If you don’t stop believing that Pinterest is just for brides planning their weddings, you’re going to miss out on a huge advertising opportunity for your business. Pinterest is ALSO for the maids of honor. Joking. Pinterest is for anyone that’s planning for future life events, no matter how significant or mundane. With over 175M active users, it’s time that advertisers … [Read more...] about Pinterest’s Audience Reach Is More Diverse Than Ever
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Capitalize on the Mobile Movement with Next-Level Strategies
Are you rocking that B2B advertising? How about B2C? No matter what area you’re targeting, we’ve seen mobile searches leapfrog over desktop and tablet. What does this mean? It means you need a killer strategy for your mobile marketing in order to take advantage of all of those mobile searches. In this webinar, Directive Consulting’s Garrett Mehrguth will walk you through … [Read more...] about Capitalize on the Mobile Movement with Next-Level Strategies
A New Perspective For YouTube Advertising
Back in August 2015, Jeff Baum made the case for YouTube advertising by highlighting the opportunity for brand lift, remarketing, storytelling, and full-funnel measurement. Since that time, the capacities for YouTube advertising have only expanded, and there has been healthy coverage of this platform growth: Jeff Baum shared how to Set Your YouTube Stage with TrueView Ads … [Read more...] about A New Perspective For YouTube Advertising
Why I Tested A Facebook Audience With Zero Targeting Restrictions
When it comes to success with Facebook Advertising, audience targeting is the name of the game. While other factors like quality of ad creative should not be overlooked, performance in social is largely contingent on audience creation. The options for targeting within Facebook are seemingly endless, providing an incredible combination of both scale and accuracy. We've … [Read more...] about Why I Tested A Facebook Audience With Zero Targeting Restrictions
Right Now: 50 Hero Conf Austin Tickets at Up To 50% Off!
It's here! Registration for Hero Conf Austin is now open! We're headed back to the Live Music Capital of the World, April 16-18, 2018 at the Hilton Austin. And we're excited to roll out a whole slew of changes, to our topics, to our session types, to our networking experiences, and to the schedule layout itself! But our biggest change means the biggest value to you. We've … [Read more...] about Right Now: 50 Hero Conf Austin Tickets at Up To 50% Off!
AdWords Editor 12: Everything You Need To Know
Before jumping into the new and improved AdWords Editor 12, let’s take a moment to applaud how far we have come. There is no denying the significant changes that have taken place that allow advertisers to better manage AdWords and focus more on not so monotonous tasks. So let’s jump into AdWords Editor 12 and how Google has taken the tool to another level, yet … [Read more...] about AdWords Editor 12: Everything You Need To Know
What’s New at Hero Conf London?
As our bag of paid media tricks expands, changes, grows to meet the ever-changing digital landscape, so does our approach to educating the industry. At Hero Conf London, 23-25 October, we're working to ensure you stay at the forefront of this constant evolution. We'll soon be rolling out more defined topic tracks, expanded levels of content, and even 2-hour deep-dive … [Read more...] about What’s New at Hero Conf London?
Why You Need To Be Applying Negative Bid Modifiers
Adding negative keywords is one of the most important things needed in every PPC account. Oftentimes, we focus on increasing or decreasing keyword bids to gain more conversions. When we add negative keywords to the account, this helps the platforms shift our budget into what is working and avoids our ads showing for terms that aren't relevant. This tactic is one piece of the … [Read more...] about Why You Need To Be Applying Negative Bid Modifiers
3 Ways To Improve B2B Lead Quality
Working towards lead quality is always a work in progress, but there are some specific ways we can improve the quality of leads. Cassie wrote a post in 2014 that gave 5 tips to help lead quality through broadening targeting options. In this post, we will focus on ways that may drop lead volume, but boost our main goal of “quality over quantity”. This helps us work towards a … [Read more...] about 3 Ways To Improve B2B Lead Quality
Google Releases New Maximize Conversions Smart Bidding Strategy
Optimizing bids can be the bane of many PPC’ers. We use bid sheets, formulas, macros, and other fun strategies to ensure we are winning the auction and garnering conversions. Wouldn’t it be awesome if we could set up our AdWords campaigns to automatically optimize for conversions or a conversion value without having to do manual adjustments? That is what Google is attempting to … [Read more...] about Google Releases New Maximize Conversions Smart Bidding Strategy
How To Use Historical AdWords Data To Create Your Own Bid Simulator
Within AdWords, there is a tool called Bid Simulator where you can review potential keyword bids to project what type of performance changes various bid changes would make. The simulator is meant to help guide your bidding by projecting volume and efficiency as you raise your bid. While this is a great tool to get some estimates, Google's algorithm is fairly unknown and … [Read more...] about How To Use Historical AdWords Data To Create Your Own Bid Simulator
Come for the Content, Stay for the Networking
At Hero Conf, we strive to provide content that is actionable for PPC roles across the board, however for some, priceless value is found in the conversations held outside the meeting room. Networking and peer outreach is vital in an era of sharing. We share our cars through Uber, our homes through Airbnb, our support through GoFundMe, and inevitably our knowledge … [Read more...] about Come for the Content, Stay for the Networking