Sunday, October 5, 2008

Easy Tips For Running A Successful PPC Campaign

By Brian Basch

Bringing traffic in to an e-commerce site can be tricky, particularly if that site is new. On top of that, not all the visitors will be interested in your products or services. This is how a good PPC campaign can help, but bringing targeted visitors to your webpage. However, it's important to start with a good plan. Without one, you risk losing money on advertising, without bringing in many additional sales.

Finding The Best Keywords

Successful PPC campaigns start out by finding the right keywords. When people are searching the web and typing in keywords, related ads are often displayed on the right-hand side of the browser. The search engine being used, let's use Google as an example, then makes money when ads are clicked on. Each time ads are clicked, the engine charges the ad owner for that click.

What's important to remember in a PPC campaign is that better keyword selection leads to better results. While getting as many visitors as possible to your website through a search engine is a good thing, you don't want uninterested people coming through PPC ads. That's because each click costs money. You want every click to be meaningful, and result in a sale.

Targeting your keywords is very important. Say you're selling a new pet product, you'll want to make sure that you use a keyphrase that will reach your intended audience. Consider using "cat collars" as a keyword phrase instead of separate words. The difference? Searchers for "cat books" and "dog collars" won't get your ad and the chances of a sale are increased because your keywords are targeted.

Tip 2. Really Get To Know That Target Audience We Talk So Much About

You can use many different keywords, but the only way to find out which ones work is through trial and error and keeping records of statistics. Pay close attention to the visitor logs and statistics available so you can find out which ads generate visitors to your site, and which ones get the sales. Keywords that get no clicks, or that generate clicks but don't convert sales, should be changed by inserting new words or phrases that are more effective. Check each of the ads individually, carefully considering the wording and placement of the ad in question. Think about what your target audience will search for and use that in your keywords.

Use The Right Landing Page

It's possible to choose a different landing page for each keyword. That's great, because it allows you to optimize just for that set of visitors. If you're selling one product, you don't want to confuse visitors by offering them another as soon as they click through from your ad. A well targeted landing page results in more sales. Poorly targeted pages cause visitors to leave without buying.

Correctly managing your Pay Per Click campaign requires you to find the best keywords for your goods or services. Then you need to get to know your visitors. Pay attention to your results, too. And, don't be afraid to change your campaign when need be.

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