Guidelines to Pick the Right PPC Channel

Penny Fleming
3 min readApr 2, 2019

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PPC short for pay per click is an important means of internet marketing. It is widely used by businesses today as part of their marketing strategy.

Guidelines to Pick the Right PPC Channel

Hence as an entrepreneur, if you wished to use this strategy how would you know that you have chosen the right pay per click company in India.

Here are a few guidelines devised by some experts to help start-ups and novices in digital marketing to know how to pick the right PPC channel.

  1. Pick a company that is certified through Bing ads and/or Google ads. It can be checked with the presence of their certification on the site. Also, you need to ensure the links will land you onto a profile of a certified company that is hosted with Bing and/or Google.
  2. Hiring the services of a PPC services company that binds you in a contract should be a big no. if the company is really able to bring value on board then it would not go the contractual way. Place emphasis on being treated as a client and bring in results.
  3. Avoid using the services of PPC firms that use only software to bring results. If that is the case, then you can buy the software and do the PPC marketing by yourself. You don’t need to hire someone to do it in an atomized way when some manual input is necessary.
  4. It would be prudent to use the services of a PPC firm that has multiple certified consultants that can work on your account to produce an above average result for you. This can bring in some novelty and better creativity to the fore. This will surely work in your favor.
  5. Check to see if the change history option is activated on the site. This oozes transparency and better work relationships. There is no scope for any hoodwinking if this is the case. Also, insist on the firm sharing its screen highlighting the changes and how things are working.
  6. In any pay per click marketing strategy, internal metrics is a vital entity. This is by conversion rates, average positions, click through rates and quality scores. But bringing about good internal metrics is not beneficial until it gives a good ROI for you. So you need to ensure this is happening with the PPC package that you have opted. success can be measured by a landing page testing. This is an essential service that the PPC firm needs to offer you. But if the company is not doing such tests for their own site you should think twice before hiring it. It is always crucial to get landing page optimization. If that is not achieved the PPC campaign may not be really successful.
  7. Know all the terms and conditions before hiring a company. Not doing so may land you into some mess at a later date that includes financial trouble as well. To avoid huge loss and penalty it is better to know on what terms and conditions the service is offered by the company.
  8. Technological upgrades are the norm in the digital arena. It is good to know the advancements and upgrades. But does your PPC service provider pre-empt any such upgrades for you as a client? Then it is a go-to company for your PPC marketing. Even after placing a request for the inclusion of the latest technology the company does not respond positively it is high time you hired a better company for PPC services.The pricing should be discussed and fixed before you hire the company for their services. If it is not clear on their pricing policy, then it does not deserve to be hired. You may land into big trouble after the sale process has gone deep and you have no other option than to pay up for the bad and overpriced service. The overall outcome of such a deal may also not be very commendable or impressive. Also, it is important to know the kind of pricing agreement you have undertaken. It can be per keyword, per campaign, or per ad group. Check for any hidden costs and get things cleared before signing a deal.

Following this checklist pick a PPC company suitable for your business.

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Penny Fleming
Penny Fleming

Written by Penny Fleming

Hello, there I am Penny Fleming. I occupy a teeny bit of the huge internet space- Penny Flemings Blog.

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