Pay Per Click - Internet Marketing

Pay Per Click “PPC” is a valuable strategy provided by marketing companies, generally search engines, such as Google, Yahoo, and MSN, where sellers bid on key words. In general, this service allows the seller to display a short text description and a link to their web page in the best position if their bid is high enough. However, the seller with the highest bid does not always obtain the best position; it depends on other factors and which PPC program you join.

A few thoughts on PPC campaigns:

1) Tracking and managing your results of the pay per click campaigns is very important when determining if paying for clicks is working for your company. Without detailed reports and analyzing your click traffic, the money you are spending could be wasted. You may need to hire a Pay Per Click Management company to help your internet marketing budget.

2) Having a PPC campaign is a necessary evil because click cost are increasing at large rates, the chance for click fraud is high and the large amount of time needed to run a successful campaign. BUT, you cannot deny the enormous potential of acquiring new customers at a very low price.

3) A PPC campaign that is professionally managed and setup correctly, can deliver huge revenue in a short amount of time.

PPC TERMS

CTR – (Click Through Rates): The percentage amount of actual visitors taken from the amount of searches for a search phrases or group of phrases.

CPC – (Cost Per Click): The amount of actual cost for each click or visitor to your site.

LP – (Landing Pages): These pages are used as a landing vehicle to help peak consumer interest in product or service.

PPC – (Pay Per Click) The amount paid for each time a web surfer clicks on a sponsored ad.

ROI – (Return on Investment) the amount of positive revenue generated after all expanses are paid.