The team at PPC Hero has received quite a few requests for more posts on how to improve performance on ad copy and what kind of blog hosts would we be if we didn’t listen? Question: rhetorical. Answering anyway: we’d be the worst kind! Initially I thought this list could be rather 101-level and not very interesting or useful, but then I thought to myself, “Self, have you … [Read more...] about Top 20 Ad Copy Tests for Improved PPC Performance
Search Results for: call extensions
6 PPC Optimization Tips For mCommerce Campaigns in 2012
Mobile Commerce, also referred to as mCommerce, is the most portable and accessible marketing channel today. Perhaps this is because mCommerce literally places brands in the palms of customers’ hands. Never before have consumer goods been so readily available. Therefore, it becomes particularly important to provide a stellar user experience from start to finish. For the third … [Read more...] about 6 PPC Optimization Tips For mCommerce Campaigns in 2012
165 PPC Tips, Tricks and Tools (updated)
In early January we wrote 145 tips for 2012. It’s been a whirlwind year in the land of PPC so this is an update to that post with an additional 20 tips. These new PPC tips come from conferences, tests, failures and new Google services and features that have been rolled out of the past 5-6 months. The new tips are at the tope and numbered 146-165 and below them you will find … [Read more...] about 165 PPC Tips, Tricks and Tools (updated)
In-Page Analytics: Changing Mobile Best Practice Perceptions
Today I spent a good deal of time analyzing onsite behaviors of one of our clients through the use of in-page analytics. It had been a while since I really dug my heels in and explored the insights that this tool can provide. Let me tell you, I was quickly reminded of what I had been missing. This tool is awesome and allows you to do some quick and dirty analysis that should … [Read more...] about In-Page Analytics: Changing Mobile Best Practice Perceptions
9 PPC Tasks for a 10% Boost in 10 Minutes
PPC optimization hyperbole? Could be. But for me, any one of the following ppc tasks can take me a mere 10 minutes and have produced a 10%+ bump in performance. The spirit of this post is not to convince you these can be done in 10 minutes, though. So please give me some space here to make the greater point. That point being that it doesn’t always have to take hours of work to … [Read more...] about 9 PPC Tasks for a 10% Boost in 10 Minutes
10 Changes to make to Your AdWords Search Campaign that will Boost Your CTR
Have the text ads in your AdWords campaigns got to a point where they need a click-through rate (CTR) boost without you making any immediate changes to your CPC bids? You know that increasing your text ads Click Through Rate (CTR) would not only lead to increased traffic, but would ultimately result in improved Quality Scores and a higher Ad Rank. You might also not want to … [Read more...] about 10 Changes to make to Your AdWords Search Campaign that will Boost Your CTR
Elite SEM Extreme Segmentation through Proprietary Bid & Campaign Management Tool
Developing a great account structure is the key to getting off on the right foot in the PPC game. The first layer of a PPC account is the campaign level. Google suggests mimicking the structure (or “sitemap”) of your site into an AdWords campaign which I highly agree with as this will be the foundation for your reporting as well. However, I believe in something called EXTREME … [Read more...] about Elite SEM Extreme Segmentation through Proprietary Bid & Campaign Management Tool
Google Releases Enhanced Sitelinks
This week Google announced the roll out of enhanced sitelinks. The Gospel of Google has long preached that sitelinks increase click through rate, and this latest announcement comes with the prediction that enhanced sitelinks will provide an even larger improvement on the previous hike in CTR. An increase to the increase, if you will. And when it comes to CTR, we most … [Read more...] about Google Releases Enhanced Sitelinks
CTR Healing: Raising Click Through Rate For Better Performance
This is the first installment from our PPC Love series for this month. For the purpose of today’s post, we’ll be discussing click through rate and offer up a few ways to improve CTR in your own accounts. Ooh baby, I’m hot just like an oven I need some [CTR] lovin’ And baby, I can’t hold it much longer It’s getting stronger and stronger… Click through rate is … [Read more...] about CTR Healing: Raising Click Through Rate For Better Performance
Everything You Need to Know About Ad Position in AdWords
Ad position, the forest containing all your account metric trees! (Sorry, it’s Friday, and the clichés abound.) A high quality score combined with the right keyword bid means your ad gets a higher and higher position on Google SERPs. But, how do you analyze your ad position in AdWords? And, how do you know what your optimal position really is? Some accounts do perform better … [Read more...] about Everything You Need to Know About Ad Position in AdWords
Interview with Matthew Umbro, Founder of PPC Chat
We had the pleasure of an interview with Matthew Umbro, the founder of PPC Chat and Senior PPC Specialist at Exclusive Concepts. Matthew will be speaking at Hero Conf, April 16-17, 2012, in Indianapolis, IN. We are looking forward to hearing Matthew present "Proving the Value of PPC through Conversion Tracking," as well as share his knowledge on the Account Structure panel. … [Read more...] about Interview with Matthew Umbro, Founder of PPC Chat
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