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6 SEO KPIs Every Search Marketer Should Know

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Aja Frost, the head of SEO content at HubSpot, says, "Any metric—in isolation—can be misleading. For example, HubSpot's SEO team used to obsess over organic traffic. For HubSpot, we track content leads and user signups in addition to organic traffic. Cost-per-click (CPC). Clickthrough rate (CTR). Paid Search KPIs.

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The Ultimate Guide to PPC

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This means more clicks and a greater chance of conversion.” - Laura Mittelmann, Paid Acquisition at 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 can set a CPC for each ad group that you create.

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When Did Programmatic Advertising Start: A History Lesson

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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%. Additionally, there are some pretty scary stats on how display ads are doing today.

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

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The study reveals a ton of helpful industry-specific benchmarks for both search and display ads, including average clickthrough rate (CTR), average cost-per-click (CPC), average conversion rate (CVR), and average cost-per-action (CPA). Average Clickthrough Rate (CTR). Average Cost-per-Click (CPC). for display ads.

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

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For example, here at HubSpot, we promoted an industry-specific piece of content — The Little Book of Inbound for Finance Marketers — on both LinkedIn and Facebook. The cost per click (CPC) of the LinkedIn campaign was 4x the Facebook CPC. Clickthrough Rate (CTR). Cost Per Conversion (CPC).

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The Definition of Quality Score [In Under 100 Words]

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Quality Scores are essentially a measure of relevance; more relevant ads, campaigns, and landing pages have higher clickthrough rates (CTRs), which raises your Quality Score. Higher Quality Scores tend to lead to lower costs-per-click (CPC), which translate into lower costs per conversion.

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Are Ads Worth the Investment? [Free ROI Calculator]

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To help you figure this out, we’re launching a free tool called the HubSpot Advertising ROI Calculator. Click here to check out the HubSpot Advertising ROI Calculator. With the tool you can explore how a change in numbers, a lower CPC or higher close rate for example, will impact a campaign. Ready to give it a try?

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