With the ever-changing PPC landscape, we’re always looking for new ways to access, manipulate, and analyze data. The Account Analyst team at Hanapin has begun working with RStudio as a tool to do just that. This article is a basic intro to RStudio, describing what it does and why you’d want to use it for your PPC endeavors. RStudio? What the heck is that? “RStudio is a free and … [Read more...] about RStudio for PPC: A Beginner’s Intro
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The 2018 PPC Trends That Affect Your Day-to-Day
Prioritizing 2018 PPC Trends PPC becomes more complex every year. As humans, our ability to consume information doesn't grow at the same pace, if at all. This creates an ever-growing gap between the number of potential PPC strategies and our ability to act on them. This gap creates that overwhelming feeling you have every time you see a headline from Google/Bing/Facebook etc. … [Read more...] about The 2018 PPC Trends That Affect Your Day-to-Day
Getting The Ball Rolling – Account Analysis
The hardest step to take is the first one. PPC account analysis is the same way. A request for an account analysis sends me into analysis paralysis. The necessity of an account deep dive can manifest for a variety of reasons. Before you succumb to analysis paralysis, read through these simple account analysis steps to help get the analysis ball rolling. Review Account … [Read more...] about Getting The Ball Rolling – Account Analysis
How To Boost Post-Holiday Sales with Conversion Rate Optimization
As we wrap up the holiday season, we often see e-commerce sales start to take a dive as customers fall into a post-holiday slump. However, today I would like to focus on how to boost those post-holiday sales with a few conversion rate optimization tips. Conversion Rate Optimization for E-commerce As conversion rate optimizers, we may think it’s pretty easy to list out … [Read more...] about How To Boost Post-Holiday Sales with Conversion Rate Optimization
The Ultimate Guide to PPC Marketing
What is PPC? PPC (pay-per-click) marketing is a form of online advertising in which advertisers accrue costs when users click their ads. Advertisers bid on the perceived value of a click in relation to the keywords, platforms, and audience type in which it originates. Paid search advertising and Pay Per Click management can be hugely effective form or digital marketing. With … [Read more...] about The Ultimate Guide to PPC Marketing
Statistical Significance? Who Needs It? (Hint: YOU Do!)
We talk about testing. A lot. We talk about testing so much, you might think that all you need to do is simply create a test and you’ll be a PPC Hero yourself! Today we’re going to clarify how statistical significance is your key to proper testing and the true gateway towards being a PPC Hero. Statistical significance, in manageable bite-sized terms, is the likelihood that … [Read more...] about Statistical Significance? Who Needs It? (Hint: YOU Do!)
How to work with Sensitive Data Accounts
What do you do when you are told by the ever-present Google that you can’t use remarketing lists or other audiences in your paid search strategies? You work with out a strategy and suggest that remarketing could help engage users who have been on your site but did not convert the first time around. You get the tag placed, the list is built, and then Google disables your list … [Read more...] about How to work with Sensitive Data Accounts
3 Best Practices for Universal App Campaigns
Universal App Campaigns were launched in mid-2015 as part of Google's efforts to utilize machine-learning in its advertising product offerings. Google has since rebranded this effort as simply “App Campaigns”. The goal is for the machine-learning system to analyze, in real-time, hundreds of millions of signals to put your app in front of the best possible users. We saw Google's … [Read more...] about 3 Best Practices for Universal App Campaigns
Promotion Extensions: A Quick And Easy Boost For Ecommerce PPC Campaigns
Google’s new promotion extension is on its way to becoming one of the most effective ad extensions in an ecommerce PPC advertiser’s toolbox. It boasts a simple, quick setup and quality results. In fact, it has become the first thing I look at when new promotions roll in. While it may not always garner direct clicks (see below), it can help improve overall CTR with a more … [Read more...] about Promotion Extensions: A Quick And Easy Boost For Ecommerce PPC Campaigns
5 Lessons I’ve Learned (the hard way) in CRO
Approaching an anniversary commemorating the time I've spent in the glorious arena of conversion rate optimization under the umbrella of a stellar PPC agency (#8 on AdAge's Best Places to Work list), I wanted to take this small corner of the Interwebs to share a few key lessons with you all. Why? Because I am a doer. I learn by doing. Thus, I tend to make mistakes. It … [Read more...] about 5 Lessons I’ve Learned (the hard way) in CRO
How To Better Organize Your Shopping Campaigns: Brand vs Non-Brand Segmentation
When I first pondered the notion of branded and non-branded Shopping campaigns I was a little skeptical. I wouldn’t necessarily describe myself as a perfectionist, or even a control freak; however, I’ll take a thorough initiative where I’m in the driver’s seat 10 times out of 10. Shopping campaigns, in general, are somewhat out of our complete control, so adding another level … [Read more...] about How To Better Organize Your Shopping Campaigns: Brand vs Non-Brand Segmentation
5 Simple Steps To Build & Maintain Rapport With Clients
In the digital marketing sphere it is so easy to get sucked into the data and feel that as long as the numbers align, then we’re doing everything that we can for our clients. Ultimately, we know that we have to build meaningful relationships with our clients if we want successful partnerships. But that's hard, especially if you're someone who feels more comfortable around pivot … [Read more...] about 5 Simple Steps To Build & Maintain Rapport With Clients