Welcome to the second article in our latest blog series, Rookie or Veteran - PPC basics every advertiser should know. Today, I am speaking to individuals who haven't started their PPC campaign yet, or individuals who have started a PPC campaign but are utilizing only one search engine and looking to expand their efforts. I am going to review the pros and cons of each PPC search … [Read more...] about Learn the Pros and Cons of Each PPC Search Engine
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30 Pay-Per-Click Definitions Every Advertiser Should Know: A PPC Terminology Glossary
A few weeks ago I sat in a session at the PPC Summit in Los Angeles. I realized that as the speakers were talking, they were using a lot of industry language that some PPC beginners may not understand. I then got the idea to write up a PPC language reference guide for anyone to use and reference in the future. This post is the first in our PPC Basics Blog Series! Adwords … [Read more...] about 30 Pay-Per-Click Definitions Every Advertiser Should Know: A PPC Terminology Glossary
Rookie or Veteran – PPC Basics Every Advertiser Should Know and Use
Get your pencils, paper and book bags ready, we're getting back to PPC basics with our week-long blog series. We get so consumed with writing about advanced PPC topics that we forget there are numerous beginner PPC advertisers out there. So, whether you're are a beginner PPC'er who hasn't started your campaigns yet or perhaps you have a Google Adwords, Yahoo! or MSN account up … [Read more...] about Rookie or Veteran – PPC Basics Every Advertiser Should Know and Use
PPC News Roundup for October 17th, 2008
We all know that search marketing is a complex beast - Much more than most people would think. Ion Interactive drafts out a ‘Search Marketing Maturity Model' to help get a broad picture of the processes involved in search marketing. Interesting stuff, if we do say so ourselves. Playing the role of fortune teller, Stephen Shankland over at CNET compiles analysts' predictions … [Read more...] about PPC News Roundup for October 17th, 2008
Rookie or Veteran – PPC Basics Every Advertiser Should Know & Use
Get your pencils, paper and book bags ready, we're getting back to PPC basics with our week-long blog series. We get so consumed with writing about advanced PPC topics that we forget there are numerous beginner PPC advertisers out there. So, whether you're are a beginner PPC'er who hasn't started your campaigns yet or perhaps you have a Google Adwords, Yahoo! or MSN account up … [Read more...] about Rookie or Veteran – PPC Basics Every Advertiser Should Know & Use
PPC News Roundup for October 10, 2008
Google announces another update for Adwords Editor 6.5. The new version has a new calendar picker for performance stats and horizontal scrolling in the data view plus auto-sizing columns. It also has a new keyword tool that allows users to generate new keyword ideas from words or phrases, which is a nice touch. Current users will be prompted to download automatically, but if … [Read more...] about PPC News Roundup for October 10, 2008
What PPC Hero is All About: Check Out Our Wordle!
The folks over at Wordle have a great word cloud tool. This is interesting because you can see what the PPC Hero team discusses most and looks like these words are our favorite words: ad, distribution, search, ads, preference, position, Google, PPC, budget. That seems about right! … [Read more...] about What PPC Hero is All About: Check Out Our Wordle!
Learn How to Distribute Your PPC Budget between Search Engines
Last week the PPC Hero team had a discussion about what paid-search tasks advertisers have the most problems with. One of the biggest we came up with was concerning spending budgets and how they are distributed between the various search engines. This is a huge hurtle to jump – right up there with "which search engines should I use?" Unless you have extensive experience with … [Read more...] about Learn How to Distribute Your PPC Budget between Search Engines
PPC News Roundup for October 2, 2008
This offering from PPC Advice gives their outlook on the staggering economy and its impact on the online marketing industry. It's a positive one, and for all of our sakes, we can hope it pans out like they predict. You may be debating whether or not to set up a Google Analytics account for your clients. This YOUmoz post details the process, and gives some introductory … [Read more...] about PPC News Roundup for October 2, 2008
What Not to Do When Managing PPC Campaigns
A few weeks ago I read a short and sweet article from the Yahoo! Search Marketing Blog about "what not to do" with your PPC account. They covered some of the basics like not bidding on keywords for which your site doesn't have content for, don't write misleading ad copy, don't submit irrelevant landing page URLs and on top of all of that - don't send your PPC traffic to low … [Read more...] about What Not to Do When Managing PPC Campaigns
PPC News Roundup for September 24, 2008
Need a refresher on MSN's dynamic text insertion process? Today's your lucky day. The adCenter blog walks you through the process and purpose of utilizing keyword insertion and dynamic insertion with {parem} functions. It's the worst sound in the PPC world - the "Google slap." MindValley Labs does a great job of breaking down the 4 primary causes of the Google slap and … [Read more...] about PPC News Roundup for September 24, 2008
PPC Hero Landing Page Critique Podcast: 411taxrelief.com
We thought we would wrap up our landing page optimization series by posting a brand new landing page critique podcast! The goal of these podcasts is to give feedback on readers’ landing pages in order to help you make them better! Don’t forget, if you’d like to submit your landing page for our podcast series, you can read the details on how to submit right here. Today, we are … [Read more...] about PPC Hero Landing Page Critique Podcast: 411taxrelief.com