Is PPC dead? Please Help

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szhang

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I've heard from many sources that PPC is dead and that AdWords and other PPC companies have made it tougher for affiliate and internet marketers to create campaigns for their cpa and affiliate offers.

Can an experienced marketer please verify this. I was ready to plunge into PPC until I heard the news.

Thanks for any and all opinions
 
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i am in a very privileged situation as i am running a fairly open PPC campaign for a gaming company almost exclusively.

I make 25-30% profit on adwords.

If that needed for your motivation, here it comes ;)
 
szhang said:
I've heard from many sources that PPC is dead and that AdWords and other PPC companies have made it tougher for affiliate and internet marketers to create campaigns for their cpa and affiliate offers.

Can an experienced marketer please verify this. I was ready to plunge into PPC until I heard the news.

Thanks for any and all opinions
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no, totally false. still one of the fastest ways to get traffic, and it still works..

when adwords and other companies make things tougher, you just need to change with the times and adapt. nothing ever really dies, you just need to find solutions to make things work again
 
Oh you mean Google (red army)? They even slapped Perry Marshall's adwords accounts, the guy was spending 700k p/m and Google didnt give a rats ass. So i can see that so many are fleeing from adwords and i wouldnt be surprised one bit. Thanks to Google that is.
 
Let me tell you that PPC is definitely not dead!

How do I know? Well, I am currently doing ppc advertising as well as other paid media and I can tell you that there is PLENTY of opportunity in paid advertising to make some great income.

As far as Google is concerned, you can still use them to drive an absolute ton of clicks for dirt cheap. I can set up a campaign and get 1,000's of leads/subscribers a day....but the key is in complying to their rules and not promoting stuff that Google frowns on.

But here is a list of paid traffic sources that I am using and I know works:

1. Google
2. MSN Adcenter
3. Facebook Ads
4. Plenty of Fish Ads
5. Looksmart - must track at keyword level and traffic feed level
6. 7 search - much track keywords and traffic feed, and use buyer keywords ONLY
7. Ads DAQ
8. Ads Brite

** Those are the paid traffic sources that I am currently using at the moment.

Hope that helps!
 
Thanks a lot for all your responses.

I think I will take a shot at PPC. Do you guys recommend any product I should invest in to head in the right direction?
 
Adwords is still good! but I am finding facebook better and cheaper.
 
Adwords is going down, its becoming too expensive and they take shit loads of time to approve ads
 
I wouldnt say it's dead by any means, you just need to do it well.
 
I'm getting into this now. Just make sure you do some decent research beforehand so you don't send yourself broke...
 
I would suggest people to learn Facebook ads. It's now bigger than google and the clicks are cheap as fuck
 
i don't think PPC is dead just harder possibly. But find the right PPC and get the right wording and ur good to go
 
How about lead generation. guys? I recently received an email from them stating that its my final warning and they will ban me if I won't comply to their LP guideliness.

I'm about to launch a site that is purely built for list building. I have second thoughts of using adwords since they state that;

Landing pages advertised via AdWords must have relevant, original content, and must be transparent about the nature of the business being promoted. Further, advertisers are prohibited from promoting certain types of sites, which include, but are not limited to:
* Data collection sites that imply delivery of free items, etc., in order to collect private information
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I think that one is stating that you aren't allowed to use a lead capture page in adwords. Hope someone can shed some light on this one./

I'll give thanks + rep for someone who can truthfully answer this.
 
wow, im in the process of getting my listbuilding started, and hearing they dont allow that with adwords is worrisome.
 
I hope some one can answer my question above. :o
 
If PPC was dead then costs would be drop dead LOW

and hence it would be so cheap it would be worth going back too....

but since this isnt the case...we can assume its as alive as ever.
 
PPC is far from dead, it is just not as easy as it is used to be.

Don't focus on Adwords. Try Bing and Yahoo. Also try 7Search, you
can find a few gems there. Most importantly, start with low budget,
track your keyword religiously, and remove non-converting keywords quickly.
 
As long as people use a mouse to click stuff,

PPC will never die on us.
 
i can't for the love of my life get anything to work on 7search...what niches are you guys making work?
 
flaktrak said:
Adwords is still good! but I am finding facebook better and cheaper.
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How much are you spending per click with Facebook Ad. I use to think facebook is more expensive than Google adword because i spen 0.08 per click with Google Adword. So does it mean that one can get click with just 0.07cent from facebook ad. I was told to start with 0.8cent per click with facebook.
Please can anyone advice me on this.
 
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