Over the years, many companies have debated whether you should or should not bid on your own brand keywords. Some articles suggest you should not waste your money and others believe it is a no-brainer. In this article, we are going to show you exactly what happened after we paused the Brand campaigns. In a previous article Why Brand Ad Campaigns are Important, I discussed the … [Read more...] about What Happened When We Paused PPC Brand Campaigns
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The Latest PPC Updates to Catapult Campaigns in 2019
We’re all very well acquainted with the PPC industry charging ahead like a bullet train, and we’re all just trying to hang on tight to the caboose. With all of the updates that have happened over the last few months – and the inevitable changes soon to come - in AdWords (ahem, Google Ads), Facebook, YouTube, automation, etc etc etc…we just need to hop on a webinar and sort it … [Read more...] about The Latest PPC Updates to Catapult Campaigns in 2019
How Much Should I Spend: Aligning PPC Budgets to Goals
“How much money should we spend on PPC this year?” “How many sales can we get with X amount of budget?” “We are looking at expanding into ____ platform, how much budget should we allocate?” In the five years I’ve worked at Hanapin, these types of questions from clients are becoming more and more common. Budget recommendations and planning are not so straightforward as they … [Read more...] about How Much Should I Spend: Aligning PPC Budgets to Goals
PPC Testing: Your Key to Innovation
Being an account manager means that you are constantly walking the balance between what is ideal and what is possible. We have all been in situations where creative assets arrive late or do not meet the best practices for a given campaign. The best thing you can do is turn these non-ideal situations into an opportunity gain deeper insights. Background Earlier this year, our … [Read more...] about PPC Testing: Your Key to Innovation
Become A PPC Sleuth – Fun Ways To Gain Competitor Insights
During a recent dive into an auction insights report for one of my clients, I noticed that one of our top paid search competitors was declining in impression share. Our Search dominance was prevailing and I proudly looked down on the competitor <10% stat. I was excited to share the news with my client, but then I got to wondering what the heck the competitor in question was … [Read more...] about Become A PPC Sleuth – Fun Ways To Gain Competitor Insights
New Announcement! PPC Hero Now Hosts a Job Board
For over a decade, PPC Hero has diligently posted everything you needed or wanted to know about PPC. Whether its search, social, display, programmatic, analytics, excel, etc - we LOVE talking about it, sharing ideas, and being an integral part of the community. The industry of PPC is fairly small and as an agency that works with a lot of brands and partners, as well as … [Read more...] about New Announcement! PPC Hero Now Hosts a Job Board
Google Sheets Query Function Need-to-Knows For PPC
If you are a hard-core Excel only user this article is not for you. While Excel is powerful especially combined with Power BI, sometimes Google Sheets is the answer. In an industry such as digital marketing where everything we do is online, highly collaborative, and shared with outside clients Google Sheets has its benefits. We have a lot of clients with special needs when it … [Read more...] about Google Sheets Query Function Need-to-Knows For PPC
Moving Pieces: Thinking About PPC Strategy
Strategy. What is your strategy? As an agency, our team responds to that very question on a daily basis. How do we respond? I remember my very first week working at Hanapin Marketing. I was working in a REDBOP group (for information on what REDBOP is, see “super awesome opportunity” in the dictionary and you will find information on Hanapin's monthly PPC training program) and … [Read more...] about Moving Pieces: Thinking About PPC Strategy
New Research! The State of PPC
The State of PPC is a survey conducted every year by our team at Hanapin Marketing. We collect anonymous, industry-forecasting opinions from marketers in the digital ad space. It serves as a resource, guide, and predictive analysis of the industry’s general attitude, plans, and outlook for the next year. This year, over 400 marketers from both brands and agencies filled … [Read more...] about New Research! The State of PPC
The PPC Newsflash: Why You Should Care About the Amazon Advertising Rebrand
On Wednesday, September 4th, Amazon aimed to minimize confusion by launching Amazon Advertising, a combination of all the parts of the ad business – Amazon Media Group, Amazon Marketing Services, and Amazon Ad Platform. Amazon is listening to its advertisers, and this news gives us all hope that the platform will continue to evolve to be the digital marketer’s dream advertising … [Read more...] about The PPC Newsflash: Why You Should Care About the Amazon Advertising Rebrand
Leveraging Optmyzr Part 1: Creating PPC Reports
Hanapin has access to several different reporting platforms. I was curious which reporting platform Hanapin’s team prefers. After sending out a poll, the results revealed our team really only uses 3 platforms, and one of them might surprise you. The top three platforms were: Optmyzr (37%), NinjaCat (26%), and Google Sheets (26%). Over the coming months, I will be highlighting … [Read more...] about Leveraging Optmyzr Part 1: Creating PPC Reports
The PPC Newsflash: Take Advantage of the New Google Text Ad Changes
We know that responsive search ads can include up to 3 headlines and 2 description lines, but Google just announced that starting at the end of August, you can include a 3rd headline and 2nd description in regular text ads. Additionally, your description lines can be up to 90 characters each. What do you do with this kind of green light? It's somewhat of a perplexing move by … [Read more...] about The PPC Newsflash: Take Advantage of the New Google Text Ad Changes
