Presenters:
Larry Kim | Founder, CTO of WordStream
Carrie Albright | Writer and Account Manager at PPC Hero & Hanapin Marketing
Are You Spending Your
PPC Budget Wisely? Best practices and creative tips for
PPC budget management!
& HOSTED BY:
• How much budget do I need to get started in PPC?
• How Impression Share Impacts Budgeting Decisions
• X vs. Y – Things to Consider When Setting Budgets – High Funnel Keywords vs. Money Keywords vs. Branded Terms
– Search vs. Display
– Bing vs. AdWords
– Mobile vs. Desktop (including tablet)
• How Your PPC Budget impacts your PPC Management Model
Today’s Agenda
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Speaker Introductions
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• Larry Kim
– Founder, CTO, WordStream, Inc.
– Been doing PPC & SEO for 10 Years!
– 3 Years ago, started WordStream!
– Today we’re an industry-leading provider of a PPC Management Platform and Keyword Research Tools
• Carrie Albright
– Account Executive at Hanapin Marketing and Blogger at PPC Hero
– PPCHero.com is the leading site for PPC Strategies, News and Information
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Take Part in Live Blogging on Twitter / Google+
• Include the hashtag #ppcclinic in your Twitter tweets, Google+ status updates, etc.
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Live-Poll Question 1
Question: What’s Your PPC Budget (in USD)?
a) Below $1000 / month
b) Between $1001 – 2500 / month
c) Between $2501- 25,000 / month
d) More than $25,000 / month
e) $0. Not Currently Doing PPC Marketing
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Live-Poll Question 2
Question: What most frequently limits your budgets?
a) Budget shared across multiple channels (PPC, SEO, etc)
b) Performance not justifying expansion
c) Nervousness about the effectiveness of expanding
d) Lack of knowledge where to invest next in PPC
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Where to Start?
Leads
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Beginning At The Beginning
Questions you’re already asking: • What can I afford to spend? • What’s my CPL? • How do I place value on a “lead?” Questions to ask yourself: • How many leads am I expecting to bring in? • What is my current “conversion rate?” • How many leads do I need through PPC? • What can I afford to spend for each lead (CPL)?
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Calculations
Daily Budget = $1388
… … and now, Optimization Time!
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What affects how you value your leads?
• Geography – are your leads more or less relevant based on location?
• Frequency of interaction – do most leads have a complicated attribution system?
• Bounce rate/Time on site – what behavior does your user have post-click?
• Precedence – what have you seen to be qualified in the past?
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Segmentation Negatives
Placements
Day parting: time of day & day of week
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Day of Week Segmentation
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Growth Opportunities
AdWords Tools: Estimations!
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It is estimated that doubling our budget, will lead to double our clicks. Keeping our conversion rate constant, our conversions are expected to increase by …
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Daily maintenance
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Overarching Strategies
• How can you better define your quality of leads?
• How can you identify your marginal gain from each dollar spent?
X vs. Y – Key Micro Level Budgeting Issues
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• High Funnel Keywords vs. Money Keywords vs. Branded Terms
• Search vs. Display
• Bing vs. AdWords
• Mobile vs. Desktop (including tablet)
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1. High Funnel Keywords vs. Money Keywords vs.
Branded Term Budget
The Basic Setup
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My Search Campaign Budget Model
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• Branded Searches Raise Account CTR
• High Funnel Keywords = lower QS (higher cost) and push to informational offers (lower value)
• Low Funnel Keywords = more competition but higher QS and push to demos (higher value)
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Raise/Lower Your Allocations if…
High Funnel Keywords
Lower Funnel Keywords
Branded Search
Raise if… Lower if… Raise if.. Lower if… Raise if.. Lower if…
You’re doing lead generation
You're doing ecommerce
You're doing ecommerce
You’re doing lead generation
Competitors are bidding on your brand terms
You don’t have a brand
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2. Search vs. Display Budget
My Search vs. Display Model
• Warning: this is a bit of an unusual allocation
• We use remarketing as Conversion Rate Optimization to convert other traffic
• Average display share on GOOG is only 19.25%
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Raise/Lower Your Allocations Depending on Industry…
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Raise/Lower Your Allocations Depending on Competition…
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Don’t Even Bother With Display If.. • You have a small budget (<1k / month)
• Don’t do Managed Placements, Similar Audiences, Interests (etc.) until you’ve exhausted Remarketing
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3. Bing/Yahoo vs. AdWords Budget
Bing/Yahoo Market Share Statistics for July 2013
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Bing/Yahoo Market Share Statistics for July 2013
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• 10.3% of our Client Spend Goes to Bing as of Last month
Raise/Lower Your Allocations if…
Bing/Yahoo Google AdWords Raise if… Lower if… Raise if.. Lower if…
You’re in an industry that Bing does well in (eg: Travel, Health, Entertainment, etc.)
You have a small budget (<2k)
You have a low impression share and your campaigns are doing OK
You want to diversify risk
Google is too competitive or too restrictive
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4. Mobile vs. Desktop
Mobile % Changing Rapidly
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No Longer an Issue with Enhanced Campaigns
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• Mobile and Desktop run in the same campaign!
Mobile vs. Desktop Now More of a Bidding Issue
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Things To Consider:
• Are you a local business?
• Do you have a call center?
• Do you sell to higher net worth demographics?
• What’s the ROI of your mobile searches?
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5. How Budget Impacts PPC Management Model
Example 1: Lower PPC Budget
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– Assume $2500 / month PPC Spend
– So, $30k / year PPC budget
– Hiring a Dedicated PPC Manager for $60k / year would TRIPLE your PPC spend
– Agencies Typically Charge as a Percentage of Ad Spend (e.g.: 10%) so $250 / month
– No Agency will take on a client for $250 / month.
– Only options are DIY and Software like WordStream, etc.
Example 2: Higher PPC Budget
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– Assume $50k/ month PPC Spend
– So, $600k / year PPC budget
– Hiring a Dedicated PPC Manager for $60k / year would be 10% of PPC budget
– Agencies would also Charge around 10% of ad spend
– Totally realistic to expect > 10% improvement
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Live-Poll Question 3
Question: Would you like…
a) WordStream: Free Trial of PPC Advisor
b) Hanapin: Free one-on-one account assessment ($20k+ spend)
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"After multiple negative agency experiences, the team at Hanapin stepped up to the plate and delivered the level of service and attention we had been looking for!"
- Stephen Ebbett
Thank you for attending WordStream & Hanapin Marketing’s Webinar on PPC Budgeting.
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Larry Kim [email protected] http://twitter.com/larrykim
Carrie Albright [email protected]