It was one year ago today that we posted our first article to PPC Hero. As you can see, he’s a little over zealous with the celebration. Jumping out of a cake sounds like a good idea, but it can...
Save Time in AdWords – Copy Your Campaign Settings
For a while now, Google’s AdWords Editor has made PPC campaign management a snap. Whether it’s the click and drag capabilities or the ability to copy entire campaigns with simple copy and paste functions, the Editor has been a breath...
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How Landing Page Load Time Affects Your Google Quality Score
Today, I will not be discussing certainties. Usually, we prefer to write articles backed by concrete statics, historical performance, and an in-depth knowledge of pay-per-click. However, my post today will be most speculative than usual since some of the details...
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PPC News Roundup for March 6, 2008
Shimon Sandler from shimonsandler.com gives 8 methods for tracking phone conversions through search advertising. A few methods include: Creating a unique landing page with a unique 800# and to generate a unique “promo code” by placing all your keywords in...
Adwords Automated Matching Beta: Another Ploy to Get Our Money?
In February Dan from Seofaststart.com wrote on the new Google Adwords Automatic Matching feature that is now in beta. While Dan firmly disapproves of this new feature, I find it difficult to form an opinion until I try it for...
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Our Greatest Hits for February!
The page views have spoken! Below we have gathered PPC Hero’s four most visited, and hopefully most valuable, articles from February. Whether you’re a new subscriber or a current subscriber you may have missed these insightful and helpful pay-per-click management...
Selling PPC Services: How to Present PPC to C-Level Executives
Today’s article is the last in our Advanced PPC Strategies series. We’ll be taking a slightly different turn, as today we will not be talking management strategy, but we will focus on how to present your pay-per-click services to C-level...
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Dynamic Landing Page Content: How to Increase Conversions through Increased Relevancy
All week we’ve been writing on Advanced PPC Strategies. So far we’ve covered everything from trademark policies and international PPC to special B2B considerations. My charge today is to explain how you can increase conversion rates and overall relevancy with...
Minimum Bid Prices Changing in Yahoo!
Today Yahoo Search Marketing announced that your minimum pay-per-click bids are going to be changing. Currently, the minimum bid is $0.10 (ten cents) across the board for every keyword. However, the announcement made today states that minimum bids will no...
International PPC Campaigns: How to Target Outside the US With Success
Today is the third day in our week long series on advanced PPC strategies. According to a Search Marketing Now webinar, 75% of the world’s searches are performed outside of North America. That’s a large number, which tells me there...
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PPC for B2B: Real World Recommendations You Can Use
Today is part 2 of our week long series on Advanced PPC Strategies. When I solicited for feedback a few weeks ago, one of the best comments I received was a request for tips on managing PPC for business-to-business (B2B)...
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PPC, Trademark Laws, and Copyright Laws: How to Play Fair and Still Win
This week we are exploring advanced PPC strategies, and bidding on branded keywords is a regularly debated tatic. According to a study conducted by Hitwise, one in seven brand searches do not end up at the searched-for brand’s website. This...
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