By now everyone has heard the general consensus on common ad group setup practices. An ad group should have a limited number of keywords, be related to one another, and be relevant to the ads and landing pages. Each one of these items is important but leaves ambiguity in the actual implementation. If you spend any time thinking about these you’ll arrive at more questions than … [Read more...] about How Do You Structure Your Ad Groups?
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How I Would Evaluate A PPC Agency’s Performance If I Were A Client
As the CEO of a 45-person company, I obviously can’t make all of the decisions for the company, nor do I want to. I need to be able to rely on our department heads and managers to drive results. So, I would approach managing the agency like I approach managing Hanapin, focusing on results and behaviors. If Hanapin were to hire a PPC agency, I would not be the person managing … [Read more...] about How I Would Evaluate A PPC Agency’s Performance If I Were A Client
Using RLSAs To Stay Live When Budget Is Low
Recently, one of my clients came to me with a fairly common problem. Due to the seasonality of their business, they have certain months during the year with a lower budget allocated to Search and Shopping campaigns. During these months, since they track monthly budget by day, most of their product focused campaigns run out of budget early in the day. Thus, the account then runs … [Read more...] about Using RLSAs To Stay Live When Budget Is Low
One Surefire Way to Maximize a Limited by Budget Campaign
It’s a painful thing, seeing those three orange-faced words smackdab in the middle of the AdWords Interface: Limited by budget. The way that AdWords defines the criteria for a campaign to slapped with the “limited by budget” tag, is that the campaign’s budget is set at a lower daily amount than what is recommended by Google. Granted, this definition comes with the world’s … [Read more...] about One Surefire Way to Maximize a Limited by Budget Campaign
7 Areas Where Your PPC Account Is Broken
Sometimes in the weeds of your own PPC account, it’s hard to see what’s really going on. Regularly auditing your account can help prevent you from slowly bleeding money or missing out on opportunities for growth or new features. However, regular audits can be hard to do when you are the only one in your account day in and day out. As a Sr. Digital Specialist I spend about … [Read more...] about 7 Areas Where Your PPC Account Is Broken
Punch AdWords In The Face With These 5 Easy Scripts
If you have been running AdWords for more than 5 minutes it’s safe to say you have some pent up feelings of aggression. It’s completely normal to get curse at inanimate objects like a computer, right? Instead of spending a ton of time and brain power pulling data and manipulating pivot tables we’ve come up with a few scripts that will help you to minimize frustrations and … [Read more...] about Punch AdWords In The Face With These 5 Easy Scripts
Account Structure and Reporting in Excel
In late October I wrote an article about a template I created in Excel for account build outs and creating an organized paid search account. I emphasized that building out accounts in an organized manner helps with reporting and ease of optimizations. How does this organization help with reporting? Let's dig back into Excel to show how reporting can be done easily with a … [Read more...] about Account Structure and Reporting in Excel
4 Bing PPC Predictions To Watch For in 2015
Series week rolls on as Cassie explores her Bing predictions for 2015. Also make sure to check out Sarah's post on projected RLSA expansion in 2015 and Jeff's prediction of the year of bid and budget automation. The Yahoo Bing Network has big plans on the horizon for 2015 that could potentially change the way we advertise pay-per-click ads and budgets for Bing Ads. The Yahoo … [Read more...] about 4 Bing PPC Predictions To Watch For in 2015
Google AdWords Puts Focus on Shopping Campaigns
As we move closer to the Holiday season, Google continues to come out with features to help eCommerce advertisers during their busiest time of the year. Two announcements were made by Google on Wednesday. The new Diagnostics tab in the Merchant Center will be replacing the Data Quality tab currently in the Merchant Center. Five new features around Shopping Campaigns have … [Read more...] about Google AdWords Puts Focus on Shopping Campaigns
5 Most-Common PPC Obstacles – and How to Overcome Them [New Webinar with SEMrush!]
Setting up a high-performing AdWords campaign can seem like a start-and-stop affair, with roadblocks and obstacles at every turn. Hanapin Marketing's Senior Digital Advisor, Kayla Kurtz, is responsible for squeezing ROI from hundreds of thousands of dollars of budget each month. In her role, she has overcome the obstacles and heard the questions that stymie even the most … [Read more...] about 5 Most-Common PPC Obstacles – and How to Overcome Them [New Webinar with SEMrush!]
Cut Throat PPC: A Guide To Competitive Analysis
When it comes to PPC advertising, I’ve never heard of a business that isn’t interested in what their competitors are doing. Your client might come to you and request a competitive analysis, and you might be wondering where the heck to start. Don’t worry, I’ll walk you through what to look at, how to make the comparisons, and what tools to use. Choosing Competitors I … [Read more...] about Cut Throat PPC: A Guide To Competitive Analysis
Win the Mobile Bid Battle with 3 Easy Excel Reports
Of all the issues we deal with in PPC, the question of what to do with mobile traffic seems to come up more often than the rest. In many ways, it's the next big problem we have to face (alongside attribution in general)- is there any value to this traffic? If so, how do we properly account for its value? And what role does it play in our marketing efforts as a whole? While … [Read more...] about Win the Mobile Bid Battle with 3 Easy Excel Reports
