When it comes to paid advertising, Shopping can be one of the most intimidating and complex initiatives to tackle. It has multiple moving pieces with the setup, management, and continued optimizations. Plus, you not only have to manage your campaign on AdWords, but you also have to manage your feed, which can be especially tedious if you have a large, diverse inventory of … [Read more...] about The Complete Google AdWords Shopping Campaign Settings Breakdown
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Always Remain Congruent In Your PPC Efforts
All clients are different and value specific metrics more than others. One of the metrics I hear about the most is conversions. As a paid search marketer, I spend my time driving traffic to our desired landing pages, but I can’t force the user to convert. That’s when I go to our trusty CRO department and ask if we can work together to try and get our conversion rate up. Our … [Read more...] about Always Remain Congruent In Your PPC Efforts
Avoid These Common PPC Shopping Strategy Mistakes
With all the new features for Shopping product feeds, extensions, and labels, it’s easy to overlook the basics of what makes Shopping campaigns successful for ecommerce accounts. The oversights listed below are common with new accounts at Hanapin Marketing. Avoid these to develop a sophisticated Shopping campaign structure and increase overall performance. Only Running One … [Read more...] about Avoid These Common PPC Shopping Strategy Mistakes
How To Evaluate Your PPC Ad Rotation Settings
Ad rotation is one of the forgotten settings. Everyone has a preference, “always rotate indefinitely” or “always optimize by conversions” but the chosen settings often reflect the manager's default preference rather than the settings utility. Rather than a preference, the setting should be used as a tool and subject for further analysis. This article will cover what options … [Read more...] about How To Evaluate Your PPC Ad Rotation Settings
The 7 Things You Wish You’d Known About Facebook
We’ve all been there before - the first time you try a new advertising platform. While there are general consistencies you can prepare for using past experience, there are always learning curves to any new channel. Facebook hosts over 1.87 billion monthly active users as of 2017. No one is arguing that Facebook is a legitimate social media platform, or even that advertising … [Read more...] about The 7 Things You Wish You’d Known About Facebook
Building An Automated PPC Spend Tracker In Google Sheets
With yesterday’s webinar on efficient data analysis through Google Sheets, as well as Tuesday’s post pitting Excel features in their very own March Madness tournament, this week on PPC Hero we’ve highlighted one of the most important pieces of the digital marketer’s toolbox: spreadsheets! Today, we’ll continue the trend by showcasing an application of Google Sheets, utilizing … [Read more...] about Building An Automated PPC Spend Tracker In Google Sheets
Should You Choose Bid Modifiers Or Exclusive Campaigns For Your Mobile PPC?
For even the newest face in the digital marketing world, it comes as no surprise the amount of attention mobile has garnered in the past few years. Ours is a rapidly evolving industry – what was once an unexplored frontier has quickly become a staple. It's not to say mobile advancements have become less frequent or noteworthy over time - on the contrary, shifting to reflect the … [Read more...] about Should You Choose Bid Modifiers Or Exclusive Campaigns For Your Mobile PPC?
PPC, KPIs, and the Marketing Funnel
Key performance indicators (KPIs) are essential to our industry. Without them, we’re like a pilot without navigation; we have no idea if what we’re doing is getting us closer to our goal. They’re the barometers of success which show whether or not your client is making money or losing money. KPIs are set based on your client’s primary goal (revenue, leads, etc.). However, not … [Read more...] about PPC, KPIs, and the Marketing Funnel
New Bing Ads Extension Scheduling Is Here And It Will Make Your Day
Bing Ads recently announced the release of ad extension scheduling. This means you can now control when your extensions are delivered. You’ll have the ability to reduce wasted clicks by scheduling ad extensions to display during the most ideal time for your business. Improve customer experience by catering to targeted customers helping to increase your click-through rate … [Read more...] about New Bing Ads Extension Scheduling Is Here And It Will Make Your Day
Apple Search Ads: What You Need To Know To Improve Performance
Which apps do you use the most often? Which apps do you spend the most time in? I’m guessing you probably use and spend the most time in Facebook, Instagram, Google Maps, Snapchat, Spotify, Messenger, Pandora, and Youtube. Or at least some combination of those apps. Did you know that apps now account for 90% of time spent on mobile, with the other 10% spent in mobile … [Read more...] about Apple Search Ads: What You Need To Know To Improve Performance
The Good, Bad, And Ugly Impact Of PPC On Journalism
Display advertising has ruined the ethics of journalism. In all fairness, that is a fairly large exaggeration. With that said, I am proud to be a member of this industry and equally proud of the company and clients I represent. Despite this, I am NOT proud of the indirect impact PPC has on digital media. Long gone are the days in which print news outlets were supported by … [Read more...] about The Good, Bad, And Ugly Impact Of PPC On Journalism
My 2017 PPC Platform Wish List
We’ve all been PPC-ing And we’ve all got bids to make We don’t know what this year will bring So we blog and hope it takes! (If you try really hard, those lyrics can be sung to the tune of Santa Claus is Coming to Town. If it doesn’t work the first time, try harder. I’m not Beethoven.) This is my selfish intent for this blog post: I hope the geniuses behind each of the … [Read more...] about My 2017 PPC Platform Wish List
