What is PPC (Pay Per Click) in Digital Marketing?

advertisers pay a fee each time one of their ads is clicked. Pay-per-click is calculated by dividing
the advertising cost by the number of clicks generated by an advertisement. The basic formula is:

Essentially, PPC is a way of buying visits to your site, rather than attempting to earn visits
organically.

Search Engine AdvertisingSearch engine advertising is one of the most popular forms of PPC. It allows advertisers to bid for an
ad placement in a search engine’s sponsored links when someone searches using a keyword that is
related to their business offering

 

 For example, if you bid on the keyword “marketing classes,” several ads might show up in the very
top spot on the Google results page. Every time a specific ad is clicked, sending a visitor to their
website, they have to pay the search engine a small fee. When PPC is working correctly, the fee is
trivial, because the visit is worth more than what is paid for it.

The unique advantage of PPC marketing is that the ad networks used to manage PPC campaigns
don’t just reward the highest bidders for that ad space, rather they reward the highest-quality ads
(meaning the ads that are most popular with the users).
 Ads are rewarded for good performance.
 The better the ad, the greater the click-through rates and lower the costs.
 Many marketers choose to use Google AdWords to manage their PPC campaigns. The
AdWords platform enables businesses to create ads that appear on Google’s search engine
and other Google properties.

How often your PPC ads appear depends on which keywords and match types you select. While
a number of factors determine how successful your PPC advertising campaign will be, you can
achieve a lot by focusing on:
 Keyword Relevance – Crafting relevant PPC keyword lists, tight keyword groups, and
proper ad text.

 Landing Page Quality – Creating optimized landing pages with persuasive, relevant
content and a clear call-to-action, tailored to specific search queries.

 Quality Score – Quality Score is Google’s rating of the quality and relevance of your
keywords, landing pages, and PPC campaigns. Advertisers with better quality scores get
more ad clicks at lower costs.

Your entire PPC campaign is built around keywords, and the most successful AdWords
advertisers continuously grow and refine their PPC keyword list.
In conclusion, PPC advertising offers a unique opportunity to:

 Grow Your Customer Base – Connect with searchers actively looking for products and
services like yours, and respond to the need by providing them with an offer relevant to their
search query.

Generate Leads at Low Costs – As pay-per-click marketing allows you to reach leads and
prospects when they’re researching and looking to buy, it’s a highly effective way to bring interested
visitors to your site.