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Pay Per Click (PPC)

“The paid search market hit $2.9 billion in 2004 and is expected to nearly double to $5.5 billion by 2009.”

Pay-per-click, also known as PPC, is a type of internet advertising where advertisers only pay when a user clicks on their ad. When users type a keyword that matches the advertisers keyword list an ad will appear with “sponsored link” or “sponsored ad”. Advertisers prefer pay-per-click advertising to other forms of internet advertising because it shows immediate demonstrable results and can be easily controlled. Cash flow is also highly controlled preventing unnecessary losses and spending.  Another closely related type of advertising is PPA or Pay-per-action. This means that advertisers pay upon a designated action e.g. sign up for a newsletter or buy a product. This gives advertisers a great deal of flexibility with a reduced chance of loss.

Cost

There is a small minimum setup fee involved with most cost-per-click search engines. It varies depending on what search engine or what platform you are advertising on but beyond that minimum there are almost no regulations. You can choose how much to spend, on what keywords and in what amount of time. The click cost is based on the competitiveness of the selected keyword. These keywords can vary from $0.01 all the way up to $15.00 a click. We will carefully select targeted keywords to yield the best results for your money.

Pay-per-click has quickly become a dominant player in the Search Engine Marketing field.  There’s not a faster or more targeted way to drive qualified visitors to your website.

PPC not only provides an ideal venue for testing a new product’s potential for many times cheaper than traditional market research, but combined with Search Engine Optimization, a focused PPC strategy can:

  • Increase website ROI
  • Increase online product sales and/or leads
  • Boost brand awareness
  • Test new products for market viability
  • Target potential customers by geographic area
  • Reach more visitors than with any other form of online marketing

Utah Web Services manages PPC Accounts with a meticulous focus on client ROI and increased website conversion rates. Through nearly 10 years of search engine marketing experience, we have developed best practices and a methodology that can help you reach your online business goals. Our focus is to help your website attract only the most qualified prospects to help you achieve the greatest ROI for your marketing dollar.

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Customized PPC Solutions

We understand that first-time PPC advertisers are going to have much different needs than advertisers who have grown to the point that it’s no longer for them to manage their accounts in-house. Whatever your current situation, Utah Web Services will create a custom PPC Solution designed especially to address your business objectives.

Our PPC methodology consists of a customized strategy that includes:

  • Defining Campaign Goals – We assign you a personal Account Manager to help you articulate overall PPC goals. During this phase, we set up campaign parameters to meet your objectives for ROI, sales, lead generation, brand awareness, market research, etc. We also define the scope of the campaign and establish a baseline to track PPC success.
  • Comprehensive Keyword Research and Analysis - We use this phase to focus your PPC keywords on the most relative campaign factors such as: Your online goals, current and prospective customers, market trends, competitive advantage, and other factors that may be unique to your personal business situation.
  • Landing Page Optimization – We help you identify the best landing page to use for your PPC campaigns. We’ll also give you recommendations to improve layout, the quality of the messaging, and other factors to help boost PPC conversion rates on your landing page.
  • Ad Creative & Structuring Campaigns – This step is crucial to effective PPC ads.  We first set up pilot campaigns to test the ads and keywords. Next we choose the best performing test ads and give them a full-scale launch. During this process we set up tracking and reporting tools that help make systematic modifications to your campaign.
  • Tracking & Analytics – The necessity of analyzing ad performance is integral to your PPC success.  It’s during this process that Utah Web Services expands, modifies, and refines your campaign to increase your ROI. We also closely monitor your ad campaigns to keep them free from malicious click fraud activity.
  • PPC Campaign Reporting – Each month, your assigned Account Manager will report your PPC campaign progress to you. During this session you will be able to view your campaign numbers and sign off on any additional modifications to your PPC marketing.

 

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If you are a company that would like to train your staff to manage PPC campaigns in-house, please contact us about our PPC Training Packages.  We conduct in-house and online training sessions that equip your staff to effectively run all of your PPC marketing campaigns.  If you live near the Salt Lake City, UT area, our PPC Training sessions are held at our office.



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