Turning a click into a lead or customer can be a daunting task. With so many moving pieces that must work together, it makes sense to partner with a Santa Barbara, CA PPC agency instead of trying to run a pay-per-click campaign yourself. In order to maximize the return from your PPC campaign it make sense to work with a search marketing company with detailed knowledge to give you a clear advantage over your competition.
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PPC is paid advertising on the internet. Your ad is show on websites (e.g. CNN, Fox News etc.) and also appears on search engine results pages such as Google and Bing. You are only charged if someone clicks on your ad. To give your ad the best chance for success in converting a lead or sale, we make sure they are only shown to a highly targeted audience.
PPC marketing campaigns that are correctly targeted and optimized can quickly generate relevant traffic for your website.
You can, of course run your own campaigns. Google Ads provides comprehensive guides that explain how to set up and run a campaign. This however is not the best use of your funds. You will spend money testing and experimenting to find out what works and what doesn't. Each experiment will require you to have a web development company create a new landing page. It is important to remember no two campaigns are alike.
To save money. If not properly configured your PPC campaign can burn through all of your budget with no return on investment. While there are differences in every PPC campaign, certain aspects do remain common for success.
Keyword planning is an essential first step to building a winning campaign. Understanding what your ideal customer is using in their search queries is vital. Using specialized software is one of the secret weapons in any PPC expert's arsenal.
Demographic or geographic targeting is often part of successful PPC campaigns. In order to match ads with the correct audience, your pay per click agency should meet with you and take the time to learn about your business, offerings and goals.
Competition in Santa Barbara can be fierce. Whoever pays the highest price for an ad wins, turning PPC into a real time online auction. Understanding what the competition is doing and how best to position yourself against them is an important service provided by a PPC management company.
A Santa Barbara PPC management company with deep knowledge of the advertising platform is perfectly positioned to review your objectives and help you target the right audience from day one of your PPC campaign. While planning the best approach for your campaign, a PPC firm will help you explore keyword selection, demographic and geographical targeting.
They can also help write compelling ads that are more likely to be clicked on, as well as develop effective landing pages that encourage any visitors to convert into leads or customers.
Your page must be optimized for conversion once your ad has been clicked. It is vitally important that the searcher land on a page that has clear and compelling information about the product or services in the ad, with a distinct call to action. A dedicated landing page that is continuously reviewed and optimized is the best solution for this. Paid search leads need to be directed to a dedicated landing page. Home pages are not optimized to effectively convert PPC traffic because the generally do not contain the elements required for lead conversion.
There are other ways to drive traffic to your website. The most common way outside of paid search is Search Engine Optimization. This is a longer term sustained approach to generate organic visitors. To increase your organic rankings, a combination of targeted content with on-page and off page strategies coupled with technical SEO work best. SEO can take months to see tangible results. PPC is the quickest way to generate traffic while you are waiting for your SEO efforts to see results. You can employ A/B testing and run experiments with PPC to find out what works best for you. PPC and SEO strategies complement each other. Combined they are the most effective tools for online marketing.
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