It’s been a busy week for AdWords, as they’ve released two new features to help us manage our campaigns more efficiently. These changes are Custom Columns and AdWords Editor version 11. Both have sweet, new stuff for you to sink your teeth into! Custom Columns This past Tuesday, Google announced Custom Columns as a new feature. The feature lets advertisers create and view … [Read more...] about Two New AdWords Features You Should Start Using Today
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Liveblogging Google’s Event “Join us as we click through AdWords in 2014”
We're liveblogging Google's livestream event as AdWords product managers look back at 2014 highlights and success stories. One of the key points of this event is to better help advertisers "with everything you need to connect to your customers" as 2015 approaches. Google states that the presentation will conclude "with an announcement you won't want to miss." Follow our … [Read more...] about Liveblogging Google’s Event “Join us as we click through AdWords in 2014”
3 Quick Tips To Simplify Your Bid Optimizations
When beginning a new relationship with a PPC account, be it established or built from scratch, one of the most important things to manage is your bidding. How will you wrangle your new keyword friends and get them to perform to the best of their ability? Google is always happy to provide you with plenty of tools and suggestions for what to do, but the options can be … [Read more...] about 3 Quick Tips To Simplify Your Bid Optimizations
Ranking The AdWords Shared Library Features
The AdWords Shared Library isn’t the sexiest feature, but it does provide valuable options that can make account management more efficient. In this post I’ll give a description of each of the seven sections while also ranking from most valuable to least. As with any feature, make sure it is right for you and doesn’t interfere with your account goals. 1) Audiences Being … [Read more...] about Ranking The AdWords Shared Library Features
My 2014 Google Shopping Wishlist
As I write this post, the quiet inspirational strains of my Spotify Christmas list are wafting through the air. Ok, I'm not ready for that season here, but I thought it would be nice to get my wishlist in extra early this year so there's time to get all of these changes done BEFORE the holiday season (i.e., e-commerce high tide) hits. Last October, in preparation for the … [Read more...] about My 2014 Google Shopping Wishlist
Segmentation By Keyword Match Type: A Case Study
Keyword match types are an integral part of how you decide to set up your accounts. Typically this decision is a matter of what the account manager prefers. We wanted to dig a little deeper and get some numbers behind different structure breakouts. We took a look at ad group breakouts by match type and ones without by testing different segment types in two AdWords accounts. … [Read more...] about Segmentation By Keyword Match Type: A Case Study
A Guide to AdWords Bid Adjustments
Bid adjustments are a fundamental part of PPC. It’s important that you have a firm grasp of what your bid strategy is and what options you have in terms of actually changing those bids. While there are many bid management software options (Acquisio, Marin, etc.), we’ll go over the native features in the AdWords interface and the pros and cons of each. Manual Bidding If you … [Read more...] about A Guide to AdWords Bid Adjustments
8 Fixable Shortcomings That A PPC Audit Would Uncover
We’ve all been there: A new account comes across your desk and you get to spend the next few days digging in and finding all the flaws that you can then turn into “quick wins” for your team. But what will someone uncover when they audit your account? While your account may be in good, even great, shape, there is always something to find. Today I break out 8 specific oversights … [Read more...] about 8 Fixable Shortcomings That A PPC Audit Would Uncover
2014: The Year of Ad Extensions
Editor's Note: This article is a part of our Hero Conf guest post contest. Based on a combination of pageviews and editorial review from the PPC Hero writing staff, a winner will be chosen from the finalists we post throughout the week. Today's post comes to us from Paula Spencer, Online Campaigns Manager at Effective Spend. It’s the beginning of a new year, the holiday … [Read more...] about 2014: The Year of Ad Extensions
How to Pitch LinkedIn and Twitter Advertising
As the PPC competition increases over time we should all be looking for new opportunities. Although optimization is great, there is going to be a limit to advertising returns on Google and Bing. One of the easiest ways to circumvent this fact is by pushing into completely new territory. Not just tackling new ideas and strategies but new platforms. By this point we’ve all been … [Read more...] about How to Pitch LinkedIn and Twitter Advertising
Labels In The AdWords Editor! Is It But A Dream?
For January’s series post we are taking a look at our PPC wishlists. What tools do we all wish we had available to make our lives that much easier? Where do our chief frustrations stem from and what band-aid solutions are we using to fix them? If only life could be as simple as those days of the Jetsons where you press a single button and everything is ready just the way you … [Read more...] about Labels In The AdWords Editor! Is It But A Dream?
Engagement Ads: New Way For Getting Customers To Interact With Your Brand
Google has developed a new ad format called ‘Engagement Ads’. The purpose of these ads is to provide an interactive way for users to engage with your brand. Google recognizes that branding is a different marketing objective than direct response, so instead of paying a cost-per-click, they developed a pricing model called CPE (cost per engagement). Measuring and setting cost per … [Read more...] about Engagement Ads: New Way For Getting Customers To Interact With Your Brand