Tis the season for holiday cheer, mistletoe and digital marketing planning for 2017! With all the discussions around digital budgets and strategy for 2017, are you sure your business is utilizing the right channels for your target audience? It’s no secret AdWords and Bing work great for pay-per-click advertising but if paid social platforms are not on your 2017 radar, you … [Read more...] about Social Media Demographic Strategy Tips for 2017
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Brand New Bundles for Marketers in Retail, Travel, and Lead Gen!
In a time that was not so long ago, we used to do what we called "toolkits." A combination of whitepapers, webinars, infographics, blog posts, podcasts, etc. on a particular topic. Topics ranged from Excel to Facebook to Analytics to even one for Hiring An Agency (Hanapin is a PPC agency - how could we not??)! If you want to see any of those distant, yet still fabulous … [Read more...] about Brand New Bundles for Marketers in Retail, Travel, and Lead Gen!
How To Leverage Micro-Moments To Drive Customers From Engagement To Conversion
The paid search industry has changed dramatically over the past 12 years. When I first began doing PPC full time back in 2004, the prime success metric was click thru rate. Conversion tracking was just beginning to roll out across AdWords and the Quality Score metric didn’t exist. The prevailing mentality of the time was immediacy. Customers ‘wanted it now.’ Advertisers … [Read more...] about How To Leverage Micro-Moments To Drive Customers From Engagement To Conversion
How to Stand Out in the News Feed with Social Video Marketing [Webinar Confirmation]
You're All Set! You're now registered for Hanapin's webinar, How to Stand Out in the News Feed with Social Video Marketing. Check your email now for a link to join the webinar. Know of a fellow PPC fan who would also love this webinar? or Email It » Other Resources You Might Like: Whitepaper: Reddit Advertising: A Beginner's Guide To The … [Read more...] about How to Stand Out in the News Feed with Social Video Marketing [Webinar Confirmation]
The Social Strategies You Need To Know For App Promotion
You Built An App...Now What? You've got this really cool app, but no one is downloading it. It's a fairly common practice for companies to forge ahead with app development and figure out a marketing strategy on the back end. My first app promotion campaign was for a regional frozen yogurt company that developed an app to push customers in-store. When launched, … [Read more...] about The Social Strategies You Need To Know For App Promotion
4 Common Questions Prospects Ask Me During The Sales Process
We’re now more than half way through the year and already there have been many changes within digital marketing. Google’s Performance Summit yielded many updates, including: Expanded text ads Bid adjustments by device Demographics for Search Ads Pinterest has turned the advertising corner, growing into a strong player within the market and Programmatic continues to … [Read more...] about 4 Common Questions Prospects Ask Me During The Sales Process
Webinar: 4 Effective Strategies for Facebook Lead Gen Ads
More about this Webinar The growth on Pinterest has exploded over the last year. Did you know that there are more than 2 billion searches on Pinterest each month with 87% of Pinners reporting that the platform helped them decide what to purchase? The platform recently introduced some exciting new changes that makes it even more attractive for marketers. In this new live … [Read more...] about Webinar: 4 Effective Strategies for Facebook Lead Gen Ads
Do Standing Desks Really Improve Your Work Experience?
When I started in Paid Search 4 years ago I was in for a shock. Not because I didn’t know anything about Paid Search (which I didn’t) or that I was working in an office for the first time in my life (I was in outside sales for 18 years). It was all the sitting I was doing. At least 8 hours a day. Don’t get me wrong. I got up to use the restroom, go to lunch and occasionally … [Read more...] about Do Standing Desks Really Improve Your Work Experience?
Reddit Advertising: A Beginner’s Guide To The Self-Serve Platform
Started in 2005, Reddit has become known as "The Front page of the Internet," where users share what's new and popular on the web. As the 9th largest website in the US, Reddit is one of the top influential news sources and home to over 600,000 communities aka subreddits. [ad_shortcode] At first glance, Reddit can be daunting and a mess to understand. Mashable sums it nicely … [Read more...] about Reddit Advertising: A Beginner’s Guide To The Self-Serve Platform
6 Takeaways From Google’s Performance Summit
On Tuesday, 5/24, Google hosted a Performance Summit event where new features and updates to existing products were shared. One of the key themes of the event was mobile and how we interact with the world through our smartphones and tablets. Many of the updates announced for AdWords and Google Analytics were a direct result of our reliance on our devices and the fact that … [Read more...] about 6 Takeaways From Google’s Performance Summit
The Pinner Journey: Mapping The Path To Purchase
Did you know 87% of Pinners reported that Pinterest helped them decide what to purchase (Millward Brown)? Which is what makes Pinterest such an attractive platform for marketers. It has the unique ability to influence future purchases. This may explain why Pinterest saw such tremendous gains with advertisers in 2015. Here’s what the growth pattern looked … [Read more...] about The Pinner Journey: Mapping The Path To Purchase
Why SMBs Should Not Run AdWords Accounts
The headline may seem like click bait, but rest assured, I fully believe this statement. I’m writing this post because for years, AdWords’ marketing has simplified the management process and claimed that businesses of any size can participate. Though this messaging has tailed off as of late, small businesses are still at a severe disadvantage when trying to run AdWords … [Read more...] about Why SMBs Should Not Run AdWords Accounts