On Monday, Media Post’s Search Insider published an article titled, “Small Businesses to PPC Search: Drop Dead.” This article takes an interesting tone, one of caveat emptor for small businesses using PPC as a viable marketing option. When I read...
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Happy Holidays from PPC Hero!
We love the holidays! As you can see, the PPC Hero cast of characters are all dressed up for the season! PPC Hero and Ms. Clicks are Santa & Mrs. Claus. SEO Boy is rockin’ his elf get-up. And ROI...
Our Top 10 Blog Posts for 2008!
2008 was a great year for PPC Hero! We continued to fight for truth, justice, higher click-through rates, lower cost-per-clicks, enhanced conversion rates, better quality scores, and the American way. In 2008, I think PPC Hero definitely leaped a few...
Use Trademark™ and Registered® Symbols in Your Ads to Increase Click-Through Rates
Do you or one of your clients have a registered or trademarked company name? If so, try putting the trademarked or registered symbol in your PPC ads to help increase click-through rates. The reasoning behind this strategy and how it...
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Yahoo Shortens Data Retention Period to 3 Months
On Wednesday Yahoo announced a new global data retention policy. Yahoo will limit its data storage period to 90 days, which is a sizable decrease from their previous 13 month policy. Yahoo is expanding this policy to apply not only...
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PPC News Roundup for December 19th, 2008
Trying to make your PPC ad copy stand out from the crowd can be a daunting task. Shane at semvironment has written a very insightful article to help you fend off the PPC ad copy zombies. For those of you in...
Interview with Tim Ash – Author of Landing Page Optimization
Think you know how to test landing pages? Put your knowledge to the test and see if you’re on the right track with Tim Ash, author of Landing Page Optimization: The Definitive Guide to Testing and Tuning for Conversions, and...
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PPC Hero Landing Page Critique Podcast – PhosphoSolutions
Today’s PPC Hero Landing Page Critique Podcast will focus on PhosphoSolutions, submitted by Mike Browning. Mike said in submission that his goal is to increase sales from his website. PhosphoSolutions is a company that is dedicated to making and selling...
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A PPC Refresher Course: Fine Tune Your Campaigns with Negative Keywords
Two things happened today that dictated the content of this blog post. First of all, the AdWords blog posted this “Quick Tip” on using keyword match types on negative keywords. Good idea, but not enough info. And then secondly, I...
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PPC News Roundup for December 12th, 2008
The holiday season is quickly approaching. As I am still in Grad School (done in May, whew!), I have the pleasure of taking a two week break to visit my family and vacation. I hope the rest of you enjoy...
Improve Your Content Network Campaigns with Demographic Bidding in Google
Demographic targeting is a relatively new feature for Google. It’s the process of targeting your PPC ads and keywords to a specific age range and gender type. The purpose of demographic targeting is to really drill down on your target...
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What You Need to Know About Google’s Decision to End Preferred Cost Bidding
Google AdWords is often testing new features within our pay-per-click accounts. Some of them work great and some of them don’t. With an organic program like AdWords, this kind of testing is to be expected. Google recently announced that on...
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