AdWords Quality Score is an important component of your ad rank. Your overall score has always been simple to pull but checking the individual factors was painful. You could only access these factors through tool tips making it impractical to view at a scale. AdWords recently added the three major factors to the API reports, meaning you can access these ratings as you would … [Read more...] about How To Evaluate AdWords Quality Score Factors In Bulk
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13 Reasons You Should Geo-Target PPC Campaigns
Multiple accounts that I manage daily use city or state specific geo-targeting at the campaign level. While we have the option to use geo-bid modifiers across the campaign, this type of segmentation takes optimization to the next stage. Inside every paid search account manager, there is a control freak. Targeting campaigns at the city level gives us that much control over our … [Read more...] about 13 Reasons You Should Geo-Target PPC Campaigns
Webinar Recording — Mobile PPC: Proven Strategies & Untapped opportunities
Last week, Hanapin's very own Jeff Allen and Wordstream's Larry Kim broke down Mobile PPC for us. We covered everything from how to optimize landing pages to bad examples of Mobile PPC. We also had quite an informative Q & A at the end! Check it out! … [Read more...] about Webinar Recording — Mobile PPC: Proven Strategies & Untapped opportunities
Google’s New, Easier Instant Previews and the PPC Effect
Today we have another post from one of our PPC Hero allies, Mark Reynolds of Blazen Web Marketing. Mark is an internet marketer and web designer based in the U.K. In this post he takes a look at Google's new Instant Previews, how it can impact the CTR of PPC ads, and offers tips on how to improve your landing pages. Google has announced the new version of its Instant Previews … [Read more...] about Google’s New, Easier Instant Previews and the PPC Effect
‘+1 Problems & Preparing for +1 Targeting
Over the past week, Google has made it very clear that they do not want businesses creating G+ profiles, because, as they have noted, their current structure isn’t meant for businesses. Fear not, businesses, for Google has something in the works and undoubtedly it will affect advertisers. What exactly Google has lined up, I’m not sure – your guess is as good as mine and I’d … [Read more...] about ‘+1 Problems & Preparing for +1 Targeting
AdWords Ad Extensions: An Overview
If you’re not leveraging Google’s expanded ad formats, you may be missing out on valuable traffic and conversions. Especially for local businesses, businesses with several different products or services with their own landing pages, and e-commerce businesses, these extensions can add significant relevance (and likely value) to the relationship between a searcher and your ads. … [Read more...] about AdWords Ad Extensions: An Overview
Our Greatest Hits for July 2010
The page views have spoken! Below we have gathered PPC Hero’s four most visited, and hopefully most valuable articles from April. Whether you’re a new or long-time subscriber, you may have missed these insightful and helpful PPC management tips. Erin’s guide on landing page best practices drew in the most visitors for the month of July. Erin reminds us that the landing page is … [Read more...] about Our Greatest Hits for July 2010
7 reasons the Paid Media Manager is more vital that ever
In today’s rapidly evolving digital marketing landscape, the role of the paid media manager is undergoing a significant transformation. Once focused narrowly on platform optimizations and cost-per-click efficiency, today the paid media manager must wear many hats: strategist, data analyst, creative collaborator, and business partner. This article, based on a talk given at Hero … [Read more...] about 7 reasons the Paid Media Manager is more vital that ever
Store Visit Tracking: How to Use Google Ads to Drive Footfall to Your Local Business
How do you optimise campaigns when in-store visits are more valuable than online conversions? This is particularly pertinent for restaurant, retail store, and service businesses clients; where the real magic happens face-to-face. The answer is with store visit tracking. Whether you love it or loathe it, Performance Max has transformed how we measure and optimise for physical … [Read more...] about Store Visit Tracking: How to Use Google Ads to Drive Footfall to Your Local Business
Best practices to boost results with Performance Max
In an era defined by rapid digital transformation, performance marketers are increasingly challenged to rethink their strategies, reimagine tools, and reinvent the way they connect with audiences. Google’s Performance Max (PMax) campaign type, despite representing one of the most significant shifts to the broader advertising landscape in recent years, is still not as well … [Read more...] about Best practices to boost results with Performance Max
From Average to Awesome: How to Master the Art of PPC Account Management
Whether you're in B2B lead generation or e-commerce, the principles of high-performance PPC are largely the same. This article shares what I believe separates an average PPC account manager from an awesome one, and outlines four core strategies to help you level up. The Difference Between Average and Awesome Let’s rewind to 2017. Snapchat filters were everywhere, and I … [Read more...] about From Average to Awesome: How to Master the Art of PPC Account Management
Performance Max’s Biggest Updates… and What They Mean for Advertisers
The PMax that drove many marketers to reconsider their future in Google Ads is well and truly gone. The black box days are being traded in for greater data visibility and enhanced advertiser controls, thanks to some fantastic community outreach and product efforts from Google. The fact that so much of the meaningful change in Performance Max has come over the past 12 (or … [Read more...] about Performance Max’s Biggest Updates… and What They Mean for Advertisers
