Whether you're starting a PPC account from scratch or inheriting a large account from another agency or manager, the story should start pretty much the same. "Once upon a time in PPC land, I opened a Google Analytics account and double-checked that all of my traffic and conversion tracking was implemented correctly." Maybe this process isn't a fairy tale, but ensuring you … [Read more...] about How to Set Up Proper PPC and Analytics Tracking
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How to Gain Access to a Pre-existing PPC Campaign
There may be times when one inherits a client from a search engine marketing firm but, despite many best efforts, the firm will not provide access to the client's existing PPC account. According to Google's terms and conditions, however, if you can answer a series of security questions about the AdWords account, Google will grant you administrative access. If your … [Read more...] about How to Gain Access to a Pre-existing PPC Campaign
How to Manage and Optimize Second-tier PPC Search Engines
Within this document, and on our blog, we focus mainly on Google AdWords and Microsoft adCenter. This is because these search engines own the lion's share of the search industry. However, second-tier search engines can generate supplemental traffic, leads, and revenue if they are managed and monitored properly. Each second-tier PPC search engine has a unique user … [Read more...] about How to Manage and Optimize Second-tier PPC Search Engines
Inheriting PPC Accounts: How to Efficiently Transition Ownership and Successfully Optimize a Large PPC Account
Until now, there was no roadmap to help individuals and search engine marketing (SEM) firms successfully inherit and optimize a large-scale pay-per-click (PPC) account. Numerous publications have surfaced about creating PPC campaigns from scratch, but inheriting and enhancing a pre-existing account requires an entirely different skill set. Optimizing a pre-existing PPC … [Read more...] about Inheriting PPC Accounts: How to Efficiently Transition Ownership and Successfully Optimize a Large PPC Account
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 search and the tactics that can be used to solve them. The Rimm-Kaufman group conducted a small study considering the impact of geographic demographics on search … [Read more...] about PPC Hero News Roundup for Friday 8/28/2009
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
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 exactly sure where you should begin? Search Engine Watch has a handy list of seven optimization tips to help increase conversions, which includes … [Read more...] about PPC Hero News Roundup for Friday 8/21/2009
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 impressed with this search engine that I honestly had never used before. It’s called LeapFish. And no, they’re not paying me to blog about them. I feel LeapFish is an … [Read more...] about A Different Form of PPC Advertising You Should Consider, Soon
How To Geo-Target a National PPC Campaign
Typically pay-per-click managers who promote a nationally available product or service only run a nationally-targeted campaign. But they are missing a huge opportunity to serve relevant ads for local search queries. With increasing competition in the SEM industry, advertisers are looking for more ways to optimize their campaign. By implementing geo-targeting for a National … [Read more...] about How To Geo-Target a National PPC Campaign
PPC News Roundup for Friday 8/14/2009
Holy cow that is cool! Google is testing the use of images in PPC advertisements! There's no description but who needs one when there is a picture? The only information present is the picture, price, brand and link. Very cool for click-through rates. A study over at Bing.com says they're seeing a 23% increase in ROI in Bing.com over Live search. They claim that Bing's user … [Read more...] about PPC News Roundup for Friday 8/14/2009
5 Tips to Managing Compliance Teams in Your PPC Accounts
Several of our clients have compliance teams that must approve each and every word the company uses to promote its services and/or products. According to Wikipedia, compliance is defined as: "the goal that corporations or public agencies aspire to in their efforts to ensure that personnel are aware of and take steps to comply with relevant laws and regulations." It’s quite a … [Read more...] about 5 Tips to Managing Compliance Teams in Your PPC Accounts
Submit Your Landing Page to the PPC Hero Landing Page Optimization Podcast!
As you may know, we discuss landing pages rather frequently here at PPC Hero. They are a crucial element of your paid search marketing campaign and we feel that your (and our!) landing pages could always be better. Your landing page has the ability to convert at a higher rate, generate more sales, and engage your audience at a deeper level - and we would like to help you with … [Read more...] about Submit Your Landing Page to the PPC Hero Landing Page Optimization Podcast!
