Whether you're a small business looking for inexpensive options to add to your marketing mix, or a big brand trying to determine which platforms will give you the best return on your dollar, it's important to be aware of the benefits and downsides to each of the major social media channels available today. While return on ad spend is generally high for social, your business … [Read more...] about Pros and Cons of Top Social Media Advertising Platforms
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Facebook Shutting Down Partner Categories: What These Changes Mean for Your Targeting Strategies
What Happened? Facebook announced on Wednesday, March 28 that it would begin deprecating its Partner Categories in an effort to "improve people's privacy on Facebook." This is likely one of several ways Facebook is responding to its recent Cambridge Analytica Scandal. While Partner Categories have typically had lackluster results overall for our accounts, there are certain … [Read more...] about Facebook Shutting Down Partner Categories: What These Changes Mean for Your Targeting Strategies
The Latest on LinkedIn Video Ads
In response to the growing popularity of online video ads on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube, LinkedIn has joined its competitors with the launch of Video Ads on the platform. You may have seen Video Ads on the platform in recent months. LinkedIn has been testing video ads with select advertisers since August 2017, but Q2 is the first time the general advertising public has … [Read more...] about The Latest on LinkedIn Video Ads
3 SEM Tests To Take Your Strategy To The Next Level
Learn more from Sergio live at Hero Conf Austin, April 16-18. The PPC game only gets more challenging as time goes by. Each year, it becomes exponentially more difficult to gain an edge on your competition. To maintain your lead, you need to deploy strategies your competitors don’t even have on their radars. Do that and you’ll get them scratching their heads, wondering what … [Read more...] about 3 SEM Tests To Take Your Strategy To The Next Level
4 Tips to Conquering Amazon Product Ads
To say that I am a fan of Amazon is probably an understatement. I search for products on Amazon at least once a day if not more, especially in the midst of wedding planning. As a consumer, I find it easy, efficient, and the possibilities are endless. Below is a diagram of the way [I believe] a purchase happens on Amazon. In my world, by searching for one product, I … [Read more...] about 4 Tips to Conquering Amazon Product Ads
Amazon Updates AMS Reporting Abilities
If you have ever used Amazon Marketing Services (AMS), Amazon’s PPC platform, I guarantee you remember the absolute hassle of pulling a report for a campaign. Getting account level reports wasn’t even an option. It made managing a difficult task and getting a high-level view of an account nearly impossible. Luckily, the Amazon reporting gods have smiled upon us. We can now … [Read more...] about Amazon Updates AMS Reporting Abilities
5 Things to Make You Better at PPC Marketing
I Love Us I love the PPC community. We are funny, smart, and, for the most part, do our work without much hubris. And one of the greatest things about PPC Hero is this: we are dedicated to making the funny, smart, humble PPC community better. PPCers are very much interested in knowledge-sharing and the old adage “a rising tide lifts all boats”. So in this post, I am going to … [Read more...] about 5 Things to Make You Better at PPC Marketing
Advancing Your PPC Strategy with Competitive Intelligence
An essential part of a killer marketing strategy is knowing what your competitors are doing and protecting your brand. While you can spend your precious budget on paid tools to help you out, there are a ton of ways you can leverage free tools to still keep an eye on your competition. In this webinar, BrandVudu’s Jamie Smith and Hanapin’s Emma Franks will show you how you can … [Read more...] about Advancing Your PPC Strategy with Competitive Intelligence
How to Analyze Your Competition & Pivot Your PPC Strategy
ONLY 1 WEEK LEFT UNTIL THE PPC HERO SUMMIT!! If you're just hearing about it, The PPC Hero Summit is a free online event offering top-notch PPC training and valuable discussions on trends and updates. So far, we've talked about what the first few sessions will offer, so today we'll talk about the last 2 sessions that will wrap-up the Summit. A Step Ahead: … [Read more...] about How to Analyze Your Competition & Pivot Your PPC Strategy
How To Audit a Low Performing AdWords Account
AdWords accounts are sometimes like children, your job is to take of the account and watch it grow. But also like children, having all of your children healthy at the same time is not always a given. There are going to be times when one of your accounts is underperforming and will need some extra TLC. In this article, I am going to discuss how you keep plugging away when your … [Read more...] about How To Audit a Low Performing AdWords Account
The 2018 PPC Trends That Affect Your Day-to-Day
Prioritizing 2018 PPC Trends PPC becomes more complex every year. As humans, our ability to consume information doesn't grow at the same pace, if at all. This creates an ever-growing gap between the number of potential PPC strategies and our ability to act on them. This gap creates that overwhelming feeling you have every time you see a headline from Google/Bing/Facebook etc. … [Read more...] about The 2018 PPC Trends That Affect Your Day-to-Day
6 Bottom Line Boosting Tips for Paid Search
"It depends". In my 2+ years at Hanapin Marketing, I've come to learn that this is a universal truth across the industry. There is no shared magic number for ROI or CPA. There is no perfect CTR or CVR. And there most certainly isn't a singular strategic approach that can navigate across all industries and account types. That said, I do think there is a handful of search … [Read more...] about 6 Bottom Line Boosting Tips for Paid Search
