While our prospects use search every day, what steps are you taking to compete?  AdWords for Conference Call.  Promoting yourself online.  The concepts are the same: position yourself where your prospects are searching.

Recent studies have shown that most searchers are now looking at just the first page of search results on Google and Yahoo.  Pay-Per-Click advertising allows you to feature your company on that first page with the keywords you want.  Fewer than 7% are looking at page two and beyond.  They have less time to spend on search, and do not have the patience to dig through search results.  Using PPC advertising to get your message in front of them is the key..

When they search, they are searching with something specific in mind.  If they do not see those results, they will either conduct another search or will stop searching altogether.  The listings that do appear on the first page will receive 93% of the clicks from the searchers.

Pay Per Click lets you jump ahead of millions of competing listings quickly.  The search engines all use Pay-Per-Click as their primary advertising model.  With Pay-Per-Click (PPC) you advertise with the search engines.  You select the keywords you want to be found for and Google and Yahoo will feature you above millions.

With PPC advertising, pay-per-click lets you decide which keywords to be found for and what message should be shown in the search engine.  You only pay for the clicks and not for the impressions (the mere display of the listing). 

Comparing PPC clicks to a prequalification step, it quickly becomes apparent that these prequalified clicks are more valuable and can be extremely cost efficient.  Remember - people who search and click are your best prospects - they are searching for what you offer.

Do you think your PPC bid management strategies are working?  If you said "what strategies" you are in the right place.  But seriously, most companies are scrambling to keep up, leaving most of the profits on the table.

Successful pay per click requires expert management.  Every click costs you money, and every click must be accountable.  Unless you are tracking and optimizing on a real time basis, you are literally clicking money down the drain.

Keep in mind, pay per click management is a daunting task for companies that do-it-themselves or look to a general agency to manage their campaigns.  Consider this:

If you are interested in learning more, please call us or complete the short form below.  We will happily discuss your current campaign (if any) and see whether we can help you improve your results from pay per click.

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