As an Account Analyst, Account Managers usually come to me with some sort of problem. Sometimes it’s “I’d like to brainstorm strategy” and other times it’s “we need to improve ROAS as quickly as possible.” Not being the Account Manager gives me a fresh set of eyes on an account. I found in the past that when I was struggling with a problem on my own account, it was mainly … [Read more...] about Don’t Forget The Basics! Audit Your Account – A New Case Study
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Write a Guest Post, Win a Hero Conf 2015 Registration!
We’re excited to announce the return of the Hero Conf Guest Blog Post Giveaway, right here on PPC Hero. As of today, we’re accepting guest posts from any and all PPC Heroes who’d like to participate, and giving away a free conference pass for Hero Conf, April 27-29 in Portland, OR, to the author of the most popular post. Here’s how to enter: Write a guest post submission of … [Read more...] about Write a Guest Post, Win a Hero Conf 2015 Registration!
Your Ultimate Google Shopping Exam Checklist
Boys & Girls of All Ages: The Google Shopping Exam is here!! That's right, step up and give it your best shot: Google has released its Shopping Exam and today you'll be given all the major bullet points for your studying pleasure. For those of you who've already taken the existing exams, hope you're ready for a fun one today! And for you all who are still figuring out … [Read more...] about Your Ultimate Google Shopping Exam Checklist
Benefit From Better Search Functionality In AdWords Editor 11
Google recently launched version 11 of AdWords Editor. Besides feature updates, the editor received an overhaul to the search functionality. Although it takes a little time to get back up to speed with the rearrangement, I’ve fallen in love with the new functionality and search bar. It takes the set up out of the menus and puts it rights back in your hands. To get started, … [Read more...] about Benefit From Better Search Functionality In AdWords Editor 11
How Bing Ads Tablet Bid Modifiers Helped Reduce CPA by 47%
The PPC industry is always evolving and changing. One of the biggest changes to impact the PPC community was the roll-out of AdWords enhanced campaigns and Bing Ads compatibility with AdWords enhanced campaigns. While some great features have been made available by enhanced campaigns, one of the biggest pain points for ppc managers was, and continues to be, the lack of control … [Read more...] about How Bing Ads Tablet Bid Modifiers Helped Reduce CPA by 47%
New Upgraded URLs for Faster and Easier URL Tracking
Constant connectivity has increased the ways that people engage with your business, meaning more data and metrics for you to use to manage ad performance. Google is introducing Upgraded URLs to provide an easier way to manage and track important information about each click on your ads and other targeting options available for Search, Display and Shopping. Upgraded URLs … [Read more...] about New Upgraded URLs for Faster and Easier URL Tracking
Give Your Product Feed The Attention It Deserves
At this point, any ecommerce advertisers who aren’t running Google Shopping campaigns (or have at least tried them) are being left in the dust. According to RKG’s Q4 2014 Digital Marketing Report, Shopping ads drove 51% more clicks and 45% greater ad spend year over year. Take Shopping management a step further and you have the upload and optimization of the product feed. For … [Read more...] about Give Your Product Feed The Attention It Deserves
Top Products Or All Products? The Google Shopping Debate
I've heard this question before, the most recent being on Twitter from Sam Gordon: Do any of you only include only top products in your shopping feed, instead of all products? Wanting my most relevant ads to show #ppcchat — Sam Gordon (@SamGordonPPC) February 9, 2015 My answer to this (and the others like it) is: "it depends". Don't stone me yet for that ridiculously … [Read more...] about Top Products Or All Products? The Google Shopping Debate
Automate And Manually Change Bids With Excel
You are at an event with old friends, and you (a PPC Specialist) are asked: "what are you doing these days?" You reply: "I do online advertising through search engines such as Google." The response back always seems to be something like, "So, what exactly does that entail". If you do not want to get into all of the details that go into paid search advertising, the … [Read more...] about Automate And Manually Change Bids With Excel
Simplify With The Google Analytics New Display Advertiser Features
Last week, we told you about this sweet new thing in Google Analytics (GA) called “Display Advertiser Features”, which lets you toggle a switch to start collecting remarketing data without the pain associated with placing new codes. If you have Universal Analytics set up, you can tell GA to start collecting data on your site visitors that allow you to use these types of … [Read more...] about Simplify With The Google Analytics New Display Advertiser Features
Don’t Let Google Shopping Campaigns Trip You Up
It’s been just about a year since Google officially replaced Product Listing Ads (PLAs) with the new and updated Shopping campaigns. Shopping campaigns provide everything an online shop could want: prime real estate on search pages, attention grabbing images, and hyper relevance to searcher intent. Yet, for all their great aspects in promoting products to would be buyers, … [Read more...] about Don’t Let Google Shopping Campaigns Trip You Up
Case Study: How We Turned a Client from Near Loss to Best Friend
My account team was recently assigned a new client. The relationship appeared to get off to a good start with clear goals established and performance on target towards meeting those goals. However, the client expressed concern about not having a strong strategy in place and a clear direction for moving the PPC program forward. Today we’re going to discuss in detail how we … [Read more...] about Case Study: How We Turned a Client from Near Loss to Best Friend