It's a new year, and that means you've got another year's worth of data in your PPC account. Don't let this valuable data just sit there, it's time for your annual new year analyzations!
Hero Conf Speaker Interview with Jeff Allen
We had the opportunity to interview Jeff Allen, who will be speaking about Advanced Mobile PPC at Hero Conf 2012, on his thoughts about Mobile PPC. With 11 years of Internet Marketing experience, Jeff Allen is currently an Account Executive here at...
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Letter from the CEO – “Maybe we should uh, call ourselves the Febreeze brothers because it’s feeling so fresh right now.”
2011 ended on a high note! Here are some big highlights from last year, from both Hanapin and PPC Hero: We moved into our newly renovated downtown office in the Certified Technology Park. We hired 16 new employees, pushing our...
4 PPC Misconceptions of AdWords Keywords
Have you ever gone on thinking something was correct, telling it to others, only to realize later that what you whole-heartedly believed in well, wasn’t. Like when I would sing along with Bill Withers “Give Me the Beach Boys” or...
The Wizards of Paid Search
Join the Wizards of Paid Search in Indianapolis, IN on April 16-17, 2012. at Hero Conf. Sign up for Hero Conf by January 16, and receive a free white paper on how to succeed on the Display Network! This offer...
Delivering on the Look After the Leap
Back when e-commerce was relatively new, one of the go-to best practices for improving usability and conversion was to consistently tell visitors what would happen next. So you would: write embedded links so that visitors could reliably tell where they...
Impossible PPC Feats of Strength #1
Reducing CPL and spend at the same time is easy. Keep the best performing keywords running and start pausing the lower performers until you’ve eliminated enough projected spend. Increasing spend while not having to worry about CPL is easy, and...
Happy 2012!
It’s that time again, a year has gone by and a new one is about to start. PPC Hero and SEO Boy are getting into the spirit as Father Time and Baby New Year, but it looks like Ms. Clicks...
The PPC Renegade Wants To Delete Your Hoarded Keywords
When I was learning PPC, it was always stressed to me the importance of pausing things instead of deleting them. After all, the history of a keyword or ad is what makes up its quality score. This all made sense...
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SOPA: Rogue Websites vs. Censorship
The Stop Online Piracy Act or SOPA was introduced to the U.S. House on October 26. You’ve probably been following the bill through the news and recent hearings on November 16 and December 15 regarding details to the bill, but...
Only Two Days Left on Hero Conf $100 Holiday Discount!
Register for Hero Conf now to receive the Hero Conf holiday $100 discount before it expires on December 31, 2011. Use the discount code “Jingle” to receive the $100 in savings off of the regular conference price. That’s only $350...
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Baseball and PPC – Know Your Cleanup Hitter
I love the game of baseball. There’s a reason it’s America’s pastime. It’s the perfect blend of individual effort and teamwork. I only played baseball for a few years but I have so many fond memories of those playing days...
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