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. It would not be a week of PPC News without some news on Mobile Advertising. Mobile site call conversions are now available in AdWords. [PPC … [Read more...] about Morning Clicks: Google Introduces New Policies, My Business, Big Players in the Industry Team Up
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Step Inside AdWords’ Latest Updates with UI Tools, App Ads, and More
For the last week, speculation has run wild through the PPC industry about the contents of the April 22nd "Step Inside AdWords" presentation. Today, Jerry Dischler, Paul Feng and the Google AdWords team put our fears to rest by announcing several new updates to the advertising platform. Updates that, on the whole, didn't live up to the hype. First and foremost: we still have … [Read more...] about Step Inside AdWords’ Latest Updates with UI Tools, App Ads, and More
Optimize PPC Conversion Rates Without Touching a Landing Page
We love to talk about Conversion Rate at PPC Hero. Our job doesn't stop with acquiring traffic; we have to make sure that traffic ends up doing something of value - otherwise we've wasted our money. That part, however, isn't always easy. Our best intentions can sink for a number of reasons: No time or money for web designers / developers A boss or client who doesn't want to … [Read more...] about Optimize PPC Conversion Rates Without Touching a Landing Page
Which Facebook Objective Is Best For Me?
Before you start any type of advertising, you should ask yourself, “What kind of results do I want for my ads?” While generally this is decided at the business level and part of the optimizations process, Facebook takes matters into their own hands and guarantees that expectations have been predetermined before the first ad is created. The first step to creating an ad on … [Read more...] about Which Facebook Objective Is Best For Me?
A Peek Behind the Curtain: Consumer Ratings Added to Google Ads
When someone is searching for a product or service, feedback and reviews from others can be invaluable in helping them determine what to choose. There are usually a ton of options, and savvy consumers want to ensure they are making the best decision. Advertisers have long used feedback and ratings from consumers to enhance their message, and set their product or company apart … [Read more...] about A Peek Behind the Curtain: Consumer Ratings Added to Google Ads
Holy Sidekick! The Ultimate PPC Partner Takes on Refined Targeting
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 Ariana Wolf (@ArianaWolf), a search strategist for 90octane. “Holy jumble! Where's the hope of the world now?” – … [Read more...] about Holy Sidekick! The Ultimate PPC Partner Takes on Refined Targeting
Segmentation: A Unique Way To View Account Performance
In my last post 5 metrics I use to measure account success I touched on using Google’s segmentation metrics. Today we’re going to take a deeper look into segments and discuss what they are, and how to best use them. Why Use Segments in the First Place? Let’s face it; Adwords is one big blob of numbers. The problem we all face as ppc pros is how to make this big blob of data … [Read more...] about Segmentation: A Unique Way To View Account Performance
Why Are Your Quality Scores Dropping with Improved CTR?
“We’ve worked really hard on improving CTR, but Quality Scores are actually going down. How is that possible?” Back in October I wrote a post about how you can improve your account’s CTR and recently I’ve started to feel a little guilty about all that advice. I spent the entire article talking about how to increase click-through rates knowing full well that many advertisers … [Read more...] about Why Are Your Quality Scores Dropping with Improved CTR?
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
What Makes A Great PPC Bidding Strategy?
For this month’s series, we’re providing a little bit of perspective on the hectic events of 2013. As we've left Enhanced Campaigns pretty well covered this year, this week we’ll be dedicating our time to some of the other (non-Enhanced Campaigns) initiatives, tactics, strategies, and features that we used to excel in 2013 here at PPC Hero. ---------- When you boil paid … [Read more...] about What Makes A Great PPC Bidding Strategy?
7 Ways To Boost PPC Performance
Do you have an account where performance has gone stagnate? Volume tends to remain relatively flat despite your ongoing optimizations? Or maybe you have a new account and you are looking for ways to grow volume and have an immediate impact on performance? These are both very common scenarios that PPC managers face on a regular basis. To help combat the sleepy account syndrome, … [Read more...] about 7 Ways To Boost PPC Performance
5 Quick Wins On An Established Paid Search Account
When you first launch an AdWords account, there is so much optimization to do. Realistically you could spend hours a day analyzing data and making changes that will have a dramatic impact on your account based upon the analysis you have done. As time goes on and you have moved into an optimization routine, dramatic optimization becomes harder to do. However with the continuous … [Read more...] about 5 Quick Wins On An Established Paid Search Account
