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Why we care about performance marketing

Martech

It’s important to note that performance-based marketing tactics like paid search, where advertisers only pay when a user clicks on an ad, is not performance marketing. While PPC/CPC campaigns focus on an action (the ad click), they don’t necessarily lead to a performance-based outcome like a sale or sign-up.

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CPA – The Holy Grail of Online Advertising?

readwrite

This article explores the new online advertising model of CPA (Cost per. Action/Acquisition) and determines whether it will be The Next Big Thing on the. The CPA feasibility test. into testing whether CPA is good for publishers, then we’ll explain the theory behind it. Action/Acquisition) model.

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How to Get Started with Performance Marketing

Outbrain

You determine the action, then pay when that action has been completed – whether it’s a sale, lead, or click. In most traditional forms of advertising, the advertiser pays a fee up front for ad space independent of performance. That could mean hundreds to thousands of dollars spent without ever seeing a conversion.