Tag Archive: ppc

Why Are My Ads Showing in the Philippines When My Target is Canada?

That is the question I received in an email this morning from a client of mine. I panicked, thinking I had accidentally changed the geo-target settings in Google AdWords. After assuring that this was not the case, I started looking into what could possibly be causing this. Let me set the stage a little bit…

Jeff and Doug – Promo Video for 6 Hours to Online Strategy

Doug and I wanted to put together a video to promote the upcoming workshop on 6 Hours to Online Strategy, slated for Monday, November 29th. There are 20 spots and very few left but we wanted to create a video for the social media release that we are putting together with Marketwire. You can register…

“See Search Terms” Google Tool

Google has added another tool to make PPC maintenance just a bit easier. It has been there for a little while now but I just recently realized the time saving power of this tool. There are many reports available to the AdWords advertiser – some helpful, some just a lot of data on a page…

The Blue Participant Ribbon: An Invaluable Concept in Increasing Conversion Rates

We’ve all heard the phrase “location, location, location” when it comes to valuable real estate.  Now it seems that “conversion, conversion, conversion” is the hot topic in online marketing.  To give you a sense of how hot, I did a Google Search for website conversion rate this morning and received over 2 million results.  This…

Boosting Performance on Pay-per-Click Platforms

When we set up PPC campaigns we focus on 2 critical factors. 1. Relevant Content The first factor is to have a tight connection between the ad and the landing page. We aim for similar content between the ad, the keywords and the content of the landing page. This is important not only for maintaining high Google…

Use Google to Accelerate Your Business

Great little product demo offered by Google. See How can Google Accelerate Your Business? Simple diagram. Great descriptions. Easy to navigate. Clear. Well put together. Enjoy!

New ‘Opportunities’ with Google

Google AdWords has a new tab called ‘Opportunities’.  I just read up on it a bit more and was actually surprised that Google doesn’t use a more “use this tool now or your account will fail” tone in their explanation of the tool. Essentially, if you are looking to make changes to your account, you…