You have probably seen the insane amount of updates that platforms have been rolling out in 2017 so far. From search to social to display, there have been some awesome new tools to play with in your marketing strategy. Now, you might have seen all the updates as they came out and thought I WANT TO USE THEM ALL! But which ones are worth giving your precious time and effort … [Read more...] about The Best of the Best Industry Updates of 2017
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How To Find The Right PPC Audiences
When I am working on an account and trying to optimize the campaigns to the fullest potential, I get stuck in a rut of looking at keywords, bids, and budgets. While these are great and essential ways to create efficient spend in your account, you are treating all users the same. Once you open up the Audience Insights report and think about how to segment your audiences, you … [Read more...] about How To Find The Right PPC Audiences
Use These Competitor Tools To Improve Results Through Competitor Insights
Competitor insights are a key part of how we can improve performance and spike conversion rates. This happens through using a multitude of tools and data insights to form a summary about a specific set of competitors that are directly influencing change in SERPs or ad performance. In today’s post, we will visit just a few of the top tools we can use to show value to our … [Read more...] about Use These Competitor Tools To Improve Results Through Competitor Insights
Spike Your Conversion Rates with Competitor Data
Imagine if you could know what your competitors were doing, and if they were successful. Imagine if you could use that data to strategically adapt in your marketing methods and find those gaps that you’ve been missing. Imagine that you could tackle the conflicting needs of your lead gen accounts and ecommerce accounts and come out on the other side. Guess what – that is a … [Read more...] about Spike Your Conversion Rates with Competitor Data
How To Build A PPC Lead Nurture Strategy
“Lead Nurture” is, by no means, a new term in the marketing world, however, it is a topic that has been trending in the marketing world lately, especially in PPC. Before we discuss how to develop a lead nurture strategy, first you have to understand what is “lead nurturing?” Lead Nurturing, by definition, “is the process of developing relationships with buyers at every step … [Read more...] about How To Build A PPC Lead Nurture Strategy
Gain Deeper PPC Insights With The User Explorer Report
Do you ever wish you could get more granular data in Google Analytics? Do you find yourself laying in bed at night wondering what users are doing on your site? Want to see exactly what your converting customers are doing on your site? You’re in luck! Enter the User Explorer Report. What Is The User Explorer Report? The User Explorer Report is used to examine individual user … [Read more...] about Gain Deeper PPC Insights With The User Explorer Report
Thoughts About PPC Conversion Tracking
Conversion tracking plays such an important role in measuring the success of paid search performance. However, how many times do you revisit the goals and check the tracking? Most of the time, you should only have to setup conversion tracking once and you can forget about it. Or can you? It may be a good idea to go back on occasion and double check the tracking. Audit Your … [Read more...] about Thoughts About PPC Conversion Tracking
A Guide To Bing Ads Shopping Campaigns
With product ads continuing to see growth year-over-year, it’s vital that advertisers utilize Shopping campaigns now more than ever. Not only do they drive additional revenue but they boost a brand’s presence on the search results page. Last week, I had the privilege to speak on a webinar about Bing Shopping with Rachel Rogowin from Microsoft that can be found here. Today, I … [Read more...] about A Guide To Bing Ads Shopping Campaigns
5 Tips for Measuring Social Ad Success
62 Percent of Small Business Owners Say Facebook Ads Don't Work. Results of this study were released by Small Business Trends earlier this year. Inc.com followed up on this study begging the question... Is it user error. This alarming stat was recently presented in an industry update training and prompted a dive into how businesses, both big and small, can measure social … [Read more...] about 5 Tips for Measuring Social Ad Success
Avoid These Common PPC Shopping Strategy Mistakes
With all the new features for Shopping product feeds, extensions, and labels, it’s easy to overlook the basics of what makes Shopping campaigns successful for ecommerce accounts. The oversights listed below are common with new accounts at Hanapin Marketing. Avoid these to develop a sophisticated Shopping campaign structure and increase overall performance. Only Running One … [Read more...] about Avoid These Common PPC Shopping Strategy Mistakes
Google Shares (A Little More Of) The Reins On DSAs
There are mixed opinions when it comes to dynamic search campaigns. Some advertisers completely give Google the keys, while others won’t even let Google into the car. No matter what side of the spectrum you fall into, the most recent updates are worth noting. For one, the dynamic ads are going to begin transitioning into the expanded text ad structure. More importantly, Google … [Read more...] about Google Shares (A Little More Of) The Reins On DSAs
How You Can Generate More Conversions For Lead Generation Accounts
We always try to provide our clients with great initiatives and projects to help with expansion in paid search and adapt to newer Google updates and betas. Last week, Hanapin created an infographic that you should print and post in your office area right away for a quick reference on how to stay on top of your lead generation game! Now that you printed off your cheat sheet … [Read more...] about How You Can Generate More Conversions For Lead Generation Accounts