Digital marketers considering or utilizing Gmail campaigns in Google Ads have a good number of audience types to choose from. In an ideal world, one would create multiple audiences and test each audience against each other. However, as many advertisers are well-too-aware, there are frequently instances where ideal circumstances do not exist for true experimentation. Whether … [Read more...] about Gmail Campaigns Case Study: Audience Type Performance
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Mobile Gaming: Boosting User Retention with Digital Advertising
If you develop mobile games, the majority of your revenue likely comes from in-game advertising or microtransactions, and both of these happen post-download. In 2018, an average of 1,800 games/mo were launched on the IOS app store alone. With this sort of competition, users have more options than ever to find a game they want to invest their time (and money) into and can shop … [Read more...] about Mobile Gaming: Boosting User Retention with Digital Advertising
Next-Level Audience Targeting for your 2019 Marketing Plan
It's the frosty time of year when hot takes start flying. What new goodies will 2019 will bring for marketers? On this end, I am resolved to ditch high cost leads on Search (to the best of my ability) and discontinue spending budgets on "good enough" social ad audiences. Personally, I have already declared 2019 the year Account Based Marketing (ABM) by way of crafting several … [Read more...] about Next-Level Audience Targeting for your 2019 Marketing Plan
Utilizing Site Search Data to Improve Your Awareness Campaigns
If you have site search set up in your Google Analytics, you can get some great data on what your current visitors are looking for when they are on your site. This data can be really valuable for not only helping you expand your reach to new users, but also to figure out what creative to show in front of those users. I want to show you a few ways you can utilize this data … [Read more...] about Utilizing Site Search Data to Improve Your Awareness Campaigns
What To Do If Your Black Friday Flopped
While most of America was stuffing their face with Turkey, digital marketers around the world anxiously awaited the ensuing cyber selling free-for-all. Good performance on Black Friday and Cyber Monday can set an account up for record numbers during the holiday season. On the other hand, underwhelming numbers can lead to account uncertainty and a less-than-solid client … [Read more...] about What To Do If Your Black Friday Flopped
A Remarketing-Free PPC Strategy
What if you had to remove remarketing from your PPC campaign mix? If you only advertise to a US-based audience, you may not have considered this question. If you’re advertising in the EU, you’ve been forced to consider your remarketing options a lot in 2018 as a result of GDPR. ( Check out What Is GDPR and How Will It Impact Online Advertising, if you’re not sure what the … [Read more...] about A Remarketing-Free PPC Strategy
Where Marketers Are Spending Their Digital Dollars in 2019
The end of the year is coming up fast and I'm guessing you're probably in the middle of figuring out next year's budget. It's definitely one of your favorite things to do this time of year...right? right??? Yeah, we get it! To help ease the stress of next year's planning and give you some guidance on where you could be spending your digital dollars, I'll lay down some of the … [Read more...] about Where Marketers Are Spending Their Digital Dollars in 2019
How Google Determines Which Ads To Serve
Before I had ever heard of Pay-Per-Click or Paid Search, I was completely unaware of how it was determined which ads or search results would appear on a page. Now, over four years later, I have a solid understanding of how search results are populated, ads are shown, how display ads follow me around, and so much more. It’s the wonderful world of Digital Marketing led by Google, … [Read more...] about How Google Determines Which Ads To Serve
The Latest PPC Updates to Catapult Campaigns in 2019
We’re all very well acquainted with the PPC industry charging ahead like a bullet train, and we’re all just trying to hang on tight to the caboose. With all of the updates that have happened over the last few months – and the inevitable changes soon to come - in AdWords (ahem, Google Ads), Facebook, YouTube, automation, etc etc etc…we just need to hop on a webinar and sort it … [Read more...] about The Latest PPC Updates to Catapult Campaigns in 2019
How Much Should I Spend: Aligning PPC Budgets to Goals
“How much money should we spend on PPC this year?” “How many sales can we get with X amount of budget?” “We are looking at expanding into ____ platform, how much budget should we allocate?” In the five years I’ve worked at Hanapin, these types of questions from clients are becoming more and more common. Budget recommendations and planning are not so straightforward as they … [Read more...] about How Much Should I Spend: Aligning PPC Budgets to Goals
New Announcement! PPC Hero Now Hosts a Job Board
For over a decade, PPC Hero has diligently posted everything you needed or wanted to know about PPC. Whether its search, social, display, programmatic, analytics, excel, etc - we LOVE talking about it, sharing ideas, and being an integral part of the community. The industry of PPC is fairly small and as an agency that works with a lot of brands and partners, as well as … [Read more...] about New Announcement! PPC Hero Now Hosts a Job Board
Tools to Help You Survive the GDN Mobile App Changes
This post is a follow up to our first episode of The PPC Newsflash, the new webinar series where we will bring you expert commentary on the newest updates in the PPC industry. See the video below, or if you're multitasking and just want to listen, check out the podcast! Once upon a time, mobile app exclusions were as easy as blocking adsenseformobileapps.com. That feature is … [Read more...] about Tools to Help You Survive the GDN Mobile App Changes
