If you’re using call metrics in your Google AdWords campaigns, you should be aware that Google will begin charging you $1 when someone manually dials the number displayed with your ad. There is no charge, however, on clicks from users on mobile devices, so basically this means you’ll only incur the extra cost when someone sees your ad in a traditional Web browser and decides to … [Read more...] about News Update: Google AdWords Call Metrics Charging For Calls
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News Update: Google’s Instant Preview Comes to the Ad World
Google’s own Inside AdWords blog announced yesterday afternoon that the ever-expanding world of their Instant Preview feature has finally made it’s way to advertising. Their news release explains that the Instant Preview feature for ads works in the same way it does for organic results. A small magnifying glass now appears next to the headline of each ad that populates for a … [Read more...] about News Update: Google’s Instant Preview Comes to the Ad World
Heroview – Analyzing Ad Strategy With Tom Demers
As Co-founder/Director of MeasuredSEM and former Director of Marketing with Wordstream, Tom Demers (@TomDemers) is one of those PPC experts that many PPC marketers want to talk to. That’s why we chose him to participate in our first-ever live #Heroview – real-time discussions with industry experts via Twitter. There are many SEM experts we at Hanapin Marketing want to meet and … [Read more...] about Heroview – Analyzing Ad Strategy With Tom Demers
Four Tips to Liven Up Your Facebook Marketing
Many relationship therapists will tell you that the key to a successful long-term relationship is keeping things new, exciting, and fresh. The same is true for our online relationships – if you want to keep your Facebook fans happy, you’ll need to add new content regularly. While you can’t join a French cooking class with your fans, you can still show them you care by treating … [Read more...] about Four Tips to Liven Up Your Facebook Marketing
Developing a Pay-Per-Click Strategy
We spend a lot of time writing about the do’s, don’ts, and how to’s of PPC but I thought it would be a good opportunity to write about the bigger picture. All marketing plans have to start somewhere and it certainly isn’t without research and loads of planning. This article is aimed at helping you to understand and devise a strategy for your pay per click accounts. Without … [Read more...] about Developing a Pay-Per-Click Strategy
Creating Killer Ads Using Bing Dynamic Text
Last week Bryan wrote a great post about the changes Google is making in the way they display ads, so I thought it would be a good idea to call out the unique way Bing lets you insert dynamic text, and how you can use this to help you create killer ads. What is dynamic text? Dynamic text is a word or phrase that is inserted into your ad using a variable. After a search … [Read more...] about Creating Killer Ads Using Bing Dynamic Text
Three Ways to Create an SEO-PPC Feedback Loop
If your organic and paid search campaigns aren't talking to each other, you're wasting a lot of work. Many of the insights you gain in one area can be applied to the other, and neglecting to share those insights will result in lost opportunities and duplicated efforts. Still, it happens all the time – either because different people focus on SEO and PPC within an organization, … [Read more...] about Three Ways to Create an SEO-PPC Feedback Loop
Statistical Validity Is Leading You Astray
Sometimes, the idea of testing in PPC accounts can get a little dicey. What can you test? What makes for a valid test? Is a significant test always valid? What “untestable” factors might influence performance? To most positively affect the return your tests will offer, it’s important to both plan your tests carefully and to understand the various interactions of factors beyond … [Read more...] about Statistical Validity Is Leading You Astray
PPC News Roundup for January 21, 2011
Groupon might have rejected Google’s offer to buy them, but that didn’t stop Google from getting into the deal-of-the-day market. Waving the surrender flag isn’t really Google’s style. Mashable broke the story last night that Google has confirmed “Google Offers,” aka—the Groupon Clone, as Greg Sterling of Search Engine Land notes. Google Offers is obviously in the testing phase … [Read more...] about PPC News Roundup for January 21, 2011
Case Study: Refining Mobile Campaigns
Last month, our team compiled a review of PPC in 2010 and what we expect this year. Mobile marketing is definitely something we couldn’t overlook. Over 80% of the US population currently carries mobile phones (according to Punchkick Interactive), and Google’s mobile searches increased fivefold in the last two years. If you haven’t considered launching a mobile campaign for your … [Read more...] about Case Study: Refining Mobile Campaigns
Case Study: Improving Low Quality Score Accounts
Do you remember playing the game Telephone as a child? One person whispers a sentence into the ear of the person next to them, who whispers it to the person next to them and so on down the line, while trying to retain as much information of the message as possible. Inevitably, by the time the last person spoke the sentence aloud it barely resembled the original. I felt like … [Read more...] about Case Study: Improving Low Quality Score Accounts
6 Optimization Tips to Get Ready for the New Year
The turkey, stuffing and potatoes came and went and as the last of green bean casserole is finished, it is time to admit we are in full holiday mode. Halloween barely left us and the stores already had trees, lights and wrapping paper overflowing into the aisles, but there is something about the constant holly jolly music in all of the stores that really spells out ‘tis the … [Read more...] about 6 Optimization Tips to Get Ready for the New Year
