At first glance, the financial data in Google’s latest quarterly financial summary look positive for the king of online advertising. “Google had a great quarter with revenue up 22% year on year, at $16.0 billion”, said Patrick Pichette, CFO of Google. “We are moving forward with great product momentum and are excited to continue providing amazing user experiences, with a view … [Read more...] about New Google Revenue Report: Does Slipping Mobile Outweigh Overall Growth?
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A Guide to AdWords Bid Adjustments
Bid adjustments are a fundamental part of PPC. It’s important that you have a firm grasp of what your bid strategy is and what options you have in terms of actually changing those bids. While there are many bid management software options (Acquisio, Marin, etc.), we’ll go over the native features in the AdWords interface and the pros and cons of each. Manual Bidding If you … [Read more...] about A Guide to AdWords Bid Adjustments
Why You Should Do Dynamic Retargeting on Facebook
You’re an ecommerce advertiser and you’re allocating significant media spend towards driving potential buyers to your website through Search, Display and Social. But you keep hearing that even when visitors land on your website, 70% of them are abandoning their online shopping carts. How do you take advantage of all that great traffic to fast track the path to purchase? If … [Read more...] about Why You Should Do Dynamic Retargeting on Facebook
4 Negative Tactics To Save Money
We tend to think of our PPC accounts in terms of how we can grow volume. There are always keywords to add, new sites to target with your Display ads, different ad copy to test, etc. However, there are many ways to save money by thinking negatively about your account management. What should you be excluding? What are you targeting that you shouldn’t be? Taking advantage of these … [Read more...] about 4 Negative Tactics To Save Money
Everything You Need To Know About PPC Ad Extensions
Search ads are no longer just about headlines, description lines and display URLs. Ad Extensions now also play a huge part in the appearance and success of our ads. Take a look at this ad from Walmart I saw the other day. Notice how more than 50% of the space taken up by this ad comes from extensions of various types. Why Are Ad Extensions Important? There’s Lots … [Read more...] about Everything You Need To Know About PPC Ad Extensions
AdWords Dynamic Remarketing – Oh The Possibilities
It’s no secret that I’m a huge fan of AdWords Dynamic Remarketing as I’ve seen this type of campaign produce amazing results for my clients. The ability to showcase the products visitors viewed as they traverse Google’s Display Network is powerful. In trying to capitalize even further, I’ve put together a list of Dynamic Remarketing audience combinations I’d like to try. … [Read more...] about AdWords Dynamic Remarketing – Oh The Possibilities
Decrease CPA by 79% with Dynamic Search Remarketing
I’ve talked about how to use Dynamic Search Ads (DSAs) for eCommerce, and how to find success. The tl;dr version is that DSAs can fill gaps in product coverage and bring in new keywords ideas through the search query report. Sometimes with 1000s of products, you don’t have the time to build out every single product. Along with the time challenges, many of these keywords won’t … [Read more...] about Decrease CPA by 79% with Dynamic Search Remarketing
Morning Clicks: Mobile is Taking Over the World, and Back-to-School Season Already?
Morning Clicks is your mid-week roundup of digital advertising news and notes. We're your one-stop shop for the most relevant and important news in the PPC world. Grab your cup of joe and come see us every Wednesday morning. Google released a new guide to Shopping Campaigns. [Inside AdWords] And while they were at it, they also made their annual update to the Product Feed … [Read more...] about Morning Clicks: Mobile is Taking Over the World, and Back-to-School Season Already?
Still on PLAs? How to Migrate to Google Shopping
Welcome to this month’s series week on PPC Hero! We’ll be focusing on all things eCommerce, letting you know how to fine-tune your campaigns and where opportunity lies. So sit back and learn strategies for boosting your sales and ROI. Google is retiring PLAs (Product Listing Ads) in August and accounts running them will be upgraded to Google Shopping campaigns. Google … [Read more...] about Still on PLAs? How to Migrate to Google Shopping
Ad Testing Scenarios For Low-Converting Campaigns
A/B Testing is a constant paid search practice with the process looking like this: Step One: Try something new. Step Two: Let it run for an appropriate length of time. Step Three: Determine the winner. Step Four: Repeat. But what happens when we can’t conclude a test because the campaign does not get enough conversions? Do we conclude tests early without significant data or do … [Read more...] about Ad Testing Scenarios For Low-Converting Campaigns
5 Tips For Better PPC Lead Quality
Lead generation can be a tricky game when it comes to PPC. In eCommerce, someone purchases a product and revenue is immediately generated from that conversion or sale. When focusing on lead gen, the initial conversions can be deceiving because while you may generate 20 leads, maybe only 2 convert into revenue, sale or whatever your final action may be. Below are 5 tips that … [Read more...] about 5 Tips For Better PPC Lead Quality
Morning Clicks: Bing Releases New Device Targeting, Auto Tagging, Google Makes Mobile Ad Changes, and more
Morning Clicks is your mid-week roundup of digital advertising news and notes. We're your one-stop shop for the most relevant and important news in the PPC world. Grab your cup of joe and come see us every Wednesday morning. Bing released some big news this past week. They decided Google had it right all along, and now plan to release what Google AdWords describes as … [Read more...] about Morning Clicks: Bing Releases New Device Targeting, Auto Tagging, Google Makes Mobile Ad Changes, and more