“Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.”
– Benjamin Franklin
– Benjamin Franklin
Once upon a time, “paid advertising” meant that you splashed your company name across a billboard, filmed a television commercial featuring your product, or plastered posters all over town. Of course, these platforms still exist, but today, the terrain of paid advertising is quite different—and highly digitized. Online advertisements appear in your prospective clients’ search engines, social media feeds, and more. They can be targeted to pinpoint your prospects, are generally more cost-effective, and suit the way we shop today. Concentric Management’s growth-based strategies combine a wide variety of complementary techniques to give your business the greatest benefits. Alongside copy writing, reputation management, and more, paid advertising is an absolutely invaluable tool. Read on to learn more about Concentric Management’s advanced, multi-pronged, customized approach to this form of modern marketing.
Marketing is very much a numbers game, but if you look for basic statistics on paid online advertising, you’re likely to be dizzied by dozens of data points. Below, we present a few key figures to help you understand the importance and value of this marketing medium:
These statistics are but a sample of what paid online advertising can do for your business.
“Keywords” are aptly named. If properly chosen, these powerful words and phrases can unlock outstanding conversions and great success for your business. You’ve probably heard this term used, but what exactly are keywords? Simply put, these are the words you want people to search for to bring up your ads. As CMO reports, “ninety-three percent of online experiences begin with a search engine.” To capture the attention of your prospective clients online, you need to show up in their searches, which means you need to understand and target the specific keywords they’re using to find what they want.
For example, if you’re selling bedazzled dog collars, the keywords you want to focus on might be “best dog collars” or “sparkly dog collars.” Having your advertisement show up for someone searching for an unrelated phrase like “home remodeling services” wouldn’t exactly be the key to conversions.
At Concentric Management, we can help you harness the power of keywords by finding the right fit between your business and the words your potential customers tend to type into their search engines. It may seem like you need to acquire psychic powers to determine the perfect keywords for your business, but fortunately, we can use the magic of match types to help with this. Our team of paid advertising experts will use a few different techniques to align your advertisements with your prospective clients’ keywords:
One critical, but common, mistake amateur advertisers tend to make is sticking to just one matching system. Broad match is the default, but it may not be the wisest choice for each and every one of your advertisements. The wisest approach is to utilize a variety of match types in your ad groups and pay particular attention to which perform the best. Concentric Management can help you devise an astute matching strategy for your keywords.
Another aspect of keyword targeting to consider is negative keywords. These are specific terms you might want to exclude from your paid advertising to ensure that the traffic you gain is as worthwhile as possible. Negative keywords allow you to prevent your ads from showing for irrelevant searches that waste your budget without the potential of getting new business. We recommend having dozens of these and monitoring the searches your ads appear on in order to weed out any keywords to appear to be squandering your paid advertising investments. For example, you might designate “free” as a negative keyword if you’re only interested in potential paying customers, and you might name “cat” as a negative keyword for your sparkly dog collars if you don’t sell any feline accessories.
By thoroughly evaluating the search queries in our clients’ accounts and adding new negative keywords accordingly, we’ve been able to save many of our clients hundreds (if not thousands) of dollars every month while improving their ads’ conversion rates.
One of the main benefits of paid advertising is that it is so customizable. There is a wealth of options and adjustments available. However, many so-called “expert” marketing companies fail to properly adjust these settings for your company’s campaigns. In the midst of churning out thousands of campaigns, they lack the personalized attention to detail required for a successful, growth-based promotional strategy.
Fortunately, Concentric Management’s paid advertising team has cultivated an in-depth understanding of these parameters, and we take the time to implement this information to your advantage. We will monitor and constantly update your settings for scheduling, geographic targeting, mobile devices, and more. In the fast-paced world of online marketing, paying particular attention to these paid advertising settings could have a major impact.
As they say in real estate, “location, location, location.” Where will your paid ads go? With our extensive expertise, your options are virtually limitless. The most classic form of online paid advertisement is a PPC (Pay-Per-Click) ad on Google’s Adwords network, but in this twenty-first century of marketing, you have many other options, as well.
By using the Google Display Network (the web of sites Google has partnered with to place advertisements), we can place your ads on a variety of news sites, blogs, and other niche sites across the Internet to reach more potential customers. We can also use social media targeting to make your ads appear on your prospective clients’ Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and other feeds. This is yet another aspect of your paid advertising we can individualize and optimize based on your preferences and your ads’ performance. To learn more about social media advertising, check out our blog on how to use social media to boom your business.
Let’s say you’ve begun publishing paid ads on search engines, social media, and the Display Network. To your great delight, leads being pouring in! Score! However, to truly tell what’s working and boost your business even further, you need to know where these valuable customers are coming from.
Since Concentric Management is focused on constantly honing your paid advertising strategy, we offer state-of-the-art lead tracking. Our platform allows us to track forms filled out on your site, as well as calls to your phone number coming in via advertisements and your website. With this instrument, we will report your ROI (Return on Invesment) each month and calibrate your paid advertising strategy based off of your statistics. This way, you can enhance what is working and minimize what isn’t. Lead tracking is just another facet of our fine-tuned paid advertising systems.
Paid advertising is such a varied field that costs can differ dramatically depending on which platforms you use, which marketing companies you choose, and many other factors. You could test out a few basic ads for a couple hundred dollars per month or launch a more comprehensive program for thousands.
At Concentric Management, we recommend that you have a minimum monthly budget of at least $500. Under this threshold, it is difficult to ascertain how well your advertisements are working and the benefits are likely to be negligible. We recognize that paid advertising can be a significant investment for many companies, which is why we go above and beyond to make it as valuable as possible. Our customized approach and sophisticated skills in this industry help provide an outstanding ROI for our clientele.
Concentric Management is proud to provide a wide array of paid advertising options for our clients. Our versatility allows us to work closely with our clients to determine which combination of platforms would be ideal. We currently offer paid advertising services for:
We will coordinate with your company to determine which combination of platforms will suit your needs and preferences.
Are you ready to bring your marketing into the twenty-first century with online paid advertising? Do you want to work with a marketing company that truly cares about your success and works tirelessly to perfect your campaigns? Look no further! Contact Concentric Management today to schedule a consultation.