This blog post was inspired by one of the many conversations I have with our president, Jeff Allen. I believe this particular conversation was about a client and hints we were giving us about their satisfaction, despite the ROI being at an all-time high for their account (not just with Hanapin but prior to us also). This blog post will go in depth about the classic … [Read more...] about Reassessing The Classical Definition Of ROI
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Supercharge Your Keyword Research With 5 Bing Ads Intelligence Hacks
We have a special post for you today as former Hanapin employee and current Bing Ads Account Manager, Eric Couch, shares his thoughts on Bing Ads Intelligence. Keyword research is hard. And for many PPC managers out there (myself included, until recently), it’s still a painfully primitive process. I can’t even begin to tell you how many keyword lists I’ve built out through … [Read more...] about Supercharge Your Keyword Research With 5 Bing Ads Intelligence Hacks
How To Optimize Twitter Ads for Business
Twitter can be a force for good if handled in the correct way. In this post, I’ll share my take on how to optimize Twitter ads for business by ensuring your targeting is taking the right path. In the example below, we are using a “website clicks and conversions." We’ll be addressing three areas of the campaign. Ensuring your campaigns are targeting the right … [Read more...] about How To Optimize Twitter Ads for Business
Top Performer Campaigns: Case Study of Hipster PPC
Top Performer campaigns seem to be all the rage. They’re like the kimchi taco of the PPC culinary world. Some folks have been doing it for a long time while others have a vague understanding of what they’re doing, but launch into it anyway. Instead of going through the motions of explaining why you need a Top Performer campaign, as there are many resources for that, let me … [Read more...] about Top Performer Campaigns: Case Study of Hipster PPC
4 Insanely Easy-To-Implement Features For Ecommerce Retailers
Occupying additional paid search real estate is paramount when trying to stand out from the competition. Everything from ad extensions to Shopping ads, to various aesthetics when writing ad copy comes into play. Along these lines, I've put together a list of 4 lesser used techniques which help to take up more real estate. These techniques include: Review Extensions Google … [Read more...] about 4 Insanely Easy-To-Implement Features For Ecommerce Retailers
Increase Bing Ads ROI With These 5 Automated Rules
Earlier this week, Bing Ads announced the launch of automated rules. We gave you the facts on the update yesterday. Today, I'm going to cover five ways to increase ROI on the platform by using the new automated rules feature. 1) Pause Keywords Performing Outside of CPA Goals It's easy to let keywords perform outside of goal for a while before you catch it. Even if it's just … [Read more...] about Increase Bing Ads ROI With These 5 Automated Rules
3 Tips You Need To Know Before Creating Bing Shopping Campaigns
Bing recently announced the release of the Bing Shopping Campaign (BSC) beta to a limited number of advertisers. Bing Product Ads have been around for a while and work great for ecommerce accounts. As we’ve seen with Google Shopping campaigns, the benefit of the new shopping format allows for easier management, share of voice reporting for benchmark CPCs and segmentation … [Read more...] about 3 Tips You Need To Know Before Creating Bing Shopping Campaigns
Use CRO To Boost Your PPC Performance
We all look at our website’s analytics and try to figure out why we aren’t seeing the type of performance we expect. Is it because of the headline? Is it the time it takes for the page to load? If our website is performing poorly, we ask these clarifying questions to figure out the problem and then look to Conversion Rate Optimization (CRO) for the solution. The majority of the … [Read more...] about Use CRO To Boost Your PPC Performance
Showcase Products On YouTube With TrueView For Shopping
This week Google is introducing a new feature called TrueView for shopping that makes it easy for viewers to get more information on products and also click to buy them. Video ads in TrueView for shopping, give merchants a platform to showcase product details and images, as well as give consumers the ability to click to purchase from a retail site. TrueView … [Read more...] about Showcase Products On YouTube With TrueView For Shopping
3 Easy AdWords Reports You Might Not Be Using
Google AdWords is a veritable sea of data, and to the fledgling PPC professional, sometimes it can seem like you’re treading water. The surface level metrics— clicks, impressions, CPC, CPA— are the lifesavers. All that other stuff can be daunting. But once you begin to know your way around the AdWords interface, there are a lot of very simple, very informative reports you … [Read more...] about 3 Easy AdWords Reports You Might Not Be Using
Review Extensions: AdWords’ Mythical Monster
There was once an ad extension that promised to improve your account health with better relevance, trust, and even engagement. Review extensions had rolled out, and all you had to do was complete a form such as this and all would fall into place. But it didn’t happen that easily, did it? No. In fact, there many out there still trying to get review extensions approved, … [Read more...] about Review Extensions: AdWords’ Mythical Monster
5 Tricks To Make Your Pay Per Click Profitable This Year
With keywords and ad placements growing ever more competitive, it’s important that you’re making full use of every paid search option that’s available and relevant to your business, as well as ensuring that your basic account structure and targeting is fail-proof. So now that the first quarter of the year is almost complete it’s time to make sure your PPC campaigns are … [Read more...] about 5 Tricks To Make Your Pay Per Click Profitable This Year
