In AdWords, I have found that conservative bid adjustment work best for most settings within the account. For device, location, and ad schedule I will usually use minor positive bid adjustments +5-10% and usually stronger negative adjustments -15-50%. There is one area of the account where I have found that higher bid adjustments are really effective. Over the years, I have … [Read more...] about Smart RLSA Tips for the Holiday Season
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Mastering The Transition To PPC Account Manager
Having recently become an account manager, my mind has been buzzing with optimization opportunities, strategy initiatives, and communication styles. With all of the ppc possibilities, where does one start?! Friends and coworkers, who have mastered the transition to account manager, shared their tips and tricks with me. I have compiled their advice here. Here we … [Read more...] about Mastering The Transition To PPC Account Manager
Programmatic is Good for Your PPC Strategy. Here’s Why!
Programmatic advertising is still a topic that confuses a lot of marketers today. People are afraid to invest in a new channel at the top of funnel that may not drive performance, most don’t know where to start, and let's be honest, it's confusing as hell… I have written quite a bit over the past year about the benefits of programmatic, the fancy stuff it can do, how to … [Read more...] about Programmatic is Good for Your PPC Strategy. Here’s Why!
PPC Persona Targeting for the Fitness & Health Industry
When developing a PPC strategy for your health/wellness/fitness business, it can be helpful to start by building out personas. What is a persona, you may ask? Here’s Hubspot’s definition: “A buyer persona is a semi-fictional representation of your ideal customer based on market research and real data about your existing customers. When creating your buyer persona(s), consider … [Read more...] about PPC Persona Targeting for the Fitness & Health Industry
5 Heroes of Hero Conf London 2016
This post comes to us from our friend Ruth Derby, a Paid Advertising Executive at The Tomorrow Lab. Her post was originally shared here. Hear more from Ruth on Twitter - @ruthcowan5. (Note: This post has been lightly edited from its original version) Last [year], I had the opportunity to attend Hero Conf London at etc.venues, St Paul’s. Spending two full days in buzzing … [Read more...] about 5 Heroes of Hero Conf London 2016
PPC Advice Column – Where We Answer Your Burning Digital Marketing Questions!
In this week’s PPC Advice column, we dodge the hurdles of healthcare remarketing and ponder the age old digital marketing question of how to improve quality score and impression share. Read on to see your questions answered! Dear Dani, I work for a healthcare system with multiple hospitals and clinics across a number of states. Due to restrictions about patient privacy, we’re … [Read more...] about PPC Advice Column – Where We Answer Your Burning Digital Marketing Questions!
Google Releases New Maximize Conversions Smart Bidding Strategy
Optimizing bids can be the bane of many PPC’ers. We use bid sheets, formulas, macros, and other fun strategies to ensure we are winning the auction and garnering conversions. Wouldn’t it be awesome if we could set up our AdWords campaigns to automatically optimize for conversions or a conversion value without having to do manual adjustments? That is what Google is attempting to … [Read more...] about Google Releases New Maximize Conversions Smart Bidding Strategy
How To Find The Right PPC Audiences
When I am working on an account and trying to optimize the campaigns to the fullest potential, I get stuck in a rut of looking at keywords, bids, and budgets. While these are great and essential ways to create efficient spend in your account, you are treating all users the same. Once you open up the Audience Insights report and think about how to segment your audiences, you … [Read more...] about How To Find The Right PPC Audiences
The 7 Things You Wish You’d Known About Facebook
We’ve all been there before - the first time you try a new advertising platform. While there are general consistencies you can prepare for using past experience, there are always learning curves to any new channel. Facebook hosts over 1.87 billion monthly active users as of 2017. No one is arguing that Facebook is a legitimate social media platform, or even that advertising … [Read more...] about The 7 Things You Wish You’d Known About Facebook
PPC Video Campaign Targeting Methods You Shouldn’t Forget
YouTube campaigns have always made deeper targeting available to the advertisers. I loved video campaigns from the beginning because I could target by age, gender, parental status, household income, and more. But while those layered targets are great, it’s not enough for me. I’m greedy like the Little Mermaid. “I want to be where the people are.” Don’t laugh. She’s got the … [Read more...] about PPC Video Campaign Targeting Methods You Shouldn’t Forget
Reach New Audiences Through AdRoll Prospecting
AdRoll Prospecting is a high funnel product used to find new users to target and add to your retargeting audience lists. AdRoll Prospecting is like AdWords similar audiences in that both use previous site visitors to determine new users based on shared behaviors. If AdRoll retargeting web and/or Facebook campaigns have been successful for your business or clients’ businesses, … [Read more...] about Reach New Audiences Through AdRoll Prospecting
Reflections Of A PPCer At The End Of The World…Errr, 2016
2016 was a great year for PPC. I know that's an odd way of beginning an article about 2016 since let's be honest, 2016 was pretty much a terrible year in many aspects. Perhaps there is some yin-yang action happening behind the scenes connecting PPC to the real world? Whatever it might be, digital marketing in 2016 grew overall in terms of spend, social media advertising … [Read more...] about Reflections Of A PPCer At The End Of The World…Errr, 2016
