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ppc search :: Internet Marketing :: Pay Per Click
PPC Advertising: How To Make Your Business "Click"
Success with Affiliate Marketing, or Internet Marketing in general, depends on a lot of factors; the product
you decide to promote, the type of advertising you use, the size of your advertising budget, etc. One product
in particular has been around since the dawn of the World Wide Web. It has in the past, and still is making
small fortunes for many Internet Marketers. The product I am refering to is information. Throughout this site
you will find an abundance of information on affiliate programs, marketing, website building, advertising and
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ppc stands for pay per click - a popular advertising technique on the Internet. Found on websites, advertising networks, and especially on search engines, ppc
advertising involves sponsored links that are typically in the form of
text ads. These are usually placed close to search results, where an
advertiser pays a particular amount to visitors who click on these
links or banners and land on the advertiser's web page.
In essence, ppc
advertising is all about bidding for the top or leading position on
search engine results and listings. Advertisers do this by buying or
bidding on keyword phrases that are relevant to their products or
services - the higher the bid, the higher the spot on the search
results, the more the people will find the ad (and click on it) to go
to their websites (this is why some people call it "keyword
auctioning"). Advertisers would then pay the bidding price every time a
visitor clicks through the website.
ppc advertising is also known under the following names/variations:
· Pay per placement· Pay per performance· Pay per ranking· Pay per position· Cost per click (CPC)
ppc advertising is usually done with the following standard procedures:
1. Setting up an account and/or deposit funds.
2. Creating a keyword list.
3. Choosing (and setting up) an account with a ppc search engine.
4. Bidding on the ad placement, including the search result words or phrases.
5. Writing out an ad copy.
6. Setting up the 'landing pages' for your ads.
7. Placing the advertisement in the search engine.
There are many benefits to pay per click advertising, making it an effective way of promoting a business 'online'. Some of them are listed below:
· Get launched immediately. PPC advertisements are implemented very
quickly - they can go 'online' within an hour after winning the bid and
paying for it.
· Obtain specific, pre-qualified, and quality traffic. PPC provides
you with a quality or a well-targeted traffic. Visitors are narrowed
down into 'qualified' people who are actually looking for specific
products and/or services that you offer - those who are more likely to
become a 'lead' (a convert) and complete a transaction (either by
buying your product or subscribing to the service that you are
offering.
· Widen your reach. PPC advertising provides additional traffic to
your site, aside from the natural or "organic" search engines.
· Track your investment. PPC advertising makes use of a tracking
system that will determine exactly who comes to the website and what
they do once they arrive - the length of their stay on the site and the
number of pages (including the actual pages) that they view. These are
valuable tools in determining statistics such as return on investment
(ROI), acquisition cost-per-visitor, and conversion rates (the
percentage of visitors who are converted into customers or leads).
Below are some important things to consider when planning on a pay per click campaign:
1. Know your product. Take an inventory of the product and/or services that you have to offer (before anything else).
2. Stay within the budget. Determine your daily or monthly budget;
and stay with it. This means keeping your budget in mind, avoiding
bidding wars if possible.
3. Bid just right. Know how to bid right - a bid that is too high
can exhaust all of your money, while a bid that is too low can make you
lose that spot.
4. Watch the bottom line. Measure your profit margin against your
spending or expenses. Know when to stop and terminate your PPC program
- if you spend more on advertising but have little or no sales at all.
5. Find the right keywords.
Decide which keyword phrases to opt and bid for. Do some keyword
research, either by actually looking at existing search terms or with
the use of online keyword suggestion tools, to know which terms are
mostly used when searching for items that are related to your business.
Focus on specific keywords, not on general ones.
6. Write effective ads. A good PPC ad is that which can persuade and move a searcher. There are several approaches to this:
· Discount offers· Testimonials· Celebrity/famous endorsers·
Money-back guarantees· Free trials or sample offers· Freebies· Reverse
psychology· Major benefits ("Lose weight")· Direct instructions ("Click
here")
7. Maintain a professional-looking site. Your web content
should be regularly updated and checked for spelling and grammatical
errors. There should be no broken links or images. The website should
be simple - designed in such a way that it will be easy for visitors to
navigate and load. Include contact details to create a good impression
among potential customers.
Done properly, PPC advertising can be an effective marketing tool that will maximize the return on your investment.
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