For this month’s series on PPC Hero, we’re taking a look back through our archives and revisiting some ideas we’ve talked about in the past and how the past year or more has changed our thinking about them. Things are always changing in PPC, and our views and opinions about it are no exception. As you spend more and more time doing the same thing, it’s expected that you’ll … [Read more...] about Refresh Your Ad Testing With 4 New Analyses
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5 Approaches To Unlocking The Secrets Of Your Different Customer Types
In getting to know an account, a major component is your target audience. All industries have their specific clientele, and yet all industries stand to constantly reexamine what potential user they may be missing. A client has a business that offers supplies for those interested in fantasy games involving dice and role-play. You may be a seasoned D&D player who wants to … [Read more...] about 5 Approaches To Unlocking The Secrets Of Your Different Customer Types
Case Study: Do People Actually Click Sitelinks?
A little while ago I wrote a post about how much I liked the new features that Enhanced Campaigns brought to Sitelinks. Today I'm going to dive into the newly available Sitelink statistics and see if we can learn something about the impact they have on your user behaviour. There are really two things we want to know: Do Sitelinks work and how well? Do people actually … [Read more...] about Case Study: Do People Actually Click Sitelinks?
How To Analyze & Optimize Your Mobile Bid Modifiers In Enhanced Campaigns
Our entire agency has made the transition over to Enhanced Campaigns now, and I bet most of you out there have as well. If you haven't, you're probably wondering how to tackle your device bid modifiers. I came up with this quick how-to on how to go about doing this! Use this for your first time setting bid modifiers after switching to Enhanced Campaigns or for each time you … [Read more...] about How To Analyze & Optimize Your Mobile Bid Modifiers In Enhanced Campaigns
Spr’Bing Cleaning: 7 Simple Steps For Your Bing Accounts
The unending wisdom of Martha Stewart tells us that “there are few rites of spring more satisfying than the annual clean.” In that spirit, PPC Hero’s April series will cover some aspects of your accounts that are worth a good cleaning. Structure, ads, negatives and more will all be covered. In the busy world of PPC Accounts, taking a few minutes out to dive into Bing can … [Read more...] about Spr’Bing Cleaning: 7 Simple Steps For Your Bing Accounts
How To Tidy Up Your Negative Keywords
The unending wisdom of Martha Stewart tells us that "there are few rites of spring more satisfying than the annual clean." In that spirit, PPC Hero's April series will cover some aspects of your accounts that are worth a good cleaning. Structure, ads, negatives and more will all be covered. Negative keywords are an essential part to any PPC campaign. Combing through … [Read more...] about How To Tidy Up Your Negative Keywords
Know When It’s Time to Delete Your Paused Keywords
The unending wisdom of Martha Stewart tells us that "there are few rites of spring more satisfying than the annual clean." In that spirit, PPC Hero's April series will cover some aspects of your accounts that are worth a good cleaning. Structure, ads, negatives and more will all be covered. There are tons of reasons to pause things within our PPC accounts. Poor … [Read more...] about Know When It’s Time to Delete Your Paused Keywords
Case Study: Boosting Display Campaign Traffic Quality
Last week PPC Hero's own Eric Couch detailed how to make display campaigns with higher quality traffic using category exclusions. On the back of his post I thought I'd set up a case study in one of my accounts and actually try to make higher quality display campaigns. How did I get on you ask? Read on... What I did: I won't rehash old ground with a complete run down of … [Read more...] about Case Study: Boosting Display Campaign Traffic Quality
Use Google’s Auction Insights to Find Your Competitors’ Mistakes
Auction insights is a feature that Google launched in May of 2012 and it is incredible. It lets you see who is participating in the same auctions as you along with their impression share and some other fun metrics. I was so awe-struck by the all-encompassing awesomeness of the feature that it took me until recently how to figure out a way to use it in new and exciting ways. … [Read more...] about Use Google’s Auction Insights to Find Your Competitors’ Mistakes
Make It Count! How To Avoid Common PPC Ad Testing Mistakes
One of our favourite talking points in the PPC industry when it comes to testing is deciding when we have enough data to judge our results accurately. On the face of it, this should be a fairly straightforward process, albeit with a little bit of maths involved, however it rarely seems to be as simple as it seems. For the past couple of weeks I've been working heavily on … [Read more...] about Make It Count! How To Avoid Common PPC Ad Testing Mistakes
Bid Management: From Basic To Advanced
For this month's series PPC Hero decided to go back to the basics, but with a twist. We'll be tackling all of the standard best practices for bids, ads, and keywords. But we'll also share some of our personal insights about what works, what doesn't, and what you can apply to your own accounts. One of the first things you learn about PPC is bid management. It's built into the … [Read more...] about Bid Management: From Basic To Advanced
Three Automated Reports That Will Make You a Better Account Manager
PPC is fun. While there are surely people that disagree with that assertion (namely, anyone to whom I’ve explained what I do for a living), we within the industry know better. There are cool things to talk about all the time. There are weird insights to glean from tiny pieces of data. There are hashtags (#enhancedcampaigns) to go hog wild on during Google’s webinars … [Read more...] about Three Automated Reports That Will Make You a Better Account Manager
