This is part 2 of PPC Hero's advertising expansion series, focusing on improving return on investment by advertising through multiple channels. Today we have a post written by one of our PPC Hero allies at eZanga, the developer of one of the most advanced systems to detect and deter click fraud in online advertising. Whether it is a B2B or B2C company, eZanga.com has the … [Read more...] about Bring More Visitors To Your Site By Advertising on eZanga
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Why You Should Be Advertising With Adknowledge
This is part 1 of PPC Hero's advertising expansion series, focusing on improving return on investment by advertising through multiple channels. Today we have a post written by one of our PPC Hero allies at Adknowledge, the 4th largest ad marketplace behind Google, Facebook, and Bing. You might also find a special offer just for PPC Hero readers. Adknowledge, the fourth … [Read more...] about Why You Should Be Advertising With Adknowledge
News Update: Google Analytics Adds Multi-Channel Funnels
Currently only in limited beta release, Google Analytics has added a new feature, Multi-Channel Funnels, to aid advertisers in their marketing efforts. As reported by Google, the main function of Multi-Channel Funnels is to be able to see all the “players” who “assisted” in a tracked and completed conversion. Typically speaking, the last ad clicked gets all the credit for … [Read more...] about News Update: Google Analytics Adds Multi-Channel Funnels
“PPC for Your Small Business” – A Review
As a PPC expert at Portent Interactive, Elizabeth Marsten has seen her fair share of small business owners looking to start SEM for the first time. Often, these clients are enthusiastic about branching into online marketing but are constrained by unforgiving budgets. For these people, there’s only once chance to do PPC right before advertising money runs dry. This is … [Read more...] about “PPC for Your Small Business” – A Review
To Optimize or Not To Optimize, Google’s New Ad Setting
Many of you have probably already heard Google’s announcement for a new ad targeting feature, announced last Wednesday, which automatically optimizes ads by conversion rate. (Previously the only ad settings were ‘Rotate’, which showed all ads evenly no matter their performance, and ‘Optimize’, which favored ads with a higher click-through rate.) Undoubtedly, this new feature … [Read more...] about To Optimize or Not To Optimize, Google’s New Ad Setting
Facebook: You Can Lead a Horse to Water…
A few months ago I was looking at an account’s stats and my jaw literally dropped. I know I probably shouldn’t have been so surprised, but I was! The account’s Facebook campaign had outperformed its Google Adwords campaign. The Facebook account had spent less than half as much as the Google account, and while the Google account acquired more impressions and clicks, the Facebook … [Read more...] about Facebook: You Can Lead a Horse to Water…
The End of Behavioral Marketing?
For a while now, behavioral marketing has been under the intense scrutiny of several internet watchdog groups, as well as the Federal Trade Commission, in regards to heightened concern over privacy laws. And recently, this criticism has intensified, leading to many new proposed ideas as to stop advertising platforms from accessing computer browser history in order to more … [Read more...] about The End of Behavioral Marketing?
PPC News Roundup for December 3, 2010
If you transitioned your accounts from Yahoo! to Bing without making edits, your ads might not be showing to potential customers. This is because Microsoft and Yahoo! do not view keywords in the same way. Michael Mostert of adCenter Blog has written a post on what you need to know about keyword normalization to avoid missing out on traffic. Since adCenter treats each keyword … [Read more...] about PPC News Roundup for December 3, 2010
Yahoo! To Microsoft Transition Survival Guide
The countdown to the Yahoo! And Microsoft integration has begun, and could be in full effect for PPC advertising as soon as November 1st. The transition from Yahoo! Search Marketing to Microsoft adCenter has filled our office with a mixture of excitement and nerves. As campaign managers, we have many questions about the impending changes and how they will affect our accounts. … [Read more...] about Yahoo! To Microsoft Transition Survival Guide
New Experiment Setting in Google AdWords
In order to get the best results from your PPC campaign, it is important to always test new things. Test keywords, ads, settings, budgets, keyword bids, etc. - if it is something you can change, you should test a variation. The trouble is, it is often difficult to determine if the change you made is really a success or if other factors are contributing. For instance, maybe you … [Read more...] about New Experiment Setting in Google AdWords
Using Search Funnels to Grow Your Adwords Account
What is the new search funnels feature? Search Funnels are a set of reports in Adwords that allow you to analyze ad impression and click behavior for campaigns, ad groups and keywords. So why is this important for advertisers? Adwords currently attributes conversions to the last click, but as we all know, few conversions are driven by just one click on one ad. There are … [Read more...] about Using Search Funnels to Grow Your Adwords Account
36 Myths of PPC
Note: This post was authored by Amber, a prolific blogger at PPC Hero and one of our long-time PPC managers, who welcomed her gorgeous son Jacob on April 29th! Over the course of the past several years, many old PPC tactics have become dated and are no longer considered best practice. There have also been many PPC strategies that have been developed bloggers and so-called PPC … [Read more...] about 36 Myths of PPC