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) clients. Through my experiences with B2B pay-per-click campaigns I understand why this is such an important topic. There are vast differences between … [Read more...] about PPC for B2B: Real World Recommendations You Can Use
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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 is an indication of a number of search trends: Bidding on branded keywords, your own as well as those of your competitors, is absolutely … [Read more...] about PPC, Trademark Laws, and Copyright Laws: How to Play Fair and Still Win
Advanced PPC Strategies: With Great Knowledge Comes Great PPC Performance
Recently, we asked our readers what topics they would like to see covered when it comes to advanced pay-per-click management strategies. There were several good suggestions, and this week we’re going to discuss some of the topics our readers are most interested in learning about. Writing about advanced PPC management can help veteran ppc’ers as well as beginners. Brushing up … [Read more...] about Advanced PPC Strategies: With Great Knowledge Comes Great PPC Performance
Get Even More PPC Hero: Check Out Our Illustration Archive!
Can't get enough of that hunky PPC Hero? Or that wily SEO Boy? Or that gorgeous Miss Clicks? Or that shady ROI Bandit? Well, now you can! We have created a PPC Hero Illustration Archive over at Flickr. Now you can reminisce about all of the adventures PPC Hero has had thus far (and there are many more to come!). Check out the archive HERE! … [Read more...] about Get Even More PPC Hero: Check Out Our Illustration Archive!
PPC News Roundup for February 20, 2008
The YSM blog suggests three questions to ask about your clicks when you see an unexpected surge in traffic: Have you changed anything recently? Have you noticed abnormal click activity (by reviewing logs, etc.)? Have you set a daily spending limit? This is a good reminder from Yahoo on the importance of carefully reviewing the traffic you receive from PPC and taking the … [Read more...] about PPC News Roundup for February 20, 2008
Use Demographics To Geographically Target Your PPC Ads
A number of my PPC campaigns are geographically targeted, as I'm sure many of your PPC campaigns are as well. For these campaigns I adhere to my list of best PPC practices: ad text testing, bid management, keyword research, content optimization, and the list goes on and on. Every month I strive to expand my campaigns' reach, but within a prescribed geographic radius. Recently, … [Read more...] about Use Demographics To Geographically Target Your PPC Ads
PPC News Roundup for December 13, 2007
Eric Enge from Search Engine Watch talks about just how important landing page optimization is for search engine marketers in terms of increasing revenue. A few steps into optimizing your landing page is to think back to when you originally designed your site; did you design the site for what you wanted it to do or how customers would use it? Go back and re-think how customers … [Read more...] about PPC News Roundup for December 13, 2007
Happy Valentine’s Day from PPC Hero!
Yes, it's that time of year when love is in the air! As you can see, PPC Hero is quite smitten with our brand new character: Miss Clicks! Of course, every PPC manager is trying to attract clicks but PPC Hero has taken this literally! Happy Valentine's Day from PPC Hero! … [Read more...] about Happy Valentine’s Day from PPC Hero!
Advanced PPC Strategies: What Do You Want to Read About?
In searching through our web stats today, the category "Advanced PPC Strategies" ranks as one of the top 10 pieces of content on our blog. All time, it's the 4th most viewed piece. Clearly, you're interested in it! So, we're making one of our next blog post series about just that—Advanced PPC Strategies! Our last two blog post series were extremely well-read—one … [Read more...] about Advanced PPC Strategies: What Do You Want to Read About?
PPC News Roundup for February 6, 2008
As you may, or may not, know the Google content network is a mysterious beast. It can certainly generate a great wealth of traffic, but that traffic isn't always of the highest quality. However, if you can achieve the right balance of appearing on the content network while maintaining a positive ROI, then you're ahead of the game. I think we do a pretty good job of … [Read more...] about PPC News Roundup for February 6, 2008
PPC News Roundup for January 30, 2008
Now you can get simple Google analytics help through WebmasterWorld forums! Search Engine Roundtable posts that an analytics advisor has volunteered to help people out with the Google analytics questions from time to time. Apparently he knows analytics inside and out, and also knows how to listen to users. Andy Komack from KoMarketing Associates has a great post discussing 5 … [Read more...] about PPC News Roundup for January 30, 2008
Generate More Qualified Leads Through Your Ad Text for B2B PPC Campaigns
Andy Komack over at KoMarketing.com talks about Keyword Strategies for B2B PPC Campaigns. I'd like to append to his list 3 ad text strategies for B2B PPC campaigns. Andy focuses more on targeting qualified traffic and generating only good leads through long-tail PPC keywords. It's incredibly important to have the correct keywords in your PPC campaign in order to generate … [Read more...] about Generate More Qualified Leads Through Your Ad Text for B2B PPC Campaigns
