As the 1947 version of Miracle on 34th Street points out, sometimes we don't make our goals or succeed on the first attempt. Hanapin Marketing's goal for PPC Hero was to increase monthly pageviews to 91,906 by December 1, 2011. Despite some excellent blog posts in November, we finished the month at 75,149 pageviews, which was 18% away from our goal. However, we will continue … [Read more...] about You mean it’s like, “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.”
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A 9 Step Guide To Lower Your Cost Per Lead
A lot of the clients here at Hanapin have lead generation websites, so cost per lead is often a key performance indicator for our accounts. This week's PPC expert, Abby Woodcock, gives you a 9 step guide to lower your cost per lead. If you're starting to get over your cost per lead goals or just need more wiggle room for testing, just follow Abby's … [Read more...] about A 9 Step Guide To Lower Your Cost Per Lead
Sponsored Stories as Social Proof
Do you have 5 or 10 minutes for an incredibly funny video? What if I promise you it will deliver not only one but three Facebook Advertising secrets? Or if I told you all those secrets were on display within the first 3 minutes of the video? Oh, just go ahead and watch it already: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooUqOwh-2LE So if you were paying attention you probably … [Read more...] about Sponsored Stories as Social Proof
Our 5 Favorite New adCenter UI Features & How To Use Them
On November 9th, Dave wrote a blog post about Microsoft's new adCenter User Interface. To get more in depth with just what we love about it, Kayla decided to show you. In this video blog, she goes over the five things we love the most and shows you on her screen how to access and utilize them. If you have been putting off expanding your PPC accounts into MSN because of how user … [Read more...] about Our 5 Favorite New adCenter UI Features & How To Use Them
Whaddya’know Wednesdays: The Top 5 New Features We’re Grateful For in 2011
The PPC world is one that changes often, quickly, and always in the direction of more awesome. So, it's no surprise that we're thankful for a lot of the new features that adCenter and AdWords rolled out this year. Felicia Coover goes over them in this week's Whaddya'know Wednesdays vlog. Check out the links below to read the articles she's talking … [Read more...] about Whaddya’know Wednesdays: The Top 5 New Features We’re Grateful For in 2011
Ask PPC Hero! Your Questions On Remarketing, Quality Score And More Answered
Wherever there are paid search advertisers with questions, PPC Hero is close at hand with the answer! We receive many questions from readers about different issues they have with PPC. In the past, these questions have spurred full blog posts, but we get so many great questions that it's hard to keep up. In our Ask PPC Hero series we will answer the questions … [Read more...] about Ask PPC Hero! Your Questions On Remarketing, Quality Score And More Answered
A Video Companion To: The Sweet Spot – Bidding Smartest, Not Hardest
You've all read Bryan's blog post from November 2nd. Since there was a such a good response to the post (maybe it had something to do with including a picture of the Biebs)--Bryan decided to make a video companion to the post. He shows you, in Excel, how to look over your keywords report to make the best bidding decisions. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89vXpyJ4WhA Check out … [Read more...] about A Video Companion To: The Sweet Spot – Bidding Smartest, Not Hardest
Oh Come, All Ye Awesome Holiday Landing Pages
This is the third installment of our Jingle Your Bells All The Way To The Bank holiday PPC management series, where I will discuss a few landing page optimization techniques that can help increase your conversion rates during the holiday shopping season. The Holidays are just around the corner, which means it’s time to start preparing for that influx of seasonal traffic we … [Read more...] about Oh Come, All Ye Awesome Holiday Landing Pages
Letter from the CEO – “Looks like you’ve been missing a lot of work lately.”
"I wouldn't say I've been *missing* it, Bob." You may have noticed that I didn't post a 'Letter from the CEO' in October. My days at Hanapin have been extraordinarily busy lately with planning some big projects. Among them, we've officially accounced Hero Conf, and seven new team members started too! I'm back in the saddle though, and I'm lucky to have a team that kept … [Read more...] about Letter from the CEO – “Looks like you’ve been missing a lot of work lately.”
The Sweet Spot—Bidding Smartest, not Hardest
We’ve all been there in our accounts—keyword isn’t performing well, and its at position four on average, lets throw money at it until it stops being such a pain. SMART! Then dust off your hands, and go back to the Bieber vid you were secretly watching (we know you do, we can see your queries). But then tomorrow comes around, and hey hey, the average position is way up! Yes! But … [Read more...] about The Sweet Spot—Bidding Smartest, not Hardest
Whaddya’know Wednesdays: Testing Ad Copy For PPC Success
Writing creative ad text can be a daunting task to super analytical PPC Managers. But, it's important to refresh and continue to test your ad copy. In the long-run, it'll improve your CTR. As you know, a better CTR is a better QS and a lower CPC! If you're feeling some writer's block and don't know where to start, watch as Kayla Kurtz shows how to make Cranky Carl's ad text … [Read more...] about Whaddya’know Wednesdays: Testing Ad Copy For PPC Success
How To Prepare A Landing Page Report In Excel
So, you've been testing landing pages like a good little PPC Account Manager should. Good job! But, now what? How do you tell which is doing the best? How do you present this to your boss/client? Prepare a landing page report in Excel--duh! Don't worry, Jessica Cates is going to show you exactly how to do it. You'll be on your way to showing the results of all your hard work … [Read more...] about How To Prepare A Landing Page Report In Excel
