{"id":9228,"date":"2020-10-08T07:05:27","date_gmt":"2020-10-08T05:05:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digitalschoolofmarketing.co.za\/?p=9228"},"modified":"2022-09-05T19:24:42","modified_gmt":"2022-09-05T17:24:42","slug":"your-complete-guide-to-ppc-marketing-basic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digitalschoolofmarketing.co.za\/digital-marketing-blog\/your-complete-guide-to-ppc-marketing-basic\/","title":{"rendered":"Your Complete Guide to PPC Marketing Basics. Find out more."},"content":{"rendered":"
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If you\u2019re a newbie to the daunting world of paid search, it can be overwhelming. Pay-per-click (PPC) marketing \u2013 which is also known as search engine marketing (SEM) \u2013 is complicated. It\u2019s easy to steamroll through your budget and have nothing to show for it if you don\u2019t know what you\u2019re doing.<\/p>\n

In spite of the fact that 45% of small businesses make use of paid ads, pay-per-click is still a concept which goes over many of our heads. However, if half of small businesses are using it, we just are not able to afford to ignore this channel – no matter how perplexing it is. As a digital marketer, PPC is a skill that you should have in your tool belt \u2014 or at least have a fundamental understanding of it.<\/p>\n

What Is PPC Marketing?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Pay-per-click (PPC) marketing<\/a> is an advertising model which allows marketers place ads on an ad platform. They will then pay the host of that platform every time that their ad is clicked on. The objective of a PPC ad is to guide the person viewing towards clicking through to the advertiser\u2019s site or app. Here, that visitor can complete a useful action, for example purchasing a product.<\/p>\n

Search engines are extremely popular advertising platforms. They enable you to display ads which are on to what users are searching for. Advertising services such as Google Ads and Bing Ads run on real-time bidding (RTB). Advertising inventory is then sold in a private automated auction making use of real-time data.<\/p>\n

What Is PPC Marketing Used For?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

PPC is utilised for a number of different types of campaign goals, including:<\/p>\n

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  • Growing sales<\/li>\n
  • Creating leads<\/li>\n
  • Fostering brand awareness<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    PPC is all to do with relevance. Users are searching for particular products, services as well as information at any given time. Advertisers have the ability to display a targeted ad at the precise moment this search is taking place. For instance, if a user initiates a search for \u201cblue running shoes,\u201d an advertiser can show an ad speaking to \u201cblue running shoes.\u201d<\/p>\n

    When done correctly, PPC can get you quality leads. If you are able to create a seamless user journey, it could mean a huge return on investment (ROI) for your PPC efforts.<\/p>\n

    Pay-per-click advertising is most commonly found in search engine results pages (SERPs<\/a>), such as Google or Bing. However, it is also used on social channels (although CPM is more often used). If you\u2019re wondering where you are able to find pay-per-click ads, they\u2019re the results you see before and to the right of the organic search results.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>