PPC Advertising: The Maximum Minimum


by Scott Lindsay - Date: 2007-01-16 - Word Count: 435 Share This!

Pay Per Click (PC) advertising places you in the driver's seat when it comes to advertising. It is truly one of the most cost effective means of advertising on the Internet. PPC also provides the opportunity to recast your advertising in a very short period of time.

Minimum Words = Maximum Impact

It is often much easier to write more words than it is to boil down your thoughts into one small phrase. With PPC advertising you need to learn the skill of condensing.

Some of the PPC companies have unique rules that may make it even harder to come up with a PPC slogan that is helpful to you in marketing your product or service.

Some businesses hire SEO firms to develop their PPC advertising and often find a solid answer to achieving their advertising strategy. There is a process of developing a title and then writing the ad itself. In all, you will find you have very few characters to deal with so it is important to refrain from being long-winded.

Learning the skills of writing clear and appropriate copy for PPC advertising is possible and finding the appropriate keywords will ultimately help in driving customers to your website. As with all marketing techniques you may choose to gain help from someone experienced in the field of SEO, but may ultimately bring the development and decisions back in house once you feel confident enough in developing the PPC advertising on your own.

Because the PPC process requires a bidding process you may also want to take some time to learn how much money is appropriate to pay for bringing clients to your website. You also need to come to terms with how much money you are willing to spend. You will need to learn the purchasing habits of your target consumer. All of these considerations go into making PPC advertising work for you and your marketing goals.

PPC advertising is generally unobtrusive and should always be linked to information that bears a resemblance to the product or service you are offering. That is the beauty of PPC advertising. It provides a very specific target so you have the greatest opportunity to tape into motivated prospects.

Be careful in the selection of keywords, though. Weak keywords or keywords that are too vague can result in click-throughs that may have thought your site was something different. In the end it wastes the time of the prospect and causes you to pay for an ad with no impact. As you continue to use PPC you will learn what keywords work and which ones don't. Indeed all of life is a mixture of trial and error.


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Scott Lindsay is a web developer and entrepreneur. He is the founder of HighPowerSites and many other web projects. Get your own website online in just 5 minutes with HighPowerSites.com at: http://www.highpowersites.com Start your own ebook business with BooksWealth at: http://www.bookswealth.com

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