More about this Webinar Google AdWords offers a huge amount of features to strengthen your campaign efforts and give you as much data as possible to make the best decisions for your account. However, there's a lot of data and a lot of different features to try - how do you know which ones are the most valuable? From Search Partners and keyword reports to Auction Insights and … [Read more...] about Webinar: The Most Valuable Google AdWords Features For The PPC Account Manager
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Testing, Testing… User Testing?
When we're running a PPC account, it's a necessity to take data into consideration when making changes or updates to a process or standard procedure. When we move to CRO, we look to data to call a winning test over the variation or to tell if something is statistically significant. But what we often don’t think about is any type of data or themes before we decide what to … [Read more...] about Testing, Testing… User Testing?
Target User Intent With Bing Native Ads
This week Bing Ads announced a beta of Bing Native Ads, which expands the reach of the platform to target user intent even outside search. The beta includes: User interests expressed by their prior search queries Intent signals from the content of the experience in which the users are at any given point User actions like looking for products or completing events on … [Read more...] about Target User Intent With Bing Native Ads
Calculating Expected Lag Revenue
Don't count your chickens before they hatch. Usually, people tend to count on something before it happens, or they "count their chickens before they hatch." In paid search we do the opposite. Our phrase needs to be "Don't optimize before all your revenue is counted." But most accounts have lagging revenue and at the same time we need to optimize based on the most recent date … [Read more...] about Calculating Expected Lag Revenue
[New Guide!] Call Tracking for PPC Search Ads: What You Need to Know
For most companies, having a successful PPC (pay-per- click) search advertising strategy is critical. There are thousands of businesses in the U.S. alone where it’s the only marketing they do. With so much at stake, marketers must be able to accurately track PPC ad activity to optimize performance. Most companies are able to do this for online conversions like web form … [Read more...] about [New Guide!] Call Tracking for PPC Search Ads: What You Need to Know
The 4 Common Keyword Mistakes
There are hundreds of tasks you can complete in a PPC account. There are just as many mistakes you can make, if not more. Today we’ll focus on four mistakes regarding keywords. This is in no way a comprehensive list but gives the four most common areas that must be examined to keep an account running well. Targeting Too Broadly Broad match keywords are vital in finding good … [Read more...] about The 4 Common Keyword Mistakes
Welcome To Mobile App Installs 101
“Mobile app installs” is an AdWords campaign type. By the name, it is not a surprise that the purpose of this campaign is to drive app downloads. The ads send users to the app store after the ad is clicked. Conversion Tracking Mobile app install campaigns are direct response focused. Conversion tracking is a must where available (spoiler alert!). Like traditional conversion … [Read more...] about Welcome To Mobile App Installs 101
You’re Doing This One Thing Wrong In Digital Marketing
So, you’ve got yourself all set up in Google AdWords and Bing Ads. Nice work. You’re keeping up with the modern world of business. You understand why a geo-targeted campaign with high-intent keywords and well-written ads will probably be more effective than blowing dollars on a billboard beside a thoroughfare. By golly, you’re standing on the cutting edge! You’re a regular … [Read more...] about You’re Doing This One Thing Wrong In Digital Marketing
The Top 25 Most Influential PPC Experts in 2015
After a month of voting, rigorous research and data analysis, it is time to announce the wildly anticipated list of the Top 25 Most Influential PPC Experts for 2015. We release our newest edition of the Top 25 every summer—it’s a nice way to honor some of the hardest workers in our tight-knit community. This year, we took it a step farther and also recognized International PPC … [Read more...] about The Top 25 Most Influential PPC Experts in 2015
How We Quickly And Profitably Ramped Up Spend
In November 2014, the client I manage presented me with a very difficult challenge. They needed to increase paid search spend an additional $100K over the amount they originally budgeted for. What made this challenge even more difficult was the timing. The increased budget request was made on day 7 of the month, which meant a new strategy had to be developed and implemented in … [Read more...] about How We Quickly And Profitably Ramped Up Spend
Start RLSA On The Right Foot
RLSA (Remarketing Lists For Search Ads) works similarly to traditional retargeting. RLSA shows ads to previous website visitors that are now searching on Google or Google’s Search Partners for your targeted keywords. In direct response accounts, building brand awareness is a side benefit of advertising. Direct response accounts want revenue and lead numbers. Brand awareness … [Read more...] about Start RLSA On The Right Foot
The 3i’s Of Real, Sustainable Improvement
Managing PPC can be a tough gig. Goals grow, strategies change, engines constantly “improve” their platforms, etc. It’s a special kind of madness that only mad people can love. It also requires a type of patient urgency that few have. You have to have the patience to let tests play out, wait for new clients to come in, and to understand what internal and external influences … [Read more...] about The 3i’s Of Real, Sustainable Improvement
