Making decisions for PPC initiatives can be stressful. Within the industry, we toss around “best” and “common” practices like confetti. We are purveyors of patterns. Collectors of congruency. Emperors of efficiency. However, we lack perfect vision into the future and have to rely on 20/20 hindsight. For example, we rethink a campaign structure after performance doesn’t … [Read more...] about View Ad Creative Through The Eyes Of Your Searchers
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Don’t Be Afraid To Create Your Own Metrics To Judge Success
Return on ad spend (ROAS), cost per lead (CPL), and click-through rate (CTR) are some of the go-to metrics for clients in order to gauge paid search success. I'm sure there are more you can think of, but the majority of the statistics used to gauge success are already listed in the AdWords platform for you to visualize. What I am here to tell you is that there are other metrics … [Read more...] about Don’t Be Afraid To Create Your Own Metrics To Judge Success
Summertime Sadness – How To Adjust For Seasonality In PPC
As we approach the summer months, many businesses are either ramping up or pulling back on PPC and other marketing efforts. It is crucial that as the agency, we fully understand seasonality and the underlying business cycles that drive these decisions. This insight helps us determine strategy and tactics to get the highest impact possible out of paid efforts. Today, we’ll go … [Read more...] about Summertime Sadness – How To Adjust For Seasonality In PPC
Get A Grip On New Paid Search Accounts
There are many reasons a new PPC account will land in your lap, including: Transitions within your agency. Taking over an account from a prior agency. Starting a new in-house position. If you are anything like me, you will look at said new account and say “where do I begin?” In this post, I will discuss my methods for getting a good grip on new accounts. Quality … [Read more...] about Get A Grip On New Paid Search Accounts
Knowing When It’s Time To Explore New PPC Engines
It’s amazing how many businesses we come across that are still Google-centric. They may have a Bing account, but it’s on autopilot, or not on at all. They’ve had all kinds of conversations about expanding into other engines, like Facebook, but nothing has stuck. All of these businesses want to grow, but they don’t have a strategy. Why? Usually, it’s because they are … [Read more...] about Knowing When It’s Time To Explore New PPC Engines
Use Custom Metrics To Visualize The Impact Of No Sidebar Ads
Many sidebar ad thoughts have been bouncing around the PPC Industry as of late. Our own Kayla Kurtz wrote about her sidebar ads conspiracy while Matt Umbro spoke to what the announcement means for advertisers. Now that Google has had the new layout of no side ads and 4 top ads (in highly competitive auctions) set up for a couple weeks, how do you know if your account has … [Read more...] about Use Custom Metrics To Visualize The Impact Of No Sidebar Ads
3 Easy Ways To Be Proactive On New PPC Accounts
Editor's Note - Today, we present the first of two submissions to our Hero Conf Guest Blog Post Giveaway. The winner receives a free conference pass to Hero Conf Philadelphia. Our first post is from Joe Martinez, Senior Manager, Paid Media & Community at Granular. In this ever-changing world of digital marketing, it can be difficult to stay ahead of the game. There are, … [Read more...] about 3 Easy Ways To Be Proactive On New PPC Accounts
How To Find Your Competitors’ Bidding Schedule
Over the last few months, I've written articles on how to best visualize who your true top competitors are by finding rank above share to estimate who is showing above your ad or pushing you out of auctions. When digging into Auction Insights in the AdWords interface (Details > Auction Insights) you are able to utilize segments, with time and device as the options of … [Read more...] about How To Find Your Competitors’ Bidding Schedule
Tell Me Where It Hurts – A Quick Diagnosis Tool for Ailing Accounts
Every so often, an account lands in your lap and you just don’t know where to begin. Performance might be in a downturn and what is converting is coming at a high cost. You want to dive in and start optimizing, but how can you decide what to focus on first? By combining a couple of simple reports, you can quickly diagnose an ailing account and go from zero to PPC Hero. Get … [Read more...] about Tell Me Where It Hurts – A Quick Diagnosis Tool for Ailing Accounts
Treat Your Bid Management Like Your Daily Fantasy Players
In my article earlier this month on why PPC Life allows you to wear many hats, I stated how I get to do things at work that I enjoy doing in my spare time. I used FanDuel as an example as to how some things I enjoy doing are similar to my everyday work life. Well - when coming up with my latest bid strategy ideas I came up with direct ideas from how player analyses' are done in … [Read more...] about Treat Your Bid Management Like Your Daily Fantasy Players
Paid Search Budgeting For 2016: Estimating Your Best Budgets
The calendar year is filled with milestones for a Paid Search marketer. From gift-giving holidays to college enrollment deadlines, we all mark our respective calendars with dates and time frames to remember year after year. An undeniably vital time for each and every single one of us is the deadline for Next Year’s Budget. Because this is such an important topic and I’d … [Read more...] about Paid Search Budgeting For 2016: Estimating Your Best Budgets
5 Things You Can Do Today To Improve Account Performance
In the PPC world, things are constantly changing. With new products and features being introduced all the time, there’s a possibility that something can be missed or that something we intended to do has fallen through the cracks. For this reason, it’s important to periodically take the time to look through your accounts and ensure that you’re doing everything necessary for … [Read more...] about 5 Things You Can Do Today To Improve Account Performance
