Understanding Pay-Per-Click Advertising

February 15, 2016

Back in the 1870s, US department store pioneer, John Wanamaker, lamented, “Half the money I spend on advertising is wasted; the trouble is I don’t know which half!” In today’s increasingly global market, this is no longer a problem. Every successful marketing agent knows that leveraging pay-per-click (PPC) advertising is the key to controlling costs. This unique form of marketing makes it easy to budget advertising dollars and track return on investment (ROI) while attracting traffic to your Web site and qualified leads and sales to your business. Compared with other traditional forms of advertising, paid search marketing, or PPC is far and away the most cost-effective.

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