Bing recently announced the release of the Bing Shopping Campaign (BSC) beta to a limited number of advertisers. Bing Product Ads have been around for a while and work great for ecommerce accounts. As we’ve seen with Google Shopping campaigns, the benefit of the new shopping format allows for easier management, share of voice reporting for benchmark CPCs and segmentation … [Read more...] about 3 Tips You Need To Know Before Creating Bing Shopping Campaigns
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Uncovering Conversion Landmines Through Mystery Shopping
Conversion Rate Optimization (CRO) has been quite the hot topic lately. Sadly, I was not able to attend this year’s Hero Conference, but I did follow it closely on Twitter and CRO was all over the place! While optimizing parts of your account to maximize quality conversions is essential, it got me thinking about another aspect of conversion optimization that happens outside … [Read more...] about Uncovering Conversion Landmines Through Mystery Shopping
Pitch Now to Speak at Hero Conf London!
Hero Conf prides itself on bringing new ideas, creative concepts and exciting voices to the forefront of the PPC community. We love to see the progression of a digital marketing professional from PPC Hero reader, to Hero Conf attendee to Hero Conf speaker. Fresh perspectives often provide unexpected and genuine insight from truly devoted search marketing experts. That’s … [Read more...] about Pitch Now to Speak at Hero Conf London!
Google’s Inclusion Of Buy Button A Game Changer For Retailers
Last week news broke regarding Google’s plan to include buy buttons for mobile devices. These buttons would allow searchers to directly purchase a product from the search engine results page (SERP). This change is a significant departure, as users are no longer required to follow this process: Leave the SERP --------> Go to the retailer’s site ------> Complete the … [Read more...] about Google’s Inclusion Of Buy Button A Game Changer For Retailers
PPC Account Structure and Organization Part III
Back in October I ranted about organized structuring and how much it can help you with the following: Reporting (You can report on different levels more easily) Optimizing (Account updates become easier with a clean account structure) Quality Scores (Ad copy to keyword relevance) Build Outs (Growing accounts becomes easier) In January, I continued on this rant, going … [Read more...] about PPC Account Structure and Organization Part III
Why The Purchase Funnel is Important For Your Campaign Structure
We all know the typical structure for campaign build outs. Usually we segment by product type, theme, or category. Our keyword lists are filled to the brim of purchase-intent phrases such as “buy __” or “order ___ online”. This strategy is great and all, but those who are still in the top of the funnel are a bit neglected. With a full-funnel PPC strategy, we can increase our … [Read more...] about Why The Purchase Funnel is Important For Your Campaign Structure
Should Facebook Be At The Top Of Your Mobile Strategy?
Mobile. We as advertisers know it’s important. Google tells us, Microsoft tells us, and intuitively every time we use our mobile devices we know it. As more traffic funnels in from mobile devices, platforms are trying to adapt and so are we as advertisers. This is why Facebook’s 2015 Q1 earnings report got my attention, but first let’s lay out a couple of the big issues with … [Read more...] about Should Facebook Be At The Top Of Your Mobile Strategy?
3 Hacks That Will Make You An Analytics Star
I know many account managers get a little flustered when you mention Google Analytics and using it for PPC management. It’s not that they don’t recognize the value, and it’s not even that they don’t know how to use it, it’s just that everyone usually thinks they’re not utilizing it to full potential and they’re going to look like a newb if they have to show how they’re using … [Read more...] about 3 Hacks That Will Make You An Analytics Star
3 Areas To Analyze Before Taking On A New PPC Account
When working on a PPC account, what contributes to the success or failure relies on us as the experts. How you organize the account, the layout of campaigns, keyword research, ad copy writing, and the list goes on and on. What often gets lost in this shuffle is the actual product, the client and how it fits or doesn’t fit in the realm of PPC. Are we setting ourselves up for … [Read more...] about 3 Areas To Analyze Before Taking On A New PPC Account
Use PPC To Help Build And Optimize Your Email Lists
We see a high number of pay-per-click marketing initiatives being set-up and often ran in a silo, with total separation from other marketing efforts. This separation is undoubtedly not the best thing for your business. Integrating PPC with your overall marketing strategy not only helps ensure your pay-per-click campaigns reach their ROI goals and full potential, but will also … [Read more...] about Use PPC To Help Build And Optimize Your Email Lists
Assisted Conversions – You’ll Miss Them When They’re Gone
Recently, I performed optimizations on an account focused on improving ROI. This particular client was highly ROI-focused and wanted me to ensure that there were no inefficiencies within the account. An inefficient keyword was defined as any keyword that wasn’t generating a certain level of profit for the company. To start, I carefully went through the account and looked at … [Read more...] about Assisted Conversions – You’ll Miss Them When They’re Gone
3 Ways To Decrease CPA Without Tanking Volume
In an industry like PPC, the results of marketing campaigns are right there in front of you and for everyone to see. There’s nowhere to hide in terms of performance, and we are judged on these bottom line numbers. While many of these front-end metrics (CTR, CPC, Avg. Position, etc.) lead to better overall performance on the back-end, CPA (cost per acquisition) and profit, when … [Read more...] about 3 Ways To Decrease CPA Without Tanking Volume