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Lauryan Feijen | @LauryanF
Online Advertising Strategist | iProspect
Excel(lent) in PPC
About me
DutchPPC since 2009Online Advertising StrategistExcel & PPC automation nerdMusic lover & musicianHusband & dad
Excel, a solution to many problems
Excel: a solution to many problems.. or is it the problem?
WIIFYwhat’s in it for
you
WIIFYwhat’s in it for
you
Formula’s
=LEN(A1)Returns amount of characters of A1
=TRIM(A1)Removes unnecessary spaces in A1
=LOWER(A1)Transforms text to lowercase
Formula’s
=SUBSTITUTE(A1;”old text”;”new text”)Replaces “old text” in A1 with “new text”
=LEFT(A1;# characters), RIGHT(A1;# characters)Returns # characters from LEFT or RIGHT in A1
=CONCATENATE(A1;B1)Puts contents of cell A1 and B1 after each otherBonus =A1&B1 leads to the same result
Formulas
=IF(this is true;then this;otherwise this)
=SUMIFS(what to sum;sum if this;contains this)
=VLOOKUP(look for this;in this table;get data from column #;broad match?)
=IFERROR(your formula here;show this if error)
Tools & Plugins
Some Shortcuts
Ctrl + arrow Move cursor to end of data
ShiftHighlights cell
Shift + Ctrl + arrow Highlights to end of data
Ctrl + AHighlights full section
F2 Edit current cell
Account creation
Account creation
Use filters to quickly categorize the keyword list
Create campaign & adgroup names based on categories using formulas.
(Ctrl + Shift + L)
Basic=F2&” – “&G2&” – “&H2&” – Exact”
Better looking=PROPER(F2&” – “&G2&” – “&H2&” – Exact”)
Advanced=PROPER(F2&IF(G2="";"";" - "&G2&IF(H2="";"";" - "&H2))&" - Exact")
Account creation
Use filters to quickly categorize the keyword list
Create campaign & adgroup names based on categories using formulas.
Keep volume data: create a pivot table to get an estimate of volume (or cost) per campaign or adgroup.
Search Volume
Accountant - Exact 1,180
Accountant - Exact 1,010
Accountant - Software - Exact 100
Accountant - Courses - Exact 70
Accounting - Exact 11,630
Accounting - Exact 6,710
Accounting - Software - Exact 3,520
Accounting - Program - Exact 570
Accounting - Courses - Exact 400
Accounting - System - Exact 340
Accounting - Classes - Exact 90
Bookkeeper - Exact 990
Bookkeeper - Exact 950
Bookkeeper - Software - Exact 20
Bookkeeper - Courses - Exact 20
Bookkeeping - Exact 5,630
Bookkeeping - Exact 4,490
Bookkeeping - Software - Exact 820
Bookkeeping - Classes - Exact 90
Bookkeeping - Courses - Exact 80
Bookkeeping - Program - Exact 80
Bookkeeping - System - Exact 70
(blank) 435,090
Working with dates
DateEvery day is a number in Excel1 = January 1st 19002 = January 2nd 1900And so on..
TimeEvery hour is 1/241,5 = January 1st 1900 12:00
Year, Month, WeekdayA1 = April 27, 2015=YEAR(A1)
=MONTH(A1)
=WEEKDAY(A1;2)Weeks start on Sunday in Excel. Use ;2 to start counting from Monday
=EOMONTH(A1;0)Will show last day in current month. Increase ;0 for future months
Year, Month, WeekdayA1 = April 27, 2015=TEXT(A1;”formatting goes here”)
“mm” two digit month04
“mmm” month abbreviationApr
“mmmm” month fully written out April“yy” two digit year
15“yyyy” four digit year
2015“ddd” weekday abbreviation
Mon“dddd” weekday written outMonday
Dashboards
Dashboards
Garbage in is garbage outClean up your data
Easy copy / paste of new data: First columns contain your data, Last columns contain report data
Dashboards
Campaign type segmentation in dataUse good naming convention and MID()
formula
Use VLOOKUP() in combination with Taxonomy sheet
Use IF(ISNUMBER(SEARCH(..))) to identify campaign types
Dashboards
Pivot tables are an easy way to quickly segment data
Use Pivot tables & Slicers to allow for dynamic reports
Dashboards
SUMIFS() can also be used to generate dashboards that will automatically
update
Slightly more time in setting up, but less work in maintaining & better looking
Forecasting
Monthly forecastResult MtD + (Last7Days / 7 x
DaysLeftInMonth)
Full year forecastResult YtD + (Last4Weeks / 4 x WeeksLeft)
Forecasting
Reality check(Target – RealisationToDate) / (52 –
CurrentWeek)=
What do we have to realize every week from now to perform on target.
Bonus: add conditional formatting
Display Network Google search Search partners Grand Total
January
Revenue 22,625.97$ 606,472.95$ 20,585.41$ 649,684.33$
Cost 3,739.52$ 57,570.31$ 2,212.06$ 63,521.89$
February
Revenue 22,321.40$ 339,132.34$ 9,026.59$ 370,480.33$
Cost 5,177.74$ 34,149.41$ 1,042.07$ 40,369.22$
March
Revenue 2,426.08$ 339,703.90$ 10,446.59$ 352,576.57$
Cost 1,735.73$ 36,996.23$ 1,217.99$ 39,949.95$
April
Revenue 1,732.27$ 122,752.62$ 3,877.96$ 128,362.85$
Cost 49.57$ 12,796.99$ 534.97$ 13,381.53$
Total Revenue 49,105.72$ 1,408,061.81$ 43,936.55$ 1,501,104.08$
Total Cost 10,702.56$ 141,512.94$ 5,007.09$ 157,222.59$
Revenue Cost
Display Network 49,105.72$ 10,702.56$
January 22,625.97$ 3,739.52$
February 22,321.40$ 5,177.74$
March 2,426.08$ 1,735.73$
April 1,732.27$ 49.57$
Google search 1,408,061.81$ 141,512.94$
January 606,472.95$ 57,570.31$
February 339,132.34$ 34,149.41$
March 339,703.90$ 36,996.23$
April 122,752.62$ 12,796.99$
Search partners 43,936.55$ 5,007.09$
January 20,585.41$ 2,212.06$
February 9,026.59$ 1,042.07$
March 10,446.59$ 1,217.99$
April 3,877.96$ 534.97$
Grand Total 1,501,104.08$ 157,222.59$
Revenue Cost
January 649,684.33$ 63,521.89$
Display Network 22,625.97$ 3,739.52$
Google search 606,472.95$ 57,570.31$
Search partners 20,585.41$ 2,212.06$
February 370,480.33$ 40,369.22$
Display Network 22,321.40$ 5,177.74$
Google search 339,132.34$ 34,149.41$
Search partners 9,026.59$ 1,042.07$
March 352,576.57$ 39,949.95$
Display Network 2,426.08$ 1,735.73$
Google search 339,703.90$ 36,996.23$
Search partners 10,446.59$ 1,217.99$
April 128,362.85$ 13,381.53$
Display Network 1,732.27$ 49.57$
Google search 122,752.62$ 12,796.99$
Search partners 3,877.96$ 534.97$
Grand Total 1,501,104.08$ 157,222.59$
Analysis
Display Network Google search Search partners Total Revenue Total Cost
Revenue Cost Revenue Cost Revenue Cost
January 22,625.97$ 3,739.52$ 606,472.95$ 57,570.31$ 20,585.41$ 2,212.06$ 649,684.33$ 63,521.89$
February 22,321.40$ 5,177.74$ 339,132.34$ 34,149.41$ 9,026.59$ 1,042.07$ 370,480.33$ 40,369.22$
March 2,426.08$ 1,735.73$ 339,703.90$ 36,996.23$ 10,446.59$ 1,217.99$ 352,576.57$ 39,949.95$
April 1,732.27$ 49.57$ 122,752.62$ 12,796.99$ 3,877.96$ 534.97$ 128,362.85$ 13,381.53$
Grand Total 49,105.72$ 10,702.56$ 1,408,061.81$ 141,512.94$ 43,936.55$ 5,007.09$ 1,501,104.08$ 157,222.59$
Pivot table madnessSame data, different presentation
Mix & match with Rows & Columns
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Lauryan Feijen | @LauryanF
Online Advertising Strategist | iProspect
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