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Admittedly, I never looked at paid search as a tool to give your brand more exposure. I simply looked at it like many others - clicks and conversions. But, over the last few years, I've come to realize that PPC can be about branding. Here is an actual conversation with a trade show attendee at a recent show: (Attendee approaches booth and engages us in conversation) Attendee: I see your ads all the time and thought I?d stop by and see your products. Me (digging for info): Thank you! Do you mind me asking where you see our ads? Attendee: I?m a fairly new IT Manager setting up a new network and I?m constantly searching on Google and Yahoo for data networking info. I always seem to see your ads. You guys seem to have just about everything I need. Me: Can you speak a little louder into the microphone? My review is coming around. Yes, I did say that and no, he didn?t laugh. Maybe he didn?t quite understand that I live for hearing one of my paid search (PPC) target audience members utter the words that he thinks we have everything he needs because he sees our ads at the right time and in the right place. Although the joke bombed, he stuck around and we got a decent lead. Where paid search is concerned, I divide my audience into two groups - those that have been touched by our brand and those that have not. Don?t Know our Brand I have sets of ads that are focused on keywords that are brand indifferent. These searchers want answers and they?re willing to hear from multiple companies. I?m not as concerned with pushing the qualities of our brand here. I want these people to get to our site so my ads are filled with industry buzzwords that they need to hear in order to feel confident that we can provide the answers for which they?re looking. Some of our brand attributes might persuade them, but I think advertisers get a little quick on the trigger to promote brands to these searchers. Once to our site, our brand messaging plays more of a prominent role. Know our Brand I?ve seen some debate among paid search advertisers about the need to bid on trademark or branding keywords such as a company name or company product name. Put me in the camp that you absolutely should be advertising on these terms. Typically, these terms cost less and the amount of advertisers on the search engine results page (SERP) are less. I feel this is where you have a big opportunity to push brand attributes. You can further instill confidence with the searcher by building your brand. They already know you?now you can let them know why they should buy from you. Don?t underestimate the branding power within paid search advertising! Repetitive exposure to brand messaging through your PPC ads can go a long way in building brand confidence in your customers. Read more at: http://www.searchengineguide.com/patrick-schaber/using-paid-search-for-branding.php. Comments (0)
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