Writing Good Quality Copy For Your PPC Ad
There are lots of different ways to make your PPC ad campaign work. Start by picking keywords, bid for them, then make sure your ads are working and making money for you. However, the way the ad reads is very important, too. It’s the component that convinces the customer to click.
It takes just three lines of text to make a person click, but if the ad’s copy doesn’t work the rest of your campaign won’t have a chance. Be noticed and empower the customer to click on the ad. Often people get too far ahead of themselves and put all their efforts into making the sale, but you need to start with the customer clicking on the ad before you can make that all-important sale.
Conventional marketing does well using long copy, and framing the product in a story. Unfortunately, this method doesn’t work when all you have to use is three lines. You’ll have to attract attention and get a click with very few words indeed. That means that all of them have to be good ones. If you want to make your PPC campaign work, one of the most important things is understanding how to make those lines do their job. Go from writing sales novels to ad haiku!
Like many other situations, the 80/20 rule applies. Here, it means that the majority of an ad’s effectiveness is in the headline – about 20% of the ad itself. This is true in other forms of writing, and it’s definitely true in a PPC ad campaign. In fact, in a PPC campaign, this is even more true, since there’s no way to make up for a bad headline.
Make sure everything about your ad is perfect. When you have only a few available words, they must all be the right ones, and they have to be properly spelled and punctuated. Use the wrong word, or make a spelling mistake, and you’re losing customers. Even if it doesn’t seem like these things are a big deal, they could result in an unprofessional appearance. People who would have clicked on your ad won’t bother to now.
Make sure you get the attention of viewers first and foremost. There will be lots of ads other than the one you placed on the search page. If you really want those customers, you’ll have to create an ad that really stands out from the crowd. Design your headline and copy so that they are appealing and generate lots of attention.
Keyword placement is very important. The keyword phrase (or a variation on it) needs to be in the headline. Next, make sure that your second line is relevant and really eye-catching. Don’t use phrases like “quality service” or state however long you’ve been in the business. These types of approaches don’t wok with pay per click.
The last line of your ad is just as important as the rest of it and can easily make the sale on its own. Inform the viewer why your product is the best option for them. Maybe you could put in a special offer or a special deal. Ads with this type of content increase their chances of a clickthrough and sale conversion. A word of warning, though. Avoid the use of deceptive wording to try and get more clicks. It’s likely that you’ll end up paying for an expensive campaign that gets very few sales.
While the ads are shorter, PPC campaigns aren’t any easier to write than other types of advertising. Make sure that yours are attention getting, clear, and effective – you’ll stand out from the rest and increase your sales.
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