When considering hiring or switching agencies, you want assurance that your account performance isn't going to tank. Here are 7 Habits of Highly Ineffective PPC Agencies so you know what to avoid. 1. They Don’t Know their Strengths A PPC agency that has never had an ecommerce client is often all too eager to take on the challenge. And this is fine if the agency is completely … [Read more...] about 7 Habits of Ineffective PPC Agencies
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Ad Testing Made Easy: Best Practices
This is the first installment of our Ad Testing Made Easy series for this month. For the purpose of today’s post, we will discuss our list of ad testing best practices that can be applied to your own accounts. Ad testing can be a tricky process to master. It requires both time and money, both of which are oftentimes difficult to come by as busy paid search managers. … [Read more...] about Ad Testing Made Easy: Best Practices
145 PPC Must-Do’s for 2012
Squeeze every drop of PPC goodness out of 2012 with these 145 pay per click tips, tricks, and must-do’s! (You can download the entire list at the bottom of this page.) 1. Next year mobile will outpace desktop search queries. Get creating, testing, and optimizing mobile landing pages and campaigns. https://www.google.com/sites/help/intl/en/mobile-landing-pages/mlpb.html 2. Do … [Read more...] about 145 PPC Must-Do’s for 2012
Matt Lawson to Speak at Hero Conf
We are proud to have Matt Lawson, Vice President of Marketing at Marin Software, as a recently confirmed Hero Conf 2012 speaker. Register for Hero Conf by the 16th of January, and we will send you a free Display Network white paper, “Navigating the Google Display Network: How to Succeed and Gain Conversions” (limited to the first 25). Hero Conf is a paid search conference on … [Read more...] about Matt Lawson to Speak at Hero Conf
Our Greatest Hits for December 2011
The page views have spoken! Below we have gathered PPC Hero’s most visited, and hopefully most valuable articles from December. Whether you’re a new or long-time subscriber, you may have missed these insightful and helpful PPC management tips. Enjoy! “You can’t fear mistakes when you manage a PPC account.” Good advice from our seasoned PPC veteran, Jeff, as he lands the … [Read more...] about Our Greatest Hits for December 2011
5 New Year Account Analyzation Tips
It's a new year, and that means you've got another year's worth of data in your PPC account. Don't let this valuable data just sit there, it's time for your annual new year analyzations! Account Executive, Sarah Storm (winner of coolest name in the office), tells you 5 tips for your new year account analyzations! And, for this week's WYKW, I've included the transcripts below … [Read more...] about 5 New Year Account Analyzation Tips
Letter from the CEO – “Maybe we should uh, call ourselves the Febreeze brothers because it’s feeling so fresh right now.”
2011 ended on a high note! Here are some big highlights from last year, from both Hanapin and PPC Hero: We moved into our newly renovated downtown office in the Certified Technology Park. We hired 16 new employees, pushing our head count to 22. We grew revenue by double-digits for the seventh consecutive year. I was awarded Entrepreneur of the Year at the 7th Annual Fuse … [Read more...] about Letter from the CEO – “Maybe we should uh, call ourselves the Febreeze brothers because it’s feeling so fresh right now.”
4 PPC Misconceptions of AdWords Keywords
Have you ever gone on thinking something was correct, telling it to others, only to realize later that what you whole-heartedly believed in well, wasn't. Like when I would sing along with Bill Withers "Give Me the Beach Boys" or purchased the Reading (pronounced reeding) railroad in Monopoly. I've come across a lot of situations like this in PPC, where I had misconceptions … [Read more...] about 4 PPC Misconceptions of AdWords Keywords
Impossible PPC Feats of Strength #1
Reducing CPL and spend at the same time is easy. Keep the best performing keywords running and start pausing the lower performers until you’ve eliminated enough projected spend. Increasing spend while not having to worry about CPL is easy, and fun. Add keywords, increase bids, pause ads with lower CTR, etc. But if you can increase spend AND reduce CPL you’re in the elite … [Read more...] about Impossible PPC Feats of Strength #1
SOPA: Rogue Websites vs. Censorship
The Stop Online Piracy Act or SOPA was introduced to the U.S. House on October 26. You’ve probably been following the bill through the news and recent hearings on November 16 and December 15 regarding details to the bill, but if you haven’t, I’d like to give a general overview of what SOPA is, what supporters and opponents of this bill are saying, and how it could potentially … [Read more...] about SOPA: Rogue Websites vs. Censorship
Baseball and PPC – Know Your Cleanup Hitter
I love the game of baseball. There’s a reason it’s America’s pastime. It’s the perfect blend of individual effort and teamwork. I only played baseball for a few years but I have so many fond memories of those playing days and even more from my time as a fan since then. My team is the Chicago Cubs. No reasonable person should root for a team that brings him or her so much … [Read more...] about Baseball and PPC – Know Your Cleanup Hitter
Your Competition is Set to Crush You in 2012
Your competition is gearing up to crush you next year. They’ve spent this year learning your tricks, perfecting their own, and are now ready to unleash everything they have on you. That’s because they know what’s at stake. Profits. 2012 is set to be a record year for many businesses that rely on PPC, but there is only so much room at the top. The competition is going to get … [Read more...] about Your Competition is Set to Crush You in 2012