It’s the most wonderful time of the year… or is it? We sat down in the Hanapin Marketing offices last week to discuss our account projections this holiday season. “Don’t forget to spend heavy going into thanksgiving,” was the cry of PPC Hero’s Jeff Allen. “If you don’t, you’ll likely miss budget targets with the slow few days.” This got me thinking, how many of us are fully … [Read more...] about Benchmarking PPC in your Industry for the Holiday Season
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Demystifying Quality Score with Brad Geddes
Our next Hero Conf 2012 speaker transcript is from Brad Geddes, where he sheds some light on quality score. Don’t forget we will be posting our transcripts from last year periodically through out the coming months. Feel free to reminisce or check out what you missed! If you’re more of a straight to the point kind of person and want access to our full 339 page transcript … [Read more...] about Demystifying Quality Score with Brad Geddes
Is CPM Bidding a Waste of Your Money?
For a newer article on this topic visit: Deciding Between CPM & CPC Bidding on Facebook Yes. Full stop. Answering that question and then calling it a day doesn’t make for a rewarding blog post, though. I have found reasons that allow you to say CPM bidding wastes your money, and there are also some cool insights I’ve found about two of the biggest categories … [Read more...] about Is CPM Bidding a Waste of Your Money?
The Danger of Having Narrow Keyword Themes
Oh the sweet old days. We all remember, or most of us have been told about, the tales of greatness from using very specific keywords and how it allowed for extraordinary profits. But where did these days go and what happened? It’s certainly not like that anymore. There are no magic low CPC keywords that all of a sudden start producing huge profits. What is a Narrow Keyword … [Read more...] about The Danger of Having Narrow Keyword Themes
Are You Smothering Your All Time Top Converting Keywords?
Account expansion can be a messy business. No matter your methods, whether it’s adding keywords via Google’s Keyword Tool, utilizing templates, or good old-fashioned Keyword Research, you’ll occasionally run in to scenarios where your new additions to the keyword family act like divas and decide to steal the limelight from your more-established terms. This can be especially … [Read more...] about Are You Smothering Your All Time Top Converting Keywords?
Top PPC Tips For Local Businesses
Here’s the deal – you want PPC to power your business, but you offer a product or service that can only cater to the local community. What options does that leave you? There are really two things I want to focus on – the first is making sure your PPC is as awesome as it can be, and this comes from taking advantage of all the tools and tricks available to you as a local … [Read more...] about Top PPC Tips For Local Businesses
Ultimate Guide to AdWords Remarketing
Remarketing is a powerful tool on the Google Display Network. We've just posted our ultimate guide to remarketing. It not only helps with the basics, it also talks about messaging and experimentation that allows you to get the most out of your remarketing campaigns. Head on over to our guides page to read our newest guide! … [Read more...] about Ultimate Guide to AdWords Remarketing
10 Ways to Decrease Your Display Network CPA
The Display network is a beast. This is just a fact. An even truer fact is that Display will run away with your budget and CPA if you let it. We had a recent request at PPC Hero for some ideas on how to decrease CPA in the Display network, and I figured…let’s just cover some basics that may be getting missed in a panic, as well as a few in-depth options. And I mean, why not … [Read more...] about 10 Ways to Decrease Your Display Network CPA
The 5 W’s of AdWords Ad Extensions – Part II
The five W’s return… I’m sure some of you may remember these from grade school as who, what, when, where and why. Together, they create the basic formula for getting the complete story on a particular subject. If you were following along earlier this month, we’ve already covered 4 of the different types of extensions that AdWords has to offer in Part I. For the purpose of Part … [Read more...] about The 5 W’s of AdWords Ad Extensions – Part II
Increase Your PPC ROAS In 2 Minutes With Dynamic Value Tracking
Better measurement of PPC results leads to better Return on Ad Spend. This post walks you through how to increase your ROAS by customizing your Google AdWords conversion tracking code to dynamically pull in order values or assigning values to leads based on the likelihood of a specific lead generating revenue for your business. (Side note, this is probably my most verbose post … [Read more...] about Increase Your PPC ROAS In 2 Minutes With Dynamic Value Tracking
Misleading PPC Competition Metrics: A Case Study
This week, the PPC Hero series team has been uncovering various ways PPC numbers may be slightly skewed or just downright inaccurate (AdWords vs. Analytics data, Google Display placements, etc.). But how can misreported data hurt you from a competitive research standpoint? Competitor research is a portion of account management that must be taken seriously and revisited often, … [Read more...] about Misleading PPC Competition Metrics: A Case Study
Heroview – New and Unusual PPC Auditing Techniques
Stuck in your old PPC auditing routine? Mix things up with our feedback from "British Sam" (Sam Owen of Hanapin Marketing) as he discusses new and unusual PPC auditing techniques in this week's Heroview. __________________________________________ Welcome to today's Heroview everyone, real-time interviews featuring #PPC experts from around the industry! As a reminder, we'll … [Read more...] about Heroview – New and Unusual PPC Auditing Techniques
