competitive ppc lisa raehsler at ses sf 2011
DESCRIPTION
PPC Competitive Analysis An essential component of any search marketing plan is understanding the strengths and weaknesses of your competitors. This knowledge helps you comprehend what links to gain, ad prices to pay, content to offer and customers to seek. In this session, we take a close look at what tricks you can use with search engines to analyze your competitors' game and also what free and premium tools are available to deep dive into their strategy. Join us for a candid discussion as panelists reveal their secrets for monitoring competitive forces and threats while sharing tips that can be successfully applied to any business intelligence effort. After attending this session, you'll have the skills to easily discover what keywords your competitor is targeting, how much your competitor is spending on ads, and be able to identify opportunities your competitor is missing.TRANSCRIPT
PPC Competitive Analysis
Lisa Raehsler SEM Strategy Consultant
August 17, 2011
Agenda
Best Practices
Monitoring Competitive Forces
Helpful PPC Tools
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BEST PRACTICES
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Competitive Analysis Best Practices
Ethical, public info
They may be wrong Take it directionally
Look at it in big picture
Actionable?
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MONITORING COMPETITIVE FORCES
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Monitoring Competitive Forces
Like any competitive monitoring only wear your PPC hat: − Company
− Strategy
− Promotions
− Clients/Customers
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Monitoring Competitive Forces Monitor and listen for free:
– Google Alerts
– LinkedIn company Profile – Twitter: employees & management
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HELPFUL PPC TOOLS
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Tools: Adwords Analyze Competition Tool Free Tool Compares your recent performance with that
of other AdWords advertisers.
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Tools: Adwords Analyze Competition Tool Drill down through the subcategories You’ll find a link “See Search Terms”
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Tools: Adwords Analyze Competition Tool Common search terms that triggered your ads and their
impact on the account.
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Tools: Compete
Paid Tool $199 to $499 mo
Competitve site stats
Search Analytics
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Tools: Compete Search Analytics
– Keyword/Site List
– Search Referral Share
– Average Time Index per keyword
– Total Time Index per keyword
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Tools: iSpionage
Free Tool + Paid Tool ($59 to $449)
PPC & SEO Data Competitive
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Tools: iSpionage PPC Data
– Estimated PPC budgets
– Top keywords with CPCs
– Ad copy with destination URLs • Can use this to make your ads standout!
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Takeaways
1. Follow best practices and take competitive data directionally
2. Monitor competition focusing on any PPC clues
3. Try different tools to help give insights to missed opportunities
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Thank You!
Contact Me: Lisa Raehsler Founder/ SEM Strategy Consultant, Big Click Co. Google Adwords Certified Partner
(612) 424-1SEM
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www.linkedin.com/in/lisarockssem