Sunday, January 25, 2009

Is a Pay Per Click Campaign Good For Your Business Growth ?

By Jon Rognerud

A Pay Per Click campaign can get your business listed in the search engines in less than an hour. You could technically be in Google within minutes, and your text ad could be shown to potential customers. Of course, most businesses want sales, but branding (a softer value) can be very important as well.

A strong brand is absolutely essential in the current business climate, where the battle for securing loyal customers intensifies everyday. A Pay Per Click advertising campaign enables a company to accomplish both lead generation and online branding at the same time.

A repeat of ads shown over time, and at certain time intervals can help on your budgeting, as well as your targeting & tracking of business. You also have the opportunity to alternate (A/B) test those ads, and try to find the winning ad for highest ROI.

Setting up a PPC campaign is fairly straight forward, but the business strategy, competitive analysis and ongoing management and tracking, makes it hard for most business owners.

When you search for a company to help bring targeted traffic to your website, you should consider whether the company in question offers its services on a package basis, or allows you to purchase them a la carte. While this last option may seem more attractive, a managed, comprehensive Search Engine Marketing (SEM) campaign is the best way to go for businesses that are serious about improving their web presence and search engine rankings. With a comprehensive online campaign, you should also receive customer service and support, as well as frequent updates detailing the progress of your campaign. While it takes time to correctly build campaigns and improve paid listings, the results will speak for themselves.

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