We’ve all been there: A new account comes across your desk and you get to spend the next few days digging in and finding all the flaws that you can then turn into “quick wins” for your team. But what will someone uncover when they audit your account? While your account may be in good, even great, shape, there is always something to find. Today I break out 8 specific oversights … [Read more...] about 8 Fixable Shortcomings That A PPC Audit Would Uncover
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Save Time & Increase Performance Through Bid & Budget Automation
Last month while at Hero Conf, I had the opportunity to speak on a panel about bidding and budgeting. I learned some really unique Facebook bidding and budgeting strategies, along with gaining a deeper understanding of how automated bidding can improve account performance. What I Talked About I presented a case study about how Acquisio’s automated bid and budget management … [Read more...] about Save Time & Increase Performance Through Bid & Budget Automation
3 Alternative Platforms For Recruitment PPC
The recruitment pay-per-click vertical is a slightly different animal, especially when it comes to job aggregators like Indeed and Simply Hired. While I’ve seen success with traditional AdWords and Bing campaigns for recruitment pay-per-click programs, expanding into job aggregators and social career networking platforms can help increase your qualified candidates and … [Read more...] about 3 Alternative Platforms For Recruitment PPC
Eight Steps to Craft the Ultimate PPC Landing Page
From time to time, PPC Hero will publish a stellar post from an equally stellar author, and this is one of those times. This post was written by Oli Gardner, landing page expert and co-founder of Unbounce, one of our favorite optimization and testing tools for landing pages and CRO. Follow him at @OliGardner. -- If you care about your conversion rates, you know that every … [Read more...] about Eight Steps to Craft the Ultimate PPC Landing Page
7 New Bing Ads Features – Including Product Ads!
Now that all the hype around the big Google announcement is starting to die down, I thought we should also take a moment to reflect on a few new features that Bing released this month. Some of the features are just minor tweaks like sorting campaigns by budget, but others like “Product Ads” and “No More Charging for Forwarding Numbers” could really impact your Bing PPC program. … [Read more...] about 7 New Bing Ads Features – Including Product Ads!
Turn A Lazy AdWords Report Into A Money Making Tool
As PPC Heroes, we like to think we’ve got all sorts of magic stuffed up our sleeves. Truth be told, there are plenty of approaches we use that may be less common to the outside world. That’s why this week’s *Series Topic* is just that: Underutilized Reports. This week we’ll go over reports we use in AdWords, Bing, Facebook, and Analytics that we find to be particularly useful … [Read more...] about Turn A Lazy AdWords Report Into A Money Making Tool
Google Trends: Why You Can’t Ignore The Wave Of Change Anymore
As PPC Heroes, we like to think we’ve got all sorts of magic stuffed up our sleeves. Truth be told, there are plenty of approaches we use that may be less common to the outside world. That’s why this week’s *Series Topic* is just that: Underutilized Reports. This week we’ll go over reports we use in AdWords, Bing, Facebook, and Analytics that we find to be particularly useful … [Read more...] about Google Trends: Why You Can’t Ignore The Wave Of Change Anymore
Hanapin Marketing Celebrates 10 Years!
We are so excited to tell you that on February 3, 2014, Hanapin Marketing turned 10! In the past 10 years and on top of the many services we offer as an agency, we've brought new ventures to the ppc world like the PPC Hero Blog, PPC Hero Pro (our innovative tools platform), and Hero Conf, a popular ppc conference. It's been a wonderful, wild adventure so far and we look … [Read more...] about Hanapin Marketing Celebrates 10 Years!
How to Pitch LinkedIn and Twitter Advertising
As the PPC competition increases over time we should all be looking for new opportunities. Although optimization is great, there is going to be a limit to advertising returns on Google and Bing. One of the easiest ways to circumvent this fact is by pushing into completely new territory. Not just tackling new ideas and strategies but new platforms. By this point we’ve all been … [Read more...] about How to Pitch LinkedIn and Twitter Advertising
How to Pitch Bing Like a Champion
PPC Hero’s February series will be focused on arming you, the PPC account manager, with all the necessary ammunition to make a strong argument for adding new focus areas in your paid search campaigns to your client. That client can be your direct supervisor or executives if you’re managing in-house, or a client in the traditional sense if you’re working in an agency on several … [Read more...] about How to Pitch Bing Like a Champion
Pleading the Case for Conversion Rate Optimization
PPC Hero’s February series will be focused on arming you, the PPC account manager, with all the necessary ammunition to make a strong argument for adding new focus areas in your paid search campaigns to your client. That client can be your direct supervisor or executives if you’re managing in-house, or a client in the traditional sense if you’re working in an agency on several … [Read more...] about Pleading the Case for Conversion Rate Optimization
9 Solutions To Your Disapproved Remarketing Lists
January of 2014 may forever go down in PPC history as the month that Google began its crackdown on Remarketing lists. Accounts across the globe were suddenly flagged for the “sensitive” (not to be confused with “inappropriate”) nature of their websites/products/services, and had their Remarketing lists shut down. While there may be some of you out there holding your breath and … [Read more...] about 9 Solutions To Your Disapproved Remarketing Lists
