Pay Per Click
This group is dedicated to Pay Per Click and everything about Pay Per Click. Discuss Google Adwords, Yahoo Search Marketing (Overture), MSN AdCenter, and other third party engines. Make money using pay per click and not even have a website! Enjoy.
Pay Per Click - What it is
PPC has emerged as one of the most effective ways to attain the highest search engine rankings. The concept is simple: Advertisers pay, or bid, for the placement of each keyword or search phrase. PPC advertisements are often listed above typical free search results and are entitled as "Sponsored Sites".
The cost of PPC depends on the product or service being offered. The more popular the keyword or keyword phrase, the higher the price. Advertisers pay only when their search results are clicked. Most vendors balance the advertisement click-through rate (CTR) with the amount advertisers are willing to pay for a keyword or keyword phrase.
PPC is adaptable in terms of the efficiency and productivity of a keyword or keyword phrase. Because most PPC services offer immediate placement or placement within a week, the effectiveness of the words chosen can be measure tangibly almost immediately. Words or phrases that are ineffective can be altered or changed as part of the process.
Many PPC vendors allow budget and automatic bid set-up. This allows an organization to calculate the amount of clicks they are willing to pay for and when that threshold is reached, the advertisement can be automatically brought down. For instance, an advertiser might have a daily budget of $100 and upon reaching that threshold; the advertisement is brought down until the next day or until the advertiser changes the terms of the agreement for budget thresholds.
Like keywords, PPC is heavily dependent on the preference of the user. An organization should place a premium on the customer and their motivation and keep their PPC phrases or advertisements to a list that describes the product or service. They should avoid keyword matches that are too broad, items that are not available or information that is not available on their website.
Pay Per Click - What it is not
PPC is not a panacea for online searches. Merely bidding on a keyword is not going to guarantee results or sales, depending on the words selected and their relevancy to the product or service. The PPC choices have to not only cover the interest of the consumer, they also have to appeal to the consumer's ability to associate the product or service with a positive image.
For instance, a product might have an appeal that is based on its perception, but its everyday realistic impact might be something that turns a consumer off. In fact, depending on the product, some advertising appeals that would garner interest and high search rankings might also kill sales. A good example of this is the marketing of a tank or toy soldiers.
Virtually every male child has at one point, owned a tank or toy soldiers. The child uses those toys to fight the "bad guys" and defeat the "enemy", which is always someone or some group that beckons for comeuppance and defeat. Marketing that aspect of the product, emphasizing fighting for the good guys is a great marketing strategy.
On the other hand, tanks and soldiers have also destroyed countries, wrecked lives and caused the deaths of millions. Emphasizing that aspect of tanks or soldiers would likely garner a high rate of search results, but sales would be negatively affected. Thus, when choosing a PPC strategy, make sure that the choices made appeal to the consumer's interest, but in a way that promotes use of the product or service.
PPC is also not a guaranteed link to sales. Often, if the consumer is researching a product, the advertising will only pay off if they meet the demands of the consumer in terms of price, delivery costs and timetables and the availability of the product. In terms of an ROI, PPC is hard to gauge because the impact of a web link or search result varies from consumer to consumer and might or might not be the impetus the consumer uses to select a particular product or service.
PPC Discussion
|
chandan1983amb
i am new in it my self chandan bajaj i am from india. from very poor family Posted September 24, 2008 |
|
Junyuan
Great group on PPC! And really exited to be here to meet fellow PPC marketers... ;) I've recently created a lens on Google Adwords Tips - where I provide tips on how to turn losses into profits in their Adwords campaigns - you might want to check it out and give me your comments... Looking forward to see you there! ;) Cheers! Posted June 10, 2008 |
|
moneyman17
Nice group and very good info visit my lens Posted April 27, 2008 |
|
TheNewPPC
Look - we know we DISAPPEARED for almost a year now. Larry Posted February 25, 2008 |
|
elishadavis
Neat and sleek group. Lots valuable info and resources here. Lots of interesting lenses too. Drop by sometime at Credit Card Rewards - Credit Card Reward Programs - Rewards Credit Card. Cheers, Elisha Posted January 02, 2008 |
Featured Lenses
-
Pay Per Click
-
How to use PPC to pump in floods of new traffic to your website. Methods that cause a sudden and almost frightening increase in sales. Secrets of opening up new markets and developing new customers automatically. How to stop worrying about testing and t...
Meet the Groupmaster
My name is Amish Shah.
A new way of doing PPC ("Pay Per Click") advertising that increases your results - without increasing your ad spends.
I can say this with confidence because I'm a Wall Street Business Analyst who worked for many large investment banks. While in that business, I discovered some interesting formulas for working with just the kind of data yielded by PPC campaigns.
This group is dedicated to Pay Per Click and everything about Pay Per Click. Discuss Google Adwords, Yahoo Search Marketing (Overture), MSN AdCenter, and other third party engines. Make money using pay per click and not even have a website! Enjoy.
Join Our Group!
It's fast, free, and fun.
Group Stats
Created February, 2007
There are 93 lenses in this group
Share this Group
About this Group
This group is dedicated to Pay Per Click and everything about Pay Per Click. Discuss Google Adwords, Yahoo Search Marketing (Overture), MSN AdCenter, and other third party engines. Make money using pay per click and not even have a website! Enjoy.
Flag this group as spam or adult
