Months of planning, weeks of implementation, days of scrambling, and one extended "break" hoping it all pays off. With Black Friday and Cyber Monday officially in the books, digital marketers are quickly diving back into the data to see where opportunity lies for December. While the first weekend of the holiday season is a good indicator of PPC account health, there is plenty … [Read more...] about 5 Fast Fixes For Your Holiday PPC Strategy
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How To Leverage PPC For Your B2B Accounts
PPC marketing is a channel that has a great track record of helping businesses reach their goals, whether it is additional sales, leads, or other actions. However, if you’ve ever tried to tackle B2B PPC marketing, you probably know that it’s a totally different game than B2C. It presents challenges in finding the right audience and getting them to complete an action that … [Read more...] about How To Leverage PPC For Your B2B Accounts
Seasonal Bidding Methods: Holidays Already?
Happy Holidays everyone! Well, that may be a bit premature, but not in the advertising world where the preparation for the largest sales days of the year begins early. With the holidays coming up, it is only right that we begin speaking to seasonality and how to bid differently based on seasonality. First things first - let's steer away from the holiday season for a little … [Read more...] about Seasonal Bidding Methods: Holidays Already?
30 Minutes To Peace Of Mind – How To Identify AdWords Performance Issues
Something is wrong in your AdWords account but you don’t know what it is. Better if you get the message from someone else, “I don’t know what’s wrong but I feel like something is wrong and we need to fix it!” While a deep dive is helpful, you can often identify the problem with a few easy steps. If you can commit 30 minutes, you will make decent headway. It might take you … [Read more...] about 30 Minutes To Peace Of Mind – How To Identify AdWords Performance Issues
Use The AdWords Reports Tab With Authority
When I talk to people in any industry about reporting, after I pause for the obligatory deep sigh, the most common response I get is, “there is just so much information.” We have all been there, drowning in a sea of numbers and not sure how to best answer the questions that have been asked of us. If you have an AdWords account, you have probably seen the Reports tab, nestled … [Read more...] about Use The AdWords Reports Tab With Authority
Should You Be Creating Device Specific Campaigns?
Back in August, it was announced that Google would allow device bid adjustments on computers and tablets, and not just on mobile devices. With this announcement came the capability to segment campaigns once again by device. But creating new device specific campaigns is a lot of work and can potentially overcrowd your account. You need to determine if this tactic is right for … [Read more...] about Should You Be Creating Device Specific Campaigns?
Why Your PPC Account Isn’t Living Up To Its Potential
When a PPC account isn’t hitting goals, there can be any number of reasons why. The hard part is figuring out what’s going wrong. Other times, while performance isn't necessarily bad, it isn't what it could be. In these instances, there is a lot of opportunity to get the account running to its full potential. Today, I will go through common themes that I see in either … [Read more...] about Why Your PPC Account Isn’t Living Up To Its Potential
An Exclusive Q&A with London Keynoter Tor Thompson of Bing Ads
We've booked our final two keynotes at Hero Conf London, 24-26 October at etc.venues St Paul's. Bing Ads and Google will each join us to discuss what you can expect on their platform in the next 6 months. As each is a vital part of the digital advertisers daily work, we're excited to share an interview with Tor Thompson, EMEA Regional Director for Bing Ads. Tell us about … [Read more...] about An Exclusive Q&A with London Keynoter Tor Thompson of Bing Ads
6 Organizational Tips For Today’s PPC Specialist
PPC is more than campaigns, ad groups, keywords, and bids. Behind most accounts, there is a person running the operation. A person who can be forgetful, who may have had a bad day, who may have slept less than they should have but nevertheless they love what they do and give it 100%. PPC isn’t about being a super human but being on top of your accounts and tasks, even on those … [Read more...] about 6 Organizational Tips For Today’s PPC Specialist
Coming Soon – New Cross-Device Reports And Benchmarks
Over the years, mobile traffic has continued to increase, which has made it increasingly difficult to track customers as they cross over from one device to another. The traditional marketing funnel that used to be awareness, consideration, and then purchase has almost become obsolete. No longer is the buying cycle a linear path. In fact, it's become necessary to identify the … [Read more...] about Coming Soon – New Cross-Device Reports And Benchmarks
Adwords Event Recap: Device-Specific Bid Adjustments
On Tuesday, August 9, Google invited users to an on-air hangout centered around new device-specific bid adjustments. For those who missed this broadcast from Product Expert Sally Chung and Product Manager Leo Sei, you can watch it here and check out PPC Hero’s recap and reactions below. Hangout On Air Device-specific bid adjustments, first announced on July 26, 2016, now … [Read more...] about Adwords Event Recap: Device-Specific Bid Adjustments
3 Tips For Better Mobile Advertising On Bing Ads
Most advertisers focus their mobile efforts in Google AdWords. It has been shown that Google brings in a younger crowd that is generally more tech friendly than Bing users. Nearly 40% of Bing's audience is between the ages of 35-54. But nearly three-quarters of adults use smartphones and spend an average of 108 minutes each day on them. How do we successfully capture … [Read more...] about 3 Tips For Better Mobile Advertising On Bing Ads