I find it amazing as pay per click professionals we spend so much time talking about account structure, keywords, and bidding, yet ad copy is treated as an afterthought. After all doesn’t Google Adwords and Bing Ads contain the word ‘Ad’ in their product title? In the end, the only thing a potential prospect or buyer sees is the ad. If your ads are lacking a compelling message, … [Read more...] about Ad Copy: The Forgotten Ingredient of PPC Success
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How to Further Refine Your Remarketing Lists
Remarketing can be an effective tool to use when wanting to target a more qualified audience. By focusing on users who have already visited your site, you should be reaching those that have more of an interest in what you have to offer. Currently, there are ways to refine the audience even more by specifying certain pages the user visited, or certain actions they completed. The … [Read more...] about How to Further Refine Your Remarketing Lists
How Auditing Placement Data Cut CPA’s by 67%
To most folks, finding (non-Remarketing) success on the Display Network can be an elusive goal. This vast conglomeration of partner sites can, without proper management and restraint, place your paid advertisements in front of just about anyone, anywhere. They'll usually spend a lot of money in the process, too. However, with a consistent approach and careful eye towards … [Read more...] about How Auditing Placement Data Cut CPA’s by 67%
Grow Leads 17% By Segmenting Search Partners During Bid Changes
Bid changes are a very routine optimization in any account. So routine, in fact, you might have most if not all of it automated. I know in a lot of my accounts I could write out my process for how I perform bid changes to the point that I could replicate that process with automated rules in AdWords or through a bid management system like Acquisio. However, there is something … [Read more...] about Grow Leads 17% By Segmenting Search Partners During Bid Changes
Segmentation: A Unique Way To View Account Performance
In my last post 5 metrics I use to measure account success I touched on using Google’s segmentation metrics. Today we’re going to take a deeper look into segments and discuss what they are, and how to best use them. Why Use Segments in the First Place? Let’s face it; Adwords is one big blob of numbers. The problem we all face as ppc pros is how to make this big blob of data … [Read more...] about Segmentation: A Unique Way To View Account Performance
Why Are Your Quality Scores Dropping with Improved CTR?
“We’ve worked really hard on improving CTR, but Quality Scores are actually going down. How is that possible?” Back in October I wrote a post about how you can improve your account’s CTR and recently I’ve started to feel a little guilty about all that advice. I spent the entire article talking about how to increase click-through rates knowing full well that many advertisers … [Read more...] about Why Are Your Quality Scores Dropping with Improved CTR?
9 Solutions To Your Disapproved Remarketing Lists
January of 2014 may forever go down in PPC history as the month that Google began its crackdown on Remarketing lists. Accounts across the globe were suddenly flagged for the “sensitive” (not to be confused with “inappropriate”) nature of their websites/products/services, and had their Remarketing lists shut down. While there may be some of you out there holding your breath and … [Read more...] about 9 Solutions To Your Disapproved Remarketing Lists
PPC Roundtable: What’s Your Anti-Wishlist?
Every once in a while here at PPC Hero, we like to ask big questions. Questions so big they have numerous answers. And then our writing staff gets together and each offers their own thoughts and perspectives on the answer to that question. This is one of those moments. Earlier this month, in our Series posts, we asked our writers to write about what was on their wish list -- … [Read more...] about PPC Roundtable: What’s Your Anti-Wishlist?
Master the Art of Conversion Rate Optimization – New Toolkit!
So much of the attention in digital advertising goes to what happens before the click: Optimizing bids and timing, ad testing, and beyond. But one of the most valuable ways to spend your time is by optimizing what a user sees and does at the end of their click journey--making sure your landing page is engaging and relevant, and creating a cohesive message from your ad to the … [Read more...] about Master the Art of Conversion Rate Optimization – New Toolkit!
How Restructuring Improved Quality Score & Reduced CPA by 23%
Today's post comes from Chris Swan. Chris is a fully qualified PPC manager for Jellyfish with five years experience specializing in PPC. He began working globally for brand awareness clients, picking up on the importance of site engagement metrics as performance indicators - rather than sales. And as his role evolved he later worked with direct response clients with the all … [Read more...] about How Restructuring Improved Quality Score & Reduced CPA by 23%
Instant Onboarding – Every PPC Account Manager’s Dream
For January’s series post we are taking a look at our PPC wishlists. What tools do we all wish we had available to make our lives that much easier? Where do our chief frustrations stem from and what band-aid solutions are we using to fix them? The series team has been pouring their hopes and dreams out all week, expressing their deep desires for very practical things when it … [Read more...] about Instant Onboarding – Every PPC Account Manager’s Dream
How To Succeed In PPC Without Conversion Tracking
For January’s series post we are taking a look at our PPC wishlists. What tools do we all wish we had available to make our lives that much easier? Where do our chief frustrations stem from and what band-aid solutions are we using to fix them? -- One of my biggest frustrations with PPC has always been in dealing with accounts where conversion tracking wasn’t straightforward. … [Read more...] about How To Succeed In PPC Without Conversion Tracking
