We're seeing a common theme develop over the last few months here at Hanapin. Clients are demanding more from us in terms of strategy and account growth. Furthermore, clients are citing our performance in these two areas as determining factors as to whether or not they’re happy with our services. Many of our prospects as well are citing these very same reasons for moving on … [Read more...] about Two Advanced Ways To Build Strong Client Relationships
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5 Ways To Improve Facebook ROI With Audience Targeting
A few weeks ago, Facebook updated how cost per clicks (CPC) are measured for advertisers. In essence, Facebook is excluding engagement clicks (likes, comments, shares) from link clicks and is only charging advertisers for link clicks. Depending on your campaign objective, link clicks may include clicks to websites, call-to-action clicks, clicks to install an app, etc. You can … [Read more...] about 5 Ways To Improve Facebook ROI With Audience Targeting
Everything You Need To Know About PPC Conversion Tracking
Conversions are one of the most powerful metrics PPC advertisers have when it comes to determining the success of their digital advertising programs. However, no two platforms seem to track conversions the same. The only way to combat this issue is to fully understand how each platform tracks conversions and then use this knowledge to optimize your PPC programs to maximize … [Read more...] about Everything You Need To Know About PPC Conversion Tracking
Weekend Bidding Rules For Better Cost Per Acquisition
One of the biggest challenges of having a successful paid search program is keeping cost per acquisition at or better than goal. To keep cost per acquisition costs in line with expectations, there’s a myriad of tactics and strategies that can be tested. For instance, keyword bids can be adjusted en masse, negative keywords can be added to your account, and even pausing … [Read more...] about Weekend Bidding Rules For Better Cost Per Acquisition
Are You Ready To Go Back To School?
I went to elementary school in the 90s. To me, going back to school meant trying to talk my mom into Lisa Frank notebooks rather than the boring college rule blue. In 2015, as a PPC specialist, back-to-school shopping now means revenue and return-on-ad-spend. However, this year is turning out tougher than expected for commerce. Once considered the second biggest shopping … [Read more...] about Are You Ready To Go Back To School?
Tricks For Running AdWords Scripts In Multiple Accounts
In theory, AdWords Scripts can be a big time saver by automating tedious optimizations like maintaining an alpha-beta account structure and SKAGs, or running complex reports like those that calculate account level Quality Score. But what I found in practice when using Scripts is that any time saved can easily be eaten up by the tasks involved with maintaining the code across … [Read more...] about Tricks For Running AdWords Scripts In Multiple Accounts
Calculating Expected Lag Revenue
Don't count your chickens before they hatch. Usually, people tend to count on something before it happens, or they "count their chickens before they hatch." In paid search we do the opposite. Our phrase needs to be "Don't optimize before all your revenue is counted." But most accounts have lagging revenue and at the same time we need to optimize based on the most recent date … [Read more...] about Calculating Expected Lag Revenue
8 Email Alerts That Will Give You Back Your Sanity
I was recently talking with a team member about the weekly and daily “checks” I do on my account. How often am I in the interface, skimming through recent performance and searching for anomalies? Not to be confused with regular optimizations, these are simply pulse-checks for odd performance in my accounts. But what are the metrics I deem important enough to take time out of my … [Read more...] about 8 Email Alerts That Will Give You Back Your Sanity
Nail Down A Mobile Strategy In 5 Simple Steps
Question: Do you have a solid mobile strategy in place for your PPC efforts? If not, you should carve out some time to think about it and nail down an action plan to capture this ever-growing market in the PPC space. We’ve talked about micro-moments and what that means for advertisers, but we didn’t really talk about the specifics of putting together an overall strategy. … [Read more...] about Nail Down A Mobile Strategy In 5 Simple Steps
Landing Your PPC Dream Job: How To Get Noticed By Hiring Managers
This post is the first part of a series of posts on how to get hired for a job in PPC and draws on my experience as an agency owner and educator. Getting a job managing PPC accounts, especially your first job, can be a mystifying experience. Whether you want to work for an agency, go in-house, or even start your own freelance business, there are a lot of questions that come … [Read more...] about Landing Your PPC Dream Job: How To Get Noticed By Hiring Managers
My Top 5 PPC Mistakes
Having been in the PPC industry for over 12 years, I've had the unique experience of learning and growing at almost the same pace at which the industry has developed. In a way, that has provided me with many advantages. I had access to some of the brightest minds in the search industry and was able to grow my accounts at almost the same rate as my competitors. There was very … [Read more...] about My Top 5 PPC Mistakes
Bing Shopping Campaigns Rollout In Full
The Bing Shopping Campaigns (BSC) beta was launched in April and is now available to all US advertisers. Back in June we came up with three tips you need to know before creating BSC. Bing Shopping Campaigns will soon become the default campaign type for running Product Ads. The traditional way of managing Product Ads will dissolve this fall, so it is best to start the … [Read more...] about Bing Shopping Campaigns Rollout In Full