We’ve all been there in our accounts—keyword isn’t performing well, and its at position four on average, lets throw money at it until it stops being such a pain. SMART! Then dust off your hands, and go back to the Bieber vid you were secretly watching (we know you do, we can see your queries). But then tomorrow comes around, and hey hey, the average position is way up! Yes! But … [Read more...] about The Sweet Spot—Bidding Smartest, not Hardest
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Whaddya’know Wednesdays: Testing Ad Copy For PPC Success
Writing creative ad text can be a daunting task to super analytical PPC Managers. But, it's important to refresh and continue to test your ad copy. In the long-run, it'll improve your CTR. As you know, a better CTR is a better QS and a lower CPC! If you're feeling some writer's block and don't know where to start, watch as Kayla Kurtz shows how to make Cranky Carl's ad text … [Read more...] about Whaddya’know Wednesdays: Testing Ad Copy For PPC Success
How To Prepare A Landing Page Report In Excel
So, you've been testing landing pages like a good little PPC Account Manager should. Good job! But, now what? How do you tell which is doing the best? How do you present this to your boss/client? Prepare a landing page report in Excel--duh! Don't worry, Jessica Cates is going to show you exactly how to do it. You'll be on your way to showing the results of all your hard work … [Read more...] about How To Prepare A Landing Page Report In Excel
Lead Gen Comes to LinkedIn
The crew at PPC Hero knows the trick to the PPC trade can sometimes lie in the use of 2nd and/or 3rd tier search engines. Why? Generally speaking, they’re already targeted in some way to your core audience (think Shopping.com for Ecommerce sites) and there’s usually less competition (think cheaper clicks). Back in January, Linkedin took their advertising platform out of beta … [Read more...] about Lead Gen Comes to LinkedIn
How To Use MSN adCenter’s Desktop Editor
You newbies have asked for it, and here it is! A video over-view of the MSN Desktop Editor and how to use it. Felicia takes you through and shows you what does what, how to upload excel worksheets into it, and how to fix it when you upload the wrong thing. This video isn't for the PPC Expert, but if you're new to PPC or even just new to MSN--this is the video you've been … [Read more...] about How To Use MSN adCenter’s Desktop Editor
3 Easy Ways To Prep Excel Worksheets For The AdWords Editor
Excel by itself can be a beast to tame, but add that to needing to use it to prepare uploads for the AdWords Editor, and you've got Cerberus on your hands if you don't know what you're doing. This week, Dave Rosborough shows us by example three easy tips in preparing an Excel worksheet for uploading to the AdWords editor. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hk9maHj_EX4 … [Read more...] about 3 Easy Ways To Prep Excel Worksheets For The AdWords Editor
PPC Ad Copy Writing For Beginners
You asked for it—we responded. A recent response to our “What to write next survey” brought the topic of “Ad copy writing for beginners.” So, while sitting here at the offices of PPC Hero, I decided to take a break from writing ads and address this request, although I was tempted to write about some of the more obscure survey requests. And by obscure, I mean WTQ irrelevant, … [Read more...] about PPC Ad Copy Writing For Beginners
Whaddya’know Wednesdays: 3 Tips for Managing MSN adCenter Accounts
MSN's adCenter can be a mysterious land of the unknown if you've been focusing all your efforts in Google. Many accounts start out this way and then work their way into MSN. If you've just recently moved into adCenter, or you find yourself struggling with your adCenter accounts, we've got some awesome blog articles and a videos for you to check out, and Dave even did a couple … [Read more...] about Whaddya’know Wednesdays: 3 Tips for Managing MSN adCenter Accounts
Whaddya’know Wednesdays: The Top 5 Goals For E-Commerce PPC Landing Pages
This week's Whaddya'know Wednesday expert, Chris McGee, is the Product Manager and Marketer here at Hanapin Marketing. One of the products he's managing and marketing is Doppelpager.com, which allows you to copy and change existing landing pages to make them more effective for PPC. In this video, he goes over the top 5 landing page goals for e-commerce sites, and how to achieve … [Read more...] about Whaddya’know Wednesdays: The Top 5 Goals For E-Commerce PPC Landing Pages
Newest Developments for the Google Display Network
This is the third post in PPC Hero’s series on How to Succeed on the Display Network. This post focuses on some of the newest developments Google has made and how they apply to making the Display Network work better for advertisers. Yesterday, Bethany wrote on the best practices for the Google Display Network and last week, Sarah and I had the opportunity to head up to Chicago … [Read more...] about Newest Developments for the Google Display Network
Google’s New, Easier Instant Previews and the PPC Effect
Today we have another post from one of our PPC Hero allies, Mark Reynolds of Blazen Web Marketing. Mark is an internet marketer and web designer based in the U.K. In this post he takes a look at Google's new Instant Previews, how it can impact the CTR of PPC ads, and offers tips on how to improve your landing pages. Google has announced the new version of its Instant Previews … [Read more...] about Google’s New, Easier Instant Previews and the PPC Effect
How To Use adCenter’s Explicit and Implicit Bidding Strategy
On this week's Whaddya'know Wednesdays, our weekly expert, Abby Woodcock, tells us how to use adCenter's new explicit and implicit bidding strategy. You may remember Felicia's post about this. Since she's the expert on the topic here in the office, Abby interviews her! If you've been thinking about implementing this bidding strategy in your adCenter account, you should really … [Read more...] about How To Use adCenter’s Explicit and Implicit Bidding Strategy
