{"id":5291,"date":"2017-07-31T18:33:02","date_gmt":"2017-07-31T13:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/?p=5291"},"modified":"2017-08-02T11:19:11","modified_gmt":"2017-08-02T05:49:11","slug":"weekly-ppc-news-adwords-call-bid-adjustments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/weekly-ppc-news-adwords-call-bid-adjustments\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly PPC News &#8211; AdWords Call Bid Adjustments, LinkedIn Website Demographics and more"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">This week&#8217;s PPC News captures the announcement about the new call bid adjustments, transitioning from PPC to Facebook ads, the importance of SKAGs, automated bidding strategy in Bing Ads, Facebook and AdWords and more.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>1.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/advertise.bingads.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/post\/july-2017\/back-to-school-tips-for-bing-shopping-campaigns\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Back-to-school tips for Bing Shopping Campaigns<\/a><\/p>\n<p>To help advertisers with the back to school season, Bing Ads has released some new features such as the Bid Landscape Tool, Diagnostic report in Merchant Center and other handy tips.<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/bid-landscape-tool-bing-ads.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"565\" height=\"233\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5292\" src=\"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/bid-landscape-tool-bing-ads.jpg\" alt=\"bid landscape tool bing ads\" \/><\/a>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>2.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/adwords.googleblog.com\/2017\/07\/ramp-up-your-calls-with-call-bid.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ramp up your calls with call bid adjustments<\/a><\/p>\n<p>An extension to bid adjustments was made the last week, with the release of call bid adjustments that lets advertisers control when they wish to show the call option with their search ad.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>3.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/business.linkedin.com\/marketing-solutions\/blog\/linkedin-news\/2017\/introducing-linkedin-website-demographics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Introducing LinkedIn Website Demographics: Understand the Professional Audiences Visiting Your Website<\/a><\/p>\n<p>With the new Website Demographics, you can understand your audience better as it gives insight into what professional background they are coming from.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>4.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.searchenginejournal.com\/transition-ppc-facebook-ads\/207758\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Pain-Free Way to Move from PPC to Facebook Ads<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Planning to migrate from PPC to Facebook Ads? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SusanEDub\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Susan Wenogard<\/a> shares the common mistakes to avoid making while undergoing the transition.<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.searchenginejournal.com\/transition-ppc-facebook-ads\/207758\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"432\" height=\"680\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5294\" src=\"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/funnel-strategy-facebook-transition.png\" alt=\"funnel strategy facebook transition\" \/><\/a>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>5.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.merkleinc.com\/blog\/google-testing-price-slashes-shopping\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Google Testing Price Slashes in Shopping<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Similar to price drop alerts, Google is testing a new variation to display that a product is discounted by slashing out the original prices alongside the discounted price of the product. More details here.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>6.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.business2community.com\/online-marketing\/single-keyword-ad-groups-skag-reign-supreme-01888848\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Why Single Keyword Ad Groups (SKAG) Reign Supreme<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sevenatomsbuzz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Erin Higgins<\/a> discusses about SKAG&#8217;s, benefits of using them, creating your SKAG and how it contributes in optimizing performance.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>7.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.clixmarketing.com\/blog\/2017\/07\/27\/get-your-time-back-leverage-automated-bidding-strategies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Get Your Time Back: Leverage Automated Bidding Strategies<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here is all insight that you need about Automated Bidding Strategy across Facebook, Bing and Google. Learn about using it optimally to impact your campaign performance.<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/facebook-automated-bidding.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"724\" height=\"428\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/facebook-automated-bidding.png\" alt=\"facebook automated bidding\" \/><\/a>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>8.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/searchengineland.com\/adwords-enhanced-sitelnks-list-test-279798\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Google testing list format for AdWords enhanced sitelinks<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GinnyMarvin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ginny Marvin<\/a> updates about a new test by Google, where they are testing a different and smaller font size version of enhanced sitelinks.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>9.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/marketinginsidergroup.com\/content-marketing\/15-ppc-tips-fuel-google-adwords-campaign-performance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">15 PPC TIPS TO FUEL YOUR GOOGLE ADWORDS CAMPAIGN PERFORMANCE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Want to achieve your desired PPC results? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/patelchaitanya\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chaitany Patel<\/a> shares the 15 tips that can help you achieve that objective. From what bidding strategy to opt for to when to show your ad, make use of all these tips.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"comment-container\">\n<div class=\"action-comment markeddown js-comment\" dir=\"auto\">\n<div class=\"current-comment js-friendly-links js-open-card\">\n<p>10.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/3qdigital.com\/socialmedia\/facebook\/facebook-ads-manager-excel-using\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">FACEBOOK ADS MANAGER FOR EXCEL: WHAT IT IS AND WHY YOU SHOULD BE USING IT<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/redpeppermint\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lindsey Wallem<\/a> explores Facebook Ads Manager for Excel and shares how and why it must be used by advertisers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/which-smart-bidding-option-will-support-your-lead-generation-strategy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Using Target CPA Smart Bidding Strategy To Support Lead Generation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/why-you-should-use-single-ad-keywords-per-ad-group\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Why You Should Use Single Ad Keywords per Ad Group?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/set-bid-adjustments-adwords-location-device-ad-scheudling\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How To Set Bid Adjustments in AdWords &#8211;\u00a0Location, Device &amp; Ad Scheduling<\/a><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week&#8217;s PPC News captures the announcement about the new call bid adjustments, transitioning from PPC to Facebook ads, the importance of SKAGs, automated bidding strategy in Bing Ads, Facebook and AdWords and more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ub_ctt_via":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ppc-roundup"],"featured_image_src":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Kirti","author_link":"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/author\/kirti\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5291"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5291\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5301,"href":"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5291\/revisions\/5301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}