There are two ways that we lose impression share in our campaigns: because of rank and because of budget. (Check out the PPC Hero Article about Maximizing Impression Share: How to Use Adwords Competitive Metrics if you want a better understanding of impression share). Losing impression share due to budget is somewhat easy to mitigate by either throwing more money into the daily … [Read more...] about Searching for Lost Impression Share
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How To Setup A Campaign In Quora Ads
The hunt for higher conversion volume at a lower cost is the eternal struggle for everyone in digital marketing. Like Sisyphus from Greek mythology, digital marketers are constantly fighting an uphill battle to increase conversions while lowering CPCs. This challenge forces savvy digital marketers to look beyond the crowded auctions of Facebook and Google to find new … [Read more...] about How To Setup A Campaign In Quora Ads
6 Bottom Line Boosting Tips for Paid Search
"It depends". In my 2+ years at Hanapin Marketing, I've come to learn that this is a universal truth across the industry. There is no shared magic number for ROI or CPA. There is no perfect CTR or CVR. And there most certainly isn't a singular strategic approach that can navigate across all industries and account types. That said, I do think there is a handful of search … [Read more...] about 6 Bottom Line Boosting Tips for Paid Search
Troubleshooting Google Analytics Tracking
As an Account Analyst, a frequent request we get is to troubleshoot Google Analytics. Sometimes it’s a very specific request, like “can you see why our sessions don’t match our AdWords clicks?” and other times it’s a generic “can you make sure GA is set up correctly?”. In this post, we’ll go through some reasons why your data might not be accurate due to the account set up and … [Read more...] about Troubleshooting Google Analytics Tracking
How to Use the New AdWords UI Like a Boss
Is your most clicked button these days the “Return to Old Interface” button in the new AdWords interface? Earlier this year, Google AdWords introduced a new UI that’s being met with both positive and negative reactions. While this uplift was long overdue, we know how hard it can be to adjust to such a big change. In this webinar, Hanapin expert, Kass Bots will walk you through … [Read more...] about How to Use the New AdWords UI Like a Boss
Troubleshooting Lookup Functions in Excel
Last week, Hanapin hosted an Excel Extravaganza, which was a compilation of 3 Excel for PPC webinars in 3 days. On day 3, Lara and I discussed bidding methods with Excel. I specifically discussed bid tables and how to use Lookup functions to automatically pull bid changes from a bid table. We discussed how to write lookup functions, specifically the Index + Match, but I want to … [Read more...] about Troubleshooting Lookup Functions in Excel
Seven insights hiding in Google’s new Christmas shopping research
Earlier this month Google released a set of eye-popping statistics about the Christmas shopping season. It was hard for me to miss, I kind of work for Google, but if you’ve never seen that article I think you should take a look. As we get farther into the shopping season, it can start to feel like the season is close to wrapping up. Based on Google’s data, though, that couldn’t … [Read more...] about Seven insights hiding in Google’s new Christmas shopping research
Stop Using Google’s First Page Estimates to Set Your Bids
Within the Google Interface there’s a super helpful piece of information called the First Page Bid Estimate. This metric tells you, based on both quality score and competition for the exact match of your keyword (even for broad and phrase keywords), an approximation of where you should set your bid to ensure that you win as many auctions as possible to appear on the first page … [Read more...] about Stop Using Google’s First Page Estimates to Set Your Bids
A Reminder About Work-Life Balance
Do you ever find yourself hanging out with friends, eating dinner with family, or doing something other than work and get an itch to check performance on your accounts? Now I’m not saying there is anything wrong with that but I don’t think anyone will really understand if you slink off to make some bid changes while everyone else is having fun. It can be a stressful time of … [Read more...] about A Reminder About Work-Life Balance
Smart Ways to Get More Marketing Budget and Better Tools
It is safe to say we know what is on every marketers holiday wish list - more budget. The problem is, marketing is usually the first line item in an overall budget when overall performance is down or the marketers aren't able to show the right numbers to get their wish granted. In this new live webinar, Kristin Vick from Hanapin Marketing and Jeff Sauer from Jeffalytics … [Read more...] about Smart Ways to Get More Marketing Budget and Better Tools
The Hero Conf Difference
Of the 50+ search and social conferences you can choose from, we're here to show you why Hero Conf is a can't miss event for busy digital marketers like you. Want to find out more about the largest all-PPC conference in the industry? Read more now» … [Read more...] about The Hero Conf Difference
Improve Your Facebook Ads With Creative Hub and Split Testing
There are many tools and 3rd party platforms that are designed to help with ad testing and creation, but they can come with a steep learning curve and expense. For someone starting out in ad testing who is learning or without budget for a new tool, these options can be out of reach. Luckily, Facebook has created what is essentially an end-to-end ad testing suite right within … [Read more...] about Improve Your Facebook Ads With Creative Hub and Split Testing