The calendar year is filled with milestones for a Paid Search marketer. From gift-giving holidays to college enrollment deadlines, we all mark our respective calendars with dates and time frames to remember year after year. An undeniably vital time for each and every single one of us is the deadline for Next Year’s Budget. Because this is such an important topic and I’d … [Read more...] about Paid Search Budgeting For 2016: Estimating Your Best Budgets
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The Ultimate Campaign QA Checklist
Quality assurance is a large part of running PPC initiatives. When new campaigns are built for an account, it is of utmost importance to QA. Campaign Settings Ad Rotation If you’re testing ad copy in this campaign(s), please make sure ad rotation is set to rotate indefinitely! Delivery By default, your campaigns will be set to standard delivery. This means that Google … [Read more...] about The Ultimate Campaign QA Checklist
[New Webinar with Fred Vallaeys!] 6 Unique Ways To Grow Your PPC Account
As 2015 comes to a close, you should be analyzing and evaluating your overall marketing strategy. What worked for you this year and what didn’t? How can you expand beyond the scope of what you’re doing now? In this webinar, Founder of Optmyzr, Fred Vallaeys and Associate Director of Services at Hanapin Marketing, Jeff Baum, discuss 6 unique ways you can grow your PPC account … [Read more...] about [New Webinar with Fred Vallaeys!] 6 Unique Ways To Grow Your PPC Account
NEW Poll Question Feature Now On PPC Hero!
At Hanapin Marketing and PPC Hero, we are constantly evaluating our efforts and working to provide a better experience for our readers. That also means we want to hear what YOU have to say and what you think about next year's trends, how well the new features in Google AdWords or Bing are working for your accounts, what channels are performing well or really bad, etc. That's … [Read more...] about NEW Poll Question Feature Now On PPC Hero!
The Art Of Relationship Selling In PPC
After almost four years working on the sales side of PPC advertising, I can say one thing with certainty – no two opportunities are the same. You can absolutely refine a sales process and hit some general touchstones in most prospective client conversations, but you’ll never be able to plop an “A+B+C=sale” formula in place. Different accounts have different needs, histories, … [Read more...] about The Art Of Relationship Selling In PPC
3 Steps For Troubleshooting Conversion Tracking Issues
Issues with conversion tracking will throw off any campaign. As simple as it is, small issues may lead to inaccurate counts or no tracking at all. So what do you do when an issue pops up? Oftentimes there are worries about the technical side of the problem. Thankfully, you only need to understand the basics of conversion tracking to solve almost all of your … [Read more...] about 3 Steps For Troubleshooting Conversion Tracking Issues
5 Things You Can Do Today To Improve Account Performance
In the PPC world, things are constantly changing. With new products and features being introduced all the time, there’s a possibility that something can be missed or that something we intended to do has fallen through the cracks. For this reason, it’s important to periodically take the time to look through your accounts and ensure that you’re doing everything necessary for … [Read more...] about 5 Things You Can Do Today To Improve Account Performance
Webinar: 6 Unique Ways To Grow Your PPC Account
More about this Webinar As 2015 comes to a close, you should be analyzing and evaluating your overall marketing strategy. What worked for you this year and what didn't? How can you expand beyond the scope of what you're doing now? In this webinar recording, Founder of Optmyzr, Fred Vallaeys and Associate Director of Services at Hanapin Marketing, Jeff Baum, discuss 6 unique … [Read more...] about Webinar: 6 Unique Ways To Grow Your PPC Account
Tips For Being More Strategic With Your Clients
A few weeks back I wrote about the consultative approach and how it can be used to manage PPC accounts more strategically. Our key stakeholders expect us to be a strategic business partner who proactively pushes their business forward through the use of paid search. What they don’t want is a reactive partner who’s just ‘awaiting orders’ before proceeding ahead with tasks and … [Read more...] about Tips For Being More Strategic With Your Clients
New Flash Webinar with Hanapin’s President, Jeff Allen!
Spend 20 minutes with our President, Jeff Allen, as he discusses Auction Insights! When it comes to competitor analysis, there is no such thing as too much information. Auction Insights in Google AdWords is a particularly useful tool and can help you not only understand who your competition is, but how you can tailor your strategy to get a more competitive advantage. In this … [Read more...] about New Flash Webinar with Hanapin’s President, Jeff Allen!
How To Create Better Ad Extensions At The Ad Group Level
It's hard to believe that ad extensions have been around since 2009. When the new ad formats were introduced, there were only 4 extensions. Furthermore, these extensions were only available at the campaign level. Since then, both Google and Bing have released, tested, and retired at least 20 extensions over the years. What was once simply an "add-on" feature to your text … [Read more...] about How To Create Better Ad Extensions At The Ad Group Level
How To Optimize For Velocity
You may as well not call, you know you are going right to voicemail. But you do anyway because this is your job..... or maybe more is riding on it and this is your company. You are calling back the leads from your PPC campaign, and every single one of them has lost interest. Are they avoiding you? Have they gone with a competitor? You are frustrated and feel like … [Read more...] about How To Optimize For Velocity