Sunday, November 30, 2008

All About Pay Per Click Advertising

By Brian Basch

The name pay per click may not make sense at first but once you familiarize yourself with this form of advertising it is easy to understand. In fact the name is actually well suited for this promotion.

When you think about it, Search engines can be quite pricey to manage especially if they are quite big. There are many things that will cost money; for example 24/7 support, website maintenance to name just a couple. It is a round the clock business that must inevitably cost a certain amount.

Because of the cost of running a search engine, it is wise to consider an extra way to make income. Now there is not much time to earn extra cash when you are running your engine 24/7. Now how about this idea? You can make some good money from all your searchers, who are eyeballing your pages. So offer advertisers the chance to place ads on your search engine. This is a win, win situation you make money and the advertisers get extra views for their advertising.

There is one problem. Because your service is superior to the other traditional ways of advertising you will want to charge a comparable price, for your superior service. Then an idea hits youpay per click advertising.

How about this fact? Advertisers need more visitors to make money. You can take advantage of this fact. You can charge advertisers a nominal amount of money for each click on their ad. This can be done, whether sales are made or not. This will work out well for the advertiser as it will not cost them too much.

The entire ad will pay for itself and bring in profits for the advertiser, with the sales it generates. The one drawback is that not every click will bring a sale. To stop the advertiser from losing too much money you can offer the advertiser a cap on the amount spent on the campaign. This will stop it from getting out of control.

This is what pay per click advertising is all about. An easy method of advertising with scope for making a good living, the advertiser will sell his products and you will make some extra money.

With your new found understanding about pay per click advertising you will be able to make it work for you. It is a wonderful union between advertisers and your search engine. You can both make money and enjoy a long and prosperous partnership. - 16089

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