What’s the future of Google Adwords Pay-Per-Action model? According to Search Engine Roundtable who spoke directly with their Google rep, Google doesn’t know where they’re headed with the PPA model but they’re not sending out any invitations to be a...
Manage Big, Complicated PPC Campaigns with Less Frustration!
Just in case you missed the “Managing Big, Complicated PPC Campaigns,” webinar featuring David Szetela, (pronounced za-tell-uh), I have provided a quick recap of David’s tips and guidelines here. What consists of a big and complicated PPC account you ask?...
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PPC News Roundup for June 12, 2008
If you run PPC campaigns that target markets around the world, this post is a must read. Kerstin Baker-Ash does a great job of summarizing tactics, pitfalls and the subtleties of language barriers. Have you used the AdWords Preview Tool?...
Don’t Make This Mistake When Opening A New PPC Account!
What I found the other day with a Google Adwords account I have actually seen before, which makes me think this mistake could possibly be a common one new Adwords users make when opening an account. The problem: The advertiser...
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3 Google Analytics Reports You Aren’t Using To Boost Your PPC Campaigns – But You Should!
Too many times I’ve learned new things about a program when I wasn’t necessarily looking to learn new things. When using Google Analytics it’s really easy to get lost in all the data, but sometimes it’s necessary to take the...
3 Google Analytics Ecommerce Reports That Will Improve Your PPC Campaigns
If you own an e-commerce site you know how important it is to get accurate reporting in order to manage your marketing programs. That’s why I use Google analytics. Google analytics is a free tool used for reporting on your...
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PPC News Roundup for May 29, 2009
Ever think about the future of search marketing in a social web world? Kerstin Baker-Ash has written an intriguing article discussing current pitfalls in utilizing paid advertising on social networks. While the current advertising situation isn’t the greatest, she’s optimistic...
Google Automatic Matching Test Only Generated 1 Click!
Back in March I wrote a post on the new Google Adwords Automatic matching beta, as well as Joe my colleague wrote on the subject just last week. At the time none of my accounts qualified for the beta and...
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PPC News Roundup for May 22, 2008
Still having trouble with the Google Adwords Quality score? Check out this cool video by Matthew Bredel from ‘Inside the Marketing Mind’ that goes in depth about what the quality score is, and how you can improve it within your...
From 19 Leads to 95. Turn Your PPC Account into a Lead Generating Machine!
Today I’d like to share with you some tactics that I’ve used personally to help turn one of my pay-per-click accounts around from generating 19 leads per month to 95 leads per month in a short period of time! Tip...
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Increase Customer Retention with Simple Social Networking
If you’ve sat in a marketing meeting lately you may have heard the ever evolving question of online marketing today, “How can we add social networking to our site?” Google may have mastered a way to do this, and it’s...
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PPC News Roundup for May 13, 2008
“You just launched your PPC campaign, now what?”, says Shimon Sandler. Shimon gives excellent ideas for a post launch PPC process. We use some of these ideas here at Hanapin Marketing and they truly enhance the quality of our PPC...