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
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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
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?
Our Greatest Hits for September 2009
The page views have spoken! Below we have gathered PPC Hero's four 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 pay-per-click management tips. Enjoy! Amber's post titled, 5 Tips on Passing the Google Adwords Qualified Professional Exam was our top post in … [Read more...] about Our Greatest Hits for September 2009
Win One of These Excellent Books in Our Awesome SEM Giveaway!
As part of our $16,000 Search Engine Marketing Giveaway, we’re giving away 100 free copies of some great SEM books by excellent industry authors. We wanted to introduce the books to our readers in case you haven’t heard about some of them! If you find one (or two! or three!) you'd like, enter our free contest- you can specify which book you’d like to receive if you’re randomly … [Read more...] about Win One of These Excellent Books in Our Awesome SEM Giveaway!
PPC Hero News Roundup for Friday 9/11/09
We've now entered the last quarter of the year – you know, the one packed with all the holidays and shopping days? It's time to start thinking about and planning seasonal campaigns for clients. Some obvious – and not-so-obvious – dates to mark on your calendar should help get you started. New reporting features are always welcome, especially from Yahoo. Their new Ad Delivery … [Read more...] about PPC Hero News Roundup for Friday 9/11/09
PPC Hero News Roundup for Friday 9/4/2009
If you want successful PPC ads, you have to do much more than just insert calls-to-action and hope visitors will respond. Great ad-writing is all about the language - understanding the language of your customers and enforcing the bond between ad and landing page. Are PPC marketers sneaky bastards? You bet! Just kidding. Actually, Greg over at SEM Geek has interesting take on … [Read more...] about PPC Hero News Roundup for Friday 9/4/2009
Save Time and Effort with AdWords Editor and MSN Desktop
Time is something PPC managers just can't seem to get enough of. Therefore, when you inherit a PPC account and it's in need of major restructuring, turn to Google's AdWords Editor and MSN Desktop to make changes quickly. Google's AdWords Editor and MSN Desktop are free desktop applications that will make your PPC management a breeze. With these two applications, you can … [Read more...] about Save Time and Effort with AdWords Editor and MSN Desktop
Make Quick Progress by Reviewing Your Account Settings
The following steps will help you make progress, fast and without headaches (though they likely will come later).The most important word here is fast. These tips will give you a quick start to turning around the campaign you have inherited, without having to invest much time. Start with these tips and then move on to our other recommendations. Review Your Account … [Read more...] about Make Quick Progress by Reviewing Your Account Settings
Yahoo and Microsoft Announce A Search Partnership
The news hit this morning: Yahoo and Microsoft have officially announced an extensive partnership. We're not certain what exactly this will mean for your pay-per click campaigns just yet (on a day-to-day basis). However, we would like to provide some resources so that you can learn more about this announcement: Microsoft-Yahoo partnership resources: You can learn more about … [Read more...] about Yahoo and Microsoft Announce A Search Partnership
Quick Look: Pay-Per-Click Metrics All Campaign Managers Should Understand
One of the best aspects of managing a pay-per-click campaign is the completeness of data. It is the only advertising medium that can give you a fairly accurate representation of how many eyeballs see your ad, and it’s the only advertising medium that can regularly associate a user behavior with an advertising placement. But with all of the data that’s available to an account … [Read more...] about Quick Look: Pay-Per-Click Metrics All Campaign Managers Should Understand