Tag Archives: PPC

Optimizing Keywords on the Display Network: Pro Tips from the PPC Jedi

Keyword targeting on the Google Display Network (GDN) continues to change year over year. To run a successful GDN campaign you’ll need to fully understand how keywords function on the display network. This post will give you advice on best practices and functionality tips to get the best performance from your keyword targeted GDN campaigns. […]

Why PPC is a CFO’s Best Friend, Even in Lead-Gen

Marketing impact is difficult to measure. No, it’s not, if you’re in digital marketing where nearly everything is tracked, measured, and optimized. However, that mantra is oft repeated to this day. Most recently an article (http://linkd.in/14Yrg5k) on LinkedIn was the latest to argue this. One line stood out: 3) Marketing Impact is often hard to […]

13 Tools to Crush PPC Reporting

All PPC account managers know that dreaded feeling  that comes as their monthly reporting days approach.  That is, of course, if they don’t have an automated reporting tool already in place. Reporting is an important part of PPC management.  The client (or upper management) needs to know if we are hitting goals, or at least […]

Adwords Enhanced Campaigns Resource

Advertisers are scrambling to understand Enhanced Campaigns and get their campaigns in order for the fundamental shift in how Adwords is managed. We’ve compiled a list of as many sites as we know of that are reporting on this change. We will be reading and re-reading anything we can get our hands on to understand […]

Luke Alley Shares PPC Landing Page Secrets [Video Clip and Slide Deck]

Last night I had the pleasure of watching our very own director of PPC, Luke Alley present “Ways to Make Money with PPC” as well as how to avoid losing money with it.  This event took place at Eastern Arizona College for the small business owners of the Thatcher, Safford and Gila Valley Arizona area.  I […]

My Mortgage Tech Summit Deck on Mortgage PPC 101

I had an awesome opportunity to join my friends at Mortgage Tech Summit in Denver, Colorado last week. The conference was for those in the mortgage industry and covered everything from handling leads, to LinkedIn advertising, to CRM’s. The most exciting presentation though was reserved for a special few (really just a few) who got […]

It’s a Good Time To Be In Pay Per Click

When I was a junior in college I came to a crossroad that ultimately shaped my career. I had been offered an internship at Publicis, a traditional ad agency that is well known, and I accepted about 7 months before I was going to start. However, between accepting the internship and starting it I was […]

Competitive Research Tools: Spyfu.com Data Analysis

This is the first post in a series looking at competitive research tools and their data accuracy. We’ll be looking at Spyfu.com today. Competitive research tools are meant to serve one purpose, to get accurate data on the competition and turn that into actionable items. So how do you know ifthe data that you are […]

Google Adwords Will Be Removing Position Preference

Google Adwords will be removing position preference. The feature has already been disabled. But for those that would be grandfathered in, they are removing this option entirely come May 2011. This announcement came via a message within the Adwords. Announcement: Retiring the position preference setting In early May, we’ll be removing the option to set […]