Make Your Paid Search Advertising Pay!

September 10, 2010 by Dorian
Filed under: PPC 

Here are some tips to make your paid search advertising campaign pay:

1. Don’t choose your own keywords. Keep an open mind in selecting the appropriate keyphrases for your site. It’s wise that you let your potential clients choose the keyphrases for you. What keywords do they utilize when searching for your product or service? Narrow down your list to a more focused and relevant keyword to minimize cost, as well as to tightly describe the product or service.

2. Utilize keyword tools. Make the most out of your PPC search engine’s features such as the suggestion tool and the free version of SEMRush to pick the appropriate keywords for your business and to track what keywords your competitors are bidding on. If you want historical data on popular and seasonal keywords, as well as old terms or up-and-coming buzzwords, consult the Google Trends. If you are in the trading business, EBay Pulse can also help advertisers identify keywords that shoppers use.

3. Monitor your results. Now that you have the perfect keywords, find out whether they’re working and test them first. You should check out Google Analytics and Yahoo! Web Analytics in this stage. Ensure that your keyword programs and analytics tools are connected.

4. Write convincing adverts. If not the most important component of your campaign, writing the PPC ad copy should be well thought of. It needs to be free from grammar and spelling errors and should be appealing enough to invite visitors to click on the advert. Don’t forget to include a call to action, as well as discount offers, promotions, and free shipping deals in your ad copy.

5. Cut out unsolicited clicks. In PPC advertising, you know that you pay every time someone clicks on your ad; that’s why your keywords must be so focused and relevant to restrict your ad copy only to potential customers, if possible. This way, you minimize paying for unwanted clicks and possible click fraud activity.

6. Associate ads with landing pages. Ensure that you have a keyword-ad copy-landing page relation. Give what your users are looking for in the landing page right away, instead of directing them to irrelevant links and web pages.

7. Watch your quality score. The more parallel your keywords are to your products or services, the higher your quality score will be. And the more relevant your keywords are to search queries, the bigger your quality score also.

PPC can be expensive but searchers prefer sponsored links when they are already ready to buy. This is where you make the most out of your Pay Per Click campaign to your favor. Consult a PPC advertising services provider on how to do this and more!