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How to Get Smart About Retargeting Ads

Sharpspring

Most PPC campaigns focus on the top-of-the-funnel (awareness building) and run on Google AdWords, Bing Ads, etc. A relatively low conversion rate and high cost-per-click (CPC), ultimately resulting in an extremely high cost-per-acquisition (CPA). The cross-industry average CPC for retargeting is just $0.66. The results?

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How Do Your Google AdWords Metrics Compare to Industry Averages? [New Benchmark Data]

Hubspot

Trouble is, mastering Google AdWords is really tricky. To help shed some light on the situation, the folks at WordStream released a detailed new study on AdWords industry metrics. This information can be used to inform your AdWords strategy, and ultimately help you improve your overall ad performance. for search ads, and $0.58

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SMX East 2016 Day 1 – Ad Copy Best Practices, Local SEM, AdWords & Bing Updates, Social

QuanticMind

AdWords and Bing updates from “Exploring the Upcoming AdWords and Bing Ads Changes”. Price extensions (also known as “table extensions”), for instance, continue to show poor results, appearing for only 10%-30% of queries with flat clickthrough rate. Better opportunities exist on social platforms such as Facebook.

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When Did Programmatic Advertising Start: A History Lesson

Rev

This is when Google marketing cleaned up the mess, and launched AdWords , which offered CPC pricing and let advertisers pay to run campaigns solely on the Google network. The average clickthrough rate across all formats and placements is 0.06%. Y2K Fears & How They Changed Online Ad Buying. I know, I screamed too.)

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Google AdWords' New Ad Rank Formula: What You Need to Know

Hubspot

Up until this October, and for many years, this was the formula for Google Ad Rank: Your Ad Rank was simply your max CPC bid (the most you were willing to pay per click) multiplied by your Quality Score. An ad extension is an option in AdWords that allows you to expand your ad with additional information and links back to your site.

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A Simple Guide to Mastering the Basics of Effective Social Media Advertising

Hubspot

The cost per click (CPC) of the LinkedIn campaign was 4x the Facebook CPC. Make It Relevant: Social advertising is different to Adwords search advertising. Your Adwords campaigns are centered around demand fulfillment — targeting specific keywords that people are searching for right now. Clickthrough Rate (CTR).

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The Ultimate Guide to PPC

Hubspot

Cost-per-click (CPC) is the amount that an advertiser pays for each click on your ad. CPC acts as your bid in an auction that determines where your ad will be placed. You set your CPC at the maximum price you are willing to pay per click on your ad. You can set a CPC for each ad group that you create. Quality Score.