Two questions that we get asked frequently are: How much more should I spend for our PPC account? How many more conversions can I expect to get from the increase in spend? When asked these questions the first thing I look at is what campaigns are performing well and how much impression share is being lost. However, analyzing impression share can be a bit cumbersome and … [Read more...] about Is Your Account Leaving Money On the Table From Lost Impression Share?
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Review Extensions: AdWords’ Mythical Monster
There was once an ad extension that promised to improve your account health with better relevance, trust, and even engagement. Review extensions had rolled out, and all you had to do was complete a form such as this and all would fall into place. But it didn’t happen that easily, did it? No. In fact, there many out there still trying to get review extensions approved, … [Read more...] about Review Extensions: AdWords’ Mythical Monster
[New Webinar with AdRoll!] Optimize Your PPC Retargeting Program To Boost ROI
Retargeting. We’re still trying to figure out if this feature in PPC is really cool or just really creepy. However, no one can deny how powerful retargeting can be for a business. It’s highly effective in bringing back bounced traffic, users that abandoned their lead form and shopping cart and allowing you to amplify all of your marketing channels. On March 26th at Noon EST, … [Read more...] about [New Webinar with AdRoll!] Optimize Your PPC Retargeting Program To Boost ROI
Using RLSAs To Stay Live When Budget Is Low
Recently, one of my clients came to me with a fairly common problem. Due to the seasonality of their business, they have certain months during the year with a lower budget allocated to Search and Shopping campaigns. During these months, since they track monthly budget by day, most of their product focused campaigns run out of budget early in the day. Thus, the account then runs … [Read more...] about Using RLSAs To Stay Live When Budget Is Low
Year-Over-Year Performance is Rarely “Apples-to-Apples”
People love to talk year-over-year performance – both the good and the bad. Every six months (or so), we will do an account review for our clients. A lot of the time, if there is year-over-year data, we use it! And why not? How do we know that we are doing well if we have nothing to compare performance? However, the problem with year-over-year performance is that a lot can … [Read more...] about Year-Over-Year Performance is Rarely “Apples-to-Apples”
Webinar: Optimize Your PPC Retargeting Program To Boost ROI
More about this Webinar Retargeting. We're still trying to figure out if this feature in PPC is really cool or just really creepy. However, no one can deny how powerful retargeting can be for a business. It's highly effective in bringing back bounced traffic, users that abandoned their lead form and shopping cart and allowing you to amplify all of your marketing … [Read more...] about Webinar: Optimize Your PPC Retargeting Program To Boost ROI
New Upgraded URLs for Faster and Easier URL Tracking
Constant connectivity has increased the ways that people engage with your business, meaning more data and metrics for you to use to manage ad performance. Google is introducing Upgraded URLs to provide an easier way to manage and track important information about each click on your ads and other targeting options available for Search, Display and Shopping. Upgraded URLs … [Read more...] about New Upgraded URLs for Faster and Easier URL Tracking
It’s The Year Of Mobile…Again!
As PPC account managers not a year goes by where we don’t get told this is the year mobile is going to take over the world and change our lives forever. I think we can all agree that mobile devices have taken over our personal lives over the past few years with the advances in smart phones and tablet technology. However, as PPC account managers we haven’t been at the stage … [Read more...] about It’s The Year Of Mobile…Again!
The Real Performance We’ve Seen With Ad Customizers
What are they again? Although the conversations about ad customizers began a few months ago, some folks are still learning just what they are and just how they work. Ad customizers are another opportunity created by Google to better connect your potential clients and customers with the most relevant information about your business. They allow you to dynamically insert … [Read more...] about The Real Performance We’ve Seen With Ad Customizers
How Football Shaped My Philosophy Regarding PPC
PPC to me is a lot like football. Building successful paid search accounts requires a well-defined philosophy for approaching account work, a strong game plan, and solid execution of the plan you spent all that time creating. Football coaches subscribe to either an offensive or defensive philosophy. Offensive minded coaches believe in high scoring teams with a defense that’s … [Read more...] about How Football Shaped My Philosophy Regarding PPC
Make Time To Tune Into Our Webinar With Bing Ads
You’ve seen us advertising our joint webinar with Bing Ads, entitled “5 Reasons You Need To Use Bing Advertising In 2015,” but I want to personally explain why you should attend. The Evolution of Bing Ads Though Bing Ads has been an advertising platform for many years, it’s really upped its game over the last couple. Consider these additions and improvements. A new … [Read more...] about Make Time To Tune Into Our Webinar With Bing Ads
The Role Of Social Networks Moving Forward
Social networks play a large part in the advertising industry. It’s likely that the majority of you get plenty of advertisements shown to you once logging in to Facebook or Twitter. As the industry continues to grow, be prepared for even more advertising platforms. In 2015, advertisers will want to focus on non-Google opportunities. Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn are … [Read more...] about The Role Of Social Networks Moving Forward
