Converting AdWord Traffic into Sales… Understanding the Role that the Sales Process Plays

Your aim in using Google Adwords is to convert your website’s visitors into paying customers of the products and services that you are offering.

Myth – When you have more visitors, you’ll have more sales.

It is a proven fact that visitors will always become paying clients. Studies about e-commerce say that visitors who are viewing your website for the first time will not buy anything from your site. This is such a waste because one in every seven visitors are actually prepared to buy something.

Converting AdWord traffic into sales require an understanding of the sales process occurring online. You can keep your customer acquisitions expenses low and still increase your sales. This requires converting AdWord traffic into sales. Here are five steps on how to do this:

* Marketing – You have to address your visitors’ need with your products and services. Google AdWords can help you find these customers and drive them to your site.

* Trust is a Must – Your website that uses Google AdWords campaign needs to talk-the-talk and walk-the-walk so that your visitors feel confident doing business with you. If you do not come across as being credible and trustworthy, then your client will shop elsewhere.

* Navigation – Probably one of the biggest losers of sales is your website structure. If you do not have a website that is easily navigated and provides timely answers to visitor questions, then your Goggle AdWords campaign will be an expensive exercise that provides you with little or no positive results.

* Presentation and Motivation – Your website should be presentable to your customers so they are motivated to avail of your products or services. Your site’s aesthetic appeal is a huge factor in converting AdWord traffic into sales.

* Sales Closure – To close a sale, you need to present a call-to-action, easy and secure payment options, and enough details on your products or services so that the visitor can justify their purchase.

Greg Cesar is a top Google Adwords expert. He can show you how to succeed with Adwords. If you want more traffic to your website then learn Google Adwords and download your free Google Adwords Guide here

Tips for Success with PPC Advertising

Here is a word of caution to anyone who is venturing into PPC advertising for the first time. Slow down! There is a pretty substantial learning curve with PPC advertising. Taking the time to learn some information about how Google AdWords and PPC advertising works can and will save the newbie advertiser a great deal of time, money and aggravation.

Before starting with a PPC campaign, it is wise to gain some knowledge and insight into how Google AdWords work. The initial lessons you get can save you a great deal of time and/or money. Google has some wonderful training right on their site. Also a great resource I found that is recommended by several of the top earners I work with is Perry Marshall’s, “The Definitive Guide to Google AdWords.” It is well worth the investment plus you get other invaluable tips to Google.

I am a very hands on learner so I went in full force to design my own PPC campaign with very little research. After spending hundreds of dollars with no substantial return, I decided to take a break and start from ground zero. I knew that PPC could drive a great deal of traffic to my landing page if done correctly. All I was doing was dumping money into Google.

Remember with Google AdWords, many times less is more. Lets talk about who you are targeting. If you target your ads to a very small niche audience, you will use a very narrow group of keywords that are specific to what your target audience is looking for. You will have a lower impression rate for your ad, but your audience will be clicking on your ad. Your click through rate will increase.

Why is that? Well, you are providing your niche target with ads that are directly aligned with what they are looking for. They are looking for something specific and you are delivering it right to them with your targeted keywords and ads. Talk about a win ” win situation.

Always run two ads simultaneously. You will have your control ad and your test ad. Once you hit about 50-60 clicks, you will know which ad is working and which ad needs to be dumped. Obviously, you will want to make the higher performing ad your control and revamp or completely dump the other to create a new competing ad.

The lower performing ad has one of two fates. You will either toss is completely (if it does absolutely nothing for you) or you will make some minor change to try and improve it. Keep in mind that in PPC, sometimes less is more. By changing one word, it could become your highest producing ad.

This is a great way to ensure that you are always working towards increasing your lead generation by raising the bar of expectation for your ads. This is a great example of a way to apply attraction marketing principles to your marketing and attracting the quality leads you are looking for.

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