Quick Microsoft Ads Wins Most Advertisers Miss | Nikki Kuhlman | PPC Zone April 2026
The April 2026 PPC Zone session features Jumpfly VP Nikki Kman revealing quick, low‑effort Microsoft Ads tactics most advertisers overlook. She stresses treating Microsoft as a separate platform rather than a Google clone. Kman outlines four core practices: day‑parting to pause campaigns from midnight until business hours, applying a –20% mobile bid modifier, progressing through smart‑bidding stages (ECPC → Max Conversions → CPA), and rigorously excluding under‑performing partner sites using a curated list. She cites examples such as a 90% tablet‑spend shift that hurt conversions and the impact of negative bid adjustments during low‑intent hours. Key quotes include, “Microsoft ads reward advertisers who treat it as a distinct platform,” and she shares a 300‑site exclusion list, noting that DuckDuckGo can still be valuable. Even with as few as ten conversions in 30 days, she recommends moving to Max Conversion strategies and setting a maximum CPC to cap spend. Implementing these steps can revive stagnant Microsoft campaigns, improve ROI, and justify allocating 10‑25% of paid‑search budgets to the platform, giving marketers a cost‑effective avenue for growth beyond Google.
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