Shopping campaigns have not just made a splash in paid search advertising, they’ve changed the tides entirely. Three years ago we were focusing on how we would bid on a keyword so that our ad with product extensions would appear. Just reflect on those first beautiful Product Listing Ads, when competition was so much lower and things were simple: But those days … [Read more...] about 5 Things Ruining Your Shopping Feed
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The AdWords Script To Create Ads In Bulk
This month I’d like to share a script I originally built 3 years ago to help with ad text optimization in AdWords. It’s intended to make sure all ad groups have enough experiments running, and can also be used to create new ads across many ad groups in bulk. It could also be used to clean up the worst performing ad in each ad group. AdWords Script For Bulk Ad Creation The … [Read more...] about The AdWords Script To Create Ads In Bulk
Maximizing Impression Share: How To Use AdWords Competitive Metrics
Competitive metrics in the AdWords interface can give you insight into the impression potential that your Search and Display campaigns have. Not only will you get a high-level measurement of the impression share you are capturing, but you’ll also see metrics describing how much of that impression share you are losing due to low bids or low budgets. In today's post, we'll define … [Read more...] about Maximizing Impression Share: How To Use AdWords Competitive Metrics
Why Facebook And Google Analytics Conversions Don’t Add Up
This question has come up a lot lately with PPC accounts that are expanding into Facebook Ads. “Why are my Facebook conversions higher than Google Analytics?” The problem is we are trying to compare Facebook conversions similar to how we track AdWords and Bing traffic, but it’s not the same. When it comes to comparing conversions, it’s not that Facebook is necessarily over … [Read more...] about Why Facebook And Google Analytics Conversions Don’t Add Up
How To Use Multi-Channel Funnels To Improve Your PPC
A successful digital marketing program is based upon a solid understanding of how individual channels interact with each other. Therefore, paid search must be looked at holistically as well. Simply measuring performance in a silo-based solely on direct performance undercuts the full value of PPC. Failure to understand paid search’s contribution to the entire digital marketing … [Read more...] about How To Use Multi-Channel Funnels To Improve Your PPC
Amazing Automated PPC Rules You Must Use
Google and Bing allow you to create automatic rules that can run at scheduled times to make your PPC life easier. You are able to make changes to ad status, bids, budget, keywords, and more. These automated rules can help you save time and money and help you achieve account goals. For the purpose of this post, we're going to look at AdWords rules, but know that we can setup … [Read more...] about Amazing Automated PPC Rules You Must Use
The AdWords App For iOS Is Here
The announcement we’ve been anticipating for months has finally been made. The AdWords app for iOS has been released! This is one of the most anticipated PPC announcements of 2016 for Apple-lovers, second only to the promise of a Bing editor for the Mac. So what do you need to know? The app consists of the most critical on-the-go functionality. That includes the … [Read more...] about The AdWords App For iOS Is Here
[New Whitepaper!] 2016 PPC Trends Every CMO Should Be Watching
2015 was an exciting year in PPC. There were many new features that helped PPC and Digital Marketing, as a whole, see continued year-over year-growth. From AdWords Customer Match to Bing Universal Event Tracking and many other new features, search marketing continues to hold the lions share of digital spend. According to a study by Forrester, more than $103 billion will be … [Read more...] about [New Whitepaper!] 2016 PPC Trends Every CMO Should Be Watching
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Waking The Dead – Breathing Life Back Into Stagnant Accounts
Account strategy and tactics are items that should be evolving around the current state of competition, client needs, and available tools/technology. Since these aspects change quickly, it’s important to regularly check in with your goals, strategy, and tactics. Implement New Features Or Tools New features and tools are constantly becoming available in the PPC industry. … [Read more...] about Waking The Dead – Breathing Life Back Into Stagnant Accounts
The Beginner’s Guide To A Full PPC Account Setup For SMB Ecommerce Clients
You hang up the phone and smile. That prospect you've been reeling in just saw the light. They are ready to jump on board. Congratulations, you just won the account! Your hard work has paid off and you can sit back and... Ok, who am I kidding, now is when the real work begins. Unless you work in-house, it is probably likely that you have worked on a full account setup at … [Read more...] about The Beginner’s Guide To A Full PPC Account Setup For SMB Ecommerce Clients
Audience Targeting – The 2016 PPC Trends To Watch
2015 was an exciting year in PPC. We saw many new audience targeting trends that helped the PPC and Digital Marketing fields see continued year over year growth. From AdWords Customer Match to Bing remarketing for search and many other new features, Search Marketing continues to hold the lion's share of digital spend. As we kick off 2016, audience targeting continues to be … [Read more...] about Audience Targeting – The 2016 PPC Trends To Watch