This week we’ve been writing about why we perform tasks certain ways in our PPC accounts. Today I’ll look at why it’s pivotal to write mobile specific ads. I’ve found a lack of mobile specific ads to be one of the top errors in many accounts. Setting aside your opinion on profitability of mobile traffic, if you are going to target smart phones, then you need to write mobile … [Read more...] about Write Better Ads For Your Mobile Audience
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4 Reasons Your Mobile E-Comm Is Still Sucking (& How To Fix It)
When it comes to mobile e-commerce, we tend to go for the big flashy topics and metrics. But we don't always spend time actually looking into performance and identifying when it's working and when it's simply not. Today we investigate e-commerce from a mobile perspective and identify just you're doing (or not doing) that's causing your mobile e-comm to, for lack of a better … [Read more...] about 4 Reasons Your Mobile E-Comm Is Still Sucking (& How To Fix It)
One Million Ways to Define a Conversion: The A-Z Guide
Did you know that there are currently twenty-seven different columns containing the term "Conversion" in the AdWords interface? Were you also aware that they all have a different definition? I don't blame you if you're having a hard time keeping track of it all– with that many columns, it's enough to make your head spin. So to keep your brains intact, we've compiled some of … [Read more...] about One Million Ways to Define a Conversion: The A-Z Guide
7 New Bing Ads Features – Including Product Ads!
Now that all the hype around the big Google announcement is starting to die down, I thought we should also take a moment to reflect on a few new features that Bing released this month. Some of the features are just minor tweaks like sorting campaigns by budget, but others like “Product Ads” and “No More Charging for Forwarding Numbers” could really impact your Bing PPC program. … [Read more...] about 7 New Bing Ads Features – Including Product Ads!
PPC Hero Reviews Wordstream’s AdWords Grader Plus
Earlier this week our friends over at Wordstream launched their new and updated AdWords Grader Plus and we thought we'd take a look at what's changed. For those of you interested in our previous thoughts on the grader Eric wrote a review of Wordstream's AdWords Grader back in November 2012. What does the AdWords Grader do? A quick recap for those of you not wanting to read … [Read more...] about PPC Hero Reviews Wordstream’s AdWords Grader Plus
Find Quick Wins With AdWords’ New Opportunities Tab
Earlier this week Google introduced the new opportunities tab. The old opportunities tab offered suggestions on keywords, bids, and budgets. All the things that you might not know are limiting you. Based on the performance of your account the system might suggest bumping up your budget. It may also offer more keywords similar to the ones you have in your account in order to get … [Read more...] about Find Quick Wins With AdWords’ New Opportunities Tab
One More Moving Part To Ad Rank – Don’t Get Left Behind!
This past month we saw the big release of Google’s new approach to your ad position: the Ad Rank Algorithm. This algorithm now looks at an additional factor, expected positive impact of an ad, when determining which ad will show and where. When an auction used to be determined by Quality Score and max. CPC, now if both of those factors are equal, Google will turn to the … [Read more...] about One More Moving Part To Ad Rank – Don’t Get Left Behind!
Refresh Your Ad Testing With 4 New Analyses
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. As you spend more and more time doing the same thing, it’s expected that you’ll … [Read more...] about Refresh Your Ad Testing With 4 New Analyses
Strapped For Cash? Here are 13 Optimization Tips For Managing Low-Budget PPC Accounts
I’m sure most of you had thoughts about managing what you would consider being a dream account. You know, a high-spending client that generates tons of sales with CPA inline. Heck, maybe you even access to a full landing page design and backend development team who are awaiting orders. Unfortunately, this just isn’t realistic for those of us who work with smaller accounts that … [Read more...] about Strapped For Cash? Here are 13 Optimization Tips For Managing Low-Budget PPC Accounts
Holiday Ad Copy & How to Schedule Holiday Ad Tests
For the final installation in this month’s PPC Hero series on strategizing for the holiday season, we’re going to review the best and most effective ways to optimize ad copy to drive higher CTR’s and conversion rates. There will hopefully be some interesting tips you hadn’t thought of in terms of actual copy changes, but we’ll also take a look at a potential ad testing schedule … [Read more...] about Holiday Ad Copy & How to Schedule Holiday Ad Tests
Top PPC Tips For Local Businesses
Here’s the deal – you want PPC to power your business, but you offer a product or service that can only cater to the local community. What options does that leave you? There are really two things I want to focus on – the first is making sure your PPC is as awesome as it can be, and this comes from taking advantage of all the tools and tricks available to you as a local … [Read more...] about Top PPC Tips For Local Businesses
Heroview- The Future of Personal Computing and Its Effect on PPC
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
