Make Your Small Business Benefit from PPC

It’s true that competing with the big boys and their mega marketing budgets can be very difficult for a small business. A fledgling business does not have the same means that big businesses have. But there are still ways that a small business can put up a good fight by making use of great pay-per-click campaigns.

Use negative keywords

This is a must if you want to ward off unwanted traffic in your website. This strategy allows you to go for higher volume keywords without having to expose your website to searches unrelated to your business.

Use available match types

If you are one of those who still add keywords for broader matches, then stop it right now. Hoping for returns from these broad keywords will not really help your site in the long run. Aside from denting your budget, you might end up attracting unwanted traffic to your site. Use exact matches and available match types to bring down your costs.

Utilize time/day parting

If you know when your customers usually log on to your site to look for products and services, then you should utilize the time/day parting options allowed in Google. You decide on when you want your ads to display, on the exact time and day of the week. No need to have your ads appear in random time, which can only balloon your costs.

Invest in other search engines

Google is still top priority given the fact that they own the greatest share of the market but it helps to invest in Bing and other search engines as well. They are not as influential as Google, but they do have lower bid prices.

Comments

[Sehar Sadia]

In general the search engines don't charge anything to insert a PPC advertisement. They may have a small initial fee to set up an account, but after that you only have to pay each time someone actually clicks on your ad. It's like joining a gym and only paying for each pound you lose - who wouldn't go for that?

[Sudeep Farmvilla]

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