View-through conversions are conversions where a customer saw—but didn’t click— a display ad on the display network before completing a conversion. - source Agencies and account managers want to report this, or a portion of these to their clients and bosses, but unfortunately the problem of how to give credit to these conversions always arises. Basically it revolves around, … [Read more...] about 3 View-through Conversion Attribution Problems
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New Matching Behavior For Keywords
Today, Google announced some very exciting news. Keyword match types generally make our lives easier, and we are better able to target the traffic with it. But what happens when your keyword is often misspelled? Or when you're an e-commerce company who has to bid on singular and plural terms? This could get very time consuming. This past weekend at Hero Conf, there was a … [Read more...] about New Matching Behavior For Keywords
Bookending: Predict The Success Of Your Optimizations
It's hard to see the forest for the trees when making account changes, sometimes. Meaning, when we get granular in our account changes, which we should, it's often difficult to understand exactly how granular changes will affect the entirety of your account. The best way to remedy this is to utilize bookending. Bookending is a term we use at Hanapin to mean that you've did all … [Read more...] about Bookending: Predict The Success Of Your Optimizations
Are You Ruining Your Results By Ignoring This Vital Aspect of PPC?
One of the most important pieces of pay-per-click, unfortunately, tends to receive the least amount of attention. This often-overlooked aspect of PPC is account structure, as Melissa Mackey, Search Supervisor at gyro, explains in the following interview. A poor account structure can result in a worse click-through-rate, lower quality score, and decreased revenue. So how can … [Read more...] about Are You Ruining Your Results By Ignoring This Vital Aspect of PPC?
4 Sure-Fire Ways to Fail at PPC
PPC isn’t always predictably. And as nerdy and data centric as I am, I know it’s not always exact. But there are some sure-fire ways to tank a PPC account. Here are 5 of them: Lose Perspective An account that has an average CPC of $.20 is vastly different than one at $10.00. While you conceptually know this, it’s very easy to lose perspective when managing the accounts if … [Read more...] about 4 Sure-Fire Ways to Fail at PPC
Interview with Lisa Raehsler: PPC, Display, and Ecommerce
This week, we have the pleasure of sharing an interview with Lisa Raehsler, Founder and SEM Strategy Consultant at Big Click Co. Lisa will be joining us at Hero Conf 2012 to speak about PPC for Ecommerce and Retargeting. There are a couple great offers still available that will save you money on Hero Conf registration. If you purchase two registrations, you will receive an … [Read more...] about Interview with Lisa Raehsler: PPC, Display, and Ecommerce
Heroview- PPC for eCommerce
Our live Twitter interviews continued this month as we ventured into PPC for eCommerce. We had a great conversation with Shawn Livengood, the Online Marketing Manager at BuildASign.com and one of our Hero Conf speakers. The stream cap is below. Enjoy! PPC Hero: We are really excited to have you with us today Shawn! Thanks for joining PPC Hero! Shawn: Great to be here! PPC … [Read more...] about Heroview- PPC for eCommerce
Interview with Matt Van Wagner: Slugs, PPC Tools, and Small Business Strategies
Today we are delighted to present an interview with Matt Van Wagner, the President and Founder of Find Me Faster. Matt will be presenting "Small, but Mighty! Winning Strategies, Tips and Tricks for PPC on Small Budgets" at Hero Conf on April 16-17, 2012 in Indianapolis, IN. Matt will also be moderating a panel on Advanced Mobile Marketing. The early bird deadline has been … [Read more...] about Interview with Matt Van Wagner: Slugs, PPC Tools, and Small Business Strategies
Reach Expansion Final Four Series Wrap Up
It’s been a long road to the final four for our marketing tools this year. Some have been instant game changers for clients while some have adopted the “better luck next season” philosophy. But we carry on! We extend our reach with these tools and not only continue shooting the easy lay ups but push harder for the amazing half court shots. Hopefully you will draft some of … [Read more...] about Reach Expansion Final Four Series Wrap Up
Interview with Bethany Bey
Today I am delighted to present an interview with Bethany Bey, PPC Hero Blog Manager at Hanapin Marketing. Laura: To start with, tell us a little about yourself and your background. Bethany: I have lived in Indiana my whole life. I attended Indiana University (go Hoosiers!) from 2004-2008 and got my degree in Marketing and Management. I also got a minor in Gender Studies … [Read more...] about Interview with Bethany Bey
AdWords Editor Shortcuts: Cheat Sheet
For anyone regularly building and optimizing Google AdWords campaigns, the Editor is a great tool to save lots of time on most of your PPC tasks. And for those of you using this tool on a weekly or even daily basis and wanting to save even more time (and which search marketer doesn’t?), this article provides a cheat sheet with all the Editor shortcuts in a way you can actually … [Read more...] about AdWords Editor Shortcuts: Cheat Sheet
Slam Dunk! In Your Face(book)!
Welcome to the second installment of our Reach Expansion Final Four series for March PPC Madness! Today’s bracket is all about Facebook. We all know and love it as the platform that keeps us socially viable and in the loop. But does it work for marketing and PPC specifically? Here at Hanapin Marketing we have seen accounts win the game every month and some that at least … [Read more...] about Slam Dunk! In Your Face(book)!