As many of you know, B2B companies have longer customer cycles. They can range from a month to six months to a year. It is important when crafting your digital B2B strategy that you are focused on that long term return rather than the short term return, which means that you might have to adjust expectations and goal KPIs in the interim. In my experience, taking the time to lay … [Read more...] about B2B Paid Strategy: In It for the Long Run
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From Last Click To Position-Based: An Attribution Test
An Attribution Test “Whodunit” is more than just a popular detective narrative, it is an important question in PPC as well. Attribution seeks to answer that question. So, choosing the right model for your account is important. In this blog, we’ll cover a quick overview of Google’s attribution, what led us to consider testing a different attribution, what changes you can expect, … [Read more...] about From Last Click To Position-Based: An Attribution Test
Paving Our Way Towards Automated Bidding
Google has made it clear that automation is in our future and that it is better to learn how to utilize these tools now and learn how to use them in our accounts. I am going to describe how one of our accounts had tried automation several times before, but we never saw long-lasting results. Our team decided to brainstorm that we were moving towards a world where manual bidding … [Read more...] about Paving Our Way Towards Automated Bidding
Tips for Easier PPC Analysis
Analysis can be overwhelming. Sometimes even the word “analysis” will cause panic in folks. Where do I start? How the heck do I pull insights out of all these numbers? Below you’ll find a few tips to help guide you in your analysis adventures. Sort out the details before pulling data Gathering data can be time-consuming, and you don’t want to have to do it twice. Before … [Read more...] about Tips for Easier PPC Analysis
Ten Takeaways from the 2020 PPC Hero Summit
Yesterday, over 4,500 of your digital marketing peers were signed up for the 2020 PPC Hero Summit, including myself! I had dozens of takeaways and want to share just ten that stood out most to me. Accessibility and Personalization are the "sleeper trends" we should be paying attention to as digital marketers. Purna, from Microsoft Ads, said that over 1 billion people … [Read more...] about Ten Takeaways from the 2020 PPC Hero Summit
Tips For Successful PPC Analytics Projects
Goals A clear goal will help guide a project in so many ways. It will also give you a clear definition of what success is, and should be your north star as you start planning and executing a project. In addition to planning for a big project, when you find yourself getting lost in the weeds, go back to your goal. A good question to ask yourself is: how is this helping us … [Read more...] about Tips For Successful PPC Analytics Projects
PPC Reset: Refresh Your Outlook on Your Accounts
New year, new you. It’s a new decade and I think it’s safe to say a lot has changed in the search landscape in the last decade. With the change in decade, change in year, change in landscape, I am encouraging all you PPCers to consider doing a PPC reset: reset your outlook on your accounts and look to refresh what you’re doing. There are endless optimizations we think to do … [Read more...] about PPC Reset: Refresh Your Outlook on Your Accounts
Top Ways To Improve B2B PPC Performance
The first few months managing a B2B account I struggled. I could not understand the lifecycle of the customer, I could not grasp the client’s goals, and I did not understand how the account was structured. Further into management, I started to lose account efficiency because of my lack of understanding; I couldn’t even keep the client’s previous performance before I took over … [Read more...] about Top Ways To Improve B2B PPC Performance
Heroes Don’t Work Alone: Why Agencies and In-House Teams Need Each Other
Hi. I’m Lauren. I work at a world-class PPC agency. Nice to meet you. You say you do PPC for your company? Amazing! So what brings you to PPC Hero? Are you drawn to the incredible insights you get from Mary Hartman’s blogs (have you seen her latest?) Or you can’t get enough of Briana’s tips and tricks to make your life easier? Seriously, we pack some good stuff in here. As you … [Read more...] about Heroes Don’t Work Alone: Why Agencies and In-House Teams Need Each Other
How We Increased Conversion Rate by 24% Through Campaign Match Type Segmentation
The decision to segment Search campaigns or ad groups by match type can be tricky. More campaigns can often mean more needed management. On the other hand, including all match types within the same ad group will result in extra campaign management time as well. Typically, segmenting match types at the ad group level is best practice, however, we recently tested going an extra … [Read more...] about How We Increased Conversion Rate by 24% Through Campaign Match Type Segmentation
Who Owns Your PPC Ads Account?
As an agency, we run into situations all the times where we have to rebuild the client's account because the previous agency is unable or unwilling to release their account. It is possible that the previous agency built it in their agency MCC shell, but there are still ways to release that account. Regardless of the circumstances, it means you have to start over and build a … [Read more...] about Who Owns Your PPC Ads Account?
How to Best Use Facebook’s Campaign Budget Optimization Feature
Facebook has continued to release the campaign budget optimization option to advertiser accounts. If you cannot find this setting during the campaign set up process, you’ll likely have to wait a bit longer for the feature to be available in your account. Campaign budget optimization is another automated tool in Facebook that allows advertisers to set a goal result and budget at … [Read more...] about How to Best Use Facebook’s Campaign Budget Optimization Feature
