Disclosure: The idea for this post from Chiefmartec.com who gave a great argument against big fancy dashboards that pump data into your brain and for strategic data that helps you make good choices. I see this type of PPC Theater when looking at reports from other agencies, when trying to peel back data I am sent from clients and even internally, at times, when we are talking … [Read more...] about PPC Reality Vs. PPC Theater
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Stop Wasting Time On MCC Data With Cross-Account Conversions
Since the release of Google Tag Manager, we have continued to confirm Google’s suspicions that yes we do like simplification of processes. The newest feature available is the Cross-Account Conversion Tracking option. Cross-conversion tracking is the placement of one snippet of conversion code across multiple accounts in your MCC. You create a conversion that spans all of these … [Read more...] about Stop Wasting Time On MCC Data With Cross-Account Conversions
Get More From Google Adwords Dynamic Search Ads
Today’s post comes from PPC Hero Ally Hayley Coutinho. Hayley is a Paid Search Consultant at Receptional, one of the UK’s longest running digital marketing agencies. On a day to day basis, Hayley is the manager of various client accounts, both small and large scale, across several industries. -- Google's Dynamic Search Ads (DSA) program was first launched in beta in late … [Read more...] about Get More From Google Adwords Dynamic Search Ads
What to Make of View-through Conversions
View-through conversions have been around for nearly four years in AdWords. In paid search land, that’s close to an eternity. But it still seems to me that people don’t really know what to do about them. We’ve talked about them and their slippery attribution in the past, and today I’d like to spend even more time diving into VTCs and how they should affect the ways in which … [Read more...] about What to Make of View-through Conversions
6 Cool New Advertising Options In Google AdWords
It seems like it's been a crazy few weeks at the Googleplex with the amount of new features that have been added into AdWords. We're going to take a quick look into 6 of the different features available that you might not have heard of and want to get set up in your account. RLSA - Remarketing Lists for Search Ads What is it? RLSA stands for Remarketing Lists for Search … [Read more...] about 6 Cool New Advertising Options In Google AdWords
The One Hour Placement Report
There is an enormous amount of information in a placement report - some may even say an overwhelming amount of information. I’ve known some overzealous individuals who have spent full days on a single placement report, emerging on the other side bleary eyed with an enormous list of sites to exclude and a deep understanding of the weird sites that have opted into the GDN. … [Read more...] about The One Hour Placement Report
Does Remarketing Work, Or Is It Just Annoying?
Remarketing is, hands down, one of the most powerful tools available to us in PPC. So it can be a little surprising when we get asked "Does Remarketing really work, or is it just annoying your potential customers?" That doesn't mean that it's a stupid question though - just one that us long-time account managers might take for granted. So with that in mind, today we're going to … [Read more...] about Does Remarketing Work, Or Is It Just Annoying?
PPC Landing Pages Should Optimize For Customer Awareness
I recently attended Conversion Conference up in Chicago and one of the most interesting takeaways was that we need to get better at tailoring our landing pages to visitors' awareness levels. I don’t mean whether or not they've had their morning coffee, but rather where they lie on a scale of ‘they have no clue about you, your product, pricing or why they might need it’ to ‘they … [Read more...] about PPC Landing Pages Should Optimize For Customer Awareness
6 Quick Metrics For Empowering The CMO
Account Managers don’t always see behind the curtain to the CMO controlling their budget and helping set their goals. But they can arm their contact/boss and the CMO of the client/company with metrics to help them set priorities, budgets and the targets which they will be measured against. One common mistake that account managers make is only focusing on lagging indicators of … [Read more...] about 6 Quick Metrics For Empowering The CMO
Comparison-Shopping Engines: The Do’s & Don’t’s of Three Popular CSEs, Part III
It is series time! One topic that we haven’t really talked much about in our blog are comparison-shopping engine sites. I have worked with multiple online retailers that have seen great success with this type of online advertising. So I want to take this series as an opportunity to dive deeper into the mystery of comparison-shopping. Following my last article about the top 10 … [Read more...] about Comparison-Shopping Engines: The Do’s & Don’t’s of Three Popular CSEs, Part III
25 Ways PPC Has Changed In The Past Year
For this month’s series on PPC Hero, we’re taking a look back through our archives and revisiting some ideas we’ve talked about in the past and how the past year or more has changed our thinking about them. Things are always changing in PPC, and our views and opinions about it are no exception. -- This month we're looking at the exciting world of changes. More specifically … [Read more...] about 25 Ways PPC Has Changed In The Past Year
Comparison-Shopping Engines: The top 10 CSEs, Part 2
It is series time! One topic that we haven’t really talked much about in our blog are comparison-shopping engine sites. I have worked with multiple online retailers that have seen great success with this type of online advertising. So I want to take this series as an opportunity to dive deeper into the mystery of comparison-shopping. In my first blog post of this series I … [Read more...] about Comparison-Shopping Engines: The top 10 CSEs, Part 2
