As we continue our monthly interviews with PPC experts, our February Heroview featured David Szetela (@Szetela), Chief Marketing Officer for Bionic Click, and former Owner and CEO of Clix Marketing. David is very involved in personal computing, and here he shares some insights on how technology is evolving as well as how PPC will be effected. PPC Hero: Welcome to today's … [Read more...] about Heroview- The Future of Personal Computing and Its Effect on PPC
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How to Better Optimize for Mobile Lead Generation
Mobile PPC has been making huge strides in the last year and continues to gain popularity with an ever-increasing volume of Internet searches coming from mobile devices. We know there are certain optimizations necessary to make mobile traffic work and convert for you in the PPC world, but what can be done specifically for lead generation purposes? Well, let’s talk about … [Read more...] about How to Better Optimize for Mobile Lead Generation
Updated Agenda – Yahoo! and 7Search to Speak at Hero Conf!
We are excited to announce that Mike McMeekin, Senior Manager, Search Optimization & Strategy at Yahoo!, Charles Meyer, Business Development Director at 7Search and Cleofe Betancourt, Business Development Strategist at 7Search will be speaking at Hero Conf! It will be a great experience listening to these professionals speak about paid search in relation to the search … [Read more...] about Updated Agenda – Yahoo! and 7Search to Speak at Hero Conf!
Hero Conf- BOGO!
Bueller? Bueller? Even Ferris Bueller wouldn't miss this one! Everyone loves a buy one get one deal...and Hero Conf is no exception! Now when you register for Hero Conf, receive an instant $100 discount on a second registration for a colleague or a friend! Bring a team member to hammer out PPC strategies, or bring someone to enjoy in the city of Indianapolis. Either way, you … [Read more...] about Hero Conf- BOGO!
Hopelessly Devoted to Revenue: A PPC Love Story
February's PPC Hero series has been dedicated to helping you relieve particular pain points in your PPC accounts with a little TLC. To wrap-up the series, I'll tell you a very tragic story of love gone wrong. The story is this: PPC metrics in my ecommerce account are skyrocketing and performance has increased on every data point (CTR, conversion rate, average CPC, etc.), but my … [Read more...] about Hopelessly Devoted to Revenue: A PPC Love Story
Let’s Stay Together: Merging AdWords & Analytics Reporting
In today's post, which is our third installment of this week's PPC Love Series, I will be telling a tattered tale of heartbreak that has occurred over trying to use AdWords and Anlytics reporting separately for eCommerce clients. Fortunately this story has a happy ending, one that would keep Cupid himself aflutter. In the words of Al Green, "Times are good or bad, happy or … [Read more...] about Let’s Stay Together: Merging AdWords & Analytics Reporting
Interview with Matthew Umbro, Founder of PPC Chat
We had the pleasure of an interview with Matthew Umbro, the founder of PPC Chat and Senior PPC Specialist at Exclusive Concepts. Matthew will be speaking at Hero Conf, April 16-17, 2012, in Indianapolis, IN. We are looking forward to hearing Matthew present "Proving the Value of PPC through Conversion Tracking," as well as share his knowledge on the Account Structure panel. … [Read more...] about Interview with Matthew Umbro, Founder of PPC Chat
Shorten Your Sales Cycle with PPC After the Conversion
For most, PPC is an invaluable way to drive low cost leads and/or ecommerce sales. But with its precise targeting capabilities, PPC is also an amazing way to stay in front of these leads and customers to increase closing rates, reduce sales cycle time, and maximize up/cross-sales. So don’t limit your PPC efforts to the first conversion or sale. Use it help your prospects and … [Read more...] about Shorten Your Sales Cycle with PPC After the Conversion
7 Habits of Ineffective PPC Agencies
When considering hiring or switching agencies, you want assurance that your account performance isn't going to tank. Here are 7 Habits of Highly Ineffective PPC Agencies so you know what to avoid. 1. They Don’t Know their Strengths A PPC agency that has never had an ecommerce client is often all too eager to take on the challenge. And this is fine if the agency is completely … [Read more...] about 7 Habits of Ineffective PPC Agencies
145 PPC Must-Do’s for 2012
Squeeze every drop of PPC goodness out of 2012 with these 145 pay per click tips, tricks, and must-do’s! (You can download the entire list at the bottom of this page.) 1. Next year mobile will outpace desktop search queries. Get creating, testing, and optimizing mobile landing pages and campaigns. https://www.google.com/sites/help/intl/en/mobile-landing-pages/mlpb.html 2. Do … [Read more...] about 145 PPC Must-Do’s for 2012
Delivering on the Look After the Leap
Back when e-commerce was relatively new, one of the go-to best practices for improving usability and conversion was to consistently tell visitors what would happen next. So you would: write embedded links so that visitors could reliably tell where they would land after the jump explicitly state what would happen as a result of filling out and submitting a lead form (we'll … [Read more...] about Delivering on the Look After the Leap
Hero Conf Agenda is Announced!
The PPC Hero and Hanapin Marketing team is proud to unveil the 2012 Hero Conf Agenda! Day 1 of the conference will include a variety of exciting sessions on topics ranging from Retargeting to Advanced Mobile Marketing to a Landing Page Clinic. Day 2 will include informative one-on-one workshops with the PPC Hero team. Check out the full list of speakers here, and check out … [Read more...] about Hero Conf Agenda is Announced!