When searching online, I constantly find myself shaking my head and chuckling at the major brands who suffer from PPC message mismatch. If there's one thing that has held true for pay-per-click (PPC)
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PPC Copywriting
How to Use Facebook Ads to Build Your List – Doable 23
We’ve talked a lot on the Marketing Words Blog about writing short copy like Facebook posts & ads, AdWords ads, tweets, etc. But, unless you know how to navigate the backend of the system you’re using, it’s hard to get good results. My guest today – Stacey Myers – will walk you through the basics
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Simple Tweaks that Can Dramatically Boost PPC Ad Performance
It happens with practically every PPC campaign. Clickthrough rates (CTR) are lower than expected and people start to panic. Amazingly, most begin to scramble around tweaking bid amounts, adjusting geo-modifiers and the like. The most obvious of fixes, however, usually gets overlooked… your ad copy. Think about it. The success or failure of your entire
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4 PPC Campaigns that Violate the 3 Core Rules of Success
When was the last time you clicked on a pay-per-click (PPC) ad on Facebook, Google or another site and were disappointed at what you found? Maybe you were confused after going to the landing page of a banner ad or frustrated when a Facebook ad led to information that had nothing obvious to do with
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Are You Speaking Your Target Customers’ Language?
When you incorporate exactly what your target audience wants into your copy, you speak their exact language. They can’t help but connect with this copy because it gives them exactly what they wanted.
Is Your PPC Campaign Passive or Active?
When most people set out to write PPC ads, they simply lay fingers to keyboard and begin to rattle off whatever they want to tell customers. If it fits into the allotted space, the ad copy is uploaded and run without too much thought. I’ve always been astonished that PPC copywriting takes place with such
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Without This, Your Entire PPC Campaign Will Fail
You’ve researched all the bidding strategies. For days on end you’ve agonized over which segments to target your campaign to. You click the magic button to turn your campaign on and it tanks. What could have gone wrong? You didn’t miss a thing. Or did you?
From a Million to Zero in Just One Day: A Keyword Research Tragedy
One bit of misinformation can completely skew your keyword research results. Yet hardly anybody is talking about where the keyword research data comes from and how to use it properly. Once you know the truth, the process gets a LOT easier.
Common Misconceptions about Copywriting
Does copy have to be completely rewritten to see improvements? Is it all or nothing once you put the new copy up? Get clarity about how it really works from SEO copywriter Karon Thackston.
How to Write Persuasive Headlines with Karon Thackston
Here’s another excerpt from my copywriting presentation at NAMS4 in Atlanta this past August. During this portion of the session, I’m discussing great headline techniques including what to do and what not to do when you write them.