Contributor AJ Wilcox bucks the conventional wisdom and outlines a process for maximizing ROI for your LinkedIn Ads. AJ Wilcox on December 29, 2016 While consulting with companies on their LinkedIn advertising initiatives, I routinely get asked, “How should I bid? CPM or CPC?” I very quickly noticed that my response is very different from … Continue reading LinkedIn Ads: CPC vs. CPM bidding — Stop saying, ‘It depends on your goals’
Time-of-day bidding enables agile adjustment to holiday season volatility. If you manage paid search marketing and your business is retail, the weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas probably don’t give you much time for sober reflection. Retail is intensely seasonal, and that is as true online as it is in stores. Search engine marketers generally … Continue reading ‘Tis the season to optimize search bidding
Elizabeth Marsten — November 24, 2016 — November 24, 2016 The holidays are nearly here, and PPC marketers are already in overdrive. As a rule of thumb, the holiday season means more impressions, more click-throughs and (hopefully!) higher conversion rates. However, there might be some paid search marketers out there who’re procrastinating and will dive … Continue reading Budgeting and Bidding Strategies for Paid Search During the Holidays
Columnist Mark Ballard explains how we can use statistics to supplement our conversion data and intuition when deciding on keyword-level bids in AdWords. Mark Ballard on November 14, 2016 Paid search is an industry that’s grounded in data and statistics, but one that requires practitioners who can exercise a healthy dose of common sense … Continue reading Coaxing smarter paid search bidding decisions out of sparse conversion data
Why conventional bidding methods leave money on the table. Generating keywords that effectively identify search engine users as likely prospects for a successful campaign is a deeply intuitive process. And with large campaigns incorporating thousands or even millions of keywords, managing keywords can be a full-time preoccupation. For all the sophistication that search engine marketing … Continue reading Are you still bidding like it’s 2007?
Bidding on your competitors’ brand terms could yield positive results, but columnist Jacob Baadsgaard warns that it might cause problems in the long run. Jacob Baadsgaard on September 16, 2016 These days, bidding on your competitors’ branded terms has become a common practice for paid search advertisers. To be honest, the logic behind this trend seems … Continue reading Bidding on the competition: Is it really worth it?
by Dionte Pounds July 30, 2016July 30, 2016 Digital marketers love automation. No secret there. With as many different target markets and key metrics as we have to monitor, any rules or reports that we can automate to save a few minutes here and there add up over time and help us breath easier. Bidding … Continue reading 4 Stress-Free Tips for Manual Keyword Bidding
Columnist Matt Umbro provides some advice for advertisers who want to be ahead of the game when Google’s recently announced AdWords changes go live. Matt Umbro on June 13, 2016 By now, you’ve heard about all of the latest Google AdWords and Google Analytics updates announced at Google’s Performance Summit. The two main changes coming … Continue reading How to prepare for AdWords’ expanded text ads and device-based bidding
The most widely disparaged aspect of Advanced Campaigns is eliminated at last. Contributor Andy Taylor extols the change, explains what it means for marketers and makes a couple of suggestions for further improvement. Andy Taylor on May 27, 2016 Just last week, I submitted this column with the title, “Is it time for Google to … Continue reading Well played, Google: Advertisers (finally) get more device bidding controls
by Erin Sagin May 18, 2016May 18, 2016 I’ve always struggled with math. In fact, when choosing where to go to college, the key attribute I was looking for was not the school with the best party scene or the nicest campus. Instead, I hunted for a school that didn’t have a mathematics course requirement. … Continue reading Easy AdWords Bidding Strategies for Newbies & Math Haters
