18 Paid Search Facts (to Impress Your Friends*)

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18 PAID SEARCH FACTS TO IMPRESS YOUR FRIENDS* * You might need some new friends

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Do you know how much of the Google SERP is paid space? (Hint: the answer is fact #3.) Even if you're a paid search veteran, these facts might surprise you. Try tossing one or two of them into your next client pitch—or better yet—use them to start a whole new conversation. Like what you see? Check out the Response Mine Interactive blog at http://responsemine.com/blog/ for more tools and tips on how to efficiently acquire high-value customers. *You might need some new friends

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18P A I D S E A R C H

FACTST O I M P R E S SYOUR FRIENDS*

* You might need some new friends

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1$72BILLION

was transacted online in the first quarter of 2014

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57 %

U.S. online retail sales will

grow 57% in the next 4 years

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356% of the Google

results page

is paid space

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Paid search is the #1 digital channel

for converting new customers

#1

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5Improving your

Google AdWords quality score by 5% can reduce

the cost per click by 20%

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A lack of landing page testing is the

#1 reason paid search campaigns plateau

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7The #1mistakein paid search

is the overuse of broad match

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8 Most budgets waste up to 40%

on non-converting micro-keywords

40%

WASTE

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9The #2mistake

in paid search is not buying your

brand terms

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10 There are

40things you can do

to improve the performance of

a keyword

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11The #3mistake

in paid search is using a dailybudget cap

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12 Shhh…The secret to

improvingclick-thru rate is increasing

the number of ad groups

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13 ©@†Using special

characters in ad copy increases click-thru rate

by 5%

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14 BUSYWEEKS

On average, success requires more than 500k

bid changes per week

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15Closing bid gaps will lower the cost per

click by as much as 15% so…

MIND THEGAPS!

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The #1 way to stretch your budget is by implementing

day parting

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17UncoordinatedPPC & SEO

campaigns areeach up to 30%

less effective

:/

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Timing paid search with promotional

calendars increases conversion and

stretches budget

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