39 Ways to Increase Pay-Per-Click (PPC) Click-Thru Rate (CTR)

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Make the most of your paid search campaigns with these simple tricks to increase your CTR. We cover ways to get more clicks by optimizing your creative, match type, bidding, keywords and measurement tactics.

Transcript of 39 Ways to Increase Pay-Per-Click (PPC) Click-Thru Rate (CTR)

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39S I M P L E W AY S

PPC CTRT O I N C R E A S E

( P A Y - P E R - C L I C K C L I C K - T H R U R A T E )

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CTR with CREATIVE

Tighten Up Titles by Adding…

1) Price range or “$” symbol

2) Brand name of product

3) Company name

4) Local modifiers (Atlanta roofing installation)

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Terrific Titles Often Include…

5) “% OFF”

6) “Free Shipping”

7) “Limited Offer” (or other sense of urgency) %

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Learn to Love Links…

8) Include site links

9) Capitalize the URL to stand out

10) Put “www.companyname.com” in the copy (forget the http://)

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CTR with CREATIVE

Work Smarter, Not Harder…

11) Piggyback on other company promotions

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Let Keywords Do the Work…

12) Organize keywords in more ad groups

13) Iterate to get all relevant keywords on exact match

14) Try keyword substitution: Put the best keyword in the ad text for all other keywords

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And While You’re at It…

15) Insert keywords in the title

16) …and description, too

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Go Back to Basics and…

17) Write benefit-oriented copy

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CTR with MATCH TYPE

Be Negative…

18) Use negative matches on any keywords other than exact

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Go on a Shopping Spree and Buy…

19) Every keyword on exact match

20) The same keywords in local business ads (LBAs)

21) And the same ones on multiple match types (remember to track separately)

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CTR with BIDDING

Timing and Placement Matter…

22) Bid by day-part

23) Manage budget by day of week

24) Change bids for seasonality

25) Adjust bids for right rail placements

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Keep Your Eye on the Prize…

26) Raise/lower bids by ROI

27) Use multiple budgets

28) Limit hazard file waste (kill under-performing keywords)

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CTR with KEYWORDS

Go the Distance…

29) Take advantage of long tail—go really, really long!

30) Iterate and conjugate your “geos” NYC shopping Midtown shopping

Madison Avenue shopping

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Shop ’Til You Drop! Buy…

31) Misspellings

32) Model numbers

33) Plurals

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CTR with MEASUREMENT

Measure…

34) At ad group level

35) Assist of non-brand to brand

36) Call center + online conversions

37) ROI at keyword level

38) Shelf-space lift of PPC + SEO

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And Don’t Forget…

39) Use local search to promote the store

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