In this monthly post, we bring you the latest from all of the major platforms. General What: California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) goes live Details: On January 1st, 2020 CCPA went into effect representing a major milestone in data privacy legislation within the United States. Impact: For brands that properly prepped for GDPR, there were likely minimal alterations to make. … [Read more...] about January Updates to Paid Advertising Platforms
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12 Holiday PPC Optimization Tips
This year is coming to an end and we are almost through the holiday season. Here are some holiday PPC optimization tips you can make in your account right now. Some of these tips will help you reduce wasteful spending and improve ROAS. SQRs/Negatives It was not too long ago that Google expanded their keyword close variant matching. Microsoft Ads has also expanded its … [Read more...] about 12 Holiday PPC Optimization Tips
10 Visual Google Ads PPC Reports You Should Use
As data analysts, we often overlook the value of visualizing our PPC data. Lucky for us, the Google Ads Report Editor has made data visualization easier than ever. This handy tool allows your average PPC analyst to become an everyday Bob Ross of data visualization. Custom graphs and charts are an extremely useful problem-solving tool and continue to guide our Google Ads … [Read more...] about 10 Visual Google Ads PPC Reports You Should Use
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]
The 3 Search Campaign Analyses You Need To Run
Ongoing PPC search campaign analyses are crucial to improve performance and cut wasted spend. Extensive analysis should always be performed upon acquisition of new accounts, but they should also be conducted as part of account maintenance. There is always room to improve as the paid search landscape is always evolving. In this post, we’ll discuss 3 of the top analyses to run … [Read more...] about The 3 Search Campaign Analyses You Need To Run
3 Unconventional Ways to Use Automated Bidding
Smart bidding has been around for a good amount of time now which hopefully means you’ve been able to play around with it on your accounts. Everyone always seems to jump to their largest search campaigns to test it out but there are some really creative ways to use these strategies across the funnel. As a reminder, there are some recommendations and best practices to keep … [Read more...] about 3 Unconventional Ways to Use Automated Bidding
August Updates to Paid Advertising Platforms
In this monthly post, we bring you the latest from all of the major platforms. Google Ads What: Google Ads releases phrase match and broad match modifiers Details: Last year, Google Ads started allowing exact match keywords to match to close variants. To keep advertisers from needing to build exhaustive keyword lists, Google Ads is extending close variant matching to phrase … [Read more...] about August Updates to Paid Advertising Platforms
What Is A Good Click Through Rate (CTR)?
What is a good click-through rate? It’s the age-old question asked by PPC managers and clients alike. Though we can agree that higher is better, much debate remains as to what constitutes a good vs. subpar account CTR. Below, I’ll give a definitive answer, though I acknowledge that many factors are at play. Additionally, I’ll be answering this question only regarding Google … [Read more...] about What Is A Good Click Through Rate (CTR)?
How I Lowered Brand CPA By 90% While Increasing Conversions
At this point, keyword targeting can seem a little antiquated and probably the most univocal part of account management. I tend to view keywords as more supplemental to a mixed bag of strategies, campaign types, audience targeting, and more. However, while they may seem straightforward on the surface, we must still remain vigilant as match type evolution can cause some … [Read more...] about How I Lowered Brand CPA By 90% While Increasing Conversions
PPC Math Made Easy
Is the math aspect of PPC your least favorite part of your job? Does the mere mention of the word “algebra” anxiety-inducing? Are you not a “numbers person”? Or maybe you’re just a PPC newbie and you’re wrapping your head around what all of the numbers and metrics mean. Fear not, friends. PPC Hero is here to help. In today’s post, we’ll walk through some handy PPC equations … [Read more...] about PPC Math Made Easy
Google Recommendations: Are they Helping or Hurting my Paid Search Strategy?
Let’s face it. There are plenty of rabbit holes to dig into when going through your Google Ads account. Collecting data, recognizing the trends for optimization and other paid search strategy efforts often do not come as quickly as we’d like. The problem? As digital marketers, time is not always on our side. We are expected to bring in results in a timely manner but some … [Read more...] about Google Recommendations: Are they Helping or Hurting my Paid Search Strategy?
5 Must Watch PPC Reporting Metrics For Small Businesses
What’s the end goal of any small business PPC campaign? Results. Results that show you that all the effort you’ve put into building, optimizing, curating, and monitoring your Pay per Click (PPC) ads matters and is paying off. Using valuable data in the form of performance metrics and reporting within Bing Ads and Google Ads helps you realize your ideal results, but the sheer … [Read more...] about 5 Must Watch PPC Reporting Metrics For Small Businesses
