I saw this really pretty solid ad on my Facebook page and thought it was worthy of analysis: This ad does one thing well and one thing extraordinarily well. The picture is solid and interesting, because it’s a high quality...
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Seven Ways to Increase CTR Without Even Looking at Ad Text
Driving up click through rate is one of the most important things that we do in PPC. Hosting a webinar recently, I discovered that it is a lot of people’s key performance indicator (KPI). While all of my accounts are...
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PPC Hero’s Top Time Saving Tips During Your Busy Holiday Season
It’s a busy time of year. There are so many products you want to sell, so many bids that need to be changed, so much ad text you need to refine. We here are PPC Hero have thought that you...
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Choose an Unusual Angle For Your Facebook Ads
The nature of Facebook Advertising dictates that advertisers don’t get the luxury of commissioning a custom photo, making vast majority of ad images either stock or client-supplied photos. But that hardly means you have to settle for boring or lame...
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Beware Black & White Photos for Facebook Ads
I love great black and white photos. Texture seems to come to life in black and white and older photos of the past just seem to belong to the world of black and white. But I hate them when it...
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Holiday Ad Copy & How to Schedule Holiday Ad Tests
For the final installation in this month’s PPC Hero series on strategizing for the holiday season, we’re going to review the best and most effective ways to optimize ad copy to drive higher CTR’s and conversion rates. There will hopefully...
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Your Image Should Be As Targeted As Your Copy
Facebook allows for a breathtaking sophistication of targeting. With Facebook’s ads, you can make sure your ad gets seen by people of the right, sex, age, geography, marital status, parental status, interests, education, etc. Of course, saying the wrong thing...
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Facebook Ad As Publicity Stunt?
The number one rule of advertising and marketing is don’t be boring. The number one rule of Social Media is pretty much the same thing -- be interesting, friendly, and helpful. Beta Brand has managed to navigate both rules brilliantly.
Narcissism Isn’t Social: How To Engage With Your Audience
When social media was relatively new, I feared that it would undo a whole lot of my work. I had worked hard to get client companies to realize that it really wasn’t all about them. Most companies naturally gravitate towards...
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Using Campaign Trends to Write Better PPC Ads
Campaign type is one of the most important things to keep in mind in your ad testing. Calls to action, benefits, punctuation and so much more should all get tested in your account in one way or another (Kayla has...
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Top 20 Ad Copy Tests for Improved PPC Performance
After many requests for a hit list of ways to improve ad copy, the PPC Hero team has delivered! Check out this list of the top 20 ways to improve your ad copy for better performance.
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Facebook Ad Branding – A Case Study
Are Facebook best used as a form of Direct Response, Pay-Per-Click advertising? If you’re really only targeting people in the market for your product RIGHT NOW, is Facebook the right place to reach them? Frankly, no. If you want to...