Flexible bidding strategies are ways to automate rules around specific areas of your campaigns, ad groups, and keywords. These bidding strategies can help you improve conversion rates, boost keyword performance, and/or improve your return on ad spend. In the past, you had to choose between manual or automation, but now you have the flexibility to blend automation with manual … [Read more...] about When Are Flexible Bidding Strategies Right For You?
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8 Good Reasons To Bid On Your Pure Brand Keywords
Editor’s Note: This article is a part of our Hero Conf London Guest Post Giveaway. Based on a combination of pageviews, shares 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 Anthony Pearce (@PearceAnthony), PPC Lead at Swoon Editions. Anyone working in PPC will, at … [Read more...] about 8 Good Reasons To Bid On Your Pure Brand Keywords
[New Webinar with AdStage!] The Most Valuable Google AdWords Features for the PPC Account Manager
Google AdWords offers a huge amount of features to strengthen your campaign efforts and give you as much data as possible to make the best decisions for your account. However, there’s a lot of data and a lot of different features to try – how do you know which ones are the most valuable? From Search Partners and keyword reports to Auction Insights and Dynamic Search Ads, this … [Read more...] about [New Webinar with AdStage!] The Most Valuable Google AdWords Features for the PPC Account Manager
PPC For Venture-Backed Companies
Venture Capital firms invested an astonishing $47.3 billion dollars into 3,617 budding companies in 2014 (2014 Venture Capital Report), and 2015 is on track to exceed that figure. In fact, VC funding is expected to reach levels not seen since the Dot-com boom. As a young company either seeking VC funding or presently answering to venture capitalists, it’s vital you become web … [Read more...] about PPC For Venture-Backed Companies
Don’t Let the Competition Steal Your Revenue. Bid On Your Brand Terms!
"Why would I bid on my own brand terms? We will receive that traffic organically anyways." We all have heard this argument many times as account managers. "You just want the credit for the revenue coming in on these brand terms, and that is why the recommendation is made to bid on them, right?" As paid search managers, we do not tell you to bid on brand terms to inflate … [Read more...] about Don’t Let the Competition Steal Your Revenue. Bid On Your Brand Terms!
Webinar: The Most Valuable Google AdWords Features For The PPC Account Manager
More about this Webinar Google AdWords offers a huge amount of features to strengthen your campaign efforts and give you as much data as possible to make the best decisions for your account. However, there's a lot of data and a lot of different features to try - how do you know which ones are the most valuable? From Search Partners and keyword reports to Auction Insights and … [Read more...] about Webinar: The Most Valuable Google AdWords Features For The PPC Account Manager
Nail Down A Mobile Strategy In 5 Simple Steps
Question: Do you have a solid mobile strategy in place for your PPC efforts? If not, you should carve out some time to think about it and nail down an action plan to capture this ever-growing market in the PPC space. We’ve talked about micro-moments and what that means for advertisers, but we didn’t really talk about the specifics of putting together an overall strategy. … [Read more...] about Nail Down A Mobile Strategy In 5 Simple Steps
My Top 5 PPC Mistakes
Having been in the PPC industry for over 12 years, I've had the unique experience of learning and growing at almost the same pace at which the industry has developed. In a way, that has provided me with many advantages. I had access to some of the brightest minds in the search industry and was able to grow my accounts at almost the same rate as my competitors. There was very … [Read more...] about My Top 5 PPC Mistakes
[New Whitepaper!] Winning at Your Ecommerce PPC: 5 Strategies To Beat Out Your Competition
Ecommerce is one of the most dynamic areas in PPC. The ability to tie revenue back to conversions and clicks provides immediate satisfaction on your efforts, in comparison to lead generation. Despite all the available data, it’s easy to forget you are directly facing off against others. Competitors are at every corner, waiting to outbid you, outrank you, and ultimately, get … [Read more...] about [New Whitepaper!] Winning at Your Ecommerce PPC: 5 Strategies To Beat Out Your Competition
You’re Doing This One Thing Wrong In Digital Marketing
So, you’ve got yourself all set up in Google AdWords and Bing Ads. Nice work. You’re keeping up with the modern world of business. You understand why a geo-targeted campaign with high-intent keywords and well-written ads will probably be more effective than blowing dollars on a billboard beside a thoroughfare. By golly, you’re standing on the cutting edge! You’re a regular … [Read more...] about You’re Doing This One Thing Wrong In Digital Marketing
PPC Facepalm: 7 Reasons Your Ads Aren’t Working
Although Paid Search advertising is something that can be learned over time, there are always areas of performance that need further guidance. One example of this is your ad copy. Now, we’ve given you example after example of why to test, what to test, and all the elements of ad copy that you need to utilize in your PPC account. But there are still things, very basic things, … [Read more...] about PPC Facepalm: 7 Reasons Your Ads Aren’t Working
Getting Started With AdWords Scripts
In 2013, I spoke at Hero Conf for the first time and decided to talk about the then relatively new AdWords Scripts, something not many advertisers had ever heard of, let alone tried in their accounts. That session went well and spurned numerous follow-ups at other conferences, and helped me grow my tool company, Optmyzr, where we build tools and scripts to make account … [Read more...] about Getting Started With AdWords Scripts
