Friday, July 17, 2009

What About Pay Per Click Advertising,Is It Right For You?

Part 4
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Another essential element of pay-per-click advertising is that you constantly monitor your bid. It is very important that you bear in mind that the results of the top search engines providing pay-per-click advertising, which are Overture and Adwords Select, usually appear on other popular search engines. Because of this, the competition for top ranking is intense, and very often you will find that the bidding price balloons too high for pay-per-click to yield a profit.

If this happens, it is advisable to withdraw your bid on that particular keyword and try another one. Remember: when you pay too much per click to make a profit, you are in essence losing the bidding war.

Since losing is not acceptable, you must have a plan in place to closely track the effectiveness of your keywords. It is advisable to monitor your keywords on at least a monthly basis.

Not only is careful monitoring important, but the analysis of visitor behavior can produce invaluable knowledge about consumer motivation, habits, and trends. Expert monitoring and consumer analysis is essential to your overall business needs, and will also insure that your pay-per-click campaign is a success.

Please leave your comments. They will be helpful to others as well, and we love to read them.

Dan and Deanna "Marketing Unscrambled"

4 comments:

Hilary Melton-Butcher said...

Hi Deanna and Dan .. good points made re SEO .. it's a learning curve. When the time comes .. we'll be in touch - so thanks for the offer of help.

All the best
Hilary Melton-Butcher
Positive Letters

Marketing Unscrambled, Home edition said...

Hello Hillary,

You are welcome, Thank you for your comments. Have a good day.

Dan and Deanna "Marketing Unscrambled"

Giovanna Garcia said...

Hi Dan & Deanna

Great point on keeping your eyes on your PPC $. It can get away from you quickly and if there are no budget cap...it can be big problem.
Thanks,
Giovanna Garcia
Imperfect Action is better than No Action

Marketing Unscrambled, Home edition said...

Hello Giovanna,

You are so right about the cost of the PPC can get away from you. You do have to be careful with it that is for sure.

Dan and Deanna "Marketing Unscrambled"