The most important thing to look for in an AdWords certified partner is above all honesty. An honest professional will take the time to discuss your business, and your advertising goals. They should create comprehensive reports, communicate directly with clients, and always be flexible in their approach. Ultimately, “best practices” are what works best for you. Every client is different, with specific challenges and opportunities unique to their business. When considering hiring an agency or certified partner, here are some things you should always keep in mind: 1. What is your advertising goal? Every situation is different. Your ultimate advertising goal […]
Read more →Now that we have had a week to look at the new calls from ads conversions data, what more have we learned? First of all, let’s take a look at some more call reporting metrics data (We like more data, right?), and see if we can now make sense out of the new calls from ads conversions. Update: There is a brand new official Google help document regarding AdWords call reporting metrics. It’s definitely worth a read! Call Reporting Metrics Data Calls From Ads Conversions: (For a little background – The phone call conversion duration is 60 seconds.) Click Type Segment: […]
Read more →What is the best way to use AdWords geographic targeting, when you have multiple businesses in the same geographic area? If you are a regular reader you already know the answer – It depends! 🙂 The biggest factor being the nature of the business itself. Let’s take a look at a few examples, and examine some of the strategies that may be the “best” approach: Using AdWords geographic targeting with multiple offices in a metro region: Take Tom McAvity of Northwest Debt Relief Law Firm for example. He has office locations in Portland, Vancouver, Salem, and Seattle. On the surface, this […]
Read more →It couldn’t be easier to create a simple AdWords marketing plan. Unfortunately, all too often we get bogged down in trying to use estimation tools to create a “perfect” account, before any campaign ever goes live. Doing your homework and trying to come up with some basis for advertising costs and overall exposure ain’t a bad thing. But… At TCC we know that in order to have success building your brand and growing your business through advertising, you have to remain fluid. So, in an attempt to try and create an easy AdWords marketing plan for our clients – Which […]
Read more →What You Need To Know About AdWords Phone Calls The AdWords phone calls column and received calls data for Google call forwarding call extensions has changed recently. Previously, any connected calls over 30 seconds were reported as received calls in the dimensions tab, and phone calls in the campaign and adgroup phone calls columns. During the month of August 2013, Google changed the criteria for reporting a call as received. Now any connected call of any duration is reported as a received call. So how do you determine how many quality leads you received from AdWords phone calls? Setup Phone […]
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