Running an ecommerce PPC account, as you would imagine, can be quite different than running a lead generation account. In these instances, we are particularly interested in what the user is doing on the site, which products they’re looking at, and what they are purchasing. In this post, we'll review 6 ways you can make use of Google Analytics in order to improve your PPC … [Read more...] about Get More Bang For Your Buck – 6 Ways To Use Google Analytics for Ecommerce
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Build And Sustain Successful PPC Relationships
While landing a new client can sometimes be viewed as the biggest hurdle in any marketing relationship, keeping the client happy and having a successful relationship is even more important. Sure, landing a client is a difficult task. You have to offer all the services they expect or need, have a pricing structure they’re comfortable with, and you’re usually up against stiff … [Read more...] about Build And Sustain Successful PPC Relationships
Why You Can’t Miss Hero Conf London!
PPC Heroes, our first ever international event is fast approaching! If you’ve not been to Hero Conf before, it’s an event experience unlike any you’ve had before. But, if you need a little extra help in getting budget approval or are you looking for the right details to justify your own trip, here are 10 reasons Hero Conf London will be money well spent: 1. Exclusive PPC … [Read more...] about Why You Can’t Miss Hero Conf London!
Pitch Now to Speak at Hero Conf London!
Hero Conf prides itself on bringing new ideas, creative concepts and exciting voices to the forefront of the PPC community. We love to see the progression of a digital marketing professional from PPC Hero reader, to Hero Conf attendee to Hero Conf speaker. Fresh perspectives often provide unexpected and genuine insight from truly devoted search marketing experts. That’s … [Read more...] about Pitch Now to Speak at Hero Conf London!
Stop Using The Same Headline
Writing text ads in AdWords is difficult - except crafting the headline. Every blog and best practice article you read from so-called “experts” tells you to simply include the user's search query in your headline. In fact, Google seems to even encourage this practice by offering dynamic keyword insertion and bolding the matching words in the headline of your ads. So why … [Read more...] about Stop Using The Same Headline
Pros And Cons Of Hiring A PPC Agency Or Traditional Agency To Manage Your PPC
Hanapin is running into more and more sales deals where the prospective client is basing their decision on whether they want to hire a specialist, which is us, or a generalist, which is sometimes their traditional agency of record and sometimes a full-service digital agency. This post will go through the various aspects of that decision-making process. Client Request - “We … [Read more...] about Pros And Cons Of Hiring A PPC Agency Or Traditional Agency To Manage Your PPC
Using Bid Simulations And Estimates More Effectively
One of the most underutilized AdWords tools is bid simulators. That isn’t to say they are unused as more often than not, users are simply skeptical. We’ve all seen the estimates for top of page bids and there is plenty of room for doubt. However, ignoring the tool completely means you aren’t taking advantages of potential areas for improvement. What Is It? You’ve probably … [Read more...] about Using Bid Simulations And Estimates More Effectively
4 Tips To Better Diagnose Your Display Network Performance
Looking at your Display Network automatic placements history can be scary. We all “clean it up” once in a while by: Making exclusions Updating negative lists Changing bids Moving converting placements to managed But what happens when you don’t seem to see anything but a waste of money? Trying to justify that spend with saying “it builds brand and awareness” only gets … [Read more...] about 4 Tips To Better Diagnose Your Display Network Performance
PPC Account Structure and Organization Part III
Back in October I ranted about organized structuring and how much it can help you with the following: Reporting (You can report on different levels more easily) Optimizing (Account updates become easier with a clean account structure) Quality Scores (Ad copy to keyword relevance) Build Outs (Growing accounts becomes easier) In January, I continued on this rant, going … [Read more...] about PPC Account Structure and Organization Part III
Introducing a New Performance Metric: Keyword Total Weighted Value
One of the biggest mistakes a paid search professional can make is to operate under the auspices that the data available to them in their various interfaces— AdWords, Analytics, etc— is the only data out there. If you’ve got blue paint and you’ve got yellow paint, well then you’ve got green paint too, right? That’s the type of thinking— data resourcefulness— that anyone … [Read more...] about Introducing a New Performance Metric: Keyword Total Weighted Value
6 Google Analytics Features You Need To Understand
Google Analytics, best friend or worst nightmare? I remember when first starting out in PPC, I was completely overwhelmed with all the features and reports that Analytics provides. It can be a bit daunting to figure out, but I have learned that it can be an invaluable tool to be used in conjunction with your paid search efforts. I’ll outline some basic features in Analytics … [Read more...] about 6 Google Analytics Features You Need To Understand
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