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Making the Most of Your Paid Search Dollars by Understanding the Foundational Concepts of Online Search Advertising. Mona Elesseily VP Online Marketing Page Zero Media @webmona. PPC is Important (1). PPC is Important (2).
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Making the Most of Your Paid Search Dollars by Understanding the Foundational Concepts of Online Search Advertising Mona Elesseily VP Online Marketing Page Zero Media @webmona
PPC is Important (2) • Organic shopping will be phased out & replaced by Google Shopping (Fall 2012) • Advertisers will access Google Shopping via Google AdWords (currently product listing ads using GMC feed).
PPC is Important (3) Use PPC to get marketing insightfor: • SEO Keywords • Compelling offers • USPs • Benefit statements • Etc.
About Me • VP Online Marketing at Page Zero Media • In online marketing space since 2001 • Authored 2 books on Yahoo! • I write a column SearchEngineLand.com and for the HufflingtonPost.com. • On Acquisio Inc. (software & bid management tool) board
Universal Truths • Holy trinity = KW + ad + landing page • Testing very important (large then small) • ROI is king. Metrics tied to ROI rock! • PPC is more than text & image ads • Your mileage will vary
Important PPC Levers 1) Campaign settings 2) Keywords 3) Ad quality/ad relevancy/ad copy 4) Landing pages 5) Analytics
Campaign Settings • Match types • Content network & bids • Negative keywords • Mobile advertising • Ad rotation • Geographic locations
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Keywords – Biggest Mistakes • Too many broad match terms • Terms selected are not the terms your customers are searching for • Terms do not relate to products/services
Keywords • Soovle.com • Clusty.com • Quintura.com • Keyword Expander • Clusty.com
Keywords • Place into specifically themed ad groups • Separate campaigns for search & content • Include all match types in one ad group • Try testing keyword terms using “experiments” in campaign settings tab
Competitive Research Tools • Spyfu.com • SEMRush.com • Compete.com • Mixrank.com • Quancast.com • Google’s competitive tool
Ad Relevancy • Value propositions • Unique selling propositions (USP) • Unique offers • Benefit statements • Calls to action, etc. • Look at competitors (use tools)
Keywords in Ads 36% 35% 15% 0%
Keywords in Headline XYZ Parts Online Huge selection. Ships same day. Search by model #. Order now! www.xyzparts.com XYZ Parts Sale Huge selection. Ships same day. Search by model #. Order now! www.xyzparts.com