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You’ve written what you perceive to be a good ad (or let’s hope you wouldn’t have written it). But, what you perceive doesn’t matter. It doesn’t matter to the search engine (Google in this example), and it doesn’t matter to the searchers. What matters is what the searchers think of your ad compared to the motivation that sparked their search, in relation to all of the options in the results they have to choose from.
But, this information isn’t readily available to you. Sure, you can see what your click-through rate (CTR) is, but you have almost no idea if it’s good or bad or how it compares to every other listing you’re competing against. I say “almost” because you can have a sense if it’s good or bad over time through testing and experience with PPC. But I believe you can get a better idea of where you stand if you crunch a few numbers.
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When managing PPC campaigns (or any marketing campaigns for that matter), analyzing, testing and adjusting given information about your competitors can be extremely helpful and necessary. Knowing what they may be doing better and/or what you may be doing better, when they’re spending their money, what’s working and not working for them, etc. can give you strategic advantages that can help you make profitable adjustments.
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There’s an old adage that says “The pain of losing is twice as strong as the joy of winning.”
This principle can help your business if you use it wisely. Even the threat of potential loss creates agitation in people that plays a powerful role in their decision making. Psychologists call this the principle of scarcity. It says that humans hold more appeal for things that they perceive will become less available in the future. This is why you see scarce items get valued at ridiculous prices. For example, a baseball card might be worth hundreds or thousands of dollars simply because there are not many of them in existence. The same goes for cars. The actual raw material value of the card or car is the same as any other with the same amount of raw materials used to create it. But, the value of the item is not in it’s physical worth. The value is in the possession of it.
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In the offline world, you wouldn’t invest tons of money in a sloppy-looking, incorrect-grammar-ing, confusing, and unknowledgeable salesman that wasn’t able to serve your customers needs in the ways they wanted to be served, would you? So, why would you do it online? Would you like to buy something from this guy?
The truth is, your website is your digital sales rep. It’s the go-to “person” in the online world for customers looking for your solutions. In light of all the activities you may do online, this is your digital home. It is THE preeminent piece of your digital existence. Kinda makes you think a little more about what you do with it, right?!?
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When people shop, whether online or offline, there is always a measure of uncertainty throughout the buying process. Typically, the uncertainty fades as the buyer journeys through the process of researching their purchasing decision. They gather facts about what they need, look at features, benefits, quality, pricing and so on. A brand that is really good at selling will be one that is really good at helping the potential customer to navigate through their uncertainty to confidence that they’ve chosen the right product or service for themselves.
Much of the sales process, after all, isn’t the product or service itself. Much of the time (but certainly not always), the customer has already identified their need themselves. They know they need your product or service. They are just looking for the BEST solution to their need. The better you are at this, the more sales you will attract.
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Everybody wants the online sale. But are you relating to your customer in ways that make it easier for them to buy? You might be thinking, “How can it get any easier to buy from us? All they have to do is click add to cart, fill in some boxes and hit checkout!” Sure, it might be easy for them to physically buy from you, but how about psychologically? How easy is it for them to make the decision that you are specifically the right choice for them?
They can go to any one of your competitors and hit a few buttons to purchase, get a quote or make a contact. But, there’s a buying process that customers go through. For lots of industries, they research and feel out their options before making a choice. So, what’s going to make them eventually buy from you specifically? Here’s a suggestion…micro-conversions.
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There are many cultural forces built into every society that has ever existed on the planet. Some are stronger in certain societies than others. One of them is called the rule of reciprocity. It says that a person (or group) should try to repay what another person has provided. More simply put, if someone does something for you, you have a natural tendency to want to do something for them.
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A few years ago, I went ahead and got myself a nice liberal arts education. You know, the kind that’s supposed to “prepare you for the real world” by affording you the opportunity to take courses in communications, science, budgeting, psychology, etc. I must say that it’s a good thing too, considering I landed in the profession that I did. I was recently working on something and feeling a bit “stretched” out of my comfort zone when I realized just how many hats inbound marketers are called to wear throughout the daily trappings of their careers.
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When I decided to become a serious Twitter user, I figured the first thing I had to do was search for people and/or conversations that I could follow and get involved with. So, I decided find people in the marketing field that were within a 2 hour drive from my hometown. Why? Well, a few reasons…
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There’s been a lot of talk about Google’s new Dynamic Search Ads (DSAs) format/campaign structure and how effective they might be for different types of businesses. Much of the conversation has focused around how effective keyword-less advertising can be and how this specific move by Google might forge a new direction for search advertising.
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