17 ways PPC can help your business survive economic crisis
People are clicking, but are they buying? WHEN will they buy? Are they buying too much too fast? When will stores reopen and foot traffic resume? Consumer demand is evaporating for some businesses, while others may be unable to fulfill orders due to supply chain disruptions or shipping challenges. Dynamics shift daily, if not hourly. Now some good news: Search marketing is adaptable,...
Make 2020 the year for e-commerce to get better with the mobile experience
It’s time to go through your website and figure out if this is the experience we want customers to have, especially on a mobile device. Contributor and SMX speaker, Duane Brown, explains in this video why 2020 is the year to get a handle on your mobile experience as well as find the platforms your customers are on and experiment if they’re new to you. Below is the video transcript: Hey, my...
5 innovative PPC tactics to try today
Managing pay-per-click campaigns (be they search, social, or display based) usually becomes a series of habitual tasks. While this allows for stability and scalability, sometimes it causes blind-spots in legacy accounts (working together more than a year). Here are my favorite tactics to break the mold. Tactic 1: A Single Long-Tail Broad Match Keyword, with Every Other Word Added As Negatives...
Why is PPC advertising good for ecommerce businesses?
Pay-per-click (PPC) advertising is one of the usual models of online advertising and is a favorite of both large and small businesses alike. Therefore, as an ecommerce business, you need to pursue the kind of advertising that is regularly backed by data, easy to scale, and gives you a great ROI. PPC advertising meets these criteria. In this post, we will explore further how PPC works and why...
Tips to diversify for long-term PPC search marketing effectiveness
This article will help advertisers ensure long-term success despite the instability of pay-per-click search engine advertising as an online marketing platform. Pay-per-click search engine advertising is great for generating short-term profits from internet businesses, but with the difficulties in finding good long-term online advertising platforms, more and more PPC advertisers are seeing...
How to prime your new e-commerce platform for success
Don’t be under the misconception that building an e-commerce store is the most important part of your task as a founder. In fact, your job has just begun. Digital marketing is vital to create exposure, to attract customers, build their trust and engage with them. It’s a blueprint for your online portal. There’s a lot of data proving the importance of attracting and retaining customers for...
6 tips you need to get SEM forecasting right
Forecasting is one of those… things. There’s a myriad of thoughts running through your mind. Each thought casting doubt in the accuracy of your glorified guess. Do I aim low or high? What if I’m wrong?!? What is competition going to do this year? There are so many unknowns, how can I predict what’s going to happen when I’m not a wizard? You have far more information available than you can...
How to develop your PPC strategy
A successful PPC campaign begins with a strategy. You need to know what you want to accomplish. What is your goal? A PPC program can actually consist of many different goals Sometimes your PPC goals will be obvious, but sometimes this will require more consideration. The most common PPC goals include: Brand awareness Product and brand consideration Leads Sales Repeat sales Each one of these...
Developing an effective keyword strategy
Keyword Research Choosing the right keywords should be a top priority to start your company off in the right direction. Make your selection based on logic and common sense. “What would my clients be typing into Google to find my services?” Take your answer and make it more specific to the product or service you specialize in. Add terms that will help to identify a specific type of search that...