This week we had the opportunity to interview Marc Poirier, Co-Founder and CMO of Acquisio. Hero Conf is proud to not only have Marc as a speaker, but also to have Acquisio as our Platinum Sponsor! We enjoyed hearing Marc share some great information about PPC and Acquiso. PPC Hero: Welcome to this exclusive twitter interview with Marc Poirier, Co-Founder and CMO of … [Read more...] about Interview with Marc Poirier from Acquisio
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Shorten Your Sales Cycle with PPC After the Conversion
For most, PPC is an invaluable way to drive low cost leads and/or ecommerce sales. But with its precise targeting capabilities, PPC is also an amazing way to stay in front of these leads and customers to increase closing rates, reduce sales cycle time, and maximize up/cross-sales. So don’t limit your PPC efforts to the first conversion or sale. Use it help your prospects and … [Read more...] about Shorten Your Sales Cycle with PPC After the Conversion
Information Architecture For Your PPC Account – By Hero Conf Speaker Shawn Livengood
This week we had the pleasure of hearing from Shawn Livengood, Online Marketing Manager at BuildASign.com and author of the blog PPC Without Pity. Shawn will be speaking about Account Structure at Hero Conf (April 16-17, 2012, Indianapolis, IN). In the following article, Shawn discusses how his degree in Information Architecture has helped him in PPC Management. Remember if … [Read more...] about Information Architecture For Your PPC Account – By Hero Conf Speaker Shawn Livengood
Ad Testing Made Easy: Running An Ad Test
In the third installment of our series, Ad Testing Made Easy, I’ll be talking about implementing your ad test. After reading Felicia’s post yesterday, I’m sure it’s safe to assume you accepted her mission and are ready to dig in and implement some ad testing. So, where do you start? Where do you end? This is your field guide to putting effective PPC ad testing into … [Read more...] about Ad Testing Made Easy: Running An Ad Test
Ad Testing Made Easy: The Set Up
Welcome to the second part of our series on Ad Testing Made Easy. Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to better your account by implementing proper ad testing. Today we will discuss how to set up proper ad testing in both Bing and Google. Ethan Hunt didn’t become a super spy over night, did he? No, he did not. So keep in mind that it takes some time and effort to … [Read more...] about Ad Testing Made Easy: The Set Up
Ad Testing Made Easy: Best Practices
This is the first installment of our Ad Testing Made Easy series for this month. For the purpose of today’s post, we will discuss our list of ad testing best practices that can be applied to your own accounts. Ad testing can be a tricky process to master. It requires both time and money, both of which are oftentimes difficult to come by as busy paid search managers. … [Read more...] about Ad Testing Made Easy: Best Practices
145 PPC Must-Do’s for 2012
Squeeze every drop of PPC goodness out of 2012 with these 145 pay per click tips, tricks, and must-do’s! (You can download the entire list at the bottom of this page.) 1. Next year mobile will outpace desktop search queries. Get creating, testing, and optimizing mobile landing pages and campaigns. https://www.google.com/sites/help/intl/en/mobile-landing-pages/mlpb.html 2. Do … [Read more...] about 145 PPC Must-Do’s for 2012
Matt Lawson to Speak at Hero Conf
We are proud to have Matt Lawson, Vice President of Marketing at Marin Software, as a recently confirmed Hero Conf 2012 speaker. Register for Hero Conf by the 16th of January, and we will send you a free Display Network white paper, “Navigating the Google Display Network: How to Succeed and Gain Conversions” (limited to the first 25). Hero Conf is a paid search conference on … [Read more...] about Matt Lawson to Speak at Hero Conf
Our Greatest Hits for December 2011
The page views have spoken! Below we have gathered PPC Hero’s most visited, and hopefully most valuable articles from December. Whether you’re a new or long-time subscriber, you may have missed these insightful and helpful PPC management tips. Enjoy! “You can’t fear mistakes when you manage a PPC account.” Good advice from our seasoned PPC veteran, Jeff, as he lands the … [Read more...] about Our Greatest Hits for December 2011
5 New Year Account Analyzation Tips
It's a new year, and that means you've got another year's worth of data in your PPC account. Don't let this valuable data just sit there, it's time for your annual new year analyzations! Account Executive, Sarah Storm (winner of coolest name in the office), tells you 5 tips for your new year account analyzations! And, for this week's WYKW, I've included the transcripts below … [Read more...] about 5 New Year Account Analyzation Tips
Letter from the CEO – “Maybe we should uh, call ourselves the Febreeze brothers because it’s feeling so fresh right now.”
2011 ended on a high note! Here are some big highlights from last year, from both Hanapin and PPC Hero: We moved into our newly renovated downtown office in the Certified Technology Park. We hired 16 new employees, pushing our head count to 22. We grew revenue by double-digits for the seventh consecutive year. I was awarded Entrepreneur of the Year at the 7th Annual Fuse … [Read more...] about Letter from the CEO – “Maybe we should uh, call ourselves the Febreeze brothers because it’s feeling so fresh right now.”
4 PPC Misconceptions of AdWords Keywords
Have you ever gone on thinking something was correct, telling it to others, only to realize later that what you whole-heartedly believed in well, wasn't. Like when I would sing along with Bill Withers "Give Me the Beach Boys" or purchased the Reading (pronounced reeding) railroad in Monopoly. I've come across a lot of situations like this in PPC, where I had misconceptions … [Read more...] about 4 PPC Misconceptions of AdWords Keywords