“Every block of stone has a statue inside it and it is the task of the sculptor to discover it.” -Michelangelo You don’t have to be the Michelangelo of PPC to optimize a campaign, but optimizing is much like chipping away at a block of stone to discover the beautiful statue within. 1. Define Your Goal What is it you want your PPC campaign to do for you? Before you can optimize … [Read more...] about 6 Quick Tips for Optimizing PPC Campaigns
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Ask PPC Hero!
PPC Hero truly enjoys interacting with our readers and answering their questions. To aid in this, we implemented a KISSInsights pop up box on the site where readers could submit their questions. The problem was this box would pop up in the middle of reading an article and was also only shown once per visitor. To combat these issues, we've implemented a new feature on our site - … [Read more...] about Ask PPC Hero!
Overview and Analysis of AdWords Bidding Options
When I took the AdWords test for the first time, there were two bidding options: CPM and CPC. Now there are many different ways to bid in AdWords and you can even mix and match these strategies together. In the bidding options survey results posted yesterday, the majority of people use manual bidding. I've tried most of these options to see how I can affect performance and … [Read more...] about Overview and Analysis of AdWords Bidding Options
Our Greatest Hits for October 2011
The page views have spoken! Below we have gathered PPC Hero’s most visited, and hopefully most valuable articles from October. Whether you’re a new or long-time subscriber, you may have missed these insightful and helpful PPC management tips. Enjoy! October was a month of great “how to” and resource posts from Hanapin Marketing! Abby comes in first place with a post from the … [Read more...] about Our Greatest Hits for October 2011
PPC Toolkit: Resources for Improving Your PPC Accounts
We here at PPC Hero love giving you, our readers, lots of resources to help you manage your accounts even better than you already do! And of course, we always appreciate your comments that help us become better managers as well! We already have links to some of our most valuable blog spots – blog series, ppc guides, and some of our most popular posts – but we wanted to provide … [Read more...] about PPC Toolkit: Resources for Improving Your PPC Accounts
Our Greatest Hits for September 2011
The page views have spoken! Below we have gathered PPC Hero’s most visited, and hopefully most valuable articles from September. Whether you’re a new or long-time subscriber, you may have missed these insightful and helpful PPC management tips. Enjoy! What’s the Secret of Your Success? Bethany has an idea of how to achieve PPC Success! She shares the top monthly PPC tasks to … [Read more...] about Our Greatest Hits for September 2011
PPC Budgets: Optimizing Accounts with Budget Constraints
At some point in our account management adventures, we’ve all hit the point of needing to scale back our accounts’ budgets. Whether your account is large or small, it can be challenging to scale back your spend while maintaining an account’s performance. Whether your client has had to reduce their PPC budget, or you’re pulling back at the end of the month to stay under a … [Read more...] about PPC Budgets: Optimizing Accounts with Budget Constraints
Three Ways to Quickly Convince your Client with a New PPC Strategy
We’ve all been there. You have a new strategy for a client, and given that the client’s time is not infinite, you only have a few minutes to convince them of the worth of the strategy. This short amount of time is also combined with the fact that your PPC efforts are but one prong of a multi-faceted advertising strategy that often employs more traditional (and easier to … [Read more...] about Three Ways to Quickly Convince your Client with a New PPC Strategy
Letter from the CEO – “Giving credit where credit is due is a very rewarding habit to form. Its rewards are inestimable.”
That's a quotation from Loretta Young, and it fits the theme well this month of highlighting accomplishments. We're now at the 180-day mark of our blog re-investment, and the team at Hanapin continues to make great progress toward our goals! Comparing the previous 180 days to the same time frame before that, we're now up 31% and 47% in visits and pageviews, respectively! Last … [Read more...] about Letter from the CEO – “Giving credit where credit is due is a very rewarding habit to form. Its rewards are inestimable.”
Google AdWords Conversion Tracking Data Explained
As most of us are steeped in conversion tracking, either in the form of leads or ecommerce revenue, I thought it would be worth the time to take a look at the various types of data available in AdWords for conversion tracking. It’s easy to overlook the breadth of information AdWords gives you in your reports, and it’s not easy to discern the difference between the types of … [Read more...] about Google AdWords Conversion Tracking Data Explained
Google Releases AdWords Editor Version 9.5
Google just released AdWords Editor Version 9.5, and it comes with a couple of cool updates to keep in mind that make the new download worth the effort. Let’s review: It’s time to update your AdWords Editor, people! … [Read more...] about Google Releases AdWords Editor Version 9.5
Remarketing Success & Advanced Strategies
In the past few months, Google has been rolling out multiple ways to better target your audience on the Display Network – Topics targeting, Interest Category marketing, Remarketing…At this point in the game, I have tried all three approaches. All of them have worked, but the question of how well varies. The type of targeting I’ve seen the most success with thus far is … [Read more...] about Remarketing Success & Advanced Strategies