Who said PPC isn’t good for branding? A study from eMarketer found that Senior-level Marketing Executives don’t see PPC as a good branding initiative. This response from Post-Click Marketing proves that you throw away a lot of money if you...
A New Way to Find & Add Negative Keywords in Adwords
There is a new feature that is somewhat-hidden within the new Google AdWords interface that I want to bring to your attention. Now, you can essentially run a search query report at the ad group level without actually running a...
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What You Need to Know about Google AdWords’ New Conversion Tracking Metrics
One of the newly visible metrics within the updated Google AdWords interface pertains to conversion tracking. Today, we will explore the difference between the “Conversions (many-per-click)” data and the “Conversions (1-per-click)” data. If you have migrated to the new AdWords...
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PPC News Roundup for June 5, 2009
Do you have the latest version of AdWords Editor? They say that version 7.5.1 slices, dices and jubilees! It gets stains out of your carpet, mows the lawn and delivers the pizza! Just kidding. There are some new additions that will be very helpful...
First Glance: How Pay-Per-Click Marketers Should React to Bing
I’m not here to tell you Bing is the greatest thing ever, and I’m not here to tell you that, No, Bing is not a “Google Killer.” Lots of others have already weighed in on the topic and, as a...
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Our Greatest Hits for May 2009
The page views have spoken! Below we have gathered PPC Hero’s four most visited, and hopefully most valuable, articles from May. Whether you’re a new or long-time subscriber you may have missed these insightful and helpful pay-per-click management tips. Enjoy!...
An Easy Way to Increase Your Click-Through Rates, Quality of Traffic and Conversions
What I’ve always loved about Google AdWords is the extensive amount of information they give you. And something I realized I can do to help improve my overall click-through rate via the content network and doesn’t include writing new ads,...
Blog News Roundup for Friday, May 29, 2009
Do you like to party hard on the holidays? If so you don’t want to miss this excuse for a party from the YSM Blog. Amongst some of the more well known holidays are a myriad of different celebrations that...
Improve PPC Performance with Efficient Bid Management
Bid management –adjusting keyword-level bids in an effort to land in a certain region of the search results – is monotonous, inefficient, and (perhaps) better handled by machines. That said, it is also a crucial tactic that can be used...
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5 Tips that Can Make Your Life Easier When Using Yahoo Search Marketing
There are more than five things you should know about Yahoo’s search marketing platform that can make your life easier. However, I have pulled together a short list that will help you manage your account more efficiently and optimize your...
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Too Busy to Improve Your PPC Campaigns? Here Are 3 Simple Tasks That Will Change Your Mind
I’m not pointing fingers at anyone in particular (I promise!), nor do I assume that everyone of you fall into this category. But I know that there are a great deal of you out there who are “too busy” to...
May the Force Be With You! Happy Anniversary to Star Wars!
OH MAN do we love Star Wars! Today marks the anniversary of the release of Stars Wars: A New Hope. Some of us here are HUGE Star Wars fans. For example, there are members of the PPC Hero Team, who...
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