As paid search managers, keywords are a crucial part of our daily grind. It is important that we continue to learn and develop better understandings of how each and every one contributes to our search marketing strategy, so we can easily make informed decisions. What’s working? Why? What’s not working? Why? These are some of the questions that any diligent account manager … [Read more...] about AdWords Keyword Statuses & Diagnostics
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Register Now to Receive Logo in Hero Conf Handbook!
Register for Hero Conf before January 30 and your company's logo will be placed next to your name in the Hero Conf handbook! Are you having trouble convincing your boss that it is a great idea for you to attend this paid search conference? Check out our Justify Your Trip letter, which outlines several of the benefits of attending Hero Conf including: • Hosted in Indianapolis, … [Read more...] about Register Now to Receive Logo in Hero Conf Handbook!
Something You Need to Know About the Google Display Network
Some people are a little afraid of the Google Display Network. There are all kinds of targeting options, segmentation options, and it can rack up a lot of money in a small amount of time. I feel lucky because some of my first accounts were ones in which the Display Network was a primary source of traffic, so I learned pretty fast that the GDN isn’t something to be afraid of – … [Read more...] about Something You Need to Know About the Google Display Network
AdWords Graphs Are My Best Friend
A couple weeks ago I wrote an article about desired outcomes in PPC. A big idea behind that article is to know what you are doing and why you are doing. This is a follow-up to that and some advice on how to retrace your steps in an effort to duplicate great account performance of past. I'll also give you some insight into how I go about diagnosing account issues. In my current … [Read more...] about AdWords Graphs Are My Best Friend
Easier with Editor: AdWords Campaign Experiments
With as many tasks as PPC account managers are required to balance on their plates, the addition of AdWords Campaign Experiments (ACE) to the AdWords interface in 2010 was welcomed with open arms from many. This feature allows account managers to determine testing parameters and apply them to a given campaign’s elements in order to optimize performance in a controlled and … [Read more...] about Easier with Editor: AdWords Campaign Experiments
Interview with Marc Poirier from Acquisio
This week we had the opportunity to interview Marc Poirier, Co-Founder and CMO of Acquisio. Hero Conf is proud to not only have Marc as a speaker, but also to have Acquisio as our Platinum Sponsor! We enjoyed hearing Marc share some great information about PPC and Acquiso. PPC Hero: Welcome to this exclusive twitter interview with Marc Poirier, Co-Founder and CMO of … [Read more...] about Interview with Marc Poirier from Acquisio
Learning from “Controls”
In direct marketing, the ad that sets the performance baseline -- the ad you're writing against -- is known as the control. Sometimes controls get beaten and replaced very quickly, and sometimes they run for decades. And learning from successful controls is an important part of improving. But if you're not the advertiser, how can you tell when an ad you see is a control? … [Read more...] about Learning from “Controls”
Conversion Rate Redemption! Receive a FREE Account Analysis with Hero Conf Registration Through 1/22
Now through January 22nd, receive a free analysis of your AdWords account with your Hero Conf registration- compliments of Query Miner! Act now, because this is limited to the first 25 registrants. Once you register, we will send you a unique URL. You provide authorization for Query Miner to pull data from the account (via the AdWords API using oAuth), and they will send you a … [Read more...] about Conversion Rate Redemption! Receive a FREE Account Analysis with Hero Conf Registration Through 1/22
MSN adCenter Keyword Normalization & The Frustration Therefrom
Microsoft's adCenter blog recently published a blog post about MSN's keyword normalization & how this can cause duplicate keywords in your adCenter account. The way they put it, you can't upload keywords they normalize as the same keywords into an adCenter account. However, I recently took over an adCenter account, and I've found this to most definitely not be the … [Read more...] about MSN adCenter Keyword Normalization & The Frustration Therefrom
Ad Testing Made Easy: Series Wrap Up
Thanks for joining us on another week-long series here on PPC Hero! Hopefully after this week you are ready to start thinking about implementing ad testing in your own accounts, or maybe you’ve already decided to jump in. (Hey, we can hope, right?) Here’s a recap of all the posts we covered this week for quick reference if you need it: Ad Testing Best Practices … [Read more...] about Ad Testing Made Easy: Series Wrap Up
Ad Testing Made Easy: Getting Over Challenges for Necessity
The final installment to this month’s PPC Hero series on Ad Testing Made Easy will focus on covering why ad testing can be difficult and why it is so important to keep at the top of the priority list in lieu of those challenges. Challenges Getting Started It’s probably obvious based on the previous three installments in the series that one of the major challenges in ad … [Read more...] about Ad Testing Made Easy: Getting Over Challenges for Necessity
The Importance of Negative Keywords
I’m going to apologize right off the bat for this tired cliché, but not all keywords are created equal. There are, in fact, tons of keywords you don’t want anywhere near your campaigns, driving ‘bad’ traffic to your website. In order to raise your overall quality score and prevent this ‘bad’ traffic, you’re going to add some negative keywords at some point. “How can traffic … [Read more...] about The Importance of Negative Keywords