Articles in The 'mobile-ppc' Tag

5 Reasons to Use Mobile Advertising

by Sophia Mowatt

Did you know that internet searches on mobile devices have grown 4x since 2010? (1 Google Internal Data)  With the launch of the iPhone 5 last week and the Nexus 7 Google Play tablet the week before, the mobile industry shows no sign of slowing down.   Whether you are just looking to increase brand recognition or to sales, competing in mobile advertising is vital.
Here are 5 reasons why you should utilize mobile pay per click advertising:

1. Mobile Specific Ad Copy.  With a mobile advertising campaign you can customize your ad copy with mobile specific call to actions, such as “Request a quote from your phone,” that will appeal to mobile users.  Google research shows that mobile-only campaigns help drive an 11.5% increase in mobile click through rates and a 29% increase in mobile clicks, which in turn increases ROI.
2. Target Specific Mobile Devices.  With mobile device targeting, you can modify your advertising to specific devices and phone carriers.    This is tremendously helpful for advertisers who build mobile websites on specific operating systems or mobile apps built on a particular platform.
3. Make It Easy For Customers To Connect.  With the mobile click-to-call ad extension feature, ads that include this feature have experienced 6 — 8% increased click through rates according to Google.  In addition, you are more likely to get a qualified lead and a customer to buy when they call your business directly from your mobile ad.
4. Have a Mobile App?  Use mobile app extensions to link ads directly to your App Store page on either Google Play or iTunes.  This allows customers to download your mobile app instantly.
5. Diversified Ad Formats.  Advertisers can still use rich media image and video ad formats on mobile devices.  There are many options available in the way you advertise on mobile devices such as interactive clickable video ads or image banners ads.

Improve your advertising performance and build a better brand by utilizing mobile advertising for your business.

How to Target Your AdWords Campaigns for Mobile & Tablet Devices

by Anne Garcia

Still not convinced that you need to specifically target mobile and/or tablet devices in your AdWords campaigns? I would recommend that you run a Device Segmented report — under “Segment” click ‘Device’:

Your campaign performance data will be broken out by Computers, Mobile devices with full browsers and Tablets with full browsers like the screen shot below.

As you can see from the screen shot above, the average cost-per-click (CPC) for both mobile devices and tablets is considerably lower than the average CPC of a computer. By specifically creating campaigns for mobile and tablet devices, you will be able to lower your CPC bids for these campaigns, thus ultimately lowering your cost per conversion and advertising spend.

So now that you are ready to specifically target mobile devices and tablets, you will want to look at the Devices in your Settings tab. Make sure that your new campaign is only targeting mobile, and also note that you will want to remove Mobile devices as a selection from your Computers campaign. You can also target mobile devices based on their operating system.

For more information on mobile campaigns, click here. Happy segmenting!

Tis the Season to Go Mobile

by Anne Garcia

During this holiday shopping season, consumers are consulting mobile devices for holiday shopping more than ever before, according to eMarketer. Smartphones are quickly becoming on-the-go shopping assistants, a la iPhone’s Siri.

Shoppers are using mobile devices for product research, online shopping and help in making purchase decisions while in brick-and-mortar stores. In addition, certain product categories like books, CDs and DVDs, video games, clothing and electronics drive more smartphone usage than others.

This time of year, it is important to be in the consumers’ eyes, especially if you have an e-commerce web site. One easy way to become visible to the mobile customer and get quick results is to segment your pay per click (PPC) traffic to specifically target mobile devices. One important item to note is that you do not have to have a mobile website in order use mobile targeting.

You can simply target mobile devices in the Settings tab of each PPC campaign that you create. Also note that you should exclude mobile devices from your desktop campaigns in order to avoid your campaigns from competing against one another.

According to Google, the average mobile cost-per-click (CPC) is approximately $0.05 to $0.10 cheaper than its counterpart desktop CPC, so not only will your ad be visible to mobile visitors, but you will also be paying less for these visitors.