The page views have spoken! Below we have gathered PPC Hero’s four 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. For the second month in a row, Jen has taken first place! This time, her post discusses how to utilize Google's product … [Read more...] about Our Greatest Hits For December 2010
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PPC: A Review of 2010 & Our Expectations for 2011
As we near the end of the year, our team reflected on the changes seen in PPC, and put together the following recap of those with the biggest impact so far: Twitter Twitter has begun to reach out to companies who want to advertise on their social media platform via what are being called “promoted tweets.” Basically, a company or advertising agency can pay (based on a cost per … [Read more...] about PPC: A Review of 2010 & Our Expectations for 2011
PPC Last-Minute Holiday Promotions: Ad Text and Landing Page Best Practices
Last week, Jen discussed how to utilize Google’s Merchant Center to make your ecommerce PPC campaigns stand out this holiday season. Now that you have your product extensions and product listing ads set up, what else can you do in the closing days of the holiday season to really make your products and company stand out. With a few last-minute creative promotions in addition to … [Read more...] about PPC Last-Minute Holiday Promotions: Ad Text and Landing Page Best Practices
PPC News Roundup for December 10, 2010
I don’t think the people at Google ever sleep because this week Adwords Insider announced the launch of two new online services: Google Global Market Finder and Google Ads for Global Advertisers. Global Marketing Finder is a free online tool that helps you determine potential customers overseas. Just enter in keywords and select the marketing you’d like to explore. Ads for … [Read more...] about PPC News Roundup for December 10, 2010
Wondering Where Your Adwords Reports Went?
If you’re like me you had taken the time at some point in the past to set up report templates that run automatically. So if you are wondering where some of them have gone, read on! Google has updated their reports so the Account, Campaign, and Ad Group data is available through the Campaigns tab only. Yep, that is right…you have to make all new templates, but don’t fret, it’s … [Read more...] about Wondering Where Your Adwords Reports Went?
Make Mobile Marketing Work For You
With the growth of mobile use, it’s no wonder mobile advertising is on the rise. According to Wikipedia, mobile advertising only constitutes “around 1% of global advertising spend”, but considering the fact that “mobile phones outnumber TV sets by over 3 to 1”, (wow!) I say there’s no better time than now to start working with mobile advertising, and perfecting our … [Read more...] about Make Mobile Marketing Work For You
Google LBA’s Are Being Removed, Get a Location Extension Instead
Late last week Search Engine Land posted an article on how Google is planning to stop allowing companies to create local business ads, and for anyone who currently has a LBA will stop displaying mid-December. Now the post did say that Google’s LBA’s will be coming back in the future, but declined to say when exactly. This could potentially hurt some local advertisers, … [Read more...] about Google LBA’s Are Being Removed, Get a Location Extension Instead
Google’s New Ad Sitelinks & How You Can Get Them for Your Account
Google Adwords has implemented yet another new feature for Adwords PPC advertisers, and this time it’s pretty cool. The new feature is called ‘ad sitelinks’, and it allows PPC advertisers with high quality ads to add four additional links under their main PPC ad. This allows users easier access to deeper content of your website. The sitelinks also provide advertisers with a … [Read more...] about Google’s New Ad Sitelinks & How You Can Get Them for Your Account
PPC Hero News Roundup for Friday 9/4/2009
If you want successful PPC ads, you have to do much more than just insert calls-to-action and hope visitors will respond. Great ad-writing is all about the language - understanding the language of your customers and enforcing the bond between ad and landing page. Are PPC marketers sneaky bastards? You bet! Just kidding. Actually, Greg over at SEM Geek has interesting take on … [Read more...] about PPC Hero News Roundup for Friday 9/4/2009
5 “Hidden” Things that May Be Hurting Your PPC Account
There is so much going on within any PPC campaign that it can be difficult to keep track of all the moving pieces. You can be a proactive PPC manager but there could be elements of your account that may be quietly hindering your performance. Actually, when an account is performing well, this is when you need to be most vigilant in searching for these "quiet killers" because … [Read more...] about 5 “Hidden” Things that May Be Hurting Your PPC Account
Welcome to the Panama Jungle: A user’s guide to Yahoo!’s new interface
Contents Introduction Migration Tips and Info Billing/Admin New Account Accessibility/Invoicing System Account Status Account Management General Campaigns Ad Groups Keyword Management Ad Text Management Part 1: Short and Long Ad Texts Part 2: Dynamic Keyword Insertion Part 3: Ad Text Approval Timeframes Bulk Upload Options Reporting Conversion … [Read more...] about Welcome to the Panama Jungle: A user’s guide to Yahoo!’s new interface