Looking for a way to drive customers through the front door? Welcome to the world of Google Local campaigns. Designed to promote your businesses’ stores across Search, Maps, YouTube, and the Display Network, you simply add a few lines of text and let Google do the rest. This overview will include what requirements are needed before being able to run these campaigns and how … [Read more...] about Google Local Campaigns How-To
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A Quick Look at Walmart Media and Spiceworks
Our general group chat is often teeming with questions like “who’s using Walmart Media?”, “DM me if you’ve been running on Spiceworks”, “does Safari have a UI?” This has been making me curious so I went nosing around for those sweet, sweet, deets. Below are some of my impressions and takeaways for these platforms: Safari We all know how I feel about Apple Search Ads, but … [Read more...] about A Quick Look at Walmart Media and Spiceworks
The Beginner’s Guide To Setting Up A Google Ads Account
01/22/2020 Want to know how to st up Google Ads? Diving into the world of PPC Advertising can be intimidating. As PPC Hero bloggers we know this and have put together a helpful, “Beginners Guide to Setting Up a Google Ads Account.” The Google platform is typically the first engine we recommend testing when new to PPC advertising. The guide is designed to not only … [Read more...] about The Beginner’s Guide To Setting Up A Google Ads Account
Google Ads vs. AdSense: What’s the Difference?
Beginners to search marketing often hear about Google's two advertising platforms, Google Ads and Google AdSense. Depending on your goals, one of these systems may be right for you, but what's the difference between Google Ads and AdSense? Which one makes more sense for your site? What’s the main difference between Google Ads and AdSense? The main difference is that Google Ads … [Read more...] about Google Ads vs. AdSense: What’s the Difference?
Gmail Ads Made Easy: The Perfect Guide To Getting Started
A beginner's guide to breaking out of simple Display campaigns and exploring Gmail ads. Google offers a vast variety of campaign types and is continuously developing new features for advertisers to use. Sometimes it can be overwhelming deciding which campaigns and placements are right for your business, especially when considering budgets and creative asset limitations. … [Read more...] about Gmail Ads Made Easy: The Perfect Guide To Getting Started
November Updates to Paid Advertising Platforms
In this monthly post, we bring you the latest from all of the major platforms. Google Ads What: Google Ads conversion reporting issues and fix Details: Conversion reporting was impacted between 11-9-19 through 11-20-19. During that time, a bug caused Google Ads Search and Shopping campaigns to be overreported for those using non-last click attribution models. At this time, the … [Read more...] about November Updates to Paid Advertising Platforms
The Definitive Search Campaign QA Checklist
If there’s a box that can be checked, I’m in! I have a checklist for just about everything, including a checklist for my checklists. There’s something very satisfying about ticking off all of the boxes and knowing you’ve covered all your bases. If you can’t already tell, we here at Hanapin love a good checklist. We also love a well-built search campaign. So here to give you the … [Read more...] about The Definitive Search Campaign QA Checklist
Programmatic for Beginners: 5 Resources
Have you heard a lot about programmatic advertising, but you're not sure what it means or where to start? If so, we've got some handy resources to help you better understand the programmatic landscape. All of these resources are free, ungated, and actionable! I've listed them in the order that I'd recommend reading them. The first guide and second blog will help you get … [Read more...] about Programmatic for Beginners: 5 Resources
3 Killer Strategies for Custom Affinity Audience Campaigns
Below we dig into 3 killer strategies for using custom affinity audience targeting, performance results and key lessons learned from managing custom affinity targeting. Affinity audience targeting is not new. Facebook, Google, and Amazon have been using them for some time and have seen huge success. Affinity Audiences are TV-style audiences that are designed to help connect … [Read more...] about 3 Killer Strategies for Custom Affinity Audience Campaigns
The Definitive Programmatic Guide for PPC Managers
Written by Hanapin Marketing Programmatic Advertising is a sector of paid media that is growing rapidly and shows no signs of slowing down. According to eMarketer, in 2020, the US programmatic digital display ad spend is expected to grow 20.1%, to $68.97Bn. That’s 86.3% of total digital display spend. The way in which brands and advertisers reach the masses is changing, … [Read more...] about The Definitive Programmatic Guide for PPC Managers
How to Exclude Mobile Apps in Google Ads
In a previous article, I discussed how to target and exclude mobile apps in Google Ads Display. This initial approached seemed to work, but then the mobile app spend began to increase sharply for several accounts. Honestly, my opinion about mobile app traffic has not improved. Mobile app traffic may have low CPCs, but the costs add up quickly with few tangible results. In fact, … [Read more...] about How to Exclude Mobile Apps in Google Ads
What Is A Good Click Through Rate (CTR)?
What is a good click-through rate? It’s the age-old question asked by PPC managers and clients alike. Though we can agree that higher is better, much debate remains as to what constitutes a good vs. subpar account CTR. Below, I’ll give a definitive answer, though I acknowledge that many factors are at play. Additionally, I’ll be answering this question only regarding Google … [Read more...] about What Is A Good Click Through Rate (CTR)?
