Editorial note: This guest post is a finalist in our Hero Conf scholarship event. Jeremy Estes currently works on the paid search team at Standing Dog Interactive in Dallas, Texas. When I first started building PPC campaigns, 7 or 8 years ago, I remember getting all the “pro tips” like putting the keyword in the title, using numbers or special characters, title casing, … [Read more...] about Finalist: Optimizing and Targeting for User Behavior
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6 Approaches To Improving Your PPC Conversion Rate
When it comes to PPC, generally clients want me to do two things for them: Increase Conversions Reduce Cost Per Conversion Achieving these two goals requires more than just good luck. I want to discuss six different approaches you can take to measuring and improving your conversion rate. 1. Set Goals The first thing I always look at when I start off trying to improve my … [Read more...] about 6 Approaches To Improving Your PPC Conversion Rate
Enhanced Campaign Answers: Webinar Recording
We approached this webinar with the idea that Google’s Enhanced Campaigns update to AdWords had a lot of people asking questions, and it didn’t take long for that little hypothesis to prove correct! Watch the recording below to see Jeff Allen & Sam Owen of Hanapin Marketing, Larry Kim of Wordstream and Elizabeth Marsten of Portent answer common questions, including the … [Read more...] about Enhanced Campaign Answers: Webinar Recording
Customize Your Analytics Dashboard for Instant Insights
Wrestling with Google Analytics can be a difficult proposition for any seasoned account manager, let alone you poor souls out there that are new to the platform. The data on display is so incredibly robust and the reporting options so thoroughly expansive, it's easy to be overwhelmed even when looking at the simplest of metrics. In remembering my first Analytics dive, I'd … [Read more...] about Customize Your Analytics Dashboard for Instant Insights
Maximize Your PPC’s Efficiency With e-Commerce Tracking
In the world of ecommerce one idea is king: profit. As the old saying goes ‘revenue is vanity, profit is sanity’ and it is for this reason that properly optimized PPC can help keep all e-commerce website owners very sane and very happy. By setting up Google Analytics’ e-commerce tracking to integrate with your PPC data you can track the exact amount of revenue made on your site … [Read more...] about Maximize Your PPC’s Efficiency With e-Commerce Tracking
Marc Bitanga: Hero Conf 2013 Speaker Interview
We had the opportunity to interview Marc Bitanga, who will be speaking about segmentation and working with agencies at Hero Conf 2013. Marc Bitanga is a digital marketing professional with over 10 years experience increasing website traffic, acquiring customers and improving online revenue for agencies as well as popular brands such as Electronic Arts & SAP. He has … [Read more...] about Marc Bitanga: Hero Conf 2013 Speaker Interview
Dennis Yu: Hero Conf 2013 Interview
We had the opportunity to interview Dennis Yu, who will be speaking about Facebook and PPC at Hero Conf 2013. Dennis Yu is CEO of BlitzMetrics. He has helped brands grow and measure their Facebook presence and is an internationally recognized lecturer in Facebook marketing, having been featured on National Public Radio, TechCrunch, Fox News, AllFacebook, CBS Evening News, and … [Read more...] about Dennis Yu: Hero Conf 2013 Interview
PPC Hero’s Beginner’s Guide to PPC
PPC Foundation PPC Account Structure Budgeting and Projections Keywords Bid Management Ad Writing and Testing Google Display Network Landing Page Optimization Google Analytics Reports and Client Services … [Read more...] about PPC Hero’s Beginner’s Guide to PPC
5 Reasons to Start Bidding on Branded Terms (If You Aren’t Already)
As we start to wrap up 2012, I wanted to take some time to publicly address a question and concern that popped up rather often this year: bidding on branded terms. I know there are believers that this strategy is a waste of marketing budget and I understand where they’re coming from. That said, I also feel like the data and research that has been published over the last year or … [Read more...] about 5 Reasons to Start Bidding on Branded Terms (If You Aren’t Already)
10 Things to Consider When Coordinating PPC & SEO Campaigns – Q & A Follow Up
Back at the beginning of the month, Hanapin/PPC Hero co-hosted a webinar with Intrapromote to review the best ways to coordinate your PPC and SEO marketing efforts. You can watch the recording to get all the delivered content, but we also had some fantastic questions and ran out of time to answer them all live. So I wanted to follow up on the questions we didn’t get to and … [Read more...] about 10 Things to Consider When Coordinating PPC & SEO Campaigns – Q & A Follow Up
The Importance of Site Speed for PPC
There’s been a lot of talk about site speed in the past year or so and I thought it would be a good time to look into the impact it’s had on some of my accounts. Over the past few weeks I’ve been helping my clients look into their average page load time and see if we can discover any ways to speed things up as part of a general site audit and quality score review. The … [Read more...] about The Importance of Site Speed for PPC
PPC Hero’s Tips to Get You Through the Holiday and Into the New Year!
With the new year approaching, it's the perfect time to reminisce of 2012 and use the things we've learned throughout the holidays & into the new year. With a combined effort from the PPC Hero team we pulled the top 5 tips to get you through the holiday and into the new year. Enjoy these pointers from our PPC Heroes and your holiday season! “I find that it's crucial to … [Read more...] about PPC Hero’s Tips to Get You Through the Holiday and Into the New Year!
