After a crazy week of voting, the final 16 entrants in this year's Search Marketing Madness have been decided (you can see the full bracket here). It's now up to you to decide who should move on to the Elite Eight. Special commendation to Florida Gulf Coast, whose performance in that other March bracket was so strong that it almost moved them into our bracket (it would have … [Read more...] about Vote Now for Search Marketing Madness Sweet 16!
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Google AdWords Picks the Final Four Champion
Okay, so it's not AdWords directly who's picking the winner, but I put together a new statistic to rank each and every team in the NCAA Men's Tournament by some of the metrics that matter in PPC: namely search volume and cost per click. It's as if the RPI was replaced by a Google Pricing Index (a totally made up statistic created solely for the purposes of this exercise). … [Read more...] about Google AdWords Picks the Final Four Champion
Last Chance! Final Day to Bid on Hero Conf Sponsorships
Just a friendly reminder that your chance to own a piece of Hero Conf ends TONIGHT! Pockets of competition have been fierce (who knew people loved Twitter so much? Oh wait...), but there is still plenty left to bid on if you're so inclined. We've updated the prices below to reflect where they now stand after a week of bidding. We've also added two new auctions to go along with … [Read more...] about Last Chance! Final Day to Bid on Hero Conf Sponsorships
6 Approaches To Improving Your PPC Conversion Rate
When it comes to PPC, generally clients want me to do two things for them: Increase Conversions Reduce Cost Per Conversion Achieving these two goals requires more than just good luck. I want to discuss six different approaches you can take to measuring and improving your conversion rate. 1. Set Goals The first thing I always look at when I start off trying to improve my … [Read more...] about 6 Approaches To Improving Your PPC Conversion Rate
Tap into Foreign Markets With International PPC Campaigns
Want to reach further with your marketing? An international PPC campaign can be a key part of getting the word out about your product or service. Overseas consumers are coming online at an incredible rate. According to Internet World Stats, the Middle East and Africa have the fastest growing online populations, while Asia accounts for 44.8 per cent of internet users. A … [Read more...] about Tap into Foreign Markets With International PPC Campaigns
2 Useful Ways To Improve Your Campaigns With New Analytics Change History
When big changes, like Google's Enhanced Campaigns, hit the news stream, people can’t stop talking about it. But what about all of those changes that occurred amidst the confusion and excitement that no one ever noticed? In 2012, Pope Benedict XVI tweeted for the first time ever and only hours later the world's attention was pulled away by new Taylor Swift gossip. As Enhanced … [Read more...] about 2 Useful Ways To Improve Your Campaigns With New Analytics Change History
The Seven Best PPC Lessons from February 2013
So what it was a short month? Having two fewer calendar days doesn't mean that the staff of PPC Hero didn't come away with life changing lessons and insights. We now present to you the best things that we began implementing in our accounts this month in hopes that it'll make February that much more meaningful for you. Amanda West-Bookwalter This month was all about betas … [Read more...] about The Seven Best PPC Lessons from February 2013
Enhanced Campaign Answers: Webinar Recording
We approached this webinar with the idea that Google’s Enhanced Campaigns update to AdWords had a lot of people asking questions, and it didn’t take long for that little hypothesis to prove correct! Watch the recording below to see Jeff Allen & Sam Owen of Hanapin Marketing, Larry Kim of Wordstream and Elizabeth Marsten of Portent answer common questions, including the … [Read more...] about Enhanced Campaign Answers: Webinar Recording
Free Hosting – Facebook Ads Case Study
As many of you know, I love Facebook ads and write about them all the time. A week or so ago I wrote a post about the top free hosting companies in the World. I don't as much want to talk about the free hosting companies or hosting in general as we know their clicks are super expensive. In this post I'll teach you how to get explosive traffic through Facebook ads and … [Read more...] about Free Hosting – Facebook Ads Case Study
Enhanced Campaign Silver Linings: Geo Targeting
There is so much going on in the world of PPC lately that we’re spending an entire week introducing the changes and letting you know how to make the most of them. It goes beyond Google’s new “Enhanced Campaigns” feature to Facebook and Analytics. Over the next week, PPC Hero is going to take a look at each of these updates in a series of posts designed to get you ready for all … [Read more...] about Enhanced Campaign Silver Linings: Geo Targeting
The Beginner’s Checklist of What To Do in the First Month of Your AdWords Optimization: Part 2
This month Andrew Lolk of White Shark Media joins PPC Hero as a guest blogger to discuss his personal tips for optimizing a PPC account within the first month. This is part 2, for part 1 see here. -------------------------------------------------- This is a three-part series that helps you identify the areas of optimization during the first month of your Google AdWords … [Read more...] about The Beginner’s Checklist of What To Do in the First Month of Your AdWords Optimization: Part 2
Google To Force You To Go Mobile With Enhanced Campaigns
So for those of you in PPC land who were stuck under a rock for the past 24 hours – Google announced their exciting new ‘Enhanced Campaigns’. The main idea seems to be two-fold. On the one hand, make things easier to manage – fewer campaigns to work with, but on the other, more money for Google as more advertisers use mobile. In fact, I wrote something back in October about … [Read more...] about Google To Force You To Go Mobile With Enhanced Campaigns
