This week our blog series is taking a look at the most expensive “set it and forget it” mistakes. While search partners is not necessarily expensive, its distortion of common metrics may mislead you. By recognizing search partner performance and how it affects your metrics you can then adjust accordingly. Search partners are one of the largest causes of data discrepancies in … [Read more...] about Are You Being Fooled By Search Partners?
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The 10 Monthly Tasks Every Account Manager Should Be Doing
As Account Managers, it’s easy to get wrapped up in big projects, campaign buildouts, etc. and forget about smaller tasks that are essential to maintaining account health. Here we’ll go through some basic tasks and a few more advanced ones that you can (and should!) be doing to improve account performance. THE BASICS Search Query Reports It’s worthwhile to take a peek at … [Read more...] about The 10 Monthly Tasks Every Account Manager Should Be Doing
Powerful and Practical Keynotes From the Biggest Names in PPC
Hero Conf is known for quality content and exciting, fresh perspectives. You should expect exactly that from our 2014 keynotes, as the biggest brands and names in digital advertising share info you can’t afford to miss. From landing pages to ad testing, marketing mastery to Big Data, expect actionable information and exceptional takeaways. Perfecting Landing Pages Bryan … [Read more...] about Powerful and Practical Keynotes From the Biggest Names in PPC
Master the Art of Conversion Rate Optimization – New Toolkit!
So much of the attention in digital advertising goes to what happens before the click: Optimizing bids and timing, ad testing, and beyond. But one of the most valuable ways to spend your time is by optimizing what a user sees and does at the end of their click journey--making sure your landing page is engaging and relevant, and creating a cohesive message from your ad to the … [Read more...] about Master the Art of Conversion Rate Optimization – New Toolkit!
A Perfect Account Structure: Fact or Unicorn?
Here at Hanapin, we’re always trying to find the best way to do things. If there’s a method that generates the best results, we’ll call it a best practice and teach it to all the Account Managers as the best way to do that thing. One such thing we’ve been working on for a while is account structures. It seems there are a number of different methods that different people in the … [Read more...] about A Perfect Account Structure: Fact or Unicorn?
Does DKI Really Work? [Case Study]
As dynamic series week continues, we’ve covered how to use dynamic parameters in Bing, dynamic ads with scripts and next we will dive into the question across many search engine marketing professionals minds when it comes to ad testing – Does DKI really work? Below we will review – What is DKI? Does it Really Work? DKI Best Practices. What is DKI DKI stands for Dynamic … [Read more...] about Does DKI Really Work? [Case Study]
The Ultimate How-To Guide for Bing Parameters
For this month's series, PPC Hero is concerned with all things dynamic. We'll be discussing topics ranging from Dynamic Search Ads to Dynamic Remarketing, as well as asking the age-old question of "Does Dynamic Keyword Insertion actually work?" If it can be automated, scripted, or dynamically generated, we've got it - so stay tuned! Dynamic Keyword Insertion (henceforth known … [Read more...] about The Ultimate How-To Guide for Bing Parameters
4 Easy Ways to Watch Your Account Without Going Crazy
Whenever I talk to people about PPC and what I do, I'm always quick to mention the paradoxical nature of the job. It requires you to be "patiently urgent" - always balancing your immediate deadlines for implementing new ads/keywords or making changes to meet your performance goals... then waiting to watch the results of your work come in, and determining your next steps once … [Read more...] about 4 Easy Ways to Watch Your Account Without Going Crazy
What to Make of View-through Conversions
View-through conversions have been around for nearly four years in AdWords. In paid search land, that’s close to an eternity. But it still seems to me that people don’t really know what to do about them. We’ve talked about them and their slippery attribution in the past, and today I’d like to spend even more time diving into VTCs and how they should affect the ways in which … [Read more...] about What to Make of View-through Conversions
25 Ways PPC Has Changed In The Past Year
For this month’s series on PPC Hero, we’re taking a look back through our archives and revisiting some ideas we’ve talked about in the past and how the past year or more has changed our thinking about them. Things are always changing in PPC, and our views and opinions about it are no exception. -- This month we're looking at the exciting world of changes. More specifically … [Read more...] about 25 Ways PPC Has Changed In The Past Year
Google’s Auction Insights Just Got Even More Awesome
Auction insights, Google’s tool for comparing your performance with other advertisers, is amazing. We’ve written about it in these parts before and we’ve even spoken about it at Hero Conf (as part of the Sizing Up the Competition panel). They’re powerful, and it’s sort of crazy that Google is even willing to share that information with all of us. It makes sense, as being … [Read more...] about Google’s Auction Insights Just Got Even More Awesome
Webinar Recording: 10 Ways You Can Increase Your Click-Through Rate TODAY
The best account managers know that effective PPC is all about strategy. Long-term data, ad testing, and copy refreshes take time and thoughtful examination. But here’s a secret: There are more than a few things you can do RIGHT NOW to boost your click-through-rate today. Join Hanapin Marketing’s Sean Quadlin and Wordstream’s Larry Kim as they discuss 10 simple things you can … [Read more...] about Webinar Recording: 10 Ways You Can Increase Your Click-Through Rate TODAY