On average, only 2% of users convert on their first site visit, making it crucial in today’s competitive landscape that you have a solid remarketing strategy in place. Thanks to Google, remarketing is now really easy to set up and implement. At a basic level, you can add the remarketing code to your website and easily show ads to anyone who has visited your website. If you want … [Read more...] about How to Form a Remarketing Strategy
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One Million Ways to Define a Conversion: The A-Z Guide
Did you know that there are currently twenty-seven different columns containing the term "Conversion" in the AdWords interface? Were you also aware that they all have a different definition? I don't blame you if you're having a hard time keeping track of it all– with that many columns, it's enough to make your head spin. So to keep your brains intact, we've compiled some of … [Read more...] about One Million Ways to Define a Conversion: The A-Z Guide
How Hero Conf Grew My Account by 500% Before I Even Attended
Just imagine if your boss told you that you had the opportunity for an all-expense paid trip to Austin, Texas to attend Hero Conf. All you had to do was pick a single client and have the best month-over-month percentage growth in five different key metrics: average cost-per-click, total clicks, click-through-rate, cost-per-lead, and conversion rate. Which client would you use? … [Read more...] about How Hero Conf Grew My Account by 500% Before I Even Attended
7 New Bing Ads Features – Including Product Ads!
Now that all the hype around the big Google announcement is starting to die down, I thought we should also take a moment to reflect on a few new features that Bing released this month. Some of the features are just minor tweaks like sorting campaigns by budget, but others like “Product Ads” and “No More Charging for Forwarding Numbers” could really impact your Bing PPC program. … [Read more...] about 7 New Bing Ads Features – Including Product Ads!
Optimize PPC Conversion Rates Without Touching a Landing Page
We love to talk about Conversion Rate at PPC Hero. Our job doesn't stop with acquiring traffic; we have to make sure that traffic ends up doing something of value - otherwise we've wasted our money. That part, however, isn't always easy. Our best intentions can sink for a number of reasons: No time or money for web designers / developers A boss or client who doesn't want to … [Read more...] about Optimize PPC Conversion Rates Without Touching a Landing Page
Understand User Engagement with Customized Bounce Rate
If you’ve ever wondered how people are interacting with your site after they click an ad, you’ve probably looked at Bounce Rate in Google Analytics. Google defines Bounce Rate as “the percentage of single-page visits (i.e. visits in which the person left your site from the entrance page without interacting with the page).” The problem with this definition is that it does not … [Read more...] about Understand User Engagement with Customized Bounce Rate
Which Facebook Objective Is Best For Me?
Before you start any type of advertising, you should ask yourself, “What kind of results do I want for my ads?” While generally this is decided at the business level and part of the optimizations process, Facebook takes matters into their own hands and guarantees that expectations have been predetermined before the first ad is created. The first step to creating an ad on … [Read more...] about Which Facebook Objective Is Best For Me?
Fine Tune Your Remarketing Campaigns with Membership Duration Segments
Remarketing campaigns continue to be an effective tool to drive conversions at low CPAs. The more you dive into the rabbit hole of remarketing, the opportunities of segmentation seem endless. One area that is a good starting point for experimenting with remarketing segments is creating remarketing lists by membership duration – a.k.a how long to follow visitors. What is … [Read more...] about Fine Tune Your Remarketing Campaigns with Membership Duration Segments
4 Google Analytics Reports Every PPC Manager Should Use
It’s important to utilize Google Analytics when running an AdWords campaign. Google Analytics allows you to understand how the traffic your paid search campaign generates behaves when it reaches your website. This is crucial in improving and understanding conversion rates. Google Analytics provides lots of different reports and tools to help you do this. Below I have listed 4 … [Read more...] about 4 Google Analytics Reports Every PPC Manager Should Use
How to Use An Agency to Help Your In-House Team, Not Replace Them
So you’ve got a team of multiple people (for our purposes, team = more than one person) managing your paid search campaigns, but you’re getting the feeling there is something missing. Not that your team isn’t doing what they can or should, but perhaps that everyone is missing…something. Our team has been fortunate enough to do some exciting work recently with a few brands that … [Read more...] about How to Use An Agency to Help Your In-House Team, Not Replace Them
Small Changes That Make Bing Faster
Sometimes, it is as easy as asking. Bing Ads listened to feedback from its users and added some additional features to their campaign tab, which should be live across the Bing Ads interface. While these changes will not change the world of paid search, they will make some of the little things easier and faster. What is new? The key word to remember is faster and faster means … [Read more...] about Small Changes That Make Bing Faster
Happy St. Patrick’s Day from PPC Hero!
Today is one of the best days of the year to enjoy the Irish classics, like corned beef and cabbage and a good Irish stout - Guiness anyone? We hope you get to enjoy all these favorites and that you're wearing green today (we don't want you to get pinched!). Above all, we hope you find that big pot of gold in your PPC accounts today. PPC Hero demonstrates below: Here's a … [Read more...] about Happy St. Patrick’s Day from PPC Hero!