With billions of people across the world on social media, social advertising is a great way to reach tons of people at a relatively low cost. And after new ad programs rolling out this year on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and the likes - you are left with a variety of ways to reach your consumers. Maybe you're already doing some social advertising (good for you and your … [Read more...] about Six Things You Didn’t Know You Could Do With Social Advertising [New Webinar!]
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What To Ask When Building Your PPC Program
Developing a winning paid search program is a large and complex undertaking. There are many questions to answer and things to consider, such as goals, budgets, and best tactics to employ. Let's explore a couple questions you should ask or consider when building out a pay-per-click program. Question #1: What are my goals? One of the most important questions to ask as a paid … [Read more...] about What To Ask When Building Your PPC Program
Why This Call Tracking Provider Welcomes Google’s Call Tracking Announcement
At the outset I want to make clear that I’m with call tracking and call analytics provider, Convirza. Naturally, we’ve been playing close attention to the Google AdWords call tracking announcement and subsequent reaction. In this article we’ll explain why, contrary to what you might think, we were actually excited for Google’s announcement that they are providing call … [Read more...] about Why This Call Tracking Provider Welcomes Google’s Call Tracking Announcement
Why It’s Crucial To Audit PPC Accounts Ahead of Management
This month’s blog series is all about why we do what we do in paid search. We’re always talking about best practices, methodologies and strategies we utilize, but why are those methods the standard? Why do those methods and strategies work? We’ll discuss anything and everything – ad copy, mobile, account structure, projections, bid changes, keyword match types, conversions and … [Read more...] about Why It’s Crucial To Audit PPC Accounts Ahead of Management
Google Announces New Shipping Configuration Tool for Shopping Campaigns
Google announced yesterday on Inside AdWords that they’ve developed a solution to the common frustration of shipping price inaccuracies between what is displayed on the SERP, versus what is displayed on the final check out screen. Google asserts that their new shipping configuration tool will help advertisers show more accurate total prices to shoppers. Within this tool, … [Read more...] about Google Announces New Shipping Configuration Tool for Shopping Campaigns
Advanced ABCs of PPC – Terminology & Strategies to Remember
In the spirit of last week’s blog series, I’d like to take our readers back to school with a revisited paid search alphabet. I published a similar post back in August 2012, but I mainly focused on general and/or beginner-level terms. This time around I’ll uncover some more advanced PPC terminology and concepts to keep in mind as you manage your paid search campaigns. Class is … [Read more...] about Advanced ABCs of PPC – Terminology & Strategies to Remember
The 12 Steps for PPC Management
I’ve spent quite a bit of time recently reflecting on how I’ve managed my accounts over the years. As I’ve gone through this process, I have discovered 12 things that lead to better performance and increased efficiency when done consistently. When I deviate from these 12 steps, performance tends to suffer and account (not to mention client relationships) get even more difficult … [Read more...] about The 12 Steps for PPC Management
Suggestions for Herding Multiple PPC Accounts
This week our blog series is taking a look at the most expensive “set it and forget it” mistakes. Sam, Carrie, Jake and Eric have already warned you about the Display Network, newly ill-performing keywords, sideways Search Partners and runaway Broad match keywords – excellent advice on all fronts! I thought for my contribution, I’d tackle how you can be sure not to lose track … [Read more...] about Suggestions for Herding Multiple PPC Accounts
Dynamic Data and Presentation Pizzazz With Excel PowerMap
When it comes to analyzing and optimizing search advertising campaigns, Microsoft Excel is one of the most powerful tools available, and can be found pinned to just about every search marketer’s taskbar or even home screen. When it comes to visualizing certain complex datasets, however, traditional Excel displays such as graphs, conditional formatting tricks and even pivot … [Read more...] about Dynamic Data and Presentation Pizzazz With Excel PowerMap
Better Attribution Modeling – AdWords or Analytics?
A few days back I read this post about AdWords’ Attribution Modeling being released within the UI. It is a great feature to have in AdWords, but as mentioned in the post, this information does not show us the whole story. In this article I will compare Attribution Modeling in AdWords and Analytics. What are the main differences in how Attribution Modeling works in AdWords and … [Read more...] about Better Attribution Modeling – AdWords or Analytics?
How Restructuring Improved Quality Score & Reduced CPA by 23%
Today's post comes from Chris Swan. Chris is a fully qualified PPC manager for Jellyfish with five years experience specializing in PPC. He began working globally for brand awareness clients, picking up on the importance of site engagement metrics as performance indicators - rather than sales. And as his role evolved he later worked with direct response clients with the all … [Read more...] about How Restructuring Improved Quality Score & Reduced CPA by 23%
The 15 Ad Networks to Use Instead of AdWords
For a newer article on this topic visit: 10 Alternatives To Google And Facebook Ads For this month's series, we're providing a little bit of perspective on the hectic events of 2013. As we've left Enhanced Campaigns pretty well covered this year, this week we'll be dedicating our time to some of the other (non-Enhanced Campaigns) initiatives, tactics, strategies, and … [Read more...] about The 15 Ad Networks to Use Instead of AdWords
