Writing text ads in AdWords is difficult - except crafting the headline. Every blog and best practice article you read from so-called “experts” tells you to simply include the user's search query in your headline. In fact, Google seems to even encourage this practice by offering dynamic keyword insertion and bolding the matching words in the headline of your ads. So why … [Read more...] about Stop Using The Same Headline
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Top 5 Reasons To Download The New AdWords Editor
Last week, Google pushed out the latest installment of the AdWords Editor, version 11.1.1. Many people were quick to jump to twitter and the blogs to discuss how exciting the release was because of some of the awesome new features. However, some were still reluctant because of how buggy the previous update was for some users. I’ve downloaded and began using the new version, and … [Read more...] about Top 5 Reasons To Download The New AdWords Editor
Reassess How Your Facebook Campaigns Are Structured
How old are your Facebook campaigns? I have a Facebook account that has just recently turned three years old. Over its first three years, creative has been updated, ad testing concluded, and new ad types added, but the account structure has been left alone. However, a lot has changed in the last year in Facebook. What Has Changed? Ad Sets – Also considered the ad … [Read more...] about Reassess How Your Facebook Campaigns Are Structured
4 Tips To Better Diagnose Your Display Network Performance
Looking at your Display Network automatic placements history can be scary. We all “clean it up” once in a while by: Making exclusions Updating negative lists Changing bids Moving converting placements to managed But what happens when you don’t seem to see anything but a waste of money? Trying to justify that spend with saying “it builds brand and awareness” only gets … [Read more...] about 4 Tips To Better Diagnose Your Display Network Performance
6 Strategic Tools Your PPC Agency Should Be Providing
While performance and optimizations are a big part of the relationship between a PPC agency and the client, there is one piece that can provide value beyond just the numbers - communicating strategy and account insights. Below we will cover 6 strategic tools that we feel help provide value to clients beyond performance. Recently, Hanapin did a focus group to find out what … [Read more...] about 6 Strategic Tools Your PPC Agency Should Be Providing
My Top 10 Favorite Paid Search Tools
There are lots of tools that assist us in our paid search efforts. Below I have compiled a list of my favorite paid search tools. Each has its own reason for making “my favorite” list. Some have saved the day, others I use on a daily basis, and others are simply fun tools to use. 1) Conversion Optimizer or CPA Bidding For me, conversion optimizer gets on the list, because … [Read more...] about My Top 10 Favorite Paid Search Tools
Should You Specialize To Grow Your Agency? And, An Introduction To VINS.
This is the fourth in a series of five blog posts about how to grow your agency. Jeff Allen and I are hosting Agency Growth workshops in Portland and London. Learn all about how we've grown Hanapin from a $2000 investment to an Inc 5000 company and an Indiana Best Places to Work honoree. For more info, read the About page and our FAQ. Make sure to check out the previous … [Read more...] about Should You Specialize To Grow Your Agency? And, An Introduction To VINS.
Is Your Account Leaving Money On the Table From Lost Impression Share?
Two questions that we get asked frequently are: How much more should I spend for our PPC account? How many more conversions can I expect to get from the increase in spend? When asked these questions the first thing I look at is what campaigns are performing well and how much impression share is being lost. However, analyzing impression share can be a bit cumbersome and … [Read more...] about Is Your Account Leaving Money On the Table From Lost Impression Share?
[New Whitepapers!] The CRO Short Stack
Four whitepapers to supercharge your conversion rate optimization! Conversion rate optimization is a necessity. At Hanapin, we see a large number of potential client accounts that have never done anything CRO-specific with their landing pages outside of interface level optimization. But with the every-changing world of PPC and marketing in general, you need strategies like … [Read more...] about [New Whitepapers!] The CRO Short Stack
Revealing The Elite 8
We've reached the Elite 8 of the Search Marketing Madness tournament. Only 1/8 of our contestants remain from the original field. One of our lucky competitors will get a FREE registration to the PPC event of the year, Hero Conf. Votes will be accepted until Sunday, April 5th at noon EST. Tune back in on Monday when we announce the Final Four. Here's The Tournament … [Read more...] about Revealing The Elite 8
In Defense Of The Lowly Display URL
You want a higher click through rate? You want a lower cost per click as a result of your higher quality score? Then you should take advantage of every single avenue that is available to optimize your campaign. This includes crafting relevant and compelling ad extensions, headlines that match the search query as closely as possible and description lines that include a … [Read more...] about In Defense Of The Lowly Display URL
How Do You Structure Your Ad Groups?
By now everyone has heard the general consensus on common ad group setup practices. An ad group should have a limited number of keywords, be related to one another, and be relevant to the ads and landing pages. Each one of these items is important but leaves ambiguity in the actual implementation. If you spend any time thinking about these you’ll arrive at more questions than … [Read more...] about How Do You Structure Your Ad Groups?
