Rick Santorum has a serious Google problem. It’s not the lewd website topping the search engine results for his name, it’s something potentially more damaging for a presidential hopeful: he doesn’t get internet marketing. And he could use a good...
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Segmenting by Device: Why All Your Accounts Should Be Running Mobile Campaigns
I know we’ve had a few posts about mobile campaigns here on PPC Hero, but after recently reviewing my accounts by device segmentation and rediscovering how many visitors are actually clicking my ads via mobile devices, I cannot emphasize enough...
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adCenter 101: Capitalizing On Consumer Queries
This series is designed to help provide you with a better understanding of the true potential behind Microsoft adCenter’s paid search interface. Last month, I wrote about Campaign Analytics in adCenter. This month, I will talk about adCenter’s revamped search...
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Shoestringin’ It: 3 Strategies for Campaigns on Smaller Budgets
Everybody is looking for a way to cut costs and stay within budget these days, in all businesses. So, PPC is no different. Not everyone has a large budget to bid with, so it makes sense that there are other...
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My #1 Tip for Google Display Network: Scale Your Campaigns
Often times I find that people treat the display network as secondary to search. I’ll admit, it’s not always the first thought that comes into my mind when I start thinking about how I’m going to tackle a new account....
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Modified Broad Match, Understood
One of my favorite movies of recent memory is Wedding Crashers, and while looking for a picture to put on Facebook to mock a friend, I stumbled upon a picture of Todd Cleary, the misunderstood son of the powerful Cleary...
How To Expand An Account From Exact Match to Broad Match
Let me preface this post by stating clearly: this is not the best way to work all accounts. With that said, I can think of a few scenarios where it is worth a shot as there are many pros to...
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Why You Need a Video Campaign, and Why It’s Easier Than Ever
Video killed the radio star, right? I tried my best to avoid this 80s song (I wanted to include “Hearts on Fire” from Rocky IV, but you try and post that in a PPC Blog), but video is the new...
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How To Effectively Capture Offline PPC Lead Conversions
Today we have a guest post from one of our PPC Hero allies! Kathleen Colan is the Director of Marketing and Content for Mongoose Metrics. In her post, Kathleen goes over how to integrate call tracking with your PPC campaigns...
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EXCELlent Series: 5 MORE Top Excel Tips for PPC Managers
After realizing how popular a topic Excel turned out to be on PPC Hero, I’ve decided to expand my top 5 Excel tips for PPC managers for our week-long series on Excel! Excel is an invaluable tool for PPC management,...
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EXCELlent Series: Using Excel To Boost PPC Performance
Love and marriage, love and marriage, goes together like Excel and pay-per-click… ok so maybe that’s not exactly how the song goes, but if Excel was around in 1950’s I’m sure ‘Ol Blue Eyes would have been singing those words....
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Heroview – Unveiling Display Network and ACE Tactics with Melissa Mackey
For today’s #heroview, it was our pleasure to sit down with PPC guru Melissa Mackey (@Mel66) to talk about two tricky topics – AdWords Campaign Experiments (ACE) and the Display Network. Here is the transcription of the discussion! Thank you...
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