This week our blog series is taking a look at the most expensive “set it and forget it” mistakes. While search partners is not necessarily expensive, its distortion of common metrics may mislead you. By recognizing search partner performance and how it affects your metrics you can then adjust accordingly. Search partners are one of the largest causes of data discrepancies in … [Read more...] about Are You Being Fooled By Search Partners?
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Zombie Keywords: Has Your Top Performing Term Officially Died?
This week our blog series is taking a look at the most expensive "set it and forget it" mistakes. Sam has already focused on Display campaign pitfalls and how to avoid them. To add to this, today we'll take a look at cutting back on keywords that have been top performers.... until now. Finding “top performing” keywords can be a magical moment in one’s PPC career. But the old … [Read more...] about Zombie Keywords: Has Your Top Performing Term Officially Died?
5 Different Ways To Approach Sitelinks
Sitelinks are pretty great. They help our ad rank, improve click-thru-rate and give us a little bit more space to talk about ourselves. Anyone, who writes ads, understand that sometimes hitting that 35-character limit before you can squeeze in a call-to-action or feature can be frustrating. This is where sitelinks can come swoop in to help us! They obviously cannot change the … [Read more...] about 5 Different Ways To Approach Sitelinks
How Hero Conf Grew My Account by 500% Before I Even Attended
Just imagine if your boss told you that you had the opportunity for an all-expense paid trip to Austin, Texas to attend Hero Conf. All you had to do was pick a single client and have the best month-over-month percentage growth in five different key metrics: average cost-per-click, total clicks, click-through-rate, cost-per-lead, and conversion rate. Which client would you use? … [Read more...] about How Hero Conf Grew My Account by 500% Before I Even Attended
7 New Bing Ads Features – Including Product Ads!
Now that all the hype around the big Google announcement is starting to die down, I thought we should also take a moment to reflect on a few new features that Bing released this month. Some of the features are just minor tweaks like sorting campaigns by budget, but others like “Product Ads” and “No More Charging for Forwarding Numbers” could really impact your Bing PPC program. … [Read more...] about 7 New Bing Ads Features – Including Product Ads!
Step Inside AdWords’ Latest Updates with UI Tools, App Ads, and More
For the last week, speculation has run wild through the PPC industry about the contents of the April 22nd "Step Inside AdWords" presentation. Today, Jerry Dischler, Paul Feng and the Google AdWords team put our fears to rest by announcing several new updates to the advertising platform. Updates that, on the whole, didn't live up to the hype. First and foremost: we still have … [Read more...] about Step Inside AdWords’ Latest Updates with UI Tools, App Ads, and More
Transcript: Our AdWords Announcement Liveblog – App Ads, Estimated Conversions, and Buzzword Bingo
Join us today at 11:45 AM EST for coverage of Google's AdWords event. In the event announcement, the AdWords team promised to unveil over 10 new products, features, and research studies that have been in the works over the last year. In particular, they stressed the user (and advertiser) multi-screen experience, in-app advertising, and targeting improvements that "let … [Read more...] about Transcript: Our AdWords Announcement Liveblog – App Ads, Estimated Conversions, and Buzzword Bingo
How to Test Foreign Markets with AdWords
Editor's Note: This article is a part of our Hero Conf guest post contest. Based on a combination of pageviews and editorial review from the PPC Hero writing staff, a winner will be chosen from the finalists we post throughout the week. Today's post comes to us from Justin Seibert (@domjbs), President of Direct Online Marketing. Selling products into a new country can seem … [Read more...] about How to Test Foreign Markets with AdWords
2014: The Year of Ad Extensions
Editor's Note: This article is a part of our Hero Conf guest post contest. Based on a combination of pageviews and editorial review from the PPC Hero writing staff, a winner will be chosen from the finalists we post throughout the week. Today's post comes to us from Paula Spencer, Online Campaigns Manager at Effective Spend. It’s the beginning of a new year, the holiday … [Read more...] about 2014: The Year of Ad Extensions
The 10 Common Remarketing Mistakes That Will Haunt You
Remarketing allows you to follow users who've previously visited your website as they browse the Web. We’re going to take look at a few ways to maximize your remarketing campaigns, as well as a few common mistakes to avoid. There are 3 types of Remarketing to take into account in Google Adwords: 1. Remarketing for the Display Network: Shows ads to your site visitors as they … [Read more...] about The 10 Common Remarketing Mistakes That Will Haunt You
Happy Clicking on Cyber Monday from PPC Hero!
It's that time of year- 'Twas the Monday after Thanksgiving, when all through the internet Not a creature was stirring, except for a mouse. PPC Hero is ready for Cyber Monday online shoppers! Are you? Scroll down to find our latest posts for a busy ecommerce season. Use these ecommerce and shopping-related blog posts to make sure you (and your customers!) get exactly what you … [Read more...] about Happy Clicking on Cyber Monday from PPC Hero!
Planning Your 2014 Budgets With Search Trends
Ahh the beginning of winter – the start of cold weather, stuffy noses and chapped lips always reminds me that this is a special time of year. Tis the season for shopping, eating and holidays sure, but it’s also the most challenging time of the year: budgeting & planning season. Often be thought of as the bane of existence, budgeting season can be a trying, repetitive and … [Read more...] about Planning Your 2014 Budgets With Search Trends
