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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. Target CPC.

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How to Get Started with Performance Marketing

Outbrain

Some performance marketers are focusing less on CPM and more on metrics that have a concrete, action based meaning. Cost Per Click denotes the price paid for every time a viewer clicks on an ad. CPC is a better indicator of engagement than CPM, because the viewer has taken an action and actually clicked on the ad.

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Best Paid Search Marketing Agency in 2022: Top 10 Choices

Single Grain

pay-per-click (PPC) advertising, search engine marketing (SEM) – is an auction-based advertising service provided by search engines like Google, Bing and Yahoo, that allows businesses to run ads that they only pay for when someone clicks on their ad. This fee is called the cost per click (CPC).

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Best of 2007: Articles and Blog Posts on SEM

WebMarketCentral

In the words of the author, "You need to set three key metrics on the way to managing by revenue: required margin per sale; close and conversion rates; and affordable CPC. These numbers can change dramatically from day to day, so manage and adjust them." fade a bit."

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