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Kirk Williams | @PPCKirkOwner & Minion | ZATO
How to Lose Your B2B PPC Account
MINNEAPOLIS, MN > WISCONSIN > LOUISVILLE, KY > MONTANA(Montana, also known as the business center of corporate America)
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Walking across Montana diagonally = 795 mi (1,279 km)
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Walking from London to Liezen, Austria = 790 mi (1,271 km)
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Integrated Marketing SAAS
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Fortune 5oo Companies
Heavy EquipmentManufacturer
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Potential Dealers
What do all B2B Businesses Have in Common?
Small E-commerce B2B Parts Supplier
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SMB Owners
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Integrated Marketing SAAS
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Fortune 5oo Companies
Heavy EquipmentManufacturer
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Potential Dealers
What do all B2B Businesses Have in Common?
Small E-commerce B2B Parts Supplier
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SMB Owners
THEY ARE ALL STILL ADVERTISING TO PEOPLE.
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We’ll lose our #B2BPPC accounts if we forget there is a real, living human being on the other
side of that ad. #HeroConf“ ”
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Bryan Kramer
There is no more B2B or B2C: It’s Human to Human, #H2H.
B2B PPCone key way we endanger our B2BPPC Accounts…
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Objection: But What About Multiple Decision Makers?“the decision making group” now involves at least five people in the typical B2B purchase.*
*Scott Gillum, President of Gyro Advertising writing about the book: The Challenge Customer
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win the moment!
Objection: But What About Multiple Decision Makers?“the decision making group” now involves at least five people in the typical B2B purchase.*
*Scott Gillum, President of Gyro Advertising writing about the book: The Challenge Customer
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My Goal:
to brainstorm ideas that will make our AdWords/Bing Ads accounts more people-centric.
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My Goal:
to brainstorm ideasthat will make our AdWords/Bing Ads accounts more people-centric.
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My Goal:
to brainstorm ideas that will make our AdWords/Bing Adsaccounts more people-centric.
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Adwords is Not Dead in B2B PPC
Facebook AdsTwitter Ads
Email MarketingMobile App Networks
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Don’t get so distracted by new things in #B2BPPC that you stop learning @adwords. Ads, KWs, &
Landing Pages are still relevant. #HeroConf“ ”
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3 Key Areas of B2B PPCwe must remember we are advertising to people in these key areas.
What are b2b people interested in?
Keywords
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3 Key Areas of B2B PPCwe must remember we are advertising to people in these key areas.
What are b2b people interested in?
Keywords
How can we build truly greatb2b landing pages with the
person in mind
Landing Pages
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3 Key Areas of B2B PPCwe must remember we are advertising to people in these key areas.
How can we get the right message to the right person at the right time?
RemarketingWhat are b2b people interested in?
Keywords
How can we build truly greatb2b landing pages with the
person in mind
Landing Pages
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b2b keywordswhat are people interested in?
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The reason keywords are still relevant in
#B2BPPC is because they reveal intent.
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3 Ideas for improving our B2B keyword targeting. Idea #1: Think like
your customer
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3 Ideas for improving our B2B keyword targeting. Idea #1: Think like
your customer
ask: “what does my customer call my product/service?”
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Think Like Your Customersa story..
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In #B2BPPC, the “right” name for your product/service is what your converting customer calls it. #HeroConf“ ”
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How Do We Learn What Our Customers Are (actually) Searching For
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Search Query Report
Competition
Customer Surveys/Forms
Forums / Review Sites
How Do We Learn What Our Customers Are (actually) Searching For
think outside the box
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Idea #2: Use SQR to Seek Out Keyword Modifiers or Variations.
How can we improve our B2B keyword targeting?
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Find the ModifiersGo past the 20,000 phrases
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Find the ModifiersGo past the 20,000 phrases
problems@PPCKirk
Identify & Filter the KW Modifier in the Query
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Take Action On Keyword Modifiersdon’t just sit there, do something
Take Action!
Pull Out Modifier Into Ad Group
Use Traffic Sculpting
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What is Traffic Sculpting?PPCHero Post: Negative Keywords: Stop (Only) Excluding, Start Directing
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Generic Queries
Show the Right Ad to the Right Person
[windows 10][best operating system for small business]
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Generic Queries
Modifier Queries (e.g., “problems”)
Show the Right Ad to the Right Person
[windows 10][best operating system for small business]
[windows 10 problems][how to fix windows 10 problems]
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Generic Queries
Modifier Queries (e.g., “problems”)
Show the Right Ad to the Right Person
[windows 10][best operating system for small business]
[windows 10 problems][how to fix windows 10 problems]
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Take Action On Keyword Modifiersdon’t just sit there, do something
Take Action!
Pull Out Modifier Into Ad Group
Traffic Sculpting
Create “problem” focused ads and/or landing pages!
Win Back the Conversation
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Brainlabs Query Script on SELandwhy do it manually when you can do it auto-magically?
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How can we make our B2B Keyword Targeting people-centric?Idea #3: Make Negative Keywords Lists Your New Favorite.
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• 200+ Negative Keywords to Exclude for B2B – KO Marketing• 400+ Negative Keywords to Exclude for PPC – Engine Ready
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Section 1 Summary: B2B Keywordsexploit the person-revealing intent found in keywords
Think Like Your Customer
Find Modifiers in SQR Use Negative Lists
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b2b landing pageshow can we build truly great b2b
landing pages with people in mind?
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Melissa Mackey: #ppcmosesB2B Superstar @mel66
@mel66http://gyro.com
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Melissa Mackey: #ppcmosesB2B Superstar @mel66
“B2B landing pages may be the most neglected aspect of B2B PPC.”
@mel66http://gyro.com
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B2B Landing Pages like this still exist (9/21/15)
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B2B Landing Pages like this still exist (9/21/15)
I feel like her.
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We build bad #B2BPPC landing pages when we simply perpetuate bad templates, bad ideas, & bad
practices. #HeroConf“ ”
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Why is this so hard?
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Don’t let your addictions kill you (or your account).———————
3 Ideas to Break our Addictionto Bad B2B Landing Page Practices
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don’t ask for marriage on your first date.
Idea #1: Stop collecting unnecessary informationSHORTEN YOUR FORMS
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WHHHHYYYYY do we need 27 form fields??you’re a person, which would YOU rather fill out…
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Identify your form threshold
“Landing Page form threshold is the minimum agreed upon set of information requirements that still produce an acceptable conversion rate.”
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Break the #B2BPPC mold and stop collecting personal information you don’t need to collect.
Shorten Your Forms! #HeroConf“ ”
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Join me in form-shortening
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Idea #2: Kill the Whitepaper.The whitepaper is dead. Give it a proper burial and move on.
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Idea #2: Kill the Whitepaper.The whitepaper is dead. Give it a proper burial and move on.
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The generic informational whitepaper needs to die in #B2BPPC. Instead offer something your visitor will
find *personally* valuable. #HeroConf
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Join me in killing the whitepaper
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Free Trial Free Account Analysis
Club Pricing (Ecom)
6 ideas for shifting our thinking from “generic” offering, to “personally valuable” offering.
Free Conf Videos
Free Product Samples
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Free Consultation
Idea #3: Ditch the Landing Page
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Give Call-Only Campaigns a Tryor don’t, I could care less. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
There is disagreement on their success!
but be warned…
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Give Call-Only Campaigns a Tryor don’t, I could care less. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Experiment for yourself with Call-Only Campaigns! OR, begin by trying Call-Only Ads in existing ad groups.
There is disagreement on their success!
but be warned…
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Section 2 Summary: B2B Landing Pagesbreak your addiction to bad b2b landing page practices.
Shorten Your Forms Offer Something Personally Valuable
Try Collecting Only Calls
CALLUS
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b2b remarketinghow can we get the right message to
the right person at the right time?
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B2B – LOOOOOONNGER Sales Cycle
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4 Ideas for Making AdWords Remarketing Work for B2B
B2B – LOOOOOONNGER Sales Cycle
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Search – Up to 180 Days Display – Up to 540 DaysIdea #1: Set Membership Duration to Mimic Your Sales Cycle
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360 days
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Search – Up to 180 Days Display – Up to 540 DaysIdea #1: Set Membership Duration to Mimic Your Sales Cycle
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do you really want to be this kid??———————
treat your converted visitors like people… GIVE THEM SOME ROOM
Idea #2: Exclude Conversions From Remarketing Campaigns
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do you really want to be this kid??———————
“go away… and never, come back!”———————
treat your converted visitors like people… GIVE THEM SOME ROOM
Idea #2: Exclude Conversions From Remarketing Campaigns
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Industrial 3D PrintersLEAD GEN
GOAL: Sell 3D Printers to Companies
MICRO: Track Spec Sheet Downloads
REMARKET to Spec Sheet List.
CSE Feed ProgramLEAD GENWE 3D WE CSE
GOAL: Get Monthly Subscribers for Feed Management
MICRO: Track Free Demo Users
REMARKET to Free Demo List.
Auto Tool StoreECOMMERCE
GOAL: Sell Tools to Mechanics
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Idea #3: Identify Micro-Converting Visitors & Remarket To Them
E-commerce micro-conversion remarketing lists…
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There’s… too many of them!
Cart/Checkout Abandonment
Product Tab Info Clicks
Converted Customers
Email Lists(!) Product Video Views
Create Google Analytics events for key product interactions and get to work building lists!
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Idea #4: Use Remarketing for Search Listswhat’s happier than Search or Remarketing??? Search AND Remarketing.
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Bid on those top CPC terms you couldn’t afford previously!
“In RLSA, your list IS your filter!”Susan Wenograd
GO CRAZY WITHBROAD MATCH
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2 Tricks for B2B RLSA
Bid on those top CPC terms you couldn’t afford previously!
EXPERIMENT:STEP 1: Duplicate Search
Campaigns as RLSA campaigns.
STEP 2: Exclude RLSA list to Search Campaigns to keep
returning/new traffic separate.
“In RLSA, your list IS your filter!”
EXCLUDE RETURNINGLISTS FROM SEARCH
Susan Wenograd
GO CRAZY WITHBROAD MATCH
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2 Tricks for B2B RLSA
Section 3 Summary: B2B Remarketingget to the right person with the right message at the right time.
Membership Duration Exclude Converting Visits
Remarket to Micro-Converters
WE 3D
WE CSE
Use RLSA
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RemarketingKeywords
LandingPages
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So after all that… how can we keep our B2B Accounts?by remembering to focus on people, specifically in these 3 areas:
Questions? Ideas? Insults?
THANK YOU!!!
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