how bing ads does plas by elizabeth marsten
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SMX Advanced 2014 Session #SMX #14B - Pla To Pay: Maximizing Profits With Product Listing Ads - How Bing Ads Does Plas By Elizabeth Marsten @Ebkendo Of Portent Inc Read more on display advertising and marketing at http://marketingland.comTRANSCRIPT
SMX Advanced 2014 ELIZABETH MARSTEN
PORTENT, INC.
How Bing Ads
Does PLAs
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ELIZABETH MARSTEN (ME)
• VP of Search Marketing
• PPC, SEO, Social, Content
• @ebkendo
• http://bitly.com/bundles/ebkendo/5
• That’s what “kendo” is
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WELCOME TO SEATTLE! 3
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SO…BING ADS PLAS…
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2X4S AND PAINT 5
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CONFERENCE COMIC RELIEF ? 6
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CALLING UP REINFORCEMENTS 7
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Sam Owen
Hanapin Marketing
Heather Cooan
Clix Marketing
Logan Durant
Exclusive Concepts
THE SAME
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REQUIRED ATTRIBUTES
• Merchant Product ID
• Product Title & Brand
• Price
• Description
• Image URL & Destination URL
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FUNCTIONALITY 10
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• Export a feed
• Adjust the feed
• Test feed submission tool
• Promotional Text
• Webmaster Tools
ALREADY OUT OF DATE?
• Bing Ads Label
• Bing Ads Grouping
• Bing Ads Redirect
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BUT DIFFERENT
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MERCHANT CENTER
• Inside of Bing Ads!
• No auto-tagging, UTM code fun
• Bingbot must be able to crawl your site
• Can take longer for feed approval
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DISAPPROVED ITEMS 14
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SWINGER? 15
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SIGN IN TRICKINESS 16
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• Have to use the MSN Passport login
• Compatibility issues with Bing Editor
• Compatibility issues with 3rd party tools
UNDER YAHOO MANAGEMENT? 17
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There’s a good chance you’re going to have
to be transferred to Bing.
We got an estimate of 3 weeks for one client.
Can I have some numbers…
please?
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30 DAY NUMBERS 19
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Clicks Impr. CTR CPC Cost Conv. Cost/Conv.
CR
4,657 261,785 1.78% .43 $2,021 41 $49.31 0.88%
Clicks Impr. CTR CPC Cost Conv. Cost/Conv.
CR
394 51,260 0.77% $1.48 $581 6 $96.94 1.52%
AdWords PLAs
Bing Ads PLAs
ALL RIGHT, I’M SOLD. NOW WHAT?
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Negative Keywords
Don’t forget them.
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Average Position Metric
Doesn’t really mean anything.
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Product Target Bid
Go higher, not lower.
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All Products Target
Use it, lowest bid.
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Keep a General Structure
Not worth expansion yet.
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Single SKU Product Targets
Need a crazy high traffic space.
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Tech Support
Through a form or rep.
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TRACKING
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TRACKING 29
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• UTM Codes
• Bing Ads Campaign Analytics
• SuperMetrics
• GA Dashboards/Annotations
• Image URL & Destination URL
RICH CAPTIONS
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IT’S FREE! 31
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WHY NOT? 32
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• Submit feed through Bing Ads
• Same feed requirements
• Add UTM tracking
• Make that GA annotation
SEOS WILL LOVE YOU 33
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THE END ...
I’LL SEE YOU AT QUESTIONS TIME
@ebkendo
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