With Customer Match beginning to explode in the RLSA world, advertisers are getting excited about Search Network retargeting capabilities. And rightfully so, as we've seen fantastic performance with the email list targeting now available in Google Adwords. We've used email lists in a multitude of ways. We've also seen great performance from regular remarketing lists on the … [Read more...] about Why RLSA Efforts Should Have Their Own Campaigns
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How to Hire a Digital Marketing Analyst
Editor’s Note: This week on PPC Hero, we’ll be writing about the interview process and how to find the right candidates. Some posts will be highly specific to PPC roles while others will be general hiring tips. Make sure to tweet us your comments @ppchero. Analysts offer a distinct skill set for marketing teams. It is a crucial hire for an expanding team, but what should you … [Read more...] about How to Hire a Digital Marketing Analyst
[New Guide!] The Complete Guide to Using Excel for PPC
Excel is a crucial tool for any PPC marketer’s daily workflow. From building campaigns and writing ads to analyzing aspects of your account, your job will be made (a bit) easier by being Excel savvy. Written by PPC Hero bloggers and excel masters, Rachael Law and Jacob Brown, this whitepaper will outline the most important tasks that we use Excel for in our day-to-day PPC … [Read more...] about [New Guide!] The Complete Guide to Using Excel for PPC
How To Use The New Customer Match Feature For RLSA
This week, Dennis Doubovski from Adwords Robot wrote a great post on the new customer match feature in Adwords. With this feature being new, there are a lot of different ways to go about using it. Let's go through some of the ways to split up lists and how to go about advertising to users. How To Split Up Your List The first thing to consider when creating customer match … [Read more...] about How To Use The New Customer Match Feature For RLSA
Why We Blog Every Day
Before joining the Hanapin Marketing team, I wondered why PPC Hero blog posts were published on a daily basis. I always found the posts to be relevant, but it seemed like content oversaturation. Was there really enough PPC content to post every day? Since beginning at Hanapin, I’ve found that answer to enthusiastically be “yes,” but more importantly, I’ve come to understand the … [Read more...] about Why We Blog Every Day
Considering A Paid Search Career? Here’s What To Assess
10 years ago the field of paid search was still a hidden gem. It was a great career choice but potential employees didn't know the profession existed. Over the past 5 years, awareness of paid search/SEM/PPC/Pay Per Click/Search Engine Marketing (so many ways of describing it!) has grown massively and there are now many graduates with an active interest in paid search. Why … [Read more...] about Considering A Paid Search Career? Here’s What To Assess
7 Must Have Reports To Create In AdWords Report Editor
Your PPC dreams have finally come true – data visualization is now available in the AdWords Report Editor! You now have the ability create your very own data masterpiece by dragging and dropping data to create pivot tables, graphs and charts directly in the AdWords interface. Last week AdWords announced the release of the AdWords Report Editor that will be rolled out across … [Read more...] about 7 Must Have Reports To Create In AdWords Report Editor
Beginner Excel: 10 Must-Haves for PPC Newbies
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: PPC enthusiasts are often Excel nerds . But if you’re just starting off down the road of mass data analysis, Microsoft Excel can be a little daunting. The secret is that once you know a handful of tricks, it become pretty easy to figure out how to make Excel work for you, instead of becoming a source of insecurity and stress. The … [Read more...] about Beginner Excel: 10 Must-Haves for PPC Newbies
The 4 Common Keyword Mistakes
There are hundreds of tasks you can complete in a PPC account. There are just as many mistakes you can make, if not more. Today we’ll focus on four mistakes regarding keywords. This is in no way a comprehensive list but gives the four most common areas that must be examined to keep an account running well. Targeting Too Broadly Broad match keywords are vital in finding good … [Read more...] about The 4 Common Keyword Mistakes
[On Demand Webinar!] 11 Excel Tricks To Improve Your PPC Life
PPC and excel are like peanut butter and jelly or macaroni and cheese, you really can’t have one without the other (or at least its not as good a combination!). By becoming super savvy with excel, you’ll save a lot of precious time doing your PPC tasks and overall, become better at analyzing account performance. In this webinar, we’ll cover a variety of tricks that can have big … [Read more...] about [On Demand Webinar!] 11 Excel Tricks To Improve Your PPC Life
3 Ridiculously Awesome Resources To Prevail Over Excel
PPC and Excel go hand in hand. Like peanut butter and jelly. Or macaroni and cheese. Or tortilla chips and salsa. Ok, you get the picture. Basically, you can't (and shouldn't) do one without the other. We know how important Excel is to you, as well as the many struggles and time sucks you encounter in PPC. So, we've put together a number of resources (ridiculously awesome … [Read more...] about 3 Ridiculously Awesome Resources To Prevail Over Excel
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