Running a competitor campaign can be controversial in the world of paid search. It could potentially lower your quality score because you are bidding on search terms that are not in your ad copy and is most likely not on your landing page. For some industries, consumers have strong loyalty towards brands and if they are searching for a brand by name the chances of converting on … [Read more...] about Paid Search Competitor Strategy – A Negative Keyword Twist
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Be A Negative Nancy In Your Ad Accounts
Our instinct as marketers can be to chase what’s working and max out performance everywhere possible. When our optimizations are going swimmingly and we see conversion volume is growing and CPA is shrinking like a kid in a Rick Moranis film, we get to pat ourselves on the back and push more budget, energy and time into our top performers. This is not a bad instinct, but I want … [Read more...] about Be A Negative Nancy In Your Ad Accounts
Defining Negative Keyword Match Types
An essential and fundamental step in creating your campaigns and ad groups is building and adding your keyword lists. Any keyword you add should, of course, be related to the product or service you’re offering. The goal is when a potential customer is searching for a solution your ad will show, and then lead them to your site. Unfortunately, search advertising isn’t always … [Read more...] about Defining Negative Keyword Match Types
Why You Need To Be Applying Negative Bid Modifiers
Adding negative keywords is one of the most important things needed in every PPC account. Oftentimes, we focus on increasing or decreasing keyword bids to gain more conversions. When we add negative keywords to the account, this helps the platforms shift our budget into what is working and avoids our ads showing for terms that aren't relevant. This tactic is one piece of the … [Read more...] about Why You Need To Be Applying Negative Bid Modifiers
You’re Bidding On All the Wrong Keywords! (Here’s How To Fix It)
Ever wonder why keyword research is so hard? Keywords are arguably the most important part of a paid search campaign, so there are tons of tools available that should make keyword research easy. But here’s the thing, while you can use these tools to do things like estimate search volume, predict cost-per-click or even spy on the keywords and ads of your competition, you can … [Read more...] about You’re Bidding On All the Wrong Keywords! (Here’s How To Fix It)
When You Need The Right Negatives Use Phrase Match
Last month, I gave my point of view on phrase match and when to use in segmented campaigns when the value of the word order matters. This method is especially true for brand and even many non-brand terms. As another example, the term "affordable marketing" as a modified broad match keyword (+affordable +marketing) is going to have a search terms report that looks a lot … [Read more...] about When You Need The Right Negatives Use Phrase Match
5 Personal Feelings You Need To Stop Letting Negatively Impact Your PPC Management
As PPC nerds, we continuously find ways to bring PPC into our daily lives outside of work. We break baseball down into a game of stats and metrics, try to find the quickest path to the goal completion of everyday chores, and even try to guess the CPM of TV ads during an episode of The Walking Dead. In the same way we bring PPC knowledge into our daily lives, we can also … [Read more...] about 5 Personal Feelings You Need To Stop Letting Negatively Impact Your PPC Management
8 Good Reasons To Bid On Your Pure Brand Keywords
Editor’s Note: This article is a part of our Hero Conf London Guest Post Giveaway. Based on a combination of pageviews, shares and editorial review from the PPC Hero writing staff, a winner will be chosen from the finalists we post throughout the week. Today’s post comes to us from Anthony Pearce (@PearceAnthony), PPC Lead at Swoon Editions. Anyone working in PPC will, at … [Read more...] about 8 Good Reasons To Bid On Your Pure Brand Keywords
Strategies For Targeting Top Of Funnel Keywords
One of the features of PPC I love the most is how specific it can be. For example, if a user is searching for “donut shop k cups,” you can tailor your ad to speak to this product while sending the person to a landing page containing “donut shop k cups.” However, not every search is this specific. A large percentage of searches are root terms, also known as top of funnel … [Read more...] about Strategies For Targeting Top Of Funnel Keywords
Why Your PPC Keywords Aren’t What You Think They Are
You know the words your customers use to find your business online, and you make sure your ad appears every time they search with those words. Or at least that is what you thought, before you began using AdWords. AdWords was supposed to be the future of your business. You were sold on the system because of how targeted your ad campaigns could be. You were told you would … [Read more...] about Why Your PPC Keywords Aren’t What You Think They Are
4 Negative Tactics To Save Money
We tend to think of our PPC accounts in terms of how we can grow volume. There are always keywords to add, new sites to target with your Display ads, different ad copy to test, etc. However, there are many ways to save money by thinking negatively about your account management. What should you be excluding? What are you targeting that you shouldn’t be? Taking advantage of these … [Read more...] about 4 Negative Tactics To Save Money
How to Keep Your Broad Match Keywords in Check
This week our blog series is taking a look at the most expensive "set it and forget it" mistakes. Sam has already focused on Display campaign pitfalls and how to avoid them. Carrie has brought up the horrors of zombie keywords, while Jake has tackled the secrets of the Search Partner network. Today? We'll discuss how to get a handle on your broad match keywords. Broad match … [Read more...] about How to Keep Your Broad Match Keywords in Check
