It’s a busy time of year. There are so many products you want to sell, so many bids that need to be changed, so much ad text you need to refine. We here are PPC Hero have thought that you might be able to benefit from some of our own personal time savers. Spoiler alert: we’re very into templates. Think of it like an early present, but the best kind of present: … [Read more...] about PPC Hero’s Top Time Saving Tips During Your Busy Holiday Season
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Holiday Ad Copy & How to Schedule Holiday Ad Tests
For the final installation in this month’s PPC Hero series on strategizing for the holiday season, we’re going to review the best and most effective ways to optimize ad copy to drive higher CTR’s and conversion rates. There will hopefully be some interesting tips you hadn’t thought of in terms of actual copy changes, but we’ll also take a look at a potential ad testing schedule … [Read more...] about Holiday Ad Copy & How to Schedule Holiday Ad Tests
Lead Generation’s Sad Holiday Season Won’t Last Forever
The holidays aren’t a total joy for everyone. The clearest example that always comes to my mind is Tiny Tim and his family sitting around their table and eating a boiled boot or whatever. (This probably depends on which of the roughly 1.6 million adaptations of A Christmas Carol immediately pop into your head.) Ok, so Tiny Tim and the Cratchits have love and a family and all … [Read more...] about Lead Generation’s Sad Holiday Season Won’t Last Forever
Introduction to China’s Largest Search Engine: Baidu
Why Consider Using Baidu? Baidu is by far the most-used search engine in China and is ranked #5 in the world for traffic according to Alexa. Baidu states that over 90% of China’s Internet users use Baidu search and that there are hundreds of millions of searches performed each day. Research firm iResearch reports that Baidu has 78% of the search market in China, while Google … [Read more...] about Introduction to China’s Largest Search Engine: Baidu
165 PPC Tips, Tricks and Tools (updated)
In early January we wrote 145 tips for 2012. It’s been a whirlwind year in the land of PPC so this is an update to that post with an additional 20 tips. These new PPC tips come from conferences, tests, failures and new Google services and features that have been rolled out of the past 5-6 months. The new tips are at the tope and numbered 146-165 and below them you will find … [Read more...] about 165 PPC Tips, Tricks and Tools (updated)
The One Tip That Will Save Your PPC Management Career
I promised you the one tip that will save your PPC management career, and that tip is: Be Flexible. John Lee, Director of Client Services at Clix Marketing, explains in the following interview how flexibility is key for being a successful PPC manager. Watch/ read the interview below for John's full explanation. But first... Hero Conf Countdown Only 11 days left until we … [Read more...] about The One Tip That Will Save Your PPC Management Career
10 Changes to make to Your AdWords Search Campaign that will Boost Your CTR
Have the text ads in your AdWords campaigns got to a point where they need a click-through rate (CTR) boost without you making any immediate changes to your CPC bids? You know that increasing your text ads Click Through Rate (CTR) would not only lead to increased traffic, but would ultimately result in improved Quality Scores and a higher Ad Rank. You might also not want to … [Read more...] about 10 Changes to make to Your AdWords Search Campaign that will Boost Your CTR
Do You Know the Personality of Your PPC Account?
The other day I was reading an article about how babies have different personalities and different ways to nurture each type of personality. This got me thinking that our PPC accounts can also be grouped into similar personality types, and as PPC managers we have to adjust our strategies accordingly to make them profitable. Want to know your account better? Find out if your … [Read more...] about Do You Know the Personality of Your PPC Account?
Newest Developments for the Google Display Network
This is the third post in PPC Hero’s series on How to Succeed on the Display Network. This post focuses on some of the newest developments Google has made and how they apply to making the Display Network work better for advertisers. Yesterday, Bethany wrote on the best practices for the Google Display Network and last week, Sarah and I had the opportunity to head up to Chicago … [Read more...] about Newest Developments for the Google Display Network
Ticker Tuesday: Setting Up Data Feeds In Google Merchant Center
In this episode of Ticker Tuesday, we take you through what to be especially careful of when setting up a feed on Google Merchant Center. So whether you are setting up your Merchant account for AdWords Ad Extensions or Product Listing Ads, or to take advantage of other Google products for businesses, this short how-to is for you! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHUlnTgdoVs … [Read more...] about Ticker Tuesday: Setting Up Data Feeds In Google Merchant Center
PPC News Roundup for February 11, 2011
Remember last week’s roundup about the originality argument between Google and Bing? Well, the plot has thickened. As reported by Danny Goodwin of Search Engine Watch, a recently released Hitwise/Compete report shows that Bing’s popularity is increasing online. This is demonstrated in part from a 6% rise in Bing-powered searches (totaling now to 25.77% of the U.S. searches), … [Read more...] about PPC News Roundup for February 11, 2011
Our Greatest Hits For December 2010
The page views have spoken! Below we have gathered PPC Hero’s four most visited, and hopefully most valuable articles from December. Whether you’re a new or long-time subscriber, you may have missed these insightful and helpful PPC management tips. For the second month in a row, Jen has taken first place! This time, her post discusses how to utilize Google's product … [Read more...] about Our Greatest Hits For December 2010
