Monday, June 8, 2009

Conversions in Pay Per Click Marketing

By Sean Galusha

The most common objective of those who engage in pay per click marketing is to get high rankings in the search engine results page (SERP) because this means higher chances of getting more clicks for their website which also means great volume of site visitors.

The keen business owner who puts his money in PPC should learn that there is more to clicks in this kind of advertising. So what is conversion and how helpful can this be in keeping you on budget and in line with your objectives?

Conversion will happen if the site visitor will take some desirable action in the website, as opposed to site visits wherein the user enters the site and leaves the website without contributing to the website.

If for example you have an online store, then the conversions that may happen in the site will involve the users making a direct purchase, the user downloading a service or the user completing the sales inquiry form. Simple visits will mean that the user enters and leaves unnoticed.

It should be remembered that the conversion doesn't actually mean that it is a sale. Conversion may have other meanings too, and this will include user activities that may be worth something to the business and to you.

It is along this line that you should also think about what to expect out of your site visitors. Before engaging into pay per click, it is also wise to determine the target results that you want to get out of these online visitors. If that cannot be established, investing in PPC might not be a good idea.

Since conversion is a very important part of pay per click marketing, it is always advisable to monitor it in your PPC campaign. Search engines offer tools to do this. One example is Google Analytics which will measure the conversions from pay per click sources.

If a tracking tool is not available, then you can always do it personally using a spreadsheet. You can track the conversions total per day. Was there an increase in conversions right after the pay per click marketing campaign was adopted? If there was no increase, then time to shift to another strategy.

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