Deciphering PPC Search Engine Marketing
By Shawna Ingram While there are many ways to market online, pay per click search engine marketing remains popular and effective. But if youre a rookie, dont start out alone. You need some training before you begin. Signing up for a pay per click search engine can be a bit scary. You are asked for your financial and personal information so they can get paid for your advertising. Unlike shopping online, where you understand what youre purchasing, immediately, you are asked to set up ads, bid on keywords - what the heck are keywords, you ask! Then you need to set your budget and set a maximum bid price. These may be completely unknown to you as you begin your campaign. Accurate personal information is important, of course. They will need to bill you throughout the course of your advertising. Some SE companies bill you up front, while others bill you after the fact. During the set up process, you will be given a lot of rules that you need to agree to before the process is complete. You will be tempted to skip over those rules like I did. But dont do it! Take notes on a sheet of paper labeled with that particular search engine. Example: Yahoo will remove any keywords or ad copy with the word job if youre advertising work at home opportunities. That can be frustrating because work at home work is considered by many to be their job and most searchers search with that term. But theres no way around it. Accept it and move on! Google is okay with the word job, but you cant use any keywords or ad copy with terms related to data entry or type at home. You cant even advertise anything related to these on your website! This can be frustrating while promoting legitimate, solid data entry opportunities like those I have on my directory. I have prepared two separate pages to comply with Google's requirements, the second of these, I use strictly for Google advertising. You need to know the individual rules and regs before you begin working with a particular SE. And keep up to date as they change the rules often. Usually they will notify you through your email with changes. (Another reason to make sure your info is accurate!) Now its time to write your ads. Keep your tab open for your search engine of choice and go to another tab. In tab 2, search for your particular niche in one of the major search engines. Read the ads. Dont copy them word for word, but see what catches your eye. Ask yourself why did this particular ad catch my eye and make me want to learn more? Take it apart and build on that for your own ads. Again, take notes and refer to them often, adding to them as you see what works, and doesnt work for you. On some networks, your ads will begin running right away. On others, your ads will need to be reviewed and approved first by the editorial staff. Now its time for keywords. Keywords are the terms you search for when you are looking for something on the internet of interest. For example, when you were just searching for ads to give you ideas, what terms did you use for the search? So lets say you are marketing dog food. Your search words - or keywords, may include, Purina, dog food, food for your dog, etc. What else can you think of? Ask your friends or co-workers what they would search for if they searched for dog food online to get some ideas. Dont be afraid to add many keywords. You will come up with more and can add them any time. Now comes the scariest part of all. You will need to set a budget and a maximum cost for your keywords. My suggestion - start small while you learn! Then monitor daily to make sure youre where you want to be budget wise. You might set your budget at $5 per day, which will be about $155 per month. You should be seeing some income from your advertising so the money isnt just going down the drain. Test and track! And I personally dont care if Im first on the list, so I dont set my maximum cost per click very high. But you do want to get traffic. Work with this to get it right for you. Finally, dont be afraid to pick up the phone and ask for help. Most of the SE have great staff members that are happy to answer your questions. This is a great resource I have used many times. The big 3 Search Engines are Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft adcenter. Each has its own quirks. And they differ as far as user format. Learn what you can through your reading. Learn more from experience. Then tweak as needed. At some point, it will feel almost like youre playing a game of chess against a totally unpredictable competitor! Get the upper-hand and enjoy the experience! Check-mate! Shawna Ingram is webmaster of http://www.pluginyourprofit work at home directory. Working in conjunction with the successful and respected TOPS Work At Home Group, Shawna contributes Legitimate Work At Home Opportunities to anxious searchers, dousing the fire of scams, one lucky searcher at a time! 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