Quality Score is meant to be an indicator of the relevancy of your ad to a user’s search query. It is merely an instrument or a gauge that indicates the clickability of your PPC marketing efforts. PPC marketers often look to Quality Score as something to optimize. You insert your keywords in ads and landing pages, use negatives to weed out irrelevant queries, and on and on. … [Read more...] about Quality Score Optimization Makes Everyone a Loser
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Mobile Growth and Utilization
Jeff Allen, an Account Manager at Hanapin Marketing, conducted this interview with Josh Aston. Josh is Director of Online Marketing at Progrexion (which is not a client of Hanapin Marketing.) He is leading Progrexion’s efforts in the mobile marketplace. Jeff: At Hanapin, we take a much different approach to Mobile devices than we do for desktop. Specifically, we try to truly … [Read more...] about Mobile Growth and Utilization
10 Changes to make to Your AdWords Search Campaign that will Boost Your CTR
Have the text ads in your AdWords campaigns got to a point where they need a click-through rate (CTR) boost without you making any immediate changes to your CPC bids? You know that increasing your text ads Click Through Rate (CTR) would not only lead to increased traffic, but would ultimately result in improved Quality Scores and a higher Ad Rank. You might also not want to … [Read more...] about 10 Changes to make to Your AdWords Search Campaign that will Boost Your CTR
Interview with Joseph Kerschbaum
Today we would like to share an interview with Joseph Kerschbaum, Vice President of Clix Marketing. Joseph has been working in the SEM industry since 2006, and is one of the industry's foremost PPC experts. Enjoy the video below and learn more about Joseph and his thoughts on PPC, the Display Network, and Landing … [Read more...] about Interview with Joseph Kerschbaum
My Clickthrough Rate Is Improving, Why Aren’t My Conversions Increasing?
Scenario: you’ve watched your account’s clickthrough rate steadily increase over the past few months, but you’re not seeing an increase in conversions. Seems illogical, right? More clicks should mean more conversions?!?! As I’m sure you already know by now, your account metrics don’t always follow a domino effect; sometimes a seeming improvement in one area of your account … [Read more...] about My Clickthrough Rate Is Improving, Why Aren’t My Conversions Increasing?
Capture Them On The Go! Mobile Campaigns for E-Commerce
How many times a day to you look up something on your mobile device? Ten times? Twenty? Do you ever put it away? Or are you one of those people who don’t have a smartphone who longs to be part of the information super highway? I admittedly used to be one of those people, but no longer! In addition to using my smartphone to upload adorable photos of my child to Facebook, I … [Read more...] about Capture Them On The Go! Mobile Campaigns for E-Commerce
13 Popular PPC Campaign Tactics That Will Ruin You
PPC Campaign tactics are those things account managers do at the campaign level to increase performance. This list is 13 very common tactics PPC managers use to optimize at the campaign level. Sometimes they work, but sometimes they can tank an account and leave you with some explaining to do. 1. Rest on the Laurels of Your Top Pay Per Click (PPC) Campaigns It’s easy to … [Read more...] about 13 Popular PPC Campaign Tactics That Will Ruin You
How to Better Optimize for Mobile Lead Generation
Mobile PPC has been making huge strides in the last year and continues to gain popularity with an ever-increasing volume of Internet searches coming from mobile devices. We know there are certain optimizations necessary to make mobile traffic work and convert for you in the PPC world, but what can be done specifically for lead generation purposes? Well, let’s talk about … [Read more...] about How to Better Optimize for Mobile Lead Generation
Interview with Robert Brady!
Our interview today is with Robert Brady, Director of PPC & Conversion at Trafficado, and author of the blog Righteous Marketing. PPC Hero: How did you become interested in PPC? Robert: Growing up on a small farm in Idaho I didn't even know about PPC until I took an internet marketing course in college. This was the first time the university offered the class and I signed … [Read more...] about Interview with Robert Brady!
Interview with Brad Geddes
This week's Hero Conf speaker interview is with Brad Geddes, Founder of Certified Knowledge, an online paid search training and toolset provider. Brad has a lot of experience in the PPC industry, and we are looking forward to hearing him speak about retargeting and quality score at Hero Conf. Hero Conf is a paid search conference being held on April 16-17, 2012, in … [Read more...] about Interview with Brad Geddes
Hero Conf Super Early Bird Discount Ends Tomorrow!
Friday, February 3, is the last day to register for Hero Conf and still receive the Super Early Bird Discount. Day 1 is $450 (discounted by more than 50%), Day 2 is $1200 (discounted by nearly 30%), and both days are $1320 (discounted by nearly 40%). This week we would also like to share an interview with Joanna Lord, the Director of Customer Acquisition & Engagement at … [Read more...] about Hero Conf Super Early Bird Discount Ends Tomorrow!
Seasonal Greetings? I Should Hope So!
It's social media, right? Meaning that social context has huge influence over what gets noticed and reacted to, right? And by "social context" I mean that you think different thoughts, and are likely to respond to different bids for your attention, on December 3rd than July 3rd -- or even on Sunday afternoon than on Monday morning. In other words, seasonal events, holidays, … [Read more...] about Seasonal Greetings? I Should Hope So!