In early January we wrote 145 tips for 2012. It’s been a whirlwind year in the land of PPC so this is an update to that post with an additional 20 tips. These new PPC tips come from conferences, tests, failures and new Google services and features that have been rolled out of the past 5-6 months. The new tips are at the tope and numbered 146-165 and below them you will find … [Read more...] about 165 PPC Tips, Tricks and Tools (updated)
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Achieving Efficiency With AdWords Editor
You have kept up with AdWords Best Practices, and your account now has about 30+ ad groups per campaign. Even though you have tried to be creative in your advert creation, the data insists that CTR is higher with bland ad text. Fine. With all these creative versions of ad text running around, you may not have the same ad in each ad group and don’t want to spend your time in … [Read more...] about Achieving Efficiency With AdWords Editor
WTQ?! – Do The Creep!
We all know from doing search query reports that we get some weird searches populating our ads. Sometimes it's just something strange like people putting www in the search bar with some general phrase (what is that about?!) and other times it's something a little more...interesting. It's time for our top ten, in no order, hilariously awful search queries for the month of May … [Read more...] about WTQ?! – Do The Creep!
MichelleMSEM’s Q&A with an AdWords Rep About the New Ad Rotation Settings
This post originally appeared on MichelleMSEM and is cross-posted with permission from @michellemsem. For those of you who keep reasonably up to date with the goings on in Google AdWords, you’ll know that they’ve recently made some changes to the ad rotation options. The original 3 settings were: - Optimize for Clicks - Optimize for Conversions - Rotate evenly The most … [Read more...] about MichelleMSEM’s Q&A with an AdWords Rep About the New Ad Rotation Settings
Brad Geddes Presents: How to Identify Google AdWords Quality Score Problems
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Df7Lo7CMQiI&feature=youtu.be Is the quality score of your keywords limiting your account? How can you tell? Where do you start fixing them? In a PPC Hero first-look exclusive, Brad Geddes, voted the most influential person in PPC, teaches you how to extract data from AdWords and manipulate it in Excel to find areas where increasing your … [Read more...] about Brad Geddes Presents: How to Identify Google AdWords Quality Score Problems
PPC Hero and Hanapin are Using Social Media to Give Back
Hanapin Marketing and PPC Hero are invested in giving back to our community and others in need. In fact, Hanapin donates part of our profits to charities every year. This time, we're going to let our loyal readers have a say in our our donations through social media! We have decided to donate $0.25 for every new follower PPC Hero (@ppchero) or Hanapin Marketing (@Hanapin) … [Read more...] about PPC Hero and Hanapin are Using Social Media to Give Back
PPC Hero Haiku Winner!
Because April was National Poetry Month, we wanted to celebrate the creative side of PPC-ers everywhere! We hosted a haiku contest, and here is our winner: New client, new goals An empty canvas to fill Words and ads, not paint - James Thompson (@JamesSThompson) Congrats, James! You will be receiving an Amazon gift card! Here are some other honorable mentions! Pouring over … [Read more...] about PPC Hero Haiku Winner!
Reminiscing on Hero Conf 2012
Hanapin Marketing and PPC Hero held our first annual paid search-only conference, Hero Conf, last week in Indianapolis. Being our first event, we weren't sure what to expect. However, we couldn't have been more thrilled! The speakers provided nothing but relevant and exciting PPC content, our sponsors were always accessible, and best of all we finally had a chance to network … [Read more...] about Reminiscing on Hero Conf 2012
Heroview- Enterprise PPC
The world of PPC can drastically change based on who the client is. Large budgets, small budgets, well-known brands, emerging startups...Recently, we discussed PPC for Small Businesses, so today we wanted to focus on Enterprise-level clients. We talked with Lisa Sanner, Director of Paid Search at PointIt, an SEM agency based in Seattle. PPC Hero: Welcome to today's Heroview! … [Read more...] about Heroview- Enterprise PPC
Stay Up-To-Date on the Latest PPC Strategies!
Only TWO more days until the most exciting paid search event of the year, which you can follow on Twitter via #HeroConf. We'll be kicking Hero Conf 2012 off Sunday evening with a networking event at the Osteria Pronto in the prestigious JW Marriott. Monday, April 16, will be jam-packed with informative sessions brought by over 20 top PPC speakers - helping YOU learn the … [Read more...] about Stay Up-To-Date on the Latest PPC Strategies!
Are You Ruining Your Results By Ignoring This Vital Aspect of PPC?
One of the most important pieces of pay-per-click, unfortunately, tends to receive the least amount of attention. This often-overlooked aspect of PPC is account structure, as Melissa Mackey, Search Supervisor at gyro, explains in the following interview. A poor account structure can result in a worse click-through-rate, lower quality score, and decreased revenue. So how can … [Read more...] about Are You Ruining Your Results By Ignoring This Vital Aspect of PPC?
The One Tip That Will Save Your PPC Management Career
I promised you the one tip that will save your PPC management career, and that tip is: Be Flexible. John Lee, Director of Client Services at Clix Marketing, explains in the following interview how flexibility is key for being a successful PPC manager. Watch/ read the interview below for John's full explanation. But first... Hero Conf Countdown Only 11 days left until we … [Read more...] about The One Tip That Will Save Your PPC Management Career
