We’ve now entered the last quarter of the year – you know, the one packed with all the holidays and shopping days? It’s time to start thinking about and planning seasonal campaigns for clients. Some obvious – and not-so-obvious –...
5 Tips on Passing the Google Adwords Qualified Professional Exam
One thing here at PPCHero we make sure of is that all of our writers pass the Google Adwords Qualified Professional Exam before writing for the blog. We just added four new people to our team and we’re still growing. ...
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PPC Hero Landing Page Optimization Podcast – Business Plan Pro
Today’s PPC Hero Landing Page Optimization Podcast will focus on the Business Plan Pro PPC Landing Page, submitted by Nicole. Nicole said in her submission that this page was a redesign of BusinessPlanPro.com. In the initial testing phase, the new...
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Managing Successful PPC Campaigns is a Science and an Art Form
Managing paid search campaigns requires a mixture of science and art. The scale probably tips more toward the scientific elements when it comes to optimizing your performance. However, in order to create a successful, well-balanced campaign, you can’t completely disregard...
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PPC Hero News Roundup for Friday 9/4/2009
If you want successful PPC ads, you have to do much more than just insert calls-to-action and hope visitors will respond. Great ad-writing is all about the language – understanding the language of your customers and enforcing the bond between...
Our Greatest Hits for August 2009
The page views have spoken! Below we have gathered PPC Hero’s four most visited, and hopefully most valuable, articles from August. Whether you’re a new or long-time subscriber you may have missed these insightful and helpful pay-per-click management tips. Enjoy!...
5 “Hidden” Things that May Be Hurting Your PPC Account
There is so much going on within any PPC campaign that it can be difficult to keep track of all the moving pieces. You can be a proactive PPC manager but there could be elements of your account that may...
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Adding Testimonials to Your PPC Ads Can Help Increase Click-Through Rates
One of my larger clients is a resort/casino here in Indiana. The resort truly is beautiful, but there have been many other resorts/casinos popping up in the Indianapolis area making for some good competition. I typically like to include as...
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PPC Hero News Roundup for Friday 8/28/2009
In this economy, you definitely need to be smart about the way you spend your budgets for your PPC accounts – but there can be obstacles. In this post from Search Engine Land, Josh Weller examines 9 problems with paid...
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...
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PPC Hero News Roundup for Friday 8/21/2009
The team at Inside AdWords had an intriguing post this week. There’s been some research done lately on how much conversion rates vary with ad position. The results may surprise you. Want to optimize your PPC landing page, but aren’t...
A Different Form of PPC Advertising You Should Consider, Soon
Yesterday, I had a call with a company that has only been around for about 9 months. I walked through a demo on how to use their search engine, in which they claim MSN stole their algorithm. I was surprisingly...
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