How To Run Single-Device Only Enhanced Campaigns. It Can Be Done!
When I speak about Enhanced Campaigns, I invariably get an audience question like this: “How can I create single-device campaigns? I know it’s possible somehow, tell me how!” I recently figured out the answer. Why The Need For Single-Device Campaigns? I am not usually a proponent…
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The Enhanced Campaigns Big Picture & What’s Next For AdWords
Google’s gearing up for a big announcement on April 22. The last time Google truly lowered the boom, we got Enhanced Campaigns, which have radically changed the SEM landscape. Let’s take a look at where Enhanced Campaigns have led us and what might be coming next. Enhanced Campaigns Have Changed…
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SES London Day 2 – Google Changes A lot! Hummingbird, Not Provided, Enhanced Campaigns: The Update #SESLon
Our SES London 2014 coverage continues. This session on day 2 is dedicated to the recent Google Hummingbird update and how this affects content strategy.
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SES London Day 2 – Google Changes A lot! Hummingbird, Not Provided, Enhanced Campaigns: The Update #SESLon
3 Components Of Geo-Targeting Excellence For 2014
Smart use of the geo-targeting controls through Enhanced Campaigns in AdWords will prove to be the single largest opportunity for paid search marketers in 2014. Geo-targeting is nothing new. It has been a foundational element for local and regional bus…
Google revenue increases 12%, Profit up 36% – Enhanced campaigns starting to bite
Its been a year of change, for both sides of the search landscape. It should come as no surprise therefore to see Google’s Q3 figures reflecting what should be construed as a positive 2013 with Google seeing a significant increase in the volume by which users engage with its ads, mitigating to a certain degree a […]
Coping With Enhanced Campaigns & The Problem Of Modifier Stacking
As we predicted a few months back, Enhanced Campaigns and mobile modifiers have been a benefit to those companies that employ them wisely. We’re excited to fold Google’s cross-device and in-store tracking into this mix as well as our own system for understanding micro-conversions….
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New Data Suggest AdWords Enhanced Campaigns Actually Work
Nearly two months after the forced roll-out of Enhanced Campaigns in AdWords, at least one key question remains unanswered: are we better off today than we were before? In my column this week, I’ll try to answer that question using some data-driven analysis — but first, I thought it…
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Innovating In The B2B Search Space: Testing Geo Bid Multipliers
In a recent article in AdAge, Bert DuMars cites Forrester research which found that “only 11% of marketers set aside a specific budget for marketing innovation efforts, and only 9% make marketing innovation a part of every marketer’s budget.” I won’t go into how to secure…
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Single-Keyword Ad Groups: Maximizing Mobile Performance With Enhanced Campaigns
In early February of 2013, as part of the most debated AdWords update in recent history, Google introduced the concept of mobile bid adjustments, giving search marketers the power to optimize bids across devices for a single campaign. Though these adjustments were originally introduced at the…
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Goodbye Enhanced Campaigns, Hello Bing Ads
Dr Shah has observed a 6% CPC increase from March through May. The report goes on to forecast another 5-10% CPC increase over the next two quarters, compared with the CPCs in the same quarters in 2012. These increases are being driven in part by enhanc…
Smart Geographic Segmentation & Bidding With Enhanced Campaigns
New PPC Best Practices In An Enhanced Campaign World was one of SMX Advanced Seattle’s most engaging sessions; and, as a speaker, I have received a great deal of feedback and questions about those bid location modifiers. As it turns out, location bid modifiers are one of the (only) benefits…
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Should You Create Ad Group Sitelinks in Enhanced Campaigns?
One of the nicest things about AdWords Enhanced Campaigns is that you can now control sitelinks at the campaign or the ad group level. From a feature standpoint, this sounds great. However, when you start considering the execution phase of creating sitelinks for every single ad group, the task can…
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Optimizing Google Enhanced Campaigns: Success Starts At Migration
In February of this year, Google made headlines with its launch of enhanced campaigns. Since the initial outpouring of both interest and concern, advertisers have been seeking to understand how enhanced campaigns will not only reshape their campaign st…
Will Enhanced Campaigns Drive Mobile CPCs Down?
There are two pieces of conventional wisdom surrounding Google’s Enhanced Campaigns that seem to get tossed around a lot without much thought or examination. The first is that this new campaign model will make it easier for small advertisers to get into the mobile advertising game. The second…
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3 New PPC Tool Updates You May Have Missed
With all the fuss about Penguin, you may have missed these PPC updates.
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3 New PPC Tool Updates You May Have Missed
Welcome To The Mobile Era Of Search
It’s rare when you can pinpoint the moment of a major game changer for an industry to a single day. Usually, these shifts happen over time; and then one day, you look back and realize how momentous a particular event really was. For paid search, there have been many catalysts that have accelerated…
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Enhanced Campaigns: Ad Group Mobile Bid Adjustments Now In AdWords API
The roll-out has begun. Earlier this month Google said it would be adding ad group-level mobile bid adjustments to enhanced campaigns. As of yesterday, ad group mobile bid adjustments are available through the AdWords API. The new feature is accessible…
How To Determine Your Hourly Bid Multipliers In AdWords
Since I received some solid feedback on my last column detailing how to determine mobile & geo bid multipliers for enhanced campaigns, I thought I’d share some more actionable stuff this time around. While hourly bid multipliers aren’t new, they remain a crucial tactic for optimizing your…
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