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
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5 Reasons Why We Love Conversion Rate Optimization
This is a test. I’m going to see if leaving out an introduction will lead you to read this entire article and come to understand why Conversion Rate Optimization is so important to utilize and just why we love it. Complement to PPC Hanapin is primarily a Paid Search agency. We focus on setting up campaigns, ad groups, keywords, and ads for our clients to serve their most … [Read more...] about 5 Reasons Why We Love Conversion Rate Optimization
How To Go About Adding To Your PPC Mix
The first questions that should be answered for any new PPC account need to cover goal identification. What will make this a successful marketing channel for us? How many conversions and at what cost per acquisition will put us in the black? After that can come many different questions, including ones related to the specific business or industry you’re working in. … [Read more...] about How To Go About Adding To Your PPC Mix
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Live Webinar Ask Me Anything About CRO With Brian Massey, Joanna Wiebe, and Roopa Carpenter More about this Webinar We’ll cover how to use CRO to increase your conversions, best practices on strategy and what to test, as well as live feedback on submitted landing pages from top industry experts. You'll get expert-level CRO tips like: How to assemble an awesome … [Read more...] about Webinar
My Top 10 Favorite Paid Search Tools
There are lots of tools that assist us in our paid search efforts. Below I have compiled a list of my favorite paid search tools. Each has its own reason for making “my favorite” list. Some have saved the day, others I use on a daily basis, and others are simply fun tools to use. 1) Conversion Optimizer or CPA Bidding For me, conversion optimizer gets on the list, because … [Read more...] about My Top 10 Favorite Paid Search Tools
4 Design Principles You Need To Understand In Conjunction With PPC
Website design can be a personal matter. What you think looks good, may not look good to another. The hope is that your design inspires others and generates a reaction from viewing or interacting with your work. While we still look for that inspiration in Conversion Rate Optimization (CRO), it comes down to the actions of the majority that lead to a more profitable outcome for … [Read more...] about 4 Design Principles You Need To Understand In Conjunction With PPC
[New Whitepapers!] The CRO Short Stack
Four whitepapers to supercharge your conversion rate optimization! Conversion rate optimization is a necessity. At Hanapin, we see a large number of potential client accounts that have never done anything CRO-specific with their landing pages outside of interface level optimization. But with the every-changing world of PPC and marketing in general, you need strategies like … [Read more...] about [New Whitepapers!] The CRO Short Stack
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
8 Hero Conf Sessions our Staff Can’t Wait to See!
PPC Heroes, Hero Conf 2015 is only 3.5 weeks away. Have you seen the incredible agenda? As we’ve put the finishing touches on the conference schedule, our staff has been raving about some sessions they’re really excited to see. Although we know all the content will be world-class, here are 8 sessions we’re really pumped to see: 1. Building Revenue Generating Social PPC – … [Read more...] about 8 Hero Conf Sessions our Staff Can’t Wait to See!
[New Webinar with Wordstream!] PPC for Travel Marketers: The Top 11 Tips
Get the top 11 tips for travel industry marketers to dominate the search results page and get INSANE ROI. Twenty years ago if you wanted to book a trip you would drive over to your local travel agency. How times have changed! Today people start their journey on the internet, and if you want to book with them you have to be in front of them when they start searching! Join … [Read more...] about [New Webinar with Wordstream!] PPC for Travel Marketers: The Top 11 Tips
How Do You Structure Your Ad Groups?
By now everyone has heard the general consensus on common ad group setup practices. An ad group should have a limited number of keywords, be related to one another, and be relevant to the ads and landing pages. Each one of these items is important but leaves ambiguity in the actual implementation. If you spend any time thinking about these you’ll arrive at more questions than … [Read more...] about How Do You Structure Your Ad Groups?
Identifying Your Ideal Customer Through Persona Analysis
Many of us view pay-per-click advertising in strictly quantitative terms. Those who hold this viewpoint look at PPC management as a continuous loop of analysis and optimization narrowly based on “what the numbers tell them to do.” Although this is a logical and often necessary philosophy, there’s a more sustainable approach, which I call ‘Persona Analysis.’ Persona analysis … [Read more...] about Identifying Your Ideal Customer Through Persona Analysis