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The Ultimate Guide to Accurate PPC Forecasting

QuanticMind

Most business leaders today know the importance of investing in search engine marketing (SEM) to reach target audiences and desired goals. Whether you’re an independent marketing agency pitching to clients or an in-house SEM manager, you need accurate PPC forecasting to succeed in your role. How to Forecast CPC with Keyword Planner.

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Why At-Scale SEM Programs Need Bid Optimization Technology

QuanticMind

Businesses today use a variety of approaches to SEM that each come with their own benefits and pains, but they all have one priority in common: to create the most effective SEM strategy while minimizing the effort and resources needed to achieve it. Dealing with Averages. Dealing with Data Scarcity. Answers on a postcard.

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The Ultimate Guide to PPC

Hubspot

So, why would you pay for ads when you can reach your audience organically through great content and strategically-placed keywords (otherwise known as SEO )? The answer is: keywords have become increasingly competitive. This means more clicks and a greater chance of conversion.” - Laura Mittelmann, Paid Acquisition at HubSpot.

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The Top 3 SEM Takeaways from SMX Advanced 2017 – Social/Mobile, Audience Targeting and Shopping

QuanticMind

Tests suggest that mobile paid search campaigns will drive as much as 11% lower return on ad spend (ROAS) than a comparable desktop campaign. Mobile Facebook campaigns have also been observed to bring in a ROAS that is as much as 2.3x Social is also higher in the funnel, but research suggests a close correlation.

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Portfolio Bidding: A Breakdown of the PPC Bid Optimization Technique

QuanticMind

But just in case, we’ll go on… Portfolios are groups of assets, and in search engine marketing, these assets are the keywords and “publisher objects” that you can apply bids and bid strategies to. One, it allows similar keywords to share goals and data, and be pointed in the same general direction. Thanks Google!

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Why is My PPC Performance Bad? Part I: How to Identify Root Cause

QuanticMind

So it also might come as no surprise if you find your boss breathing down your neck, asking “Why has our ROAS dropped from 150% to 130% over the past month?!” Your program might contain hundreds of campaigns, with thousands of ad groups, and tens of thousands of keywords or product groups. But where do you even start? What Do I Do Now?

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The Role of Bid Optimization Technology in Preventing PPC Performance Issues

QuanticMind

You can optimize keyword bids using automation technology, but that’s just one of its many features: automated bid optimization can help marketers improve campaigns, reach business goals, and avoid performance issues altogether. This software uses Natural Language Processing (NLP) to estimate the value of long-tail keywords/product groups.

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