To start off our September PPC Hero series on how to use Excel for that next level of PPC super performance, I decided to do just that: start from the beginning! Is there a way to determine possible account performance...
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I have to admit that I’m guilty of buying into this myth myself. I’ll be setting up a new campaign with super strict cost per acquisition goals, and think “I just can’t afford to waste money on broad!”. This might...
Continue Reading PPC Myth Busting! Myth 5: Broad Match Isn’t Worth Pursuing
Facebook ads don’t give you much room to play with when it comes to the image, think 80×120 pixels. And yet, the image remains pretty much THE make or break element of your ad. Without a great image, you just...
Continue Reading Ads In the Wild: Use Close-Ups in Small Format Images
Nothing stays the same forever, does it? Google made an announcement earlier this week via the Inside AdWords blog regarding their seller rating extensions and how those would start populating moving forward. We’re going to take a look at the...
Continue Reading Updated Seller Rating Extensions Reinforces Current Consumer Satisfaction
In May of this year Google announced new matching behavior for phrase and exact match keywords. It seemed like a boon for search volume at the time, and now that a few months have passed we can further evaluate the...
Continue Reading Have Close Variants Increased Your Leads by 55 Percent?
So, this is a HUGE myth, because I hear it all the time and it’s just so unfounded. The biggest thing that busts this myth in adCenter is lower CPCs, which leads to lower costs per acquisitions if the conversion...
Continue Reading PPC Myth Busting! Myth 4: adCenter Isn’t Worth My Time
In this Whaddya’know Wednesday, Eric talks about making a media buying plan for Google TV and how to use Google TV. He tries really hard not to sound totally bitter about Google pushing it into the ocean on an iceberg.
In this post, I’ll show you how to structure Display campaigns for direct response. This myth ties in with the last myth, but the myth that Display is terrible for direct response is silly. There are so many ways to...
Continue Reading PPC Myth Busting! Myth 3: Display is Terrible For Direct Response
My wife is a former professional dancer and a huge fan of So You Think You Can Dance. In other words, she’s the perfect prospect for a new TV Show centered around professional dancing. that’s been created by the producers...
Continue Reading Targeting the Messaging: An Ovation TV Case Study
Here at PPC Hero, we’re always game for a good round of split testing. We split test lunch locations (let me tell you about Potbelly Sandwiches…), hairstyles, ad copy, landing pages, all kinds of things. So when one of our...
Continue Reading Hope You Weren’t Planning On Split Testing Your URLs
September’s Webinar will be co-hosted by PPC Hero & Wordstream! We’ll be covering Good Intentions Gone Wrong: 7 Worst Practices in PPC. In this free webinar, you’ll learn: How your best intentions can be your own downfall in PPC 7 common mistakes that...
Continue Reading Good Intentions Gone Wrong: 7 Worst Practices in PPC – Webinar
Last time on PPC Myth Busting, I busted the myth that Google Analytics is complicated to use by showing you three easy ways to get information you can start using in managing your accounts right away. Today I’ll be tackling...
Continue Reading PPC Myth Busting! Myth 2: Display Is Really Expensive
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