When it comes to your enterprise, and willing to use modern day
digital marketing techniques you will
put in dilemma with two frequent words SEO (Search Engine Optimasation) and PPC
(PayPerClick). Here is a quick guide to take decision.
“SEO mistakes are so costly that it is better to make some
relatively cheap PPC mistakes by testing your targeted keywords first.”
Let’s say you have come up with some 750 keywords
for your website after an exhaustive keyword research. Now you would like to
know whether these keywords are really worth the time and efforts of attempting
to rank for them. By running a PPC campaign for 3 to 6 weeks you can get
a fairly accurate estimates of a keyword’s search volume and its
potential to convert.
Many people approach SEO and PPC as completely separate strategies. And while they are different in many ways, it can be helpful to think of SEO and PPC as being two sides of the same coin: search. There are many ways in which SEO and PPC efforts complement each other, and lead to a more successful search strategy. Consider these eight ways that make a coordinated SEO and PPC strategy greater than the sum of its parts.
- Visibility
The most obvious benefit of combining SEO and PPC efforts is added exposure on
the search engine results pages (SERPs). Clients are often tempted to reduce
PPC efforts once a search term ranks number one. However, it's important to
remember that the top two or three results on most SERPs are PPC ads.
Dominating the organic and paid search results will greatly increase traffic,
and give the impression that you're an established presence in a particular
market.
- 2. Share Keyword Data
Simultaneously running organic and PPC campaigns gives you double the data to analyze. Determine which organic and PPC keywords have the highest conversion rate, and use that information to optimize your overall strategy.
- 3. Use Best Performing PPC Ad Copy to Inform Your Organic Content Strategy
- 4. Integrate E-Commerce Feeds into AdWords Results
Google is doing some pretty cool things when it comes to e-commerce. You can
now link
specific product pages to PPC ads. The ad
will feature the product, often with reviews, and will take the user directly
to the product page, where a purchase can be made. This is a great way to give
your existing e-commerce efforts a boost.
- 5. Use Site Search Data to Inform PPC Keywords
The main goal of PPC advertising is to figure out which keywords your
customers use to find your product or service. Enabling site search on your
website, and analyzing the terms that are frequently used, can give valuable
insight into your customers' needs and search habits.
- 6. Combat Negative PR
Occasionally, someone will say something negative about your company. It happens,
and when it does, combined PPC and SEO efforts can be great damage control. The
principle is similar to the first point in this list: visibility.
You can guide the conversation more effectively if you control the SEO and PPC
results for a certain term. A great example was seen during the Gulf oil spill.
For some time afterward, BP paid for PPC ads linked to the keyword 'oil spill.'
The PPC ad led to a page on BP's site about the clean-up effort. They wanted to
make sure that whenever someone searched 'oil spill,' BP's PPC ad was at the
top of the list. Use this technique to help tell your side of the story.
- 7. Social Media Visibility
The social media landscape is changing dramatically, and part of that change
has been the emergence of highly targeted advertising opportunities. Sites like
Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube (owned by Google) can serve up ads targeted to
incredibly specific groups of people. Using Facebook user profile information,
it's possible to show an ad only to 22 year olds living in Kansas City who are
interested in motorcycles and horticulture. It may be a small group, but it's
precise. The data that you collect from these campaigns may uncover granular
details about your target audience, and help refine your overall SEO strategy.
- 8. Test Strategic Organic Keywords with PPC
PPC ads are a great way to refine your organic keyword strategy. As your long
term organic keyword strategy evolves, test the conversion rate of the words
you want to rank for with PPC ads. You'll get immediate feedback on the
effectiveness of the organic keywords you're after, and can fine tune your
strategy accordingly.
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