Today is the day we learn more about the latest DoubleClick updates. Follow along live as we share DoubleClick's announcements as well as our opinions. Five minutes until go-time and DoubleClick is sharing a lot of fun facts while we wait: Paul Muret takes the stage. He is opening up with background on Google Analytics evolution and DoubleClicks inception and … [Read more...] about Liveblogging 2016 DoubleClick Announcements
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The Art Of Paid Search Promotional Copy
Most businesses have a love/hate relationship with promotions. Often a promotion implies that you as the seller are offering some good or service at a more convenient rate for the buyer, even if it causes you a dip in profit. Whether it’s a discount on the cost of your product, perhaps a free trial, or simply a package deal on your usual offer, promos mean 2 things: … [Read more...] about The Art Of Paid Search Promotional Copy
Do Standing Desks Really Improve Your Work Experience?
When I started in Paid Search 4 years ago I was in for a shock. Not because I didn’t know anything about Paid Search (which I didn’t) or that I was working in an office for the first time in my life (I was in outside sales for 18 years). It was all the sitting I was doing. At least 8 hours a day. Don’t get me wrong. I got up to use the restroom, go to lunch and occasionally … [Read more...] about Do Standing Desks Really Improve Your Work Experience?
How Dynamic Keyword Insertion Helped Increase Impression Share By 36%
Ad creative is the talk of the PPC town. Especially with the release of Expanded Text Ads in AdWords and Bing, it just goes to show you that ads are one of, if not “the”, most important areas to make an impact on your PPC performance. One oldie but goodie type of ad creative that has stood the test of time for improving ad to keyword relevancy is Dynamic Keyword Insertion … [Read more...] about How Dynamic Keyword Insertion Helped Increase Impression Share By 36%
The Latest In Adwords Customer Match: Shopping
If you are among the crowd of PPC-ers who have begun to embrace AdWords Customer Match, you might already be seeing results from the advanced targeting options in your Search, Gmail, and YouTube ads. According to a recent post from Google, this opportunity will soon be expanded to AdWords Shopping campaigns as well. It is certainly an exciting innovation for ecommerce … [Read more...] about The Latest In Adwords Customer Match: Shopping
London Keynoter Sophie Newton Talks the The Future of PPC
We're quickly adding speakers and sessions to our Hero Conf London agenda, with the help of the experts at PPC Hero and Hanapin Marketing. And we're very excited to introduce you to our opening keynoter. Sophie Newton is Director and Head of Innovation at Brainlabs, where her mission is to revolutionise paid media through mathematical marketing. We had a chance to talk … [Read more...] about London Keynoter Sophie Newton Talks the The Future of PPC
How To Use AdWords Attribution Models
There are more ways than ever to track and measure where your audience is coming from and how they are converting. However, are you tracking all performance fairly? In this post, we’ll discuss the recently introduced AdWords attribution models and how you can give the right amount of credit to each ad, click or keyword that led to a conversion. With all the information … [Read more...] about How To Use AdWords Attribution Models
Behold The Hidden Feature Of Custom Labels
Some weeks ago, Kirk Williams wrote an article about custom labels and how to not use them, or better said, discussing the incremental value of using custom labels for structuring your campaigns. He compared to structuring via your originating product type and brand structure. I totally agree on his points, especially if you are running in complex account structures that … [Read more...] about Behold The Hidden Feature Of Custom Labels
Treat Bing Like A Special And Unique Snowflake
When it comes to paid search there is simply no denying that Google is the big man on campus. For many clients, it represents the focal point of strategy while acting as the main driver of their digital marketing efforts. Despite this, savvy account managers do not shy away from capitalizing on the role players that compete within the search marketplace. Often times the … [Read more...] about Treat Bing Like A Special And Unique Snowflake
No Conversions? No Problem. Optimizing When Conversions Are Few And Far Between
PPC is all about optimization. We’re constantly thinking “how can I improve performance? What are my KPIs and goals? What’s the next step?” However, there are instances where the client isn’t tracking conversions (in the traditional sense, anyway) or conversions just don’t happen all that often. In these situations, we have to get creative in how we think about performance and … [Read more...] about No Conversions? No Problem. Optimizing When Conversions Are Few And Far Between
The 4 Mobile App Campaign Types You Need To Know
In a day and age where mobile traffic continues to increase, taking advantage of all that mobile has to offer becomes more vital. It means utilizing everything from mobile specific ads to call extensions to call-only ads. However, let us go beyond taking users to your site or driving them to call but actually getting them to download your app, which could stay on their mobile … [Read more...] about The 4 Mobile App Campaign Types You Need To Know
What Is Cost-Per-Click (CPC)?
Cost-per-click, or CPC, is the cost advertisers pay per click on a paid search or social ad. For example, a click on an AdWords ad may cost $0.50. Cost-per-click is a standard metric in all paid advertising platforms, including: Google AdWords Bing Ads Facebook Ads The actual cost-per-click advertisers pay is based on a variety of factors. For example, you may set a … [Read more...] about What Is Cost-Per-Click (CPC)?