Boys & Girls of All Ages: The Google Shopping Exam is here!! That's right, step up and give it your best shot: Google has released its Shopping Exam and today you'll be given all the major bullet points for your studying pleasure. For those of you who've already taken the existing exams, hope you're ready for a fun one today! And for you all who are still figuring out … [Read more...] about Your Ultimate Google Shopping Exam Checklist
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Top Products Or All Products? The Google Shopping Debate
I've heard this question before, the most recent being on Twitter from Sam Gordon: Do any of you only include only top products in your shopping feed, instead of all products? Wanting my most relevant ads to show #ppcchat — Sam Gordon (@SamGordonPPC) February 9, 2015 My answer to this (and the others like it) is: "it depends". Don't stone me yet for that ridiculously … [Read more...] about Top Products Or All Products? The Google Shopping Debate
Simplify With The Google Analytics New Display Advertiser Features
Last week, we told you about this sweet new thing in Google Analytics (GA) called “Display Advertiser Features”, which lets you toggle a switch to start collecting remarketing data without the pain associated with placing new codes. If you have Universal Analytics set up, you can tell GA to start collecting data on your site visitors that allow you to use these types of … [Read more...] about Simplify With The Google Analytics New Display Advertiser Features
Don’t Let Google Shopping Campaigns Trip You Up
It’s been just about a year since Google officially replaced Product Listing Ads (PLAs) with the new and updated Shopping campaigns. Shopping campaigns provide everything an online shop could want: prime real estate on search pages, attention grabbing images, and hyper relevance to searcher intent. Yet, for all their great aspects in promoting products to would be buyers, … [Read more...] about Don’t Let Google Shopping Campaigns Trip You Up
Know The Differences Between Facebook and Google Ads And When You Should Use Each
For a newer article on this topic visit: 5 FAQs For Marketing on Facebook Maybe you’ve traditionally run PPC campaigns with AdWords, and you aren’t sure how Facebook Ads compare. Or maybe you’ve run Facebook Ads in the past, didn’t get good results, and don’t understand how Facebook advertising has changed over the past couple of years. Regardless, it’s helpful to … [Read more...] about Know The Differences Between Facebook and Google Ads And When You Should Use Each
Take A Walk Down The Conversion Path With Google Analytics
Google AdWords attributes each conversion back to the campaign that was last clicked before conversion. Even though you see that a conversion has occurred, you don’t get the whole story. It’s like reading the last page of a novel. You get the end result, but miss all the fun stuff in between the beginning and the end. This post will go through different uses for the Top … [Read more...] about Take A Walk Down The Conversion Path With Google Analytics
Simplifying Remarketing With Google Analytics Instant Activation
To help make it easier for advertisers to reach their most qualified customers, Google has enabled remarketing with a single toggle. Instead of manually updating all of your site tags, you will use Instant Activation. Google states that it repeatedly see marketers struggle with tagging hurdles and complex implementation challenges, and that 1 in 5 remarketers … [Read more...] about Simplifying Remarketing With Google Analytics Instant Activation
What The Google Trusted Store Announcement Means For Merchants
Google made a big announcement on Tuesday that went relatively under the radar in the PPC world. Starting immediately, the process for online merchants to become Google Trusted Stores has become much easier. What Is A Google Trusted Store? A Google Trusted Store is a direct endorsement from Google. According to the big G, for merchants to have the Google Trusted Store badge … [Read more...] about What The Google Trusted Store Announcement Means For Merchants
Use Google Analytics Custom Reports To Make Your PPC Life Easier
Do you ever get frustrated with Google Analytics reporting for not having exactly what you want? I know the feeling. You want a column for cost and for each type of goal you have set up, but these don’t come in your standard reports in the interface. Or maybe you’re just ready to step up your analytics game to the next level (and subsequently expose your inner analytics … [Read more...] about Use Google Analytics Custom Reports To Make Your PPC Life Easier
The 2015 Google Analytics Exam & What You Need To Know
In the past few months, I have provided exam guides for destroying the Advanced Display Exam, acing the Advanced Search Exam, succeeding into the Search Fundamentals Exam, and even beating the Bing Ads accreditation process. And now we’re ready for the big one: Google Analytics Individual Qualification exam, or GAIQ test. As the motherload of Google exams, the Analytics test … [Read more...] about The 2015 Google Analytics Exam & What You Need To Know
Become The Expert! New Advanced Guide To Google AdWords
After successfully navigating the setup of a Google AdWords account and the initial round of settings, optimizations, and expansions, the time has come to not only manage your account according to general best practices, but to really identify how your account will flourish. In this white paper, you will gain a greater understanding of the distinction between e-commerce and … [Read more...] about Become The Expert! New Advanced Guide To Google AdWords
How To Create Google Analytics Custom Attribution Models
It’s the time of year where advertisers are planning New Year resolutions for PPC accounts. However, if you are using a last click attribution model as part of your PPC strategy you could be doing more harm than good. A few months back we discussed the multi-channel attribution templates available in AdWords and Google Analytics. If you’ve taken the time to understand and … [Read more...] about How To Create Google Analytics Custom Attribution Models
