise… He did not do any kind of monster-themed dance, because he was a bot spending my ad budget on fraudulent clicks. If click fraud has happened to you, you … [Read more...] about Click & Bot Fraud: The Spookiest Specters of PPC
[Hero Academy Video] What You Need to Know About Naming Conventions
There’s a lot of complexity in running paid ads, so it's easy to let something more simple – like naming your campaigns – fall to the bottom of your to-do list. However, investing the time and energy upfront to build a consistent campaign naming convention will pay off over the long run. Not only does it make your campaigns more organized, but it allows you to pull reports more … [Read more...] about [Hero Academy Video] What You Need to Know About Naming Conventions
Solve Attribution Woes: Adjust Your Settings & Expectations for a More Comprehensive Marketing Strategy
Very rarely in my PPC life do I bring up the subject of attribution with clients, colleagues, or industry friends without seeing a look of pain cross a face that may have been perfectly congenial a moment ago. Much teeth-sucking and drink sipping ensues when the difficult topic of attribution enters the discussion. We all fear we aren't properly attributing our conversions … [Read more...] about Solve Attribution Woes: Adjust Your Settings & Expectations for a More Comprehensive Marketing Strategy