Though we’ve seen much success from running text-only campaigns on the display network and continue to have many accounts with successful text-only display ad groups, I think there’s growing evidence that well-designed (and well-tested, as always with all ads) image...
Too Much of A Good Thing: Dealing With Duplicate Keywords
Let’s face it: PPC management is an ever-changing business. Managers and agencies come and go, accounts expand and shrink, and before you know it seven different people have had a hand in the evolution of an account. How many of...
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Never Odd Or Even: PPC Ad Text Testing Made Easy
Everyone in the PPC world understands the importance of ad text testing. We care, we think it’s important, we wanna do it…and you know what? For reals, it’s complicated. The headline lied. Most of us don’t have one campaign with...
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Who’s Hot, Who Not: Finding A Great PPC Team
Finding good help: it’s like the great professional field leveler. No matter how good you are at doing what you do, it doesn’t really mean you’re gonna be great at finding someone else who is good at whatever you need...
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Banana Peel Avoidance 101: Increasing Visibility and Relevancy on Content
Playing the game of increasing relevancy and reducing cost on Google’s content network makes me feel a little like I’m playing a game with a deity who occasionally drops delicious cookies and golden coins in my path, and sometimes leaves...
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Don’t Trust Your Brain: Managing PPC With Friends
I don’t know about you, but I feel busy: all of the time. I can’t recall the last time I looked around at work and thought, wow, I’m done, I’ll have a Kit Kat. Mostly it’s all right, that’s okay...
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36 Myths of PPC
Note: This post was authored by Amber, a prolific blogger at PPC Hero and one of our long-time PPC managers, who welcomed her gorgeous son Jacob on April 29th! Over the course of the past several years, many old PPC...
Efficient bid management: spreadsheet fun!
Changing keyword bids is going to be a task that faces you with some regularity if you’re managing any PPC account. It would be fantastic if we could just manage ad group bids and never consider the cost of our...
Sunshine, Rainbows and Fraud on the Content Network
We’ve discussed in the past what a great source of leads Google’s content network can be- it can help you reach customers you didn’t even know you wanted to reach, or customers who didn’t even know they wanted your product!...
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PPC News Roundup for 4/9/2010
You just got assigned to manage a PPC account, now what? Josh Dreller provides great suggestions on how to approach the research process when you’re building your PPC accounts. This is a good read even if you’re a PPC veteran...
Unearthing Hidden Gems In Your PPC Account: A Guide
You know how sometimes when you’re doing a big spring cleaning, you find a cute pair of shoes you forgot in the back of your closet for a year? And they are suddenly cool again! You know how sometimes when...
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PPC News Roundup for 3/26/2010
The biggest news in search this week came out of Google with the launch of “Retargeting” on the Content Network. You can now target users who did not result in a conversion on a website. It is all based on...
