Ad Copy Quality For Your PPC Campaign
There are lots of different issues relating to how to make your PPC ad campaign work for you. Picking the right keywords, bidding for them, and making sure your ads are effective are all important. However, one of the things we often forget to pay attention to is the actual ad. Since this is the point of contact between your campaign and the customers you’d like to target, forgetting about it is a big mistake!
It takes just three lines of text to make a person click, but if the ad’s copy doesn’t work the rest of your campaign won’t have a chance. Be noticed and empower the customer to click on the ad. Often people get too far ahead of themselves and put all their efforts into making the sale, but you need to start with the customer clicking on the ad before you can make that all-important sale.
It would be great if we could fit in a really long story about all the good things we sell and why people need them, but there’s only three lines to entice them with. You have to get attention and get a click with those three lines, so make them good. Making a PPC campaign work is all about getting off to a good start and those three lines are all you have to work your magic with.
Like many other situations, the 80/20 rule applies. Here, it means that the majority of an ad’s effectiveness is in the headline - about 20% of the ad itself. This is true in other forms of writing, and it’s definitely true in a PPC ad campaign. In fact, in a PPC campaign, this is even more true, since there’s no way to make up for a bad headline.
Make sure everything about your ad is perfect. When you have only a few available words, they must all be the right ones, and they have to be properly spelled and punctuated. Use the wrong word, or make a spelling mistake, and you’re losing customers. Even if it doesn’t seem like these things are a big deal, they could result in an unprofessional appearance. People who would have clicked on your ad won’t bother to now.
Make sure you get attention first. There will be more ads than just yours in the search page sidebar. If you want to get customers, you’ll have to stand out. Make your headline and copy appealing and attention grabbing. If possible, pique the viewer’s curiosity - make him or her want to know what’s behind that ad.
Keyword placement is very important. The keyword phrase (or a variation on it) needs to be in the headline. Next, make sure that your second line is relevant and really eye-catching. Don’t use phrases like “quality service” or state however long you’ve been in the business. These types of approaches don’t wok with pay per click.
The last line is important, too. So use it to tell the customer why your product is the best, or give them an offer they can’t refuse like a special. This really does increase the chances of an eventual sale. Don’t use deceptive wording, it might get you more clicks, but you’ve little chance of converting the click to a sale.
PPC campaigns aren’t easy to write and require some careful thought Make sure your ad gets attention by following these guidelines and you’ll be seeing lots of clicks in no time.
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