Understanding PPC Terminology for Local Advertising

Pay-per-click (PPC), is advertising in which you pay each time a visitor clicks your ad. Most advertising platforms work on either the PPC model or the Impressions model which is called CPM (cost per 1000 impressions).

Knowing the terminology surrounding online marketing can help you make more effective campaigns.

In most cases, we suggest starting with PPC until you can fine tune your advertising campaigns. However, if you have ad creatives with a high click-thru rate (CTR), I would suggest converting that campaign to the CPM model as you will likely reduce your CPC (cost per click) dramatically.

And just like that, you have learned four PPC abbreviations and below are a few more to help you get started with some profitable campaigns.

More PPC Terminology Conversion rate: the percentage that you turn visitors into customers, buyers, subscribers, etc. Bounce Rate: the percentage that determines how long a visitor remained…
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Barrie Small Business Tips

Are you a small business owner in Barrie? Are you looking to establish yourself online and build a presence? In this post, we will look at some common mistakes small businesses make, and some tips to help them out along the way, in the ever changing world of SEO and online advertising.

Most people think of 'online' as Facebook or Instagram and will start immediately advertising on these platforms before implementing important elements to their website. When it comes to establishing your business online, you have many factors to consider.

Before you even start advertising online, you should ensure your website has some of these important elements:

Contact Details - Ensure you have all details available about your business. e.g: phone number, email, business hours, location, etc. Call for action button(s) - A call to action button is one that entices a website visitor to take an action, whether that be to signup for something or purchase s…
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