Paid Search has become an important aspect of online marketing. It has proven to be a powerful way to reach prospective customers at various times during the customer lifecycle, including the point at which they are ready to buy.

Between Google AdWords and Bing Ads (which fuels both Bing and Yahoo), there are several powerful ways to utilize Paid Search to gain new customers.


Social Advertising
In addition to Search, there are new and powerful ways to leverage CPC-based advertising across social networks. Both Facebook and LinkedIn provide robust platforms for reaching a targeted audience, based on both demographic and interest-based targeting. When campaigns are set up properly, this opens up amazing opportunities for advertisers.

Paid Search Structure, Management and Optimization
Thoroughly researching and then meticulously structuring a new account is critically important in SEM. Unfortunately, once campaigns, ad groups, and ad creative are developed and running, it's not easy to make serious changes to your account structure without seeing an impact on the performance of those campaigns. From keyword research to budgeting to building campaigns and creative, paid search requires an optimal combination of analytical thinking and creativity.

Glenn Gabe's Philosophy on Paid Search and Social Advertising
Extensive research pays huge dividends in SEM and Social Ads.
A well structured set of campaigns is a prerequisite for success in Paid Search.
Heavily target and don't be generic or broad.
Don't dismiss anything until you test it.Trust data.
Track everything you can at a granular level.
Always analyze your efforts in order to improve ROI.
Leverage amazing social data to precisely target audiences across social networks.

G-Squared Interactive offers the following Paid Search and Social Advertising services:

• Paid Search Audit and Assessment
  Understand your current setup and structure. Are you targeting the right keywords, what's your current return on investment, and how much quality traffic are you receiving from Paid Search?
• SEM Competitive Analysis
  How well are your competitors using paid search to gain new customers? What's your share of voice? Are competitors running your brand and trademarked terms?
• Keyword Research and Budgeting
  Extensive keyword research is a critical component to both SEO and SEM. Understanding what people are actually searching for enables you to target the right keywords in Paid Search in order to attract targeted visitors.
• Building Campaigns, Ad Groups, and Creative
  As mentioned earlier, a poor account setup is almost impossible to recover from. Structure your campaigns and ad groups correctly from the beginning.
• Ongoing Campaign Management
  Paid Search is a time consuming and gritty online marketing channel. It requires constant attention to ensure campaigns are being optimized to increase Return on Investment (ROI).
• Landing Page Strategy and Optimization
  Driving traffic is only one aspect of Paid Search. What happens when visitors hit your site? Landing page optimization is a critical component to increasing conversion. Split testing and multivariate testing are powerful ways to ensure you are providing the optimal elements on your landing page in order to increase conversion.
• Social Advertising Campaign Setup
  Analyzing and then targeting a specific audience via both demographic and interest-based targeting. Developing ad creative that matches the audience segment being targeted, and setting up campaigns on each platform.
• Ongoing Management of Social Advertising Campaigns
  Continually managing social campaigns in order to increase ROI. Split testing ad creative and refining audience targeting to improve campaign performance. Reporting on campaign results.

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