Conversion rate optimization (CRO) is a huge topic in the PPC world, especially since increasing this metric can turn dirt into gold in your accounts. Each time someone clicks you have a chance to gain a conversion - whether that’s a sale, lead form filled out, or subscriber gained. Each time that person doesn’t perform a conversion on your site, you’re wasting money. So, … [Read more...] about Average Conversion Rate: What’s Average, Anyway?
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An Explanation Of The AdWords Conversion Optimizer Tool
Like most businesses, I’m sure your goal is conversion generation at a profitable cost per acquisition. Fortunately, Adwords provides an automated tool called ‘Conversion Optimizer’ that can help achieve this goal. Today’s post will explain what Conversion Optimizer is and how it works. Additionally, set up directions will be provided along with some personal thoughts and … [Read more...] about An Explanation Of The AdWords Conversion Optimizer Tool
How To Better Connect With Your Client
As account managers, we can literally spend several hours a day on the phone speaking to our clients about their accounts. Remembering that these clients have placed their trust in us to manage their PPC spend, it's incredibly important to create a relationship that runs deeper than their last weekly report. But how do you achieve that personal connection with your client that … [Read more...] about How To Better Connect With Your Client
How To Create Google Analytics Custom Attribution Models
It’s the time of year where advertisers are planning New Year resolutions for PPC accounts. However, if you are using a last click attribution model as part of your PPC strategy you could be doing more harm than good. A few months back we discussed the multi-channel attribution templates available in AdWords and Google Analytics. If you’ve taken the time to understand and … [Read more...] about How To Create Google Analytics Custom Attribution Models
Discover The Gold Mine Of Remarketing Lists Using Google Analytics
Digital analytics is entirely about discovery. As data analysts we are pursuing fresh insights we can turn into actionable business improvements. Campaign optimizations such as improving the click-through rate of your ads, or reducing cost-per-click are great places to start. Today I am going to cover a fantastic way to focus on your customers using Google Analytics … [Read more...] about Discover The Gold Mine Of Remarketing Lists Using Google Analytics
Need Help Proving Online-To-Offline Impact? Google Launches New “Store Visits” Metric
Last year, Google AdWords introduced Estimated Total Conversions giving you a more complete picture of how AdWords drives calls, in-store visits and app downloads. Majority of sales for many industries are still happening in person, roughly 95%. This, along with online activities influencing offline transactions makes it more important than ever that we understand the impact of … [Read more...] about Need Help Proving Online-To-Offline Impact? Google Launches New “Store Visits” Metric
Reassessing My 2014 PPC Suggestions And Looking To 2015
2014 has been an amazing year in paid search. AdWords and Bing Ads made some great strides with their features and interfaces (my personal favorite being AdWords ad customizers). Social platforms began experimenting with new features, including Twitter allowing the ability to make purchases directly from the interface. Finally, and maybe most importantly, the PPC community … [Read more...] about Reassessing My 2014 PPC Suggestions And Looking To 2015
Moving Beyond Keyword Targeting In 2015
Series week continues at PPC Hero as we try to write about the same topic every day. This week’s topic is predictions for 2015. When I’m asked to think about 2015, the first area I assess is how keyword targeting seems like it’s becoming less relevant, and there are so many new alternatives to targeting ads. I fully expect all the new features in 2015 to follow … [Read more...] about Moving Beyond Keyword Targeting In 2015
Keep Your Eyes Focused On Non-Google Opportunities
My biggest recommendation and prediction for 2015 is to stay focused on all the other available advertising channels. We all spend a lot time and money in Google AdWords, but big things are in the works for other platforms. What makes 2015 different from 2014? All the bigger changes that happened in 2014 are going to eventually trickle down and create change for us – the … [Read more...] about Keep Your Eyes Focused On Non-Google Opportunities
Join Your Fellow Heroes at the World’s Largest All-PPC Conference
We know you're already planning to register for Hero Conf 2015, April 27-29 in exciting and eccentric downtown Portland, OR. All your PPC Hero friends will be there, as will some of the biggest names and brands in search marketing. We just wanted to take a moment to remind you of the fast-approaching Super Early Bird discount deadline. With the holidays just around the … [Read more...] about Join Your Fellow Heroes at the World’s Largest All-PPC Conference
The PPC Marketer’s Mobile Campaign Toolkit – New from Unbounce and Hanapin!
Get everything you need to optimize your mobile PPC campaigns! If you have read up on anything mobile PPC here lately, you'll know it is consistently growing and local mobile searches are predicted to exceed desktop searches for the first time in 2015. If you don't have a mobile strategy in place yet, it's time to stop running and start preparing your campaigns. In this … [Read more...] about The PPC Marketer’s Mobile Campaign Toolkit – New from Unbounce and Hanapin!
How Many Of Your Ads Are Going Nowhere?
At Hanapin, we create tools with you in mind. How can we help you do your job better? What can we do to help you save time or reduce spend? We strive to bring you easy tools with great results that not only simplifies your job, but amplifies your opportunities for success. Our new, exclusive tool - Broken Link Checker - focuses on broken links and sudden 404 errors. It quickly … [Read more...] about How Many Of Your Ads Are Going Nowhere?