This week we’ve been writing about why we perform tasks certain ways in our PPC accounts. Today I’ll look at why it’s pivotal to write mobile specific ads. I’ve found a lack of mobile specific ads to be one of the top errors in many accounts. Setting aside your opinion on profitability of mobile traffic, if you are going to target smart phones, then you need to write mobile … [Read more...] about Write Better Ads For Your Mobile Audience
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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
4 Reasons Your Mobile E-Comm Is Still Sucking (& How To Fix It)
When it comes to mobile e-commerce, we tend to go for the big flashy topics and metrics. But we don't always spend time actually looking into performance and identifying when it's working and when it's simply not. Today we investigate e-commerce from a mobile perspective and identify just you're doing (or not doing) that's causing your mobile e-comm to, for lack of a better … [Read more...] about 4 Reasons Your Mobile E-Comm Is Still Sucking (& How To Fix It)
8 Fixable Shortcomings That A PPC Audit Would Uncover
We’ve all been there: A new account comes across your desk and you get to spend the next few days digging in and finding all the flaws that you can then turn into “quick wins” for your team. But what will someone uncover when they audit your account? While your account may be in good, even great, shape, there is always something to find. Today I break out 8 specific oversights … [Read more...] about 8 Fixable Shortcomings That A PPC Audit Would Uncover
One More Moving Part To Ad Rank – Don’t Get Left Behind!
This past month we saw the big release of Google’s new approach to your ad position: the Ad Rank Algorithm. This algorithm now looks at an additional factor, expected positive impact of an ad, when determining which ad will show and where. When an auction used to be determined by Quality Score and max. CPC, now if both of those factors are equal, Google will turn to the … [Read more...] about One More Moving Part To Ad Rank – Don’t Get Left Behind!
Ecommerce Marketing: Find More Customers and Close the Deal Webinar Recording
During this week's webinar, we went over some best practices for guiding your customers through the ecommerce sales funnel, and came to terms with the fact that the path changes all the time. Check out the video below to hear Hanapin Marketing experts Jeff Allen, Amanda West-Bookwalter and Christina Hall as they discuss cutting-edge ecommerce and search marketing best … [Read more...] about Ecommerce Marketing: Find More Customers and Close the Deal Webinar Recording
Finalist: How to Take Advantage of Enhanced Campaigns
Editorial note: This guest post is a finalist in our Hero Conf scholarship event. Alex Dao is a Senior Manager of Client Services at DataPop in Los Angeles, California. Ever since Google’s Enhanced campaigns announcement, there has been an excess of views on its negative implications. No matter what your views are on Enhanced Campaigns, this is something that will … [Read more...] about Finalist: How to Take Advantage of Enhanced Campaigns
Agency or In-House? Choosing The Right PPC Path For You
Lots of crazy stuff has happened in PPC during 2012. Even though that’s been true pretty much every year since its launch, we at PPC Hero felt that it was a big enough year to justify its very own series. That’s why for this month’s series we’re taking on the Biggest Thing in My PPC Year. Whether it’s tools, product releases or changes to our way of thinking, we’ll be … [Read more...] about Agency or In-House? Choosing The Right PPC Path For You
Why I Love My PPC-Only Landing Page (In addition to the 2,000% increase in conversion rate)
In part two of our series highlighting the importance of CROLP (Conversion Rate Optimization/Landing Pages), we’ll be diving into a case study of just how drastically a new landing page can improve performance and conversion rate. If Kayla’s post yesterday didn’t give you the tools to get your client or web development team on board, a look behind the scenes of one account … [Read more...] about Why I Love My PPC-Only Landing Page (In addition to the 2,000% increase in conversion rate)
5 Things to Consider When Running a Google AdWords Pay Per Action Campaign
Officially announced in March, Google's Pay-Per-Action (PPA) BETA test has now been running for 8 months. In that time, advertisers and publishers alike have grown accustomed to the new system and are developing a sense for what works and what doesn't. The only problem is that no one's talking about it! There was considerable buzz upon launch, but the blogosphere has since … [Read more...] about 5 Things to Consider When Running a Google AdWords Pay Per Action Campaign
