Developing, Managing and Measuring a Successful PPC Campaign

People use search engines like Google, Yahoo, MSN, Alta Vista, and Overture to find products and services on the Internet. All companies want to appear on the first page of a search engine's results page so that their product or service gains maximum visibility in the marketplace. One way to increase such visibility is to implement a pay-per-click campaign, where advertisers bid on a "keyword" that appears when a search engine user types in that word or phrase. These "sponsored links" or "sponsored ads" appear above or next to the unsponsored results, and advertisers only pay when a user clicks on their ad.

Search engine marketing is one of the hot topics for marketers as budgets are being transferred away from paid listings, directories, and display advertising to the “pay-per-click” model, often referred to as “PPC”, which is very attractive in times of economic uncertainty because it provides measurable results. Everyone from sole proprietorships to small business to Fortune 500 companies recognize that PPC campaigns are a crucial component of driving traffic.

Pay-Per-Click Search Engine Marketing: An Hour a Day (Sybex, an Imprint of John Wiley & Sons, Inc., August 2010; $29.99) is the ultimate guide to do-it-yourself PPC campaigns. It clearly explains important PPC concepts, trends, and best practices before laying out a day-by-day plan for developing, managing, and measuring a successful PPC plan. The hour-a-day approach makes what can be an overwhelming task feel approachable--perfect for overworked marketers, PR pros, small-business owners, and professionals throughout an organization tasked with driving targeted traffic to a web site.  

Pay-Per-Click: An Hour a Day begins with a quick overview of core PPC concepts, industry trends, and the mechanics of how pay-per-click campaigns work. The expert authors, David Szetela and Joseph Kerschbaum, then show readers how to perform keyword research, structure campaigns, and understand campaign settings as well as the various conversion-tracking and click-pricing models. Readers are then walked through the crucial tasks of writing ads, developing and testing landing pages for them, grouping keywords into ad groups, and leveraging Google's content network.

This detailed guide shows people how to successfully launch a winning campaign, including how to effectively bid for position, monitor the launch once the switch is flipped, and then gather, interpret, report, and act upon data collected from the campaign. Ongoing monitoring, advanced techniques, and the differences in working with the big three search engines (Google, Yahoo!, Microsfot) are then explored. Appendices will help readers best use the AdWords Editor and show them the best third-party tools.

Written by PPC experts with unrivaled hands-on experience, this task-based guide features fascinating real-world case studies and will be endorsed with praise quotes and a foreword from well-known industry thought leaders. Pay-Per-Click: An Hour a Day is the ultimate step-by-step guide for developing, implementing, managing, and measuring a successful PPC campaign.  

 Pay-Per-Click Search Engine Marketing – An Hour a Day

Published by Sybex

Publication date: August 9, 2010

$29.99; Paperback; 432 pages;

ISBN: 978-0-470-48867-6

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About the Authors

David Szetela (Louisville, KY) is Owner and CEO of Clix Marketing, one of the few agencies that specializes exclusively in PPC advertising. He is active in the Search Engine Marketing Professional Organization (SEMPO) and is one of the authors of SEMPOs Advanced Search Advertising course. He has a weekly PPC column at Search Engine Watch (searchenginewatch.com), and his PPC articles have been published in MediaPost, Search Engine Land, MarketingSherpa, and in industry blogs. David is the Principal PPC Editor of the Search Engine Marketing Journal and a frequent speaker at key industry events, including Search Engine Strategies, SMX, PPC Summit, and MarketingSherpa Summit. He also hosts a weekly radio show called PPC Rockstars. Joseph Kerschbaum (Bloomington, IN) is director of client services at Clix Marketing and has written hundreds of articles on paid search advertising. His writing has appeared in numerous industry blogs and offline as a regular contributor to Website Magazine. Joseph has created and optimized numerous PPC campaigns large and small.

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