2014 has been an amazing year in paid search. AdWords and Bing Ads made some great strides with their features and interfaces (my personal favorite being AdWords ad customizers). Social platforms began experimenting with new features, including Twitter allowing the ability to make purchases directly from the interface. Finally, and maybe most importantly, the PPC community … [Read more...] about Reassessing My 2014 PPC Suggestions And Looking To 2015
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Getting Your Shopping Campaigns Holiday Ready
Product Listing Ads are now found within Google Shopping campaigns. Unlike text ads, these ads show photos of products, along with prices and product names right on the search results page when people search for items on Google. Product Listings are a crucial piece of online sales for Ecommerce accounts during this time, so make sure your accounts are ready. Google has … [Read more...] about Getting Your Shopping Campaigns Holiday Ready
Automatic Item Updates Available for Google Shopping
Want to see a 50% reduction in your price-related item disapprovals for your shopping campaigns? Use Google's new automatic item updates. How Does It Work? If Google notices a difference between your product data in the Merchant Center and your website's data your products will automatically be updated rather than disapproved if you enable automatic item updates. This new … [Read more...] about Automatic Item Updates Available for Google Shopping
[Webinar Recording] 8 Tips To Optimize Your Google Shopping Campaigns
Google Shopping Campaigns will completely replace Product Listing Ads (PLAs) in August 2014 and you have already prepared for the transition. Your accounts are ready, but are you taking advantage of every opportunity Shopping Campaigns have to offer? Chances are, there's something more you could be doing and more opportunities for optimizations you just might be missing. From … [Read more...] about [Webinar Recording] 8 Tips To Optimize Your Google Shopping Campaigns
8 Tips To Optimize Your Google Shopping Campaigns [New Webinar!]
Google Shopping Campaigns will completely replace Product Listing Ads (PLAs) in August 2014 and you have already prepared for the transition. Your accounts are ready, but are you taking advantage of every opportunity Shopping Campaigns have to offer? Chances are, there's something more you could be doing and more opportunities for optimizations you just might be missing. From … [Read more...] about 8 Tips To Optimize Your Google Shopping Campaigns [New Webinar!]
Make Your Transition To Google Shopping Campaigns A Smooth One – New Checklist!
Google is retiring Product Listing Ads (PLAs) in August 2014,and accounts running them will be upgraded to Google Shopping Campaigns. It is best to switch now, manually, so that you’re prepared for the transition. However, there are some key differences between the two campaign types, and you’ll want to make sure you address these with optimizations before switching over. This … [Read more...] about Make Your Transition To Google Shopping Campaigns A Smooth One – New Checklist!
4 Steps To Back To School Success
It's time again for series week at PPC Hero! This week's theme is "Back to School." Even though it's only July, school will be starting back up soon. Our authors will be sharing tips and insights for running productive Back To School campaigns while also speaking to how account managers can most effectively discuss strategy with clients. We'll also hit on the education … [Read more...] about 4 Steps To Back To School Success
Morning Clicks: Google Puts Focus on Shopping Campaigns, Twitter Releases New Tool for Analytics, and More
Morning Clicks is your mid-week roundup of digital advertising news and notes. We're your one-stop shop for the most relevant and important news in the PPC world. Grab your cup of joe and come see us every Wednesday morning. Not too long ago, Google announced the launching of My Business, this week they announced that you can link My Business to your AdWords account. … [Read more...] about Morning Clicks: Google Puts Focus on Shopping Campaigns, Twitter Releases New Tool for Analytics, and More
Roundtable: The eCommerce Feature Producing Great Results
With eCommerce week coming to a close we wanted to glean more information from our authors as all have a vast and diverse history working with eCommerce PPC campaigns. Hopefully, they provided good insight this week that you can test in your campaigns! Without further ado, here's the question: What is one eCommerce PPC feature/campaign type that has produced great results … [Read more...] about Roundtable: The eCommerce Feature Producing Great Results
Get Ready for Google Shopping
Google Shopping campaigns offer an intuitive way to advertise your products. Shopping has been out of beta for a few months now and I’ve had great success on the platform. If you haven’t heard, Shopping campaigns will completely replace PLAs in August. As a result, it is important that you are both prepared to transition as well as manage the new campaigns. Many of the … [Read more...] about Get Ready for Google Shopping
Still on PLAs? How to Migrate to Google Shopping
Welcome to this month’s series week on PPC Hero! We’ll be focusing on all things eCommerce, letting you know how to fine-tune your campaigns and where opportunity lies. So sit back and learn strategies for boosting your sales and ROI. Google is retiring PLAs (Product Listing Ads) in August and accounts running them will be upgraded to Google Shopping campaigns. Google … [Read more...] about Still on PLAs? How to Migrate to Google Shopping
Assessing the Impact of Image Extensions
Google first announced image extensions in beta in June 2013, providing an exciting opportunity for advertisers to include visual content directly in text ads. Playing off Product Listing Ads (PLAs), which have produced great click-thru and conversion rates for many advertisers, image extensions allow for three visuals to show at the top of text ads. These ads not only look … [Read more...] about Assessing the Impact of Image Extensions