There is a series of steps you need to complete to quickly review your new client's landing pages and website. The purpose of this review is to make sure that all of the lead/sales tracking measurements are in place and that data is being tracked correctly. Review analytics tracking code: You would be surprised at how many companies are not running analytics on their … [Read more...] about Get to Know Your Client’s Website and Landing Pages Quickly
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A Few Easy Steps to Optimize Your Account Quickly
Inheriting a PPC account also means inheriting someone else's ad texts. However great your ad-writing skills may be, this isn't necessarily a bad thing. Use the existing ad texts as a springboard for creating new ads that build on the best-performing themes. Doing this will give you insight into what has performed well in the past and give you a strong foundation for future … [Read more...] about A Few Easy Steps to Optimize Your Account Quickly
Enhance Your PPC Conversion Rate by Reviewing Your Conversion Funnel
The reasons a user will abandon your conversion/sales funnel are endless, unfortunately. Today, I'll explore one case where not only did our online leads decrease but offline leads (phone calls) decreased too. And I had to find out what was going on and some possible solutions. I am working with a client who sells high-end, custom office furniture. Over the past few weeks our … [Read more...] about Enhance Your PPC Conversion Rate by Reviewing Your Conversion Funnel
Our Greatest Hits for July 2009
The page views have spoken! Below we have gathered PPC Hero's four most visited, and hopefully most valuable, articles from July. Whether you're a new or long-time subscriber you may have missed these insightful and helpful pay-per-click management tips. Enjoy! Coming in at the #1 spot is Amber's post listing 10 easy ways to optimize your PPC landing pages and increase your … [Read more...] about Our Greatest Hits for July 2009
PPC News Roundup for Friday 7/31/2009
Confused by the overwhelming amount of information on the Yahoo/Microsoft agreement? Danny Sullivan over at Search Engine Land breaks it down with The Microsoft-Yahoo Search Deal, In Simple Terms. It's a fairly long post, but some good information nonetheless. Matt Cutts has a neat little poll going on Who Came out ahead in the Microsoft-Yahoo deal? With over 1,300 votes, 80% … [Read more...] about PPC News Roundup for Friday 7/31/2009
10 Questions You Should Ask a Potential New PPC Management Firm
You’ve either been trying to manage your company's PPC account on your own, or you have hired a general marketing person to manage the PPC account internally. Regardless, you know that more could be done to get more bank for your buck. How do you know when it’s time to hire a PPC management firm? You know more could be done. You have 50 keywords in your entire account. You … [Read more...] about 10 Questions You Should Ask a Potential New PPC Management Firm
Yahoo and Microsoft Announce A Search Partnership
The news hit this morning: Yahoo and Microsoft have officially announced an extensive partnership. We're not certain what exactly this will mean for your pay-per click campaigns just yet (on a day-to-day basis). However, we would like to provide some resources so that you can learn more about this announcement: Microsoft-Yahoo partnership resources: You can learn more about … [Read more...] about Yahoo and Microsoft Announce A Search Partnership
How Foundation PPC Ad Texts Can Help Mitigate Quality Score Shock
Lately I've been discussing how global changes to your PPC account can affect your overall performance. In a nutshell, making big changes all at once can have big consequences (good and bad). Today, we'll explore a strategy that will help maintain your performance and mitigate Quality Score shock to your campaigns when making global ad text overhauls. In a recent post I … [Read more...] about How Foundation PPC Ad Texts Can Help Mitigate Quality Score Shock
Get More Leads by Restructuring and Optimizing Your Google Content Network Campaigns
Lately, I've been writing a series of articles on the Google Content Network. Previously, we have discussed Content Network bidding strategies; how to and why you should separate the Search and Content network distribution; how to use your performance data to create placement targeted campaigns (not written by yours truly); how to locate performance fluctuations; and I've also … [Read more...] about Get More Leads by Restructuring and Optimizing Your Google Content Network Campaigns
How Does Moving a Keyword Effect Your Quality Score in Google AdWords?
I was recently reading the Quality Score Fact of the Week over at the AdWords Agency blog. This week's Quality Score tip inspired me to do more research and expand upon the topic that was discussed. First, here is the Fact of the Week: Restructuring your account does not cause you to lose your historical Quality Score information. The historical performance of your keywords, … [Read more...] about How Does Moving a Keyword Effect Your Quality Score in Google AdWords?
PPC News Roundup for Thursday 7/02/2009
Google Adwords clicks are actually accurate? According to the Inside Adwords blog theMedia Rating Council has accredited Adwords in regards to their click measurement systems. I didn't even know there was a Media Rating Council! They say Google's click measurement technology meets the industry standards for counting interactive advertising clicks and that it's processes … [Read more...] about PPC News Roundup for Thursday 7/02/2009
PPC News Roundup for June 5, 2009
Do you have the latest version of AdWords Editor? They say that version 7.5.1 slices, dices and jubilees! It gets stains out of your carpet, mows the lawn and delivers the pizza! Just kidding. There are some new additions that will be very helpful such as CSV importing and additional keyword opportunity tools. Have you been keeping an eye on your trademark keywords … [Read more...] about PPC News Roundup for June 5, 2009