The page views have spoken! Below we have gathered PPC Hero’s four most visited, and hopefully most valuable, articles from November. Whether you’re a new or long-time subscriber you may have missed these insightful and helpful pay-per-click management tips. Enjoy! Want to discover what aspects of the Google AdWords Quality Score are holding back your keywords? Learn how to … [Read more...] about Our Greatest Hits for November!
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PPC News Roundup for November 28th, 2008
I hope everyone is enjoying their turkey day break! Knock out that food coma from yesterday with a little Brain Age - PPC Hero style. Gobble Gobble! Jeremy Mayes at PPC Discussions has been keeping track of every AdWords ad he's clicked on over the past 60 days. After 100 clicks, he's realized that 110 of them landed on a dead (404 error) page! Simply amazing. Note to … [Read more...] about PPC News Roundup for November 28th, 2008
Ask PPC Hero! How Does a Weak Campaign Affect the Rest of Your AdWords Account?
We are doing some catch up with our reader submitted questions so today we are posting another "Ask PPC Hero" article! Recently, we received a question from Shweta, and here is what they asked: "If I keep bad performing campaigns and good performing campaigns in a single account, will they affect each other in any ways?" Good question! In a nutshell; yes, a poor performing … [Read more...] about Ask PPC Hero! How Does a Weak Campaign Affect the Rest of Your AdWords Account?
Ask PPC Hero! PPC Geo Targeting Best Practices
Last week, we received a question (well, a series of questions!) from a faithful reader regarding PPC geo targeting. Her questions were based off a post that I wrote last year, and were really focused on strategy. In lieu of responding only to her, I felt this would be a good excuse to recap some of the PPC geo targeting best practices! I set up a campaign, using different Ad … [Read more...] about Ask PPC Hero! PPC Geo Targeting Best Practices
PPC News Roundup For November 21st, 2008
Google has created a US search based keyword tool. Over at search engine round table they have posted a screen shot and the new features which includes keywords that you may not be advertising on that would possibly bring in a good ROI. Search Engine Land write that Microsoft says it's open to search-only deal with Yahoo!. The deal would consist of Yahoo outsourcing search … [Read more...] about PPC News Roundup For November 21st, 2008
Can Parked Domains Drag Down Your PPC Click-Through Rate?
We recently came across someone on Twitter who asked if parked domains that show up in Google Adwords search results can bring down your PPC click-through rate. First things first, let's define what a parked domain is and how it's relevant to PPC. A parked domain is defined as a site that is undeveloped and belongs to a domain name registrar or a domain name holder. Google's … [Read more...] about Can Parked Domains Drag Down Your PPC Click-Through Rate?
PPC News Roundup For November 14th, 2008
Quite the week for PPC news if I do say so myself. We also have a ton of SEO news that can be found at our sidekick site, SEO Boy! Further, I would like to give two thumbs down to the turn to winter. If only PPC Hero had the ability to change the weather. I may have to look into that ... Anyways, here's the weekly goods: Sometimes trying to target the long tail can be … [Read more...] about PPC News Roundup For November 14th, 2008
How to Find Customers That Aren’t Still Researching but Ready to Buy RIGHT NOW
Ho! Ho! Ho! Merry Chrismahanakwanza! Whichever holiday you celebrate, one thing is for certain – the end of November marks the beginning of the official holiday shopping season. As part of our week-long holiday shopping expose, today I'd like to share with you tips on laser-targeting potential customers with your bidding strategy! Whether you are assessing keywords and the … [Read more...] about How to Find Customers That Aren’t Still Researching but Ready to Buy RIGHT NOW
Don’t Miss Out on Extra Holiday Revenue – What You Need to Know About Comparison Shopping Search Engines
Welcome to our week long exploration of the tips and tricks necessary for increasing retail sales during the holidays! As we are all aware, Black Friday and the following weeks are well, BIG. Big enough to be recognized as the most important shopping time of the year, in stores and online. Therefore, you need to plan ahead to capitalize on this opportunity to the fullest … [Read more...] about Don’t Miss Out on Extra Holiday Revenue – What You Need to Know About Comparison Shopping Search Engines
PPC News Roundup For November 7th, 2008
The fine folks over at Search Engine Guide have just finished up their 12 post guide to Keyword Research, Selection, and Organization. Good details, useful advice, check it out! Included in the AdWords monthly budget beta? If so you should read Semvironments blog on the pros and cons of the new beta. They break down the pros and cons of each daily budget setting and monthly … [Read more...] about PPC News Roundup For November 7th, 2008
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PPC Hero is written by search marketing consultants at Hanapin Marketing, a search agency located in Bloomington, Indiana. Hanapin is currently taking new clients. Read below for more information on the pay per click management services we offer as well as the types of clients we service and why you should hire us! Pay Per Click Management Services Hanapin specializes in … [Read more...] about Consulting
PPC News Roundup for October 31st, 2008
Happy Halloween loyal PPC Hero readers! I hope its full of chills and thrills :o ... As for myself, I always manage to channel my inner child and go all-out for Halloween, good times! Enough chit-chat, here's our PPC roundup for the week. We were having discussions about optimizing some ad groups for a client and the topic of breaking keywords up by match type came into the … [Read more...] about PPC News Roundup for October 31st, 2008
