For most PPC accounts, our focus is to gain revenue or leads. This gives us a (somewhat) clear idea of what kinds of optimizations to make and how we should run the account. However, for one account, the strategy shifted to boosting the quality of site visitors and user engagement. Using Google Analytics we came up with an action plan. The Challenge This particular client, … [Read more...] about Increase User Engagement For PPC Traffic
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The Monkey & The Cat: When To Ignore CTR
Click-thru-rate (CTR) is a basic concept of paid search. It is defined as clicks divided by impressions and is a measure of people that see an ad and actually click through to the website. CTR can give insights to ad copy relevance and it holds some influence over quality score. CTR has its hands in all parts of paid search because of the relationship between the search query … [Read more...] about The Monkey & The Cat: When To Ignore CTR
Two Reasons Why I Don’t Buy Into The Quality Score Hype
I’ve never really understood the hype and over the top attention afforded to quality score. I understand why search engines need to have an algorithm that determines bid prices and ad rank. However, what I can’t wrap my head around is why so many marketers are overly fixated on a metric that ultimately doesn’t have much bearing on the performance of an account from a business … [Read more...] about Two Reasons Why I Don’t Buy Into The Quality Score Hype
[New Webinar with Peep Laja!] The 11 Biggest A/B Testing Mistakes and How To Avoid Them
With a variety of easy-to-use tools available, A/B testing is something that every business can and should be doing. However, there’s more to A/B testing than just setting up the test. So many companies waste time and money by making simple and easy to avoid mistakes. Join conversion rate expert and guest presenter, Peep Laja, as he discusses 11 of the biggest testing mistakes … [Read more...] about [New Webinar with Peep Laja!] The 11 Biggest A/B Testing Mistakes and How To Avoid Them
One Excel Trick To Nail Your Budget Projections
As a PPC account manager, the most critical eye— Sauron’s eye— is often cast on your ability to analyze and optimize; to study data and extract actionable insights that make the top line metrics like cost per click, cost per acquisition, or return on ad spend, trend towards a marketing goal. With these types of demands, and the pressure that comes in tandem, it can be easy … [Read more...] about One Excel Trick To Nail Your Budget Projections
Showcase Products On YouTube With TrueView For Shopping
This week Google is introducing a new feature called TrueView for shopping that makes it easy for viewers to get more information on products and also click to buy them. Video ads in TrueView for shopping, give merchants a platform to showcase product details and images, as well as give consumers the ability to click to purchase from a retail site. TrueView … [Read more...] about Showcase Products On YouTube With TrueView For Shopping
Use Remarketing To Think Like A Direct Marketer
Historically digital marketing has been focused on new customer acquisition. When considering paid search we generally try to find new users who have the intent to buy our products or services. However, this sentiment is changing. New innovations in paid search are allowing us to use the channel for repeat customer acquisition. Email as a channel was the first branch into … [Read more...] about Use Remarketing To Think Like A Direct Marketer
Nurture Social Paid Search Traffic With Remarketing
Social is great at driving traffic, but many times not so great for direct response conversions. While Social requires a different approach, PPC can play a key role in capitalizing on traffic that may seem like wasted spend otherwise. An integration of strategies allows you to focus on optimizing Social for its strengths instead of trying to force it into a sales-oriented … [Read more...] about Nurture Social Paid Search Traffic With Remarketing
On Demand Webinar – Leveraging Micro-Moments: Using PPC When It Matters Most
On Demand Webinar Leveraging Micro-Moments: Using PPC When It Matters Most Presented by Your On Demand Webinar is located below. Please be sure to bookmark this page for future access to this webinar. A webinar transcript is available below. Click here for a pdf of the webinar transcript. Webinar Transcript Kevin: Hello everyone, welcome to a webinar presented by … [Read more...] about On Demand Webinar – Leveraging Micro-Moments: Using PPC When It Matters Most
The Greatest PPC Excel Function You’ve Never Heard Of
A little while ago, I wrote about the importance of understanding the difference between causation and correlation, and how the failure to do so could potentially be problematic for the management of your PPC accounts. Sometimes when having the causation versus correlation conversation, the erroneous takeaway is this: correlating relationships are not actionable, only causal … [Read more...] about The Greatest PPC Excel Function You’ve Never Heard Of
Analyzing Google’s May 5th Livestream Event Updates
On May 5th, Google Adwords had a Livestream event and it should come as no surprise to the digital marketing community that mobile was the single biggest topic on the agenda. Google announced a fresh turn for mobile dedicated ads. These new ads are chiefly aimed at comparison-shopping for cars, hotels and mortgages. Furthermore, these ads are deeply rooted in way users want to … [Read more...] about Analyzing Google’s May 5th Livestream Event Updates
3 Hacks That Will Make You An Analytics Star
I know many account managers get a little flustered when you mention Google Analytics and using it for PPC management. It’s not that they don’t recognize the value, and it’s not even that they don’t know how to use it, it’s just that everyone usually thinks they’re not utilizing it to full potential and they’re going to look like a newb if they have to show how they’re using … [Read more...] about 3 Hacks That Will Make You An Analytics Star
