It's series week on PPC Hero and we continue our run-down of time-saving techniques we've adopted in the past 12 months. This week Eric has already looked at building out your account, Carrie has dived into quick and dirty quality score techniques, and Sam showed you the ten minute 'sense-check' audit. Today, I'll be showing you how to analyze every word of every search term … [Read more...] about This 15 Minute Excel Macro Provides Granular Search Term Data
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PPC Hero Celebrates Christmas in July: Free Webinar!
As busy as the holiday rush we all know and love is, for most marketers the rest of the year is busy too. That makes it hard to plan very far ahead, and you risk having to scramble to take advantage of the busy season after it's already started rather than before. That's why we're celebrating Christmas in July! Tips covered in this webinar include: Why six months ahead … [Read more...] about PPC Hero Celebrates Christmas in July: Free Webinar!
Does Remarketing Work, Or Is It Just Annoying?
Remarketing is, hands down, one of the most powerful tools available to us in PPC. So it can be a little surprising when we get asked "Does Remarketing really work, or is it just annoying your potential customers?" That doesn't mean that it's a stupid question though - just one that us long-time account managers might take for granted. So with that in mind, today we're going to … [Read more...] about Does Remarketing Work, Or Is It Just Annoying?
Boost Your AdWords CTR with Sitelink Descriptions
Sitelinks have been a staple of best practices since they were introduced. Sitelinks help searchers find topical information beyond the specified landing page of your ad. Last February, enhanced campaigns brought a little spice to sitelinks by including descriptions. Additional lines of text were added from your other ad copy to flesh out the sitelinks. These provided extra … [Read more...] about Boost Your AdWords CTR with Sitelink Descriptions
25 Ways PPC Has Changed In The Past Year
For this month’s series on PPC Hero, we’re taking a look back through our archives and revisiting some ideas we’ve talked about in the past and how the past year or more has changed our thinking about them. Things are always changing in PPC, and our views and opinions about it are no exception. -- This month we're looking at the exciting world of changes. More specifically … [Read more...] about 25 Ways PPC Has Changed In The Past Year
Comparison-Shopping Engines: A deep dive into comparison-shopping engines & strategies, Part 1
Comparison-Shopping Engines: An Overview It is series time! One topic that we haven’t really talked much about in our blog are comparison-shopping engine sites. I have worked with multiple online retailers that have seen great success with this type of online advertising. So I want to take this series as an opportunity to dive deeper into the mystery of … [Read more...] about Comparison-Shopping Engines: A deep dive into comparison-shopping engines & strategies, Part 1
The Total Guide to Product Listing Ads
You’ve asked for it, and here it is: The Total Guide To Product Listing Ads. We have a feeling this product will continue to expand and get cool, new features since it’s doing so well for our eCommerce accounts. But, there is so little information out there about how to set these up and make them work for you right now. We took it upon ourselves to put everything we know about … [Read more...] about The Total Guide to Product Listing Ads
How to split your budget between SEO and PPC [Case Study]
Today's post comes from PPC Hero Ally Aleh Barysevich. Aleh is Marketing Director at Link-Assistant.com, the maker of SEO and social media software. The company’s flagship products include SEO PowerSuite and BuzzBundle. You can catch him on his Google+ here. -- How do you decide on splitting the budget between SEO and PPC? It’s not rare that some site owners have fixed … [Read more...] about How to split your budget between SEO and PPC [Case Study]
Use Many-Per-Click Conversions With CPA Bidding
Are you using the Conversion Optimizer in your Google AdWords account at the moment? It should be a really awesome tool that leads to much more efficient bid management, however it has always had one major drawback - only allowing me to set my target CPA on a one-per-click basis (one user can only ever cause one conversion). This is fine for lead generation accounts but kind of … [Read more...] about Use Many-Per-Click Conversions With CPA Bidding
Spring Clean Your Display Campaigns
The unending wisdom of Martha Stewart tells us that "there are few rites of spring more satisfying than the annual clean." In that spirit, PPC Hero's April series will cover some aspects of your accounts that are worth a good cleaning. Structure, ads, negatives and more will all be covered. Many accounts are focused on Search, because it normally performs better than … [Read more...] about Spring Clean Your Display Campaigns
The Total Guide to Product Listing Ads: Part 6, Using Google Analytics To Measure Performance
You’ve asked for it, and here it is: The Total Guide To Product Listing Ads. We have a feeling this product will continue to expand and get cool, new features since it’s doing so well for our eCommerce accounts. But, there is so little information out there about how to set these up and make them work for you right now. We took it upon ourselves to put everything we know about … [Read more...] about The Total Guide to Product Listing Ads: Part 6, Using Google Analytics To Measure Performance
The Total Guide to Product Listing Ads: Part 5, Targeting Strategies
You’ve asked for it, and here it is: The Total Guide To Product Listing Ads. We have a feeling this product will continue to expand and get cool, new features since it’s doing so well for our eCommerce accounts. But, there is so little information out there about how to set these up and make them work for you right now. We took it upon ourselves to put everything we know about … [Read more...] about The Total Guide to Product Listing Ads: Part 5, Targeting Strategies