Bing recently announced the release of the Bing Shopping Campaign (BSC) beta to a limited number of advertisers. Bing Product Ads have been around for a while and work great for ecommerce accounts. As we’ve seen with Google Shopping campaigns, the benefit of the new shopping format allows for easier management, share of voice reporting for benchmark CPCs and segmentation … [Read more...] about 3 Tips You Need To Know Before Creating Bing Shopping Campaigns
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Use CRO To Boost Your PPC Performance
We all look at our website’s analytics and try to figure out why we aren’t seeing the type of performance we expect. Is it because of the headline? Is it the time it takes for the page to load? If our website is performing poorly, we ask these clarifying questions to figure out the problem and then look to Conversion Rate Optimization (CRO) for the solution. The majority of the … [Read more...] about Use CRO To Boost Your PPC Performance
Showcase Products On YouTube With TrueView For Shopping
This week Google is introducing a new feature called TrueView for shopping that makes it easy for viewers to get more information on products and also click to buy them. Video ads in TrueView for shopping, give merchants a platform to showcase product details and images, as well as give consumers the ability to click to purchase from a retail site. TrueView … [Read more...] about Showcase Products On YouTube With TrueView For Shopping
3 Easy AdWords Reports You Might Not Be Using
Google AdWords is a veritable sea of data, and to the fledgling PPC professional, sometimes it can seem like you’re treading water. The surface level metrics— clicks, impressions, CPC, CPA— are the lifesavers. All that other stuff can be daunting. But once you begin to know your way around the AdWords interface, there are a lot of very simple, very informative reports you … [Read more...] about 3 Easy AdWords Reports You Might Not Be Using
Review Extensions: AdWords’ Mythical Monster
There was once an ad extension that promised to improve your account health with better relevance, trust, and even engagement. Review extensions had rolled out, and all you had to do was complete a form such as this and all would fall into place. But it didn’t happen that easily, did it? No. In fact, there many out there still trying to get review extensions approved, … [Read more...] about Review Extensions: AdWords’ Mythical Monster
5 Tricks To Make Your Pay Per Click Profitable This Year
With keywords and ad placements growing ever more competitive, it’s important that you’re making full use of every paid search option that’s available and relevant to your business, as well as ensuring that your basic account structure and targeting is fail-proof. So now that the first quarter of the year is almost complete it’s time to make sure your PPC campaigns are … [Read more...] about 5 Tricks To Make Your Pay Per Click Profitable This Year
Battle Of The Ages: Using Demographic Data To Improve Performance
It’s no secret that Google sees [pretty much] all. We’ve seen products roll out to the paid search community that connects desktop with mobile users (estimated total conversions), breaks down the long-term attribution of your leads (attribution models), and, of course, demographic targeting. There are a lot of questions revolving around demographic targeting, from where the … [Read more...] about Battle Of The Ages: Using Demographic Data To Improve Performance
Why Moving Towards People-Based Targeting is Essential for PPC Practitioners
Editor’s Note: This article is a part of our Hero Conf Guest Post Giveaway. Based on a combination of pageviews, shares and editorial review from the PPC Hero writing staff, a winner will be chosen from the 4 finalists we post throughout the week. Today’s post comes to us from Sandeep Basra, a PPC Executive at Conversion Works. Just to recap, people-based targeting … [Read more...] about Why Moving Towards People-Based Targeting is Essential for PPC Practitioners
The Real Performance We’ve Seen With Ad Customizers
What are they again? Although the conversations about ad customizers began a few months ago, some folks are still learning just what they are and just how they work. Ad customizers are another opportunity created by Google to better connect your potential clients and customers with the most relevant information about your business. They allow you to dynamically insert … [Read more...] about The Real Performance We’ve Seen With Ad Customizers
5 Easy Ways to Customize AdWords Scripts
Find AdWords Scripts a bit scary? The truth is any computer savvy person can edit and customize AdWords Scripts. Not a coder? Not a problem. Most scripts are very detailed and vetted by loads of users, but sometimes you need to tweak them to meet your very specific needs. If you're just getting started with adding a script to your account this quick tutorial at the bottom … [Read more...] about 5 Easy Ways to Customize AdWords Scripts
From Zero to Hero: Measuring PPC’s Impact On Brand Awareness
Question: When I say “tissue” what comes to mind? Answer: Kleenex What about “cheese crackers”? Okay, you get the point. These two brands have created awareness where you associate their brand immediately for a term (tissue & Kleenex have almost become synonymous). Brand awareness can make or break a business, and it’s something that is most often a focus for … [Read more...] about From Zero to Hero: Measuring PPC’s Impact On Brand Awareness
Top 5 PPC Fails
In 2014, companies plan to spend $55.7 billion on search ads or 46% of total internet advertising dollars according to a recent tech crunch article. Given the massive amounts of money spent on search, I repeatedly encounter the same costly mistakes when I audit paid search campaigns. I’ve put together a list of the top 5 mistakes (FAILS) that I frequently encounter in paid … [Read more...] about Top 5 PPC Fails
