SEM
(Search Engine Marketing):
Increase website leads and sales by getting more qualified traffic.
Search engine marketing (SEM) usually means pay-per-click (PPC) ads which appear on search engines and related websites, but you pay only when a user clicks on your ad. The benefit of SEM is that you can tweak and optimize your ad campaign at any time.
Why Smartt General SEM Tips:
If you want a successful PPC campaign, do some preparation beforehand and be prepared to keep a careful eye on results.
Review your keywords. Take a look at your keywords and then use a free tool such as Google’s Keyword Tool to expand
on your keyword ideas.
Create campaigns with unique settings. Create different campaigns with different themes or geographic targets. The more specifically you can address your target audience, the better your results. Different campaigns
let you segment your campaign and track the ROI of each campaign theme.
Create ad groups based on related keywords. Each ad group should contain 1 to 50 keywords that are closely related to each other. For example, “green apples”
and “red apples” should each be in their own ad groups. Even though they are both apples, they are not the same and will require different landing pages.
Create an offer and landing page for each ad group. Your ad copy sets a visitor’s
expectations and your landing page must meet those expectations. If your landing page’s visuals and offer don’t match the offer from your ad, the visitor will most likely use their browser’s BACK button to bounce away from your site.
Monitor your results. Track your results and calculate the ROI of each ad campaign, ad group, and even each keyword. Scale up your profitable keywords and scale back your unprofitable ones. To optimize your messaging, you should also split-test
different ads and landing pages.
How Smartt Can Help:
SEM campaigns often launch under tight deadlines. They also need constant monitoring to optimize results and ensure ROI. Talk to us about customizing a 3 – 6 month digital marketing management engagements that exactly fit your SEM campaign needs. From start-to-finish, we will:
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Design your PPC campaign strategy
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Manage your PPC campaign
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Create your display banners
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Create and optimize your landing pages
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Create mobile PPC advertising
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Manage Google search advertising and Google content network advertising
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Report on ROI and insights
