PPC Advertising And Your Home Business
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One of the most effective ways for introducing a home business to the internet is through PPC advertising. If you are just beginning to promote an online store and do not have the time or patience to wait until the website rises in the search engines, this marketing technique can help. You will have to invest some money but this method provides one of the fastest opportunities for driving traffic to an internet business.

PPC stands for Pay Per Click - a popular advertising technique on the internet. These ads are found on websites, advertising networks and especially search engines. PPC marketing involves sponsored links that are typically in the form of text ads which are placed on the same pages as the organic search results. An advertiser will pay a particular amount of money for each visitor who clicks on the ad and lands on the marketer’s website.

In essence, PPC advertising is all about paying for the top positions on search engine results and listings. Advertisers do this by bidding for keyword phrases that are relevant to their home business products or services. Higher bids mean better positioning in the search results. The goal is to place an ad where people will find it, click on it and go to your website. Advertisers would then pay the bidding price every time a visitor clicks through to the website.

PPC advertising is also known under the following names or variations:

a) Pay per placement
b) Pay per performance
c) Pay per ranking
d) Pay per position
e) Cost per click (CPC)

PPC advertising is usually done under the following guidelines:

1. Setting up an account and/or depositing funds with the host service.
2. Creating a keyword list.
3. Choosing (and setting up) an account with a PPC search engine.
4. Bidding on the ad placement, including the search result words or phrases.
5. Writing out an ad copy.
6. Setting up the 'landing pages' for your ads.
7. Placing the advertisement in the search engine.

There are many benefits to Pay Per Click advertising which make it an effective tool for promoting a home business on the internet in a short period of time:

1) Getting launched immediately.

PPC advertisements are implemented very quickly and can go online within an hour after placing and paying for your ad.

2) Obtain targeted traffic.

PPC provides you with quality, well-targeted traffic. Visitors are narrowed down into the intended people who are actually looking for the products and/or services that your internet home business offers. These guests will more likely develop into a lead and complete a transaction (either by buying a product or subscribing to the service that you are offering).

3) Widen your reach.

PPC advertising provides more traffic to your site in addition to the natural or "organic" search engines.

4) Track your investment.

PPC advertising makes use of a tracking system that will determine who comes to the website and what they do when they arrive: the length of their stay on the site and the number of pages (including the actual pages) that they view. These are valuable tools in calculating statistics such as return on investment (ROI), acquisition cost-per-visitor, and conversion rates (the percentage of visitors who are converted into customers or leads).

Below are some important things to consider when planning a pay per click campaign:

1. Know your home business product. Take an inventory of the product and/or services that you have to offer (before anything else).

2. Stay within the budget. Determine your daily or monthly budget and stick to it. This means keeping the budget in mind while trying to avoid bidding wars.

3. Bid carefully. Know how to bid correctly - a bid that is too high can exhaust all of your money while a bid that is too low can lose the spot in the search results.

4. Watch the bottom line. Measure the profit margin against your spending or expenses. Know when to pause and stop your PPC campaign. You don’t want to spend more on advertising if sales are not adequate.

5. Find the right keywords. Decide which keyword phrases to bid on by doing some research. Experiment with actual keyword terms in the search engines or use an online keyword suggestion tool. This will help you discover which word or phrases are being used when searching for items that relate to your home business. Focus on specific keywords, not on general ones.

6. Write effective sales copy. A good PPC ad can compel and persuade a prospective buyer. These are very effective:

a) Discount offers
b) Testimonials
c) Celebrity/famous endorsers
d) Money-back guarantees
e) Free trials or sample offers
f) Freebies
h) Reverse psychology
i) Major benefits ("Lose weight")
j) Direct instructions ("Click here")

7. Maintain a professional looking site. Your web content should be regularly updated and checked for spelling and grammatical errors. There should be no broken links or images. The website should be designed in such a way that visitors can navigate the site easily and load web pages quickly. Include contact details to create a good impression among potential customers.

Done properly, PPC advertising can be another effective marketing tool that will help maximize the return on your investment and start your home based business on the road to success.

“It is by attempting to reach the top at a single leap that so much misery is caused in the world.”


Best Regards,
John Fortner


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