As we have come to expect, Bing is continuing its efforts to catch up with AdWords. The most recent announcement comes with regard to link URLs for ads. Google announced Upgraded URLs early in 2015, which allow advertisers to edit tracking parameters on ads without creating a new ad and losing historical data. On Tuesday, Bing announced that they are following suit and have … [Read more...] about What Upgraded Bing URLs Mean For You
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Be In The Know About Upcoming Improvements To AdWords Automated Bidding
Last week, Google announced Smart Bidding for AdWords and DoubleClick Search as the new name for automated bidding. Smart Bidding is considered auction-time bidding since bids are decided on an auction by auction basis. If you are using any of the bidding strategies listed below, you are already taking advantage of Smart Bidding. Target CPA Target ROAS Enhanced … [Read more...] about Be In The Know About Upcoming Improvements To AdWords Automated Bidding
Limitations You Need To Be Aware Of Before Applying For Google Ad Grants
If you work for a nonprofit or want to offer your PPC services to help a nonprofit, Google Ad Grants is for you. If your organization qualifies, you can receive $10,000 USD a month...for free! Think of what your organization can do with that money to try and build awareness, collect donations, or try to sign up volunteers. While I will vouch for Google Ad Grants any day, it … [Read more...] about Limitations You Need To Be Aware Of Before Applying For Google Ad Grants
Leveraging Analytics For Remarketing: Picking The Ripest Fruit
Remarketing represents the low hanging fruit of the digital marketing world. This cliche or some analogous iteration is parroted throughout the paid search community to no end. It's a safe assumption that this mentality has either been repeated or embraced by nearly every account manager, myself included. And while the frequency becomes repetitive, its prevalence is well … [Read more...] about Leveraging Analytics For Remarketing: Picking The Ripest Fruit
4 Common Questions Prospects Ask Me During The Sales Process
We’re now more than half way through the year and already there have been many changes within digital marketing. Google’s Performance Summit yielded many updates, including: Expanded text ads Bid adjustments by device Demographics for Search Ads Pinterest has turned the advertising corner, growing into a strong player within the market and Programmatic continues to … [Read more...] about 4 Common Questions Prospects Ask Me During The Sales Process
[New Whitepaper!] 4 Ways To Survive PPC Campaigns for the Healthcare Marketer
When it comes to Healthcare Marketing, one particular form of creative thinking can be especially helpful: rather than out-of-the-box thinking, we should aim for thinking “into the corners,”4 and pursuing overlooked opportunities within our current reach. This whitepaper will highlight four examples of how thinking at the corners can help boost your PPC performance in the … [Read more...] about [New Whitepaper!] 4 Ways To Survive PPC Campaigns for the Healthcare Marketer
Liveblogging 2016 DoubleClick Announcements
Today is the day we learn more about the latest DoubleClick updates. Follow along live as we share DoubleClick's announcements as well as our opinions. Five minutes until go-time and DoubleClick is sharing a lot of fun facts while we wait: Paul Muret takes the stage. He is opening up with background on Google Analytics evolution and DoubleClicks inception and … [Read more...] about Liveblogging 2016 DoubleClick Announcements
How To Excel Your Search Query Reports
Search query reports are a fact of life in paid search. No matter how great your keywords are, there will always be queries that, for better or worse, don’t quite match your target. Although it’s a crucial part of account success, the web interfaces leave much to be desired. Choosing queries one by one and setting them as negative or adding them as keywords is inefficient … [Read more...] about How To Excel Your Search Query Reports
All That Glitters Isn’t PPC Gold
I have been in the PPC industry just long enough to realize that we are entering the Golden Age of digital advertising. Social platforms are allowing us to interact with consumers in a whole new way. Programmatic gets ads in front of specific audiences like never before. Bing and Google constantly change the ball game for us. You and I, the PPC Heroes, we aren’t just managing … [Read more...] about All That Glitters Isn’t PPC Gold
Maximizing Trade Show & Expo Sales with PPC
As the hosts of our own PPC conference Hero Conf, we know how much time and planning goes into organizing events. If you or your clients’ businesses are hosting an exposition or trade show, utilizing PPC can help lift your ROI. In this post, I’ll be explaining 4 crucial steps that have lead to success for our clients when building a PPC strategy for promoting ticket sales for … [Read more...] about Maximizing Trade Show & Expo Sales with PPC
4 Ways Google Tag Manager Will Help Your PPC
I’m always looking for new ways to save time and better optimize my accounts. There are scripts and third party software tools that work, but how many PPC marketers are using Google Tag Manager? If you haven’t tried it yet, I’m hoping this blog will convince you. Here are four reasons why you need to try it. 1) Less Time Talking To Developers This is not, by any means, a … [Read more...] about 4 Ways Google Tag Manager Will Help Your PPC
Use Customer Feedback To Optimize Your PPC Campaign
Customer feedback gives marketers and business owners the insights to improve their product or service. It also gives PPC strategists the opportunity to improve the performance of their biddable media campaigns. To this end, seller and product ratings are a great way to help you improve your conversion rate and boost your quality scores. This blog post will look at how to … [Read more...] about Use Customer Feedback To Optimize Your PPC Campaign