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...
The PPC Renegade Wants To Delete Your Hoarded Keywords
When I was learning PPC, it was always stressed to me the importance of pausing things instead of deleting them. After all, the history of a keyword or ad is what makes up its quality score. This all made sense...
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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...
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Pulling PPC Gems from Best-selling Books
A lot of the books on the market that relate to PPC are how-to’s. They attempt to explain how to do things versus overarching strategy. When I am itching for some strategic thinking I turn to general business books and...
Is Internet Marketing School Worth It? A Story About My Full Sail Degree.
[EDIT: Comments that include profanity, link dropping, or general trolling will be deleted. Enjoy the article and keep it clean in the comments.] Working with room full of PPCers, I can tell you that we have an extraordinary group of people,...
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Ad Extensions In 5 Days Series: Wrapping It Up!
This week our PPC experts explored 5 different Ad Extensions to use with your Google AdWords accounts. Boost your click-through rate and watch your account grow with these amazing tips. Don't miss out on this series!!!
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PPC Problems Caused by Keyword Status
“My ads are all approved, but I can’t populate my ad using my keywords!” “I’m not seeing any conversions in one of my highest-performing ad groups!” “I’ve seen zero impressions in my new ad group!” If any of these phrases...
PPC In Hawaii
So this week is a fun post to write. This week I will be in Hawaii enjoying my time with friends. This is one of the benefits to being an online PPC manager. I can work from where ever I...
Avoid PPC Maintenance Mode… And Mediocrity
We all hit a point in PPC management where we ask ourselves, what’s next? Your campaign structure is sound, you’ve got some reliable ad copy, your campaign settings are just right, you’ve tested and retested your ad positions to find...
Stop Being Clever and Just Harvest Demand, Please
When it comes to your PPC campaigns, it is easier, better, faster, smarter to focus on harvesting demand. That’s in contrast to those who are trying to be clever by creating demand for their product or service.
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Lessons Learned at Pubcon 2011
Over the past week I have been at Pubcon 2011 in Las Vegas. This was one of the first times that I had thought about setting up each and every PPC account the same. I went into a session by...
All I Want For Christmas Is For My Ads To Show!
Enjoy the third installment of our holiday PPC series Jingle Your Bells All Way To The Bank. Get 4 quick tips on writing ad copy that will help sell more than your average fruitcake! 'Tis the season...
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