With our last early bird discount-pricing deadline ending this Friday (February 8th) the PPC Hero team wants to make sure you know all the facts about what to expect when it comes to attending Hero Conf! For those of you who have missed it, Hero Conf 2013 will be taking place in Austin, TX on April 8-10. It’s a 3-day event this year, up from 2 last year, and will include two … [Read more...] about Breaking the ‘Bad Conference’ Mold with Hero Conf
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How to Match Your Queries and Your Keywords
A common request we hear from readers here in the PPC Hero office is "How can I easily match up which queries triggered which keyword?" Luckily for you, Google has been listening. They've made some recent improvements to the AdWords Interface that address this very problem. So how do you add this in to your own accounts? And what can you do with this information once it's … [Read more...] about How to Match Your Queries and Your Keywords
Measuring & Improving Lost Impression Share
With impression share reporting changing a bit this week, there’s no better time than now to revisit the ins and outs of the metric and how it works! Odds are pretty good that your PPC accounts are not reaching their entire potential audience, but how do you know how much you’re missing? More important than that, how do you increase the pool you’re reaching? The key here is … [Read more...] about Measuring & Improving Lost Impression Share
2 Display Tactics To Increase Sales Volume For Direct Response
Display is a big, scary ocean of impressions. Like this: For an account that's measured on direct response, and probably ROAS: that's terrifying. How are you going to sail your way through the choppy waters and avoid Cthulhu monsters to find your conversions while maintaining ROAS? Here's three tactics for your Display efforts that will help! 1. Dynamic Display … [Read more...] about 2 Display Tactics To Increase Sales Volume For Direct Response
The Beginner’s Checklist of What To Do in the First Month of Your AdWords Optimization: Part 1
This month Andrew Lolk of White Shark Media joins PPC Hero as a guest blogger to discuss his personal tips for optimizing a PPC account within the first month. -------------------------------------------------- In this three-part series I will outline the routine we use for most of the AdWords accounts we manage in White Shark Media. The first part focuses on the first … [Read more...] about The Beginner’s Checklist of What To Do in the First Month of Your AdWords Optimization: Part 1
Keep Your (Ad’s) Promises!
If you sell lots of different stuff, and your ad prominently features one item -- even if that item is merely a stand-in for a whole category -- guess what prospective customers want to see after they click your ad and arrive at your landing page? The pictured item. Really. But more often than not, the very cool, funky, and unusual item pictured is no where to be found. … [Read more...] about Keep Your (Ad’s) Promises!
Facebook Ads Case Study – Education Space
I love Facebook Ads, and I like all my clients to at least give them a try at least once. Facebook Ads however only works for around 10-20% of our clients. It REALLY only works for around 5% of all of our clients. But when it works, it works really well. In this Facebook Ads case study I will walk you through how I'm promoting Facebook Ads and sponsored posts and it's … [Read more...] about Facebook Ads Case Study – Education Space
Facebook Ads: What’s Your Angle of Approach?
Does anyone remember the DeBeers Right Hand Ring campaign from like, 10 years ago? Instead of continuously pitching diamonds for engagement rings, DeBeers thought they’d try another angle of approach for their product: why not pitch the “I bought it for myself to celebrate my independence and success“ aspect of diamond rings? So they did, and the results were … [Read more...] about Facebook Ads: What’s Your Angle of Approach?
Easy To Use AdWords Scripts: Part 2
Yesterday fellow PPC Hero, Eric introduced the topic of using AdWords scripts. We had a really great response to that, so I thought I'd go through and show those of you who are more visual learners how to implement these simple scripts. We're going to look through the Ad Performance and the Keyword Performance Report - hope you find the video useful. Here's the link to the … [Read more...] about Easy To Use AdWords Scripts: Part 2
3 Easy AdWords Scripts to Analyze Your Account: Part 1
AdWords Scripts are an oft-neglected feature for most of us in PPC. They’re squirreled away in the Bulk Operations interface, they require copious amounts of Javascript know-how to make, and can be incredibly intimidating for the coding novices among us. Luckily for us, the Internet (and Google in particular) is full of brilliant people capable of creating custom scripts that … [Read more...] about 3 Easy AdWords Scripts to Analyze Your Account: Part 1
Stop What You’re Doing & Check These 10 Metrics Now!
All right, you don’t have to stop right this minute, but sometime in the next 24 hours. I promise this is going to be to you and your account’s benefit! Whether you’ve been in PPC account management for a few years or a few months, anyone can overlook specific analysis of metrics other than ROI/ROAS/revenue/conversions given the vast array of data that is available. Think of … [Read more...] about Stop What You’re Doing & Check These 10 Metrics Now!
11 Important Questions You Must Ask Yourself About Your Google Display Campaigns
For the final part of our January series – Things to test in your account in 2013 – I’m going to be diving into the wonderful world of the Google Display Network, or GDN for those of us who love pointless acronyms! Anyway, acronyms aside, there are plenty of things you want to be testing in your display campaigns this year. I’d wager that the majority of us in PPC land tend … [Read more...] about 11 Important Questions You Must Ask Yourself About Your Google Display Campaigns