Custom Alerts in AdWords are helpful. At the campaign or ad group level, you can create a custom alert. For instance, you can be notified when your average CPC for all or certain ad groups within a campaign shoots too high over goal. You can tell Google to check it weekly or daily and you can be notified via email. But, in my opinion, creating custom alerts in Google Analytics … [Read more...] about Google Analytics Intelligence: An Invaluable Tool
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News Update: Google Analytics Adds Multi-Channel Funnels
Currently only in limited beta release, Google Analytics has added a new feature, Multi-Channel Funnels, to aid advertisers in their marketing efforts. As reported by Google, the main function of Multi-Channel Funnels is to be able to see all the “players” who “assisted” in a tracked and completed conversion. Typically speaking, the last ad clicked gets all the credit for … [Read more...] about News Update: Google Analytics Adds Multi-Channel Funnels
Heroview – Generating Leads with Matt Umbro
As the founder of #ppcchat, PPC expert Matt Umbro (@Matt_Umbro) is already well-known on Twitter. That is one reason why we felt so lucky to have him as our guest for the second live #Heroview – real-time discussions with industry experts via Twitter. Our Heroview with Matt talked mainly about lead generation and lead metrics. Check out the transcript of the conversion … [Read more...] about Heroview – Generating Leads with Matt Umbro
Ticker Tuesday: Bidding Strategies, Part 2
Welcome back to Ticker Tuesday's two-part series on PPC bidding strategies. In Part 1, we discussed when to raise bids, and when to lower them. In this installment, we'll be discussing the specific tools Google AdWords has to offer for bidding, and how each method relates to your end goals. And as a bonus, we'll let you know what metrics you should also be looking at before … [Read more...] about Ticker Tuesday: Bidding Strategies, Part 2
News Update: Google Partners with Digitas For Enhanced Mobile Marketing Insights
Yesterday, Google announced their partnership with Digitas, in an effort to provide advanced mobile marketing usage research data to Google advertisers. This partnership will allow Google to combine their original marketing data with Digitas’ search and marketing research to better identify mobile trends and user behavior. The availability of this extra information will … [Read more...] about News Update: Google Partners with Digitas For Enhanced Mobile Marketing Insights
AdWords Privacy Policy Updates, Just in Time!
Last Tuesday, I spent a good chunk of my day adding in a new page across several landing page creatives for one of our clients. While it was a bit tedious, in general, I’m glad this change was necessary. Starting May 17, 2011 aka tomorrow, Google will add three new requirements to the Information Harvesting clause for their advertisers. In my post today, I want to step you … [Read more...] about AdWords Privacy Policy Updates, Just in Time!
News Update: New Resource Library for Google AdWords Certification Program
Earlier this week, Google announced the launch of a new resource library in their AdWords Certification Program portal. For those of you PPC Heroes out there interested in getting your Google AdWords Certification, this is wonderful news and will make preparing for the AdWords exam much easier. Beyond providing easy access to training resources, the new resource library’s … [Read more...] about News Update: New Resource Library for Google AdWords Certification Program
10 Mobile Landing Page Best Practices
Mobile advertising is the talk of the town and it has been for quite sometime. It makes sense right? According to a Google webinar, mobile queries in the U.S. have quadrupled over the past year. Also, according to a study done by Google, 79 percent of smartphone consumers use their phones to compare prices, find product info, and, in general, to shop. In fact, 70% of … [Read more...] about 10 Mobile Landing Page Best Practices
News Update: The Google Crystal Ball – Adwords Traffic Estimator
The Google team just announced a change in the algorithm behind traffic estimates for your keywords. For PPC managers, this update to Adwords is on par with a granted wish from Jambi on Pee Wee’s Playhouse. We all know how important it is to choose the right keywords for our accounts. With Google’s update, you will be privy to more accurate information on click estimates, … [Read more...] about News Update: The Google Crystal Ball – Adwords Traffic Estimator
News Update: Google for Agencies—Resources Streamlined!
In an attempt to make the lives of marketing agency representatives just a little bit easier, Google launched Google for Agencies. This new site’s intentions are to “inspire creative ideas and provide access to the programs, tools and resources to bring these ideas to life—all in a single location,” according the Google blog post . From this site, agency reps can see examples … [Read more...] about News Update: Google for Agencies—Resources Streamlined!
Ticker Tuesday: Bidding Strategies, Part 1
Are you stuck on bidding? You're not alone. Keyword bidding can be a daunting part of PPC management...but it doesn't have to be! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wP-2vyS0RI In this episode of Ticker Tuesday, we walk through when it's a good idea to increase bids, and when to decrease them, all in less than a minute. So whether you're about to create your first AdWords … [Read more...] about Ticker Tuesday: Bidding Strategies, Part 1
Profit per Impression: A Better Metric for Ad Testing
Today we have a guest post from one of our PPC Hero allies! Michael Wiegand is a PPC Guru & Google Analytics Consultant at Portent Interactive, a full-service internet marketing company based in Seattle, WA. In this post, Michael explains why Profit per Impression is the perfect metric for ad testing. —————- Ad split-testing is one of the core disciplines of PPC. If we … [Read more...] about Profit per Impression: A Better Metric for Ad Testing
