If you’ve ever needed help targeting websites for your Display Network campaigns the Google DoubeClick Ad Planner can help target your key demographics. A new feature of this tool is the ability to export your findings directly to AdWords; making creating your newly focused campaigns easier than ever. The Google Agency Ad Solutions Blog provides a great video tutorial on how to … [Read more...] about PPC News Roundup for August 20, 2010
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Align your bids with your CPA within 5 minutes using AdWords Editor and Excel
That’s right, changing your bids isn’t something you want to spend a lot of time on, and if your goal is to reach a certain CPA (or CPL, CPS, CPO, etc.) it doesn’t have to take you much more than a couple of minutes, even for large accounts. But before giving you the theory and step by step instructions, there are a few things we should agree on about the kind of bid … [Read more...] about Align your bids with your CPA within 5 minutes using AdWords Editor and Excel
PPC News Roundup for August 13, 2010
Have you been using the updated keyword tool in AdWords? I haven’t, but that’s about to change. Truthfully, I enjoy the simplicity of the previous version and always found myself clicking the “previous interface” link rather than giving the new tool a legitimate shot at winning me over. This week Google announced the new keyword tool is exiting Beta and they shed some light on … [Read more...] about PPC News Roundup for August 13, 2010
Better PPC Management Using Adwords Interface Segments
The Google Adwords interface continues to become more and more user friendly. There is a section on the light grey bar under the main tabs within your account called Segment, and within that section there are multiple report views that can help you manage your accounts more effectively. Network Levels where you can see this segment: Campaign Ad Group The information you … [Read more...] about Better PPC Management Using Adwords Interface Segments
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
Integrating YouTube Promoted Vidoes Into Your PPC Accounts
I hate to admit it, but I probably spend more time surfing YouTube than I probably should. You know how it goes: A friend sends you a link to some funny or random video on YouTube, then you find another video to watch and then you’re hooked. As someone who manages PPC accounts for a living, I wondered, why am I not on YouTube trying to grab a share of this captive … [Read more...] about Integrating YouTube Promoted Vidoes Into Your PPC Accounts
Including Image Ads In Your Marketing Mix
As online marketing grows, it’s becoming imperative that we as advertisers find ways to set ourselves apart from the competition. We’ve written many posts in the past about the importance of ad text testing, so below you will find a few tips and tricks to help include image ads in your mix if you decide they fit your business objectives. Image Ads Image ads (a.k.a. banner … [Read more...] about Including Image Ads In Your Marketing Mix
Make Mobile Marketing Work For You
With the growth of mobile use, it’s no wonder mobile advertising is on the rise. According to Wikipedia, mobile advertising only constitutes “around 1% of global advertising spend”, but considering the fact that “mobile phones outnumber TV sets by over 3 to 1”, (wow!) I say there’s no better time than now to start working with mobile advertising, and perfecting our … [Read more...] about Make Mobile Marketing Work For You
PPC Hero Guides
We have put together a collection of PPC Hero Guides to help you better understand pay per click management along with several tips for success. Interested in learning more? Check out our most popular articles for even more PPC information. Looking for additional expertise? The Hanapin Marketing team is happy to work with you to improve your results. Contact us, we would love … [Read more...] about PPC Hero Guides
What is the View Through Data in Google Adwords & How Can It Benefit You?
View through data in Adwords is actually pretty cool, but only for people who run Adsense or a lot of display ads on the content network. This tool provides conversion data if you have display ads running via the content network. It’s not relevant for simple text ads running in your PPC account. With that said, the new view through conversion data shows how many conversions … [Read more...] about What is the View Through Data in Google Adwords & How Can It Benefit You?
