Saturday, August 4, 2007

PPC

Pay-Per-Click is a very hot aspect of Internet Marketing. The folks who sell such services sometimes call it Cost-Per-Click (CPC) but it is the same story. It is fraught with problems for the unwary marketer, and if you aren’t careful, you can spend a fortune and get next to nothing in return. This is not the fault of the PPC providers; it is your responsibility to know what you are doing. PPC can work to your advantage and give you an ROI (Return on Investment) but you need to understand:

1- The basics of what PPC is for keyword targeting (many PPC providers offer more advanced
PPC marketing, sometimes called “Context Targeting” or “Behavior Targeting”.


2- How PPC works and where the problem lies so that you can avoid them.


PPC is a form of Internet advertising. In fact, it requires a very small ad. You’ve seen these ads on every search engine (many search engines are the prime providers of PPC systems.) They are usually called “Sponsored Links”. Whenever anyone clicks on a sponsored link, the advertiser is charged a pre-agreed upon fee—the bid price of the ad.

PPC is a based on traffic, who clicks on your ad. The ad is like a doorway into your Web site:
Imagine if a landlord said to a store, “I will give you a gigantic sign so lots of people will see your store and come in. I’ll even help them get into your store. In return, all I ask is that you pay me a small fee every time someone comes in through the door.” By the terms of this agreement, it doesn’t matter who is coming in, if they are customers or delivery folks, people just coming in to get out of the cold and so on. The store pays for every passage through the doorway.

That’s the idea behind Pay-Per-Click! The PPC provider will display your sign (an ad that you write), and you pay whenever someone comes in through the door (someone clicks on your link).

PPC providers are supplying an advertising service for which you pay. you must use it to your advantage, and many PPC providers have customer support to assist you. Don’t be afraid to ask questions—in fact, if you have questions, ask, don’t guess whether or not you get revenue (ROI) from clicked ads is very much up to you and your strategy. The PPC provider may try to help, but their prime job is to provide you with a vehicle, not a solution. When you advertise through PPC, you are making an investment. Sometimes this can be a wise. it is like throwing money out the window. It depends on you.
In order to make sales, you must have traffic. This is true, but something is missing. What is missing here is the quality of the traffic. You don’t just need visitors, you need interested customers. This is the great challenge with PPC.

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