It’s that time of year when we as advertisers reflect back on the last 12 months and evaluate what marketing programs worked great, which did not fair as well, and start to plan marketing budgets for the new year. But how do you know if you have the right budgets for your industry and each marketing channel? You may ask yourself these questions: Did you allow budget to … [Read more...] about Is Your PPC Budget Setting You Up To Fail?
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Your Simplest Path To Passing The Bing Accreditation Exam
Over the past few months, I have provided my guides to acing your Google Fundamentals, Search & Display Advanced Exams. Not to be overlooked, today we’ll work through the Bing Accreditation Exam and how to ensure that you pass it with ease! But before we launch into what exactly it will take to become a Bing Ads Accredited Professional, I want to address why you’d want to … [Read more...] about Your Simplest Path To Passing The Bing Accreditation Exam
5 Ways Exit Overlays (Pop-ups) Can Supercharge Your PPC Campaigns
Second chances are rare in search marketing. Typically, landing pages only have 6 seconds to get the point across. And unless you’re a big brand with a healthy retargeting spend, chances are you aren’t reeling in all abandoning users. Luckily, a new technology called exit-intent exists to help marketers re-engage abandoning visitors with a last-second offer. And for … [Read more...] about 5 Ways Exit Overlays (Pop-ups) Can Supercharge Your PPC Campaigns
Audit Your PPC Account in 20 Minutes Using AdWords Segments
PPC accounts can be complex and typically contain various layers of networks, targeting, devices, locations, settings and much more. As your account grows, the opportunity for wasted spend and/or unseen opportunities for growth increases. Performing regular PPC account audits can help you stay on top of these findings and in the end, save you money. However, a full-blown audit … [Read more...] about Audit Your PPC Account in 20 Minutes Using AdWords Segments
Excel Correlation, Causation, and Optimization
Figuring out the "why" behind account performance issues can be a very tricky proposition. At best, it's a quick dive in to the change history and noticing that someone added 500,000 negative phrase match keywords. At worst, though? Well, the worst-case scenario is that there may not be an easy answer, and you'll need to get creative to figure it out. Recently, I was faced … [Read more...] about Excel Correlation, Causation, and Optimization
The People vs. Bing Broad Match
The fundamental principle behind PPC is the keyword match type. It’s literally how we determine when we show our ads on the search engine results page, so understanding this concept is an important step in comprehending PPC as a whole. When I first learned PPC, it was explained to me like so: Exact match must contain the search query exactly. Phrase match requires that the … [Read more...] about The People vs. Bing Broad Match
Morning Clicks: Clueless Corporations, Beautiful Excel, and More
Morning Clicks is your mid-week roundup of digital advertising news and notes. We're your one-stop shop for the most relevant and important news in the PPC world. Grab your cup of joe and come see us every Wednesday morning. Hey, alright! Google finally introduced website click-to-call conversion tracking. [PPC Hero, Inside AdWords] It's a prudent marketer who learns from … [Read more...] about Morning Clicks: Clueless Corporations, Beautiful Excel, and More
Morning Clicks: Bing Opportunites Tool Upgraded, AdWords Puts Focus on Shopping Campaigns
Morning Clicks is your mid-week roundup of digital advertising news and notes. We're your one-stop shop for the most relevant and important news in the PPC world. Grab your cup of joe and come see us every Wednesday morning. The new and improved look for Bing Ads came with updates to the opportunities tab with advice on what to change in your Bing account. [Search Engine … [Read more...] about Morning Clicks: Bing Opportunites Tool Upgraded, AdWords Puts Focus on Shopping Campaigns
Bing Announces Changes to Interface, New Metric, and More
While we of course love Bing for its non-aesthetical properties (a wonderful personality, and always shows up to the party with a kick-butt bowl of bean dip), no one’s discouraging it from a trip to the beauty parlor. Okay, okay, Microsoft is changing more than just the interface’s appearance, as they detailed on Monday. Bing Ads will now feature: Destination URL … [Read more...] about Bing Announces Changes to Interface, New Metric, and More
Morning Clicks: Dynamic Sitelinks, PLA Product Ratings, and More
Morning Clicks is your mid-week roundup of digital advertising news and notes. We're your one-stop shop for the most relevant and important news in the PPC world. Grab your cup of joe and come see us every Wednesday morning. Big news out of Bing. The interface is getting a new look. [Bing Ads] Google Analytics now offers reporting for display targeting in AdWords. [PPC … [Read more...] about Morning Clicks: Dynamic Sitelinks, PLA Product Ratings, and More
Morning Clicks: Google Puts Focus on Shopping Campaigns, Twitter Releases New Tool for Analytics, and More
Morning Clicks is your mid-week roundup of digital advertising news and notes. We're your one-stop shop for the most relevant and important news in the PPC world. Grab your cup of joe and come see us every Wednesday morning. Not too long ago, Google announced the launching of My Business, this week they announced that you can link My Business to your AdWords account. … [Read more...] about Morning Clicks: Google Puts Focus on Shopping Campaigns, Twitter Releases New Tool for Analytics, and More
5 Options to Ensure Accurate PPC Conversion Tracking
Conversion tracking is arguably the most important piece of running successful PPC campaigns. That being said, it’s crucial that you make sure your conversion tracking tags are placed correctly. You might be prompted to check conversion tags because your numbers seem a bit off (either too high or too low compared to backend data). I would recommend getting in the habit of … [Read more...] about 5 Options to Ensure Accurate PPC Conversion Tracking
