Using Google Analytics can be very intimidating if you’re just starting out with the program. There’s just…a lot of data. As Ian Lurie, CEO of Portent Interactive, points out in his newest eBook, The Fat-Free Guide to Google Analytics: Using Google Analytics for Business Analytics, the problem is that many people take the wrong approach to the data: “people often let the … [Read more...] about “The Fat-Free Guide to Google Analytics” – A Review
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Letter from the CEO – “Talent wins games, but team work and intelligence wins championships.”
That's a quotation from Michael Jordan. Each month, I've titled my 'Letter from the CEO' post with a movie quotation, but this month I thought one about teamwork was most appropriate. The main reason is because I'm so proud of the Hanapin team. Since March, when we started the reinvestment in our blogs, the team has really focused their efforts, and it's paying off in spades. … [Read more...] about Letter from the CEO – “Talent wins games, but team work and intelligence wins championships.”
Heroview – Generating Leads with Matt Umbro
As the founder of #ppcchat, PPC expert Matt Umbro (@Matt_Umbro) is already well-known on Twitter. That is one reason why we felt so lucky to have him as our guest for the second live #Heroview – real-time discussions with industry experts via Twitter. Our Heroview with Matt talked mainly about lead generation and lead metrics. Check out the transcript of the conversion … [Read more...] about Heroview – Generating Leads with Matt Umbro
Profit per Impression: A Better Metric for Ad Testing
Today we have a guest post from one of our PPC Hero allies! Michael Wiegand is a PPC Guru & Google Analytics Consultant at Portent Interactive, a full-service internet marketing company based in Seattle, WA. In this post, Michael explains why Profit per Impression is the perfect metric for ad testing. —————- Ad split-testing is one of the core disciplines of PPC. If we … [Read more...] about Profit per Impression: A Better Metric for Ad Testing
News Update: AdWords Editor Version 9.0 Released
Yesterday, Google announced the release of Adwords Editor Version 9.0, and I’m happy to report some nice improvements to the Editor’s functionality that will definitely help you more efficiently manage your accounts. In addition to improving some existing functionality, the new update also allows you to manage new ad features, like Ad Sitelinks and high-end mobile … [Read more...] about News Update: AdWords Editor Version 9.0 Released
Our Greatest Hits for April 2011
The page views have spoken! Below we have gathered PPC Hero’s and SEO Boy’s most visited, and hopefully most valuable, articles from April. Whether you’re a new or long-time subscriber, you may have missed these insightful and helpful PPC and SEO management tips. Enjoy! PPC Hero Greatest Hits: Your wish has been granted PPC Managers! Jessica C. gives you 5 reasons not to … [Read more...] about Our Greatest Hits for April 2011
Four Tips to Liven Up Your Facebook Marketing
Many relationship therapists will tell you that the key to a successful long-term relationship is keeping things new, exciting, and fresh. The same is true for our online relationships – if you want to keep your Facebook fans happy, you’ll need to add new content regularly. While you can’t join a French cooking class with your fans, you can still show them you care by treating … [Read more...] about Four Tips to Liven Up Your Facebook Marketing
Behind the Curtain: Uncovering Amazing Search Marketers – Series Wrap-up
If you’ve been following our series this week—Behind the Curtain: Uncovering Amazing Search Marketers—you’ve read about each stage of our detailed hiring process. If you haven’t been following, you can check out each part of our series: Part 1: Introduction to our hiring process series Part 2: The job announcement and writing portion Part 3: The phone interview Part 4: The … [Read more...] about Behind the Curtain: Uncovering Amazing Search Marketers – Series Wrap-up
Behind the Curtain: Uncovering Amazing Search Marketers
At Hanapin Marketing, the parent company of both PPC Hero and SEO Boy, we’re all thrilled with the opportunity our blogs have given us to interact with other internet marketers and business owners looking to learn more about marketing themselves. That opportunity has grown out of a dedication to provide valuable, up-to-date industry knowledge to others- but what’s the secret of … [Read more...] about Behind the Curtain: Uncovering Amazing Search Marketers
Looking at Revenue Across Adwords & Analytics
Last week, Hanapin Marketing conducted its monthly, company-wide training session where we take a look at a variety of PPC topics to further our understanding and develop as a company. For this session, one of the topics we covered was taking revenue across Adwords and Analytics, and I wanted to share a bit of what we presented with our readers. Overview For starters, if … [Read more...] about Looking at Revenue Across Adwords & Analytics
Facebook: You Can Lead a Horse to Water…
A few months ago I was looking at an account’s stats and my jaw literally dropped. I know I probably shouldn’t have been so surprised, but I was! The account’s Facebook campaign had outperformed its Google Adwords campaign. The Facebook account had spent less than half as much as the Google account, and while the Google account acquired more impressions and clicks, the Facebook … [Read more...] about Facebook: You Can Lead a Horse to Water…
Using Negative Keyword Lists
Frequently running search query reports and refining your keyword exclusions is a great way to cut down on traffic that simply spends your money without achieving results. A negative keyword, if you need a refresher, is a term that can be added as a broad, phrase, or exact match to filter out “bad” traffic. Your ad won’t show when a searcher types in a query with the keyword … [Read more...] about Using Negative Keyword Lists
