The general tone around the digital marketing industry lately has been somewhat bleak. Over the last handful of years, specific channels have gotten more and more popular, driving competition to high levels. These factors have together increased prices for many digital channels across all verticals. To continue the difficulty of the market, consumers are becoming more educated … [Read more...] about How PPC Impacts Your Business
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There’s No Such Thing as Best Practices
Let’s talk about an epidemic. In the digital marketing industry (and many other industries that aren’t the focus of this blog) there is something of a perverse fascination with the notion of “best practices.” Here’s the problem: Best practices don’t exist. Though well intentioned, the very notion of a best practice can serve as a foil to its own supposed cause. I’ll … [Read more...] about There’s No Such Thing as Best Practices
How I Would Evaluate A PPC Agency’s Performance If I Were A Client
As the CEO of a 45-person company, I obviously can’t make all of the decisions for the company, nor do I want to. I need to be able to rely on our department heads and managers to drive results. So, I would approach managing the agency like I approach managing Hanapin, focusing on results and behaviors. If Hanapin were to hire a PPC agency, I would not be the person managing … [Read more...] about How I Would Evaluate A PPC Agency’s Performance If I Were A Client
How To Use Historical QS To Diagnose Your Account
It can get really frustrating when you seem to do everything right but Google doesn’t want to raise your Quality Score and you end up paying high bids for no apparent reason. On the other hand, when you do manage to increase your QS to 10 for example, AdWords rewards you big time! Your traffic increases and your costs drop dramatically, but how do you know what change or … [Read more...] about How To Use Historical QS To Diagnose Your Account
Identify The Best Structure For Your PPC Account
Prior to setting up your PPC account, you must strategize what type of structure works best for management and the direction you and the company will take the account moving forward. So much work goes into keyword research, ad copy messaging, bidding strategies and more, but one of the most crucial decisions is identifying the best structure for your account. You should … [Read more...] about Identify The Best Structure For Your PPC Account
Utilize These 4 Ad Extensions Above All Else
Paid Search Marketers are always looking for a way to boost overall click thru rates within their accounts. While many metrics play a role in overall performance, higher click thru rates mean more traffic, which potentially leads to more conversions, leads or whatever you deem as a success within your account. Not only do higher click thru rates lead to more successful actions, … [Read more...] about Utilize These 4 Ad Extensions Above All Else
Webinar: Epic PPC Insights From Hanapin Marketing: What We’ve Learned As An Agency
More about this Webinar At Hanapin Marketing (producers of PPC Hero and Hero Conf), we are constantly learning and discovering new tips and tricks in PPC. We've experienced both the successes and the pitfalls that come with an industry that is constantly changing and growing and includes a variety of moving parts. In this webinar, we'll be doling out some of our "secret sauce" … [Read more...] about Webinar: Epic PPC Insights From Hanapin Marketing: What We’ve Learned As An Agency
6 Tips To Grow A Small Business Account Without Tanking ROI
The beauty of digital advertising is that any size company can get their feet wet. Only have $500 to spend on advertising? No problem! Have no idea where to start with this AdWords stuff? That’s not really an issue with AdWords Express! This has naturally led to a lot of small businesses jumping online and seeing if they can turn a profit with PPC. In my experience, there are a … [Read more...] about 6 Tips To Grow A Small Business Account Without Tanking ROI
Need Fast Growth? How To Ramp Up Your PPC Program Quickly
A few months ago, I was tasked with ramping up one of our flagship client’s PPC program by driving as much volume as possible on a month over month spend increase of $90K. I was both excited and terrified at the prospects of what the potential consequences could be. Driving client spend is always exciting for an agency as it creates additional revenue. A spend increase of … [Read more...] about Need Fast Growth? How To Ramp Up Your PPC Program Quickly
Device Targeting Changes Coming To Bing Ads
Bing Ads rolled out tablet-related device targeting changes in October of last year. Beginning March 23rd, the engine will further consolidate by adding smartphones into a single, combined device targeting option that uses bid modifiers to help manage traffic from various sources. Once the migration is complete, with a single campaign setup, you will automatically reach … [Read more...] about Device Targeting Changes Coming To Bing Ads
Maximize Your Performance In Google Shopping
Google Shopping is a powerful way to drive sales to an e-commerce store. Typically this channel has a lower level of competition simply because of the volume of work that's involved in creating and maintaining the product data. This means that, for the meantime, advertising in Google Shopping is pure gold! Today we're going to take a look at a variety of techniques and best … [Read more...] about Maximize Your Performance In Google Shopping
4 Google Analytics Hacks To Improve Your ROI – Frank Underwood Approved
Editor’s Note: This article is a part of our Hero Conf Guest Post Giveaway. Based on a combination of pageviews, shares and editorial review from the PPC Hero writing staff, a winner will be chosen from the 4 finalists we post throughout the week. This post originally came to us from JD Prater (@jdprater). JD is now a Senior Account Manager at Hanapin Marketing and regular … [Read more...] about 4 Google Analytics Hacks To Improve Your ROI – Frank Underwood Approved
