I cannot count the number of times I’ve heard this question in some variation – “What should my goal CTR be?” “What’s considered a good CTR?” I also can’t tell you how lame I feel saying “Well, that depends…” I’m...
Growing Your PPC Account Budget the Smart Way
So far in this series we’ve discussed utilizing betas and keyword research to expand and grow your paid search accounts, with some additional stuff on Display and video still to come. Guess what happens to your budget if and when...
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Proving the Value of PPC to C-Level Management
Should you be in-house, agency, freelance or some combination of the above, you have probably managed paid search accounts of various sizes. I’m not talking about just budget-wise; number of keywords, ad groups, campaigns, accounts in an MCC…you name it!...
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Handling Clients & Their PPC Performance Perceptions
Managing and setting client expectations is not necessarily a simple task in paid search. The reason isn’t because the client wants to make our lives difficult, despite it feeling that way. Their reason for being difficult is because it’s their...
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Ad Copy Clean Up – What to Get Rid of & What to Keep
There is a time to review your account ad copy…and the time is now! While it’s bright and sunshine-y out and you can keep yourself motivated! Right? Right!
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PPC Keyword Match Types & Tips to Remember
The keywords in your paid search accounts are what drive the entire PPC machine. Without the keywords, your ads have no trigger to populate. If it were as easy as adding all the keywords in the world and walking away,...
Writing Successful PPC Ad Copy – Building from Account Structure & Beyond
If the structure is off, no other account element will be able to function as needed, given their reliance on the structure. Ad copy is no exception to this rule, but if the structure is there to back you up...
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PPC for the First of the Month – Start Things Off On the Right Foot!
We’re right on the brink of a new month and are about to wrap up the first quarter of 2013. The last couple of weeks have also thrown some new curve balls at the paid search world with the release...
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How to Masterfully Inherit a Messy PPC Account
Every account inheritance situation is different and should be handled on a case-by-case basis; this is what I know. Whether you’re bringing the account on from an in-house or agency-managed situation, if the account has been on autopilot or actively...
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Fine-Tuning Bid Modifiers with Enhanced Campaigns
Given the recent changes with Enhanced Campaigns that have rolled out in an optional fashion throughout Google AdWords accounts, I thought a quick tutorial on the basic bid modifier changes and how to apply them might be beneficial. There are...
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Enhanced Campaigns – It Isn’t All Bad, But We Have Some Thoughts
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...
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Breaking the ‘Bad Conference’ Mold with Hero Conf
With our last early bird discount-pricing deadline ending this Friday (February 8th) the PPC Hero team wants to make sure you know all the facts about what to expect when it comes to attending Hero Conf! For those of you...
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