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Understanding PPC: For Beginners
Kyle Waters

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What is PPC


The words PPC stands for “pay-per-click.” PPC is a form of advertising used by companies small, medium, and large.PPC Advertising is one of the best ways to grow and scale a business by putting your ads in front of the right people. Companies all over the world use popular platforms like Google and Facebook to scale businesses at a much quicker rate.

Pay-per-click advertising simply put allows you to only pay when someone clicks on your ad. That is extremely powerful when it comes to advertising. It isn’t like T.V or billboards anymore where you put your ad on the side of the road or in front of people watching T.V where it is hard to calculate how much money you bring in from that. WIth PPC someone can look at your ad for a month straight everyday 10x a day and if they don’t click on it you are never charged.

So you can see the power of this type of advertising? How hundreds of thousands of businesses are reaching new levels in their business faster because of pay-per-click advertising.

You hear a lot of complaining about big companies like Google, Facebook, Social media sites “stealing” our data. The reality is that it comes in handy for people like yourself. The business owners, VP of marketing, and marketers that want to get your product/service in front of the right people. All the data these companies soak up come in use for people like us. You can understand how much control you have when advertising and trying to target the right people. It is unbelievably powerful and is the most hyper targeted and will be the best way to advertise your business in 2020.

This type of advertising is for businesses looking to scale quicker.

Pay-per-click has proven to work over and over again. There are hundreds of thousands of case studies proving the power of PPC advertising. If you don’t do it you only have two reasons not to. You don’t want to grow your business or don’t believe it works, which after reading this post you should understand that it works.


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Who is PPC for


PPC is advertising for business looking to scale. There are a select few of people who may be interested in using PPC.

  • Business owners trying to grow their business.
  • High level marketers to help businesses grow
  • Companies that want to scale quicker
  • Companies that want to have a consistent channel for leads

Each one of these results in wanting to grow a company.

If that is you, read below and understand the benefits of using PPC for your business.


The Benefits


  • Hyper targeting – This is where you can target a specific group of people. With PPC you are able to target very specific. PPC advertising platforms offer exclusion of audiencetoo, so for example, if you run a commercial real estate business and understand that 18-24 year olds aren’t your targeted age group. You can actually exclude them from seeing any of your ads which will increase the amount of quality clicks your getting and overall increase conversions and decrease fraudulent clicks.


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  • Boost traffic to a desired webpage – Do you have a landing page that is optimized to capture and convert leads? With PPC most of the time you want to direct users to one page on your website and this will boost the traffic you get.
  • Increase sales (scale business much quicker) – Advertising works. You increase sales, leads, and have the opportunity to grow your business at a much faster rate.
  • Control advertising cost – This is extremely important for businesses on a tight budget. With ad scheduling you are able to run ads any day and time you want. For example, if you own a dentistry and are open Monday-Friday 9:00-4:00 then you can run ads between that time. If you have a sales man that comes in two times a week, you can choose to run the ad only those two days.
  • Only pay when someone clicks – “Pay-per-click.” Paying when someone clicks is a huge advantage traditional advertising never had.
  • Easy A/B Testing with very detailed reports – Do you want to see what keywords, time, demographic, etc. is converting the highest. All of this is easily traceable in the PPC platform you use.
  • Easy Remarketing – Remarketing is simply advertising to the people who did a specific action on your website. This could be just visiting your site, filling out a form, getting to checkout, and much more. You can re-advertise to people who acted a certain way on your website to increase the chances of them buying and coming back.
  • Consistent source of leads – Advertising isn’t spending money and losing it month after month. If you plan accordingly PPC advertising is the best way to keep a consistent amount of leads coming in month after month.


Conclusion


  • Seeing a result for your business depends on hiring the right company/person. There are many agencies out there that can provide a result for you. Some bad, some good, and many really good. Finding the right business or person to help you see profit month after month is the most important aspect of PPC advertising. I personally recommend seeking out an expert to help you run and manage your campaigns. This is because doing it yourself will take time, a lot of lost money, and frustration that simply your time is better spent doing other more productive things.
  • PPC advertising is for businesses looking to scale, this has been a proven way to grow businesses over the past decade and it is not too late for your business to get in on the action.
  • It takes courage to spend money on advertising month after month. But once you see results you will think, “Why didn’t I do this earlier?” I always briefly mention that advertising for the first time and finding someone you can trust takes a lot of courage. There is a lot of fraud in the digital marketing industry. Find a company that is proven or a person who does not put you in a long term contracts. At Max Conversion we do month-to-month contracts because we understand that if you aren’t happy with our service we don’t deserve your business.
  • If you have any questions or want to talk with Kyle Waters directly feel free to connect with me on LinkedIn and tell me what brought you!

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Max Conversion is a PPC agency located in St. Louis MO. Want to talk with a Max Conversion specialist and understand how to scale your business at a much faster rate? Contact a Max-Conversion Expert to get great advice for an affordable rate.

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Introduction  Should you run ads on Google or Bing? Why not both? Most people fight over which one is better, although we are not here to talk about that. Both are great and you should be on both. Bing is known for having less traffic than Google. With everything perceived wrong there is an opportunity shining bright ready for companies to take charge. In this post, we will cover everything from how/why Bing offers a lower CPC than Google to the easy inputs that Bing has put into its ad platform to allow easy automation of successful ads. After reading this post, you should be able to understand how Bing is a great place for a company wanting to get in front of more customers. Here are some statistics on why your company should be using Bing: 6 billion monthly searches 34.7% Desktop The usage is a 50/50 between male and female One advertiser found that his bounce rate for Bing-generated traffic is 8% lower than the site’s overall bounce rate. Bing recently increased its website exclusion limits from 500 to 2000, enabling better targeting and quality control. Easily import Google Ads campaign into Bing Ads What are Bing Ads? Similar to Google Adwords, Bing is a platform where hundreds of millions of searches happen each day. People of all ages still use Bing as their main search engine. Bing is the second largest search engine in the United States, which gives companies a great opportunity to get in on the low CPC (cost-per-click) and the even lower CPA (cost-per-action/acquisition/lead). The reason you don't hear many companies bring up Bing is that it is not the primary go-to for PPC Advertising. You often hear more of Google Adwords and Facebook. Let’s uncover the strategy behind Bing and how it can lead to more customers. Where Bing Advertising Thrives Bing ads thrive where no other advertising platform does. Being the most overlooked platform now, Bing offers huge potential to grow your business fast and affordably. Here is why: LOWER CPC AND CPA Bing is great for companies looking for another ad platform to grow their business on. Since Bing has a lower search query than Google that means Bing’s keywords and advertising is overall cheaper than Google. RETURN ON AD The average return on ad spend (ROAS) for Google Shopping campaigns is 751% versus 1,345% for Bing Product Ads. Searchers on Microsoft and Yahoo sites are likely to spend 21.5% more than the average web searcher The average revenue per click for Google Shopping campaigns is $3.58 versus $4.43 for Bing Product Ads. AGE DIFFERENCE Nearly 40% of Bing users are between 35-54 years old. Great industries for Bing are industries that target middle and older age people. This is a great way to lower your CPC while also lowering your CPA because you understand the audience you are looking to target. WAGE GAP This is a big one. Since the age gap is more focused on middle generations these people also prove to have more money. 33% of Bing users have a household income of over $100,000. Expensive services and products not only perform better on Bing because of the older generation the wage gap is higher than Google’s average. AUTOMATION Bing makes automation really easy. So easy a beginner that knows very little about Bing advertising can go on to the Bing advertising dashboard and set up automation. This automation includes turning on and off keywords, ads, ad groups, campaigns, and more. You can choose only to enable the campaign when… Fill in the blank… That helps you save costs and only show ads when a certain metric is being met. LOWER COMPETITION Bing ads are easily overlooked by a majority of companies. Most, don’t even consider Bing as an optimal platform to advertise on. The best attribute that Bing advertising offers is the lower competition compared to other advertising platforms. While Bing has a historically lower cost-per-click, they also have lower competition which allows your ad to show up higher in the results for the individuals who don’t use Google. There are buyers and you can get more volume to your website for a more affordable price than Google. CONCLUSION Bing gets a lot more hate than it should. It isn't talked about nearly enough in the advertising space. In reality, Bing advertising can be just as or more profitable than Google Adwords. Just because it has less traffic doesn't mean they don't have enough to make a significant difference on a business. Bing on average gets almost 900,000,000 searches every single day. That is a ton and since fewer companies are advertising in that space it leaves lots of room for your company to jump in and get in front of more customers. If you have any questions or want to talk with Kyle Waters directly feel free to connect with me on LinkedIn and tell me what brought you! _______________________________ Max Conversion is a PPC agency located in St. Louis MO. Want to talk with a Max Conversion specialist and understand how to scale your business at a much faster rate? Contact a Max-Conversion Expert to get great advice for an affordable rate.
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