Good news! Managing your geo-targeted campaigns in Google just got a lot easier!. Remember the days of concatenating geo-modifiers to long lists of keywords to nab searchers not physically located in your target market? Well, as of this week AdWords will now let you target people geographically in three ways: physical location, search intent or a combination of both, which … [Read more...] about News Update: AdWords’ New Geotargeting Settings Cut Advertisers Some Slack
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What Visible Quality Score Isn’t Telling You
Today we have a guest post from one of our PPC Hero allies! Craig Danuloff is doing a 'Blog Tour' to promote his upcoming book 'Quality Score in High Resolution' which will be released in May and is now available for discounted pre-order. In this post he explains some of the lesser-known facts of the quality score metric reported by AdWords ---------------- Ready for a simple … [Read more...] about What Visible Quality Score Isn’t Telling You
Hello, AdWords Topic Targeting!
As you wander through your AdWords account, you may come across an interesting option you haven’t noticed before in the drop-down menu that allows you to add/remove tabs from the interface’s main navigational screen. What’s that last option? It’s the topics tab! And if display advertising has a significant role in your PPC advertising strategy, you’re probably going to want to … [Read more...] about Hello, AdWords Topic Targeting!
News Update: Hasta La Vista…Search?
Today’s News Update covers an article by Erez Barak of Search Engine Watch: Social Has Crossed the Marketing Budget Chasm; Will It Drown Search? So, why the cheese-ball 80’s cinema reference? Because according to Barak, there have been a few reports and surveys recently released that show small businesses leaning toward an emphasis on social media marketing instead of the … [Read more...] about News Update: Hasta La Vista…Search?
WTQ?! 12 Weird Search Queries, and What They Say About Your Audience
Of all the routine tasks we do for PPC, updating our negative keyword lists is my favorite. Why? I’ll give you a hint: it’s not the CPC comparisons, nor analyzing an account’s keyword health. It’s not even the satisfaction I get from telling Google that, actually, I’m the better judge of relevancy (thank you very much!). No. The true reason I love working with negatives is … [Read more...] about WTQ?! 12 Weird Search Queries, and What They Say About Your Audience
PPC Hero Knows 4 Ways To Increase Your Display Traffic
Remember when we asked you to show us your PPC villains? PPC Hero heard your cries and came rushing to the rescue! This month’s culprit: declining Google display traffic, submitted by erikalynneparke. A worthy opponent indeed! Question: I have seen a 30% decline in traffic from February to March in my placement campaign. What can I do to address this issue? Check out PPC … [Read more...] about PPC Hero Knows 4 Ways To Increase Your Display Traffic
My Top 5 Excel Tips for PPC Managers
This post is in response to you, our readers! In case you haven’t noticed, we’ve added a box at the bottom of the page where you can write to the PPC Hero team with ideas for us to write about next. This is great as it allows us to give the people what they want and learn things that maybe we hadn’t thought of visiting before. Thanks for all your responses! Now on to my … [Read more...] about My Top 5 Excel Tips for PPC Managers
8 Steps To Creating AdWords Automated Rules
This month I am writing on a topic recommended by you! We’ve had a lot of submissions come in asking about how to use automated rules along with requests to provide examples and this post should give you what you want. When the new tool became available in mid February, I wrote a guest post on WordStream that provided a quick guide to Adwords automated rules. Over the past … [Read more...] about 8 Steps To Creating AdWords Automated Rules
Letter from the CEO – “Luke, I am your father.”
Yeah, I realize that's not the actual quotation from Empire Strikes Back, but I really wanted to continue the movie quotation theme from last month's Letter from the CEO, and this one is perfectly applicable! In March, I wrote that Hanapin is increasing the investment in our blogs. They're a great source of pride for us, we have a lot of fun with them, and they generate quite … [Read more...] about Letter from the CEO – “Luke, I am your father.”
“PPC for Your Small Business” – A Review
As a PPC expert at Portent Interactive, Elizabeth Marsten has seen her fair share of small business owners looking to start SEM for the first time. Often, these clients are enthusiastic about branching into online marketing but are constrained by unforgiving budgets. For these people, there’s only once chance to do PPC right before advertising money runs dry. This is … [Read more...] about “PPC for Your Small Business” – A Review
Revisiting Modified Broad Match
The modified broad match type was created last year by Google in order to help advertisers better target a wide audience. While the modified broad match type was introduced nearly a year ago, in July 2010 (May for the UK and Canada), I still find myself answering a lot of questions about it. If I’m not answering questions about it, I’m answering questions with “Have you tried … [Read more...] about Revisiting Modified Broad Match
It’s a bird…It’s a plane…
Every PPC marketer comes up against an account villain they need a little backup for. Well, luckily, PPC Hero is here to help you fight your PPC villains! What account scoundrels have you come up against lately? Have a high CPL and can't seem to lower it? Want to optimize for conversions but don't know if you should try Google's new ad setting? Are you wanting to break out a … [Read more...] about It’s a bird…It’s a plane…
