Morning Clicks is your mid-week roundup of digital advertising news and notes. We're your one-stop shop for the most relevant and important news in the PPC world. Grab your cup of joe and come see us every Wednesday morning. Bing released some big news this past week. They decided Google had it right all along, and now plan to release what Google AdWords describes as … [Read more...] about Morning Clicks: Bing Releases New Device Targeting, Auto Tagging, Google Makes Mobile Ad Changes, and more
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Optimize Bids By Weather Using AdWords Scripts
It’s that time of year... drums please, summer summertime!” The time of year when the sun is shinning one minute and the next minute, rain is ruining your summer BBQ plans. If you have a product or service that is directly affected by the weather, this post is for you! The AdWords bid by weather script is simple to set up and allows you to optimize bids automatically based on … [Read more...] about Optimize Bids By Weather Using AdWords Scripts
How to Form a Remarketing Strategy
On average, only 2% of users convert on their first site visit, making it crucial in today’s competitive landscape that you have a solid remarketing strategy in place. Thanks to Google, remarketing is now really easy to set up and implement. At a basic level, you can add the remarketing code to your website and easily show ads to anyone who has visited your website. If you want … [Read more...] about How to Form a Remarketing Strategy
How To Do Keyword Research for Ecommerce Accounts
Ecommerce accounts are a beast all their own. Many PPC Account Managers deal strictly with one type of account, so if you get thrown an ecommerce account for the first time, you may be a little lost about where to start for keyword research. There are a lot of awesome ecommerce tools out there, like shopping campaigns, dynamic ads, etc. Sometimes, keywords can become a second … [Read more...] about How To Do Keyword Research for Ecommerce Accounts
Bing: Simplified Device Targeting is Coming
Bing has officially announced that they are making the switch to what Google AdWords refers to as "Enhanced Campaigns". It appears that Bing has employed the "if you can't beat 'em, join 'em" approach here, considering in April 2013 Bing explained why they would not be switching over to "enhanced campaigns". Presumably, the ability to run AdWords campaigns in Bing Ads with … [Read more...] about Bing: Simplified Device Targeting is Coming
Morning Clicks: Google Under Scrutiny, Vanishing Conversions, and More
Morning Clicks is your mid-week roundup of digital advertising news and notes. We're your one-stop shop for the most relevant and important news in the PPC world. Grab your cup of joe and come see us every Wednesday morning. Ever written ads for an 11-year-old? Might be time to dust off the ol' ad copy handbook and see what it says about targeting children. [Advertising … [Read more...] about Morning Clicks: Google Under Scrutiny, Vanishing Conversions, and More
Creating & Manipulating Variables In AdWords Scripts
One of the biggest things missing in the AdWords scripting sphere is a “here is what makes up a script”. There are lots of cool snippets code out there that does all kinds of voodoo. Yet I am most often am asked, “So how do I get to that point?" The good news is, no you don’t need a computer science degree. Think of a programming language like any other language, there are … [Read more...] about Creating & Manipulating Variables In AdWords Scripts
What John Oliver’s Net Neutrality Rant Means for Digital Marketing
Late Sunday Night, former Jon Stewart fidus Achates and present host of HBO’s Last Week Tonight, John Oliver, delivered a rousing excoriation of the pending decommitment to Net Neutrality to an audience of some 1.1 million Game of Thrones hangers-on. In doing so, Oliver fanned new life to the flames risen from the May 15th vote to pass new Net Neutrality rules. Net … [Read more...] about What John Oliver’s Net Neutrality Rant Means for Digital Marketing
Roundtable: Four Uncommon Ways to Nail Competitor Research
In our monthly Roundtable posts, we strive to gather a variety of opinions about a single, debate-worthy topic. With that in mind, it's hard to think of a better topic for such a venue than competitor research. Everyone has their own way of researching the competition, particularly when it comes to bids and keywords. And it's not always clear what works. For some, it's a … [Read more...] about Roundtable: Four Uncommon Ways to Nail Competitor Research
Google AdWords Conversion Tracking Briefly Broken
It's Monday Morning. You're about to do your PPC statistical Analysis after the weekend, and you see an extremely low conversion count. What did you do wrong? The answer could be nothing, as it appears that there was an error in Google's reporting system this past weekend. The issue appears to have only affected conversion and revenue data. Our Google representative confirmed … [Read more...] about Google AdWords Conversion Tracking Briefly Broken
Smoke Your Competition: 14 Ways To A High Conversion Rate [Webinar Recording]
What happens after the click is just as important as what happens before the click, but there's way more to conversion rate optimization than just the technical side, like button color and layout. It's also about the experience. Searchers are smarter now. Not only should you be prioritizing what really leads to a conversion, you should also be looking at the unique perspectives … [Read more...] about Smoke Your Competition: 14 Ways To A High Conversion Rate [Webinar Recording]
One Million Ways to Define a Conversion: The A-Z Guide
Did you know that there are currently twenty-seven different columns containing the term "Conversion" in the AdWords interface? Were you also aware that they all have a different definition? I don't blame you if you're having a hard time keeping track of it all– with that many columns, it's enough to make your head spin. So to keep your brains intact, we've compiled some of … [Read more...] about One Million Ways to Define a Conversion: The A-Z Guide