PPC accounts can be complex and typically contain various layers of networks, targeting, devices, locations, settings and much more. As your account grows, the opportunity for wasted spend and/or unseen opportunities for growth increases. Performing regular PPC account audits can help you stay on top of these findings and in the end, save you money. However, a full-blown audit … [Read more...] about Audit Your PPC Account in 20 Minutes Using AdWords Segments
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Prepare For The Impending Mobile Ad Update
Google recently announced that beginning on 10/15, mobile ads have the potential to show your ad extensions instead of description line two. Our own Kevin Klein wrote a piece explaining how this update will impact mobile ad creation moving forward. We now want to look at this update in the context of overall mobile strategy. Gone are the days where mobile PPC is an … [Read more...] about Prepare For The Impending Mobile Ad Update
Morning Clicks: Today’s Best Marketers, Brad Pitt, iPhones, and more.
Morning Clicks is your mid-week roundup of digital advertising news and notes. We're your one-stop shop for the most relevant and important news in the PPC world. Grab your cup of joe and come see us every Wednesday morning. Don't panic when the second description line on your mobile ads begin to disappear. [Inside AdWords, PPC Hero] Opt your shopping campaigns into … [Read more...] about Morning Clicks: Today’s Best Marketers, Brad Pitt, iPhones, and more.
Google: Your 2nd Description Line Will Start Disappearing on Mobile
Inspired by the need to make the acquisition of relevant information even easier and faster for mobile users, Google has announced changes to the way they’ll deliver ads to mobile devices. Specifically, beginning October 15, 2014, there’s a chance that the second description line on your ads will be shaved off in favor of additional ad extensions when they’re served to … [Read more...] about Google: Your 2nd Description Line Will Start Disappearing on Mobile
Morning Clicks: Facebook becoming a Threat to YouTube? Twitter Becoming a Store?
Morning Clicks is your mid-week roundup of digital advertising news and notes. We're your one-stop shop for the most relevant and important news in the PPC world. Grab your cup of joe and come see us every Wednesday morning. Google's new AdWords policy will finally be in effect this month. What differences will we see? [Search Engine Land] Speaking of difference-makers … [Read more...] about Morning Clicks: Facebook becoming a Threat to YouTube? Twitter Becoming a Store?
How To Turn Competitive Analysis Into Actionable PPC Gains
“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.” Sun Tzu – The Art of War PPC Let’s face it – managing a PPC account doesn't happen in a vacuum. We tend to … [Read more...] about How To Turn Competitive Analysis Into Actionable PPC Gains
Discover Your Account Optimization Level In 5 Minutes
In over 10 years of honored AdWords PPC management there has always been a key question to answer, especially when taking over a direct response campaign targeting leads/sales. How optimized is this account? Or, in other words: how can I optimize this account to show improved results? Albert Einstein once said: everything should be as simple as it can be, but not … [Read more...] about Discover Your Account Optimization Level In 5 Minutes
Advanced ABCs of PPC – Terminology & Strategies to Remember
In the spirit of last week’s blog series, I’d like to take our readers back to school with a revisited paid search alphabet. I published a similar post back in August 2012, but I mainly focused on general and/or beginner-level terms. This time around I’ll uncover some more advanced PPC terminology and concepts to keep in mind as you manage your paid search campaigns. Class is … [Read more...] about Advanced ABCs of PPC – Terminology & Strategies to Remember
Google AdWords Introduces Dynamic Sitelinks
On Thursday, Google announced that dynamic sitelinks are now available for your ads in AdWords. How Do They Work? Dynamic sitelinks will be automatically placed under your regular ad whenever it seems apparent to Google that the user is looking for a specific product or service that your site provides. The examples that Google gives in the article include if a person is … [Read more...] about Google AdWords Introduces Dynamic Sitelinks
Need to Get Under the Hood? 6 Tips For Performing An Effective PPC Account Audit
Over the last few weeks, I have spent quite a bit of time auditing PPC accounts in order to identify opportunities and provide specific recommendations to help keep accounts moving towards their goals. The biggest issue I face when starting an audit is where to begin and what direction to take. There are so many moving parts to a paid search account that it’s easy to get … [Read more...] about Need to Get Under the Hood? 6 Tips For Performing An Effective PPC Account Audit
Google Updates: Brand in Analytics, Powerful Location Segmenting, and AdMob
It’s been a busy week for the developers over at Google AdWords and Analytics, as they’ve rolled out a bevy of new functionality items over the past few days. Automating Branded Segmenting in Analytics Recognizing the ubiquity of the commonplace best practice to segment Brand traffic out from the rest, Google Analytics can now automatically do this for you. Analytics is able … [Read more...] about Google Updates: Brand in Analytics, Powerful Location Segmenting, and AdMob
How Seller Ratings Helped Increase Conversions by 50%
Ever wonder how to get those star ratings to show up under your ads in Google? Those star ratings are called Seller Ratings Extensions and in a digital shopping world where consumer feedback and ratings are king, seller ratings can help increase conversions, click through rate and conversion rates. Below we will explore how seller ratings work, how to get started, … [Read more...] about How Seller Ratings Helped Increase Conversions by 50%