In my last post, I discussed the benefits of advertising on YouTube and how to pitch this advertising platform to upper management. When you’re in that meeting with management, the next logical questions you will receive including: How do we advertise on YouTube? What are the different ad types? What kind of advertising makes sense for us? How do we proceed … [Read more...] about Set Your YouTube Stage With TrueView Ads And Remarketing
Search Results for: display+network
Boost Your PPC Strategy By Focusing On Where Users Are Going
Last week, Marketing Land published an article with statistics around mobile browser usage. According to the article, people are spending more time than ever on their mobile phones. More than likely if you are anything like me you don't need a think-tank to tell you this fact. It turns out that the time spent using apps has grown to 90% while browser time has declined to 10%. … [Read more...] about Boost Your PPC Strategy By Focusing On Where Users Are Going
When Are Flexible Bidding Strategies Right For You?
Flexible bidding strategies are ways to automate rules around specific areas of your campaigns, ad groups, and keywords. These bidding strategies can help you improve conversion rates, boost keyword performance, and/or improve your return on ad spend. In the past, you had to choose between manual or automation, but now you have the flexibility to blend automation with manual … [Read more...] about When Are Flexible Bidding Strategies Right For You?
Tips For Passing Google’s Mobile Certification Exam
Even though it’s been “The Year of Mobile” for about five years now, there is finally an AdWords certification exam that tests our knowledge and allows us to tout ourselves as mobile advertising experts to anyone who will listen. As a recent addition to Google’s menu of available exams, you might be thinking about adding another feather in your cap and taking the exam. Well, … [Read more...] about Tips For Passing Google’s Mobile Certification Exam
Google Introduces Search Ads On Google Play
Google recently announced it is investing in new ways to help people discover apps with Search Ads on Google Play. Search is one of the biggest drivers of app installs in the Play Store. Google will be innovating on new technologies to simplify campaign management and improve measurement for developers. Search Ads On Google Play Search Ads on Google Play will start to … [Read more...] about Google Introduces Search Ads On Google Play
5 ROI-Improving Campaign Types You’ve Never Tried
One common thing I hear from clients during the onboarding process when they've just come from another agency or freelancer managing their accounts is that they didn't feel they were being innovative enough. My favorite type of client totally gets how most things in PPC need to be tested before it can be determined if it was a success or not. The are super happy to allow … [Read more...] about 5 ROI-Improving Campaign Types You’ve Never Tried
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
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
On Demand Webinar – Top Ten Social Media Advertising Hacks Of All Time
On Demand Webinar Top Ten Social Media Advertising Hacks Of All Time Presented by & Your On Demand Webinar is located below. Please be sure to bookmark this page for future access to this webinar. Click here for a pdf of the webinar transcript. Webinar Transcript Welcome everyone. This is Matt Umbro of Hanapin Marketing. We have a special webinar for you today, … [Read more...] about On Demand Webinar – Top Ten Social Media Advertising Hacks Of All Time
One Huge PPC Mistake: Conflating Tactics With Strategy
I did a funny thing last week. I realized that I don't naturallly differentiate the meaning between strategy and tactics. To me, these terms were interchangeable— more a matter of diction preference than anything substantive. That’s because sometimes when we enter a business place, certain words attain new meaning, or at least nuance to their conventional use. Have a look … [Read more...] about One Huge PPC Mistake: Conflating Tactics With Strategy
Split Test Different Concepts In Your PPC Ads
You just know as you write the ad that this split test will never complete. But you write it anyway because for the past couple of weeks you have attempted to initiate a split testing practice for the text ads in your AdWords campaign. You can only say attempted a split testing practice rather than achieved a split testing practice because the results are grim. You write the … [Read more...] about Split Test Different Concepts In Your PPC Ads
Could Low Cost-Per-Clicks Be Killing Your Conversion Rates?
Recently, I ran into an interesting change in my account. Interesting seems like a strange word to describe a change in performance, but, in this case, interesting was an accurate word. The “Interesting” Change For months, conversion rate had been steady at 8% with some natural variance that is always present in paid search. Then all of sudden conversion rate dropped by 3 … [Read more...] about Could Low Cost-Per-Clicks Be Killing Your Conversion Rates?
