1. To be weird Straight to the point, PPC people are a little weird. Maybe it is the long hours. Perhaps it is the fact that our results are thrown in our face near-real time. It could even be that the weirdo’s are naturally attracted to the hybrid of marketer/IT person that PPC management requires. Either way, we’re a weird bunch and I wouldn’t change it for the world. 2. … [Read more...] about 7 Life Decisions PPC Managers Have Made
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User Generated Facebook Ads The Right Way
In my opinion, people go about “user generated” ads in exactly the wrong way. They go about it the lazy way, which is to say they pitch all the work over to the users and customers and then expect the perfect, crowd-sourced ad to appear in their in-box, thanks to some idiotic “create our ad” campaign. Well, maybe if you’re Harley Davidson or Apple, you can get away with that. … [Read more...] about User Generated Facebook Ads The Right Way
CRO Landing Page Critique [Webinar Recording]
[Recording] Live Critique: CRO Landing Page Clinic What exactly is a landing page critique? In this webinar, we go through a cross section of different landing pages to give our feedback on what we think works and what doesn’t. With luck, you’ll be able to get some ideas about the strengths and weakness of your site, and some potential areas to test moving forward. We will … [Read more...] about CRO Landing Page Critique [Webinar Recording]
CRO Landing Page Critique [Webinar]
Attention all PPC Heroes! Next Thursday, October 31st, Hanapin will be hosting a Live Landing Page Clinic and we’re looking for volunteers. What exactly is a landing page critique? The plan is to go through a cross section of different landing pages to give our feedback on what we think works and what doesn’t. With luck, you’ll be able to get some ideas about the strengths … [Read more...] about CRO Landing Page Critique [Webinar]
Social Media PPC: Advertising vs. Content Marketing
I’ll admit it: I used to be the guy that always wanted to get one thing straight -- there was Social Media, and there was advertising on social media platforms. It’s an important distinction because a banner ad on a blog, or a right-hand column ad on Facebook, are, well, ads. Which means the factors that determine success are the same for them as for any other visual “space … [Read more...] about Social Media PPC: Advertising vs. Content Marketing
Should Every PPC Expert Know CRO?
All accounts have their ups and downs. This week we’re all about how we troubleshoot the “downs,” offering the practical application of PPC know-how to solve major mysteries plaguing your account’s performance. Eric has already given a few tips on how to address the source of bad lead quality and Carrie looked into how you can expand your reach in a way that pays off! Today … [Read more...] about Should Every PPC Expert Know CRO?
Case Study: How Spinning Out Mobile Ads Got 19% Higher CTRs
Last week I was fortunate to get to chat with Brad Geddes about all things ad testing during our #thinkPPC webinar. For those of you familiar with Brad's work or who have seen him speak, you'll know he has a tendency to say something incredibly obvious that you somehow had never thought of before. In this case he mentioned a simple approach to dealing with the messy business of … [Read more...] about Case Study: How Spinning Out Mobile Ads Got 19% Higher CTRs
Optimizing What You Can’t See: The Lead Quality Challenge
Lead Generation. These two words have the ability to strike fear in the hearts of PPC Heroes everywhere. Leads can be as elusive as Bigfoot himself when it comes to identifying the value your client associates with each conversion. All of my lead gen clients appreciate when I can bring them buckets of leads, but they are even more excited when the leads are actually qualified … [Read more...] about Optimizing What You Can’t See: The Lead Quality Challenge
Motivating Customers With Your Facebook PPC
I’m always shocked at how often companies assume the existence of a really motivated and patient customer. They assume that customers coming to their Website from a mass media ad will diligently search through their drop navigation system, looking for the stuff that’s relevant to the ad -- rather than, you know, placing a nice fat call-out directly on the home page. Or even … [Read more...] about Motivating Customers With Your Facebook PPC
Easily Increase Your Leads with Bing Phone Extensions
This week Bing unveiled the next set of enhancements for their ads. This time it’s call extensions, something I am very excited about. What is the Big Deal? Phone extensions are a tremendous source of traffic for some of our clients at Hanapin. The extensions not only draw attention to your ad, the offer an alternative way to contact your business. This is especially … [Read more...] about Easily Increase Your Leads with Bing Phone Extensions
PPC & Brand Awareness: Are You Doing it Right?
Today's article is provided by PPC Hero Ally Andrew Fellmuir on behalf of Ingenuity Digital. -- PPC is a method of converting impressions directly into leads and sales. The typical measurements of success for begin with click through rate and conversion. PPC lends itself to this because of its simplicity in measuring – X clicks resulted in Y sales and the X clicks cost a … [Read more...] about PPC & Brand Awareness: Are You Doing it Right?
Case Study: 78% Lower CPAs With Dynamic Remarketing
In the final part of our September 'dynamic' series we're going to look at dynamic remarketing and how it has fared for us so far. We've already looked at Dynamic Search Ads, Dynamic Keyword Insertion, Using AdWords Scripts, and Bing's Dynamic Parameters. ----- Back in August we took a dive into some of the most recent feature changes in Google AdWords. The one that most … [Read more...] about Case Study: 78% Lower CPAs With Dynamic Remarketing
