When working on a PPC account, what contributes to the success or failure relies on us as the experts. How you organize the account, the layout of campaigns, keyword research, ad copy writing, and the list goes on and on. What often gets lost in this shuffle is the actual product, the client and how it fits or doesn’t fit in the realm of PPC. Are we setting ourselves up for … [Read more...] about 3 Areas To Analyze Before Taking On A New PPC Account
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Is Your Account Leaving Money On the Table From Lost Impression Share?
Two questions that we get asked frequently are: How much more should I spend for our PPC account? How many more conversions can I expect to get from the increase in spend? When asked these questions the first thing I look at is what campaigns are performing well and how much impression share is being lost. However, analyzing impression share can be a bit cumbersome and … [Read more...] about Is Your Account Leaving Money On the Table From Lost Impression Share?
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
Looking For More Revenue? 7 Ways To Profitably Expand PPC Reach
At some point while managing your PPC program you may be faced with this problem – you need more revenue and/or conversions NOW! It’s not a terrible problem to have. In fact, your program is probably performing so well that you are expected to just throw more money at your PPC, press the magic button, and viola – greater activity at the same ROI or CPA! Wouldn’t it be great … [Read more...] about Looking For More Revenue? 7 Ways To Profitably Expand PPC Reach
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
How To Create Image Ads With No Artistic Ability In 5 Minutes
For a newer article on this topic visit: 3 Reasons to Run Responsive Display Ads + New Features You’re not Bob Ross, and there are no happy clouds. As a PPC manager you are required to perform many tasks, and few of them require artistic ability. Yet, now you need image ads for the client who suddenly decides they want to use the Google Display Network. So you open … [Read more...] about How To Create Image Ads With No Artistic Ability In 5 Minutes
7 Areas Where Your PPC Account Is Broken
Sometimes in the weeds of your own PPC account, it’s hard to see what’s really going on. Regularly auditing your account can help prevent you from slowly bleeding money or missing out on opportunities for growth or new features. However, regular audits can be hard to do when you are the only one in your account day in and day out. As a Sr. Digital Specialist I spend about … [Read more...] about 7 Areas Where Your PPC Account Is Broken
[Toolkit] The Ultimate AdWords Bundle For PPC Success
From the basics to advanced topics, become an AdWords expert! Google processes nearly 6 billion searches every single day. Its the largest search marketing platform out there and too big to ignore. Whether you've just taken the plunge into PPC or you've done it for awhile, Google AdWords was probably the platform you turned to first. As it changes quite frequently, there's … [Read more...] about [Toolkit] The Ultimate AdWords Bundle For PPC Success
Simplifying Remarketing With Google Analytics Instant Activation
To help make it easier for advertisers to reach their most qualified customers, Google has enabled remarketing with a single toggle. Instead of manually updating all of your site tags, you will use Instant Activation. Google states that it repeatedly see marketers struggle with tagging hurdles and complex implementation challenges, and that 1 in 5 remarketers … [Read more...] about Simplifying Remarketing With Google Analytics Instant Activation
An Introduction To Yahoo Gemini
Are you looking for a way to expand your reach in Display advertising? Like most PPC advertisers, you have likely delved into interest based targeting and remarketing on Google’s Display Network. Beyond Google is another display tactic worth testing - Yahoo Gemini. Gemini showcases ads within the Yahoo and Yahoo Partner site network. The program is not part of Bing Ads and … [Read more...] about An Introduction To Yahoo Gemini
Expect Growth With Yahoo Stream Ads
Now that the holiday madness is over, it’s time for digital marketers to plan where we’ll be spending in 2015. According to The State of Paid Search survey, the PPC market is predicted to have slower growth in 2015 than it did in 2014. However, account managers are still excited about growth opportunities for the new year. 70% of account managers who plan to increase … [Read more...] about Expect Growth With Yahoo Stream Ads