The Complete Guide to PPC for Startup Marketing

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The Complete Guide to PPC for Startup Marketing

Intent-based marketing channels like PPC can be a  gold mine for startups. If you understand it correctly, you will be able to direct the traffic already there for your product/service to your business, which is a better alternative! PPC is very effective in brand awareness and even conversions, but PPC can quickly run out of budget if you’re not careful. This means you can create a watertight strategy, set up your campaign appropriately, closely monitor the results, and optimize accordingly. Without spending a lot to display it.  How do you do low-cost marketing at

How can you increase startup lead and exposure on a tight budget? Good news: We have some answers for you.

And if you are looking for answers and help to carry them out, we have something just for you. Read a wealth of PPC strategies for startups within your budget.

Develop effective keyword targeting

Effective keyword targeting is another important part of your strategy. Before spending a dollar, you need to determine the best keywords to target and organize them according to where your users use them in the goal-achieving process.

In the best scenario, prioritize the bottom of funnel  (BOF) keyword, also known as the “high intent keyword,” over the top of the funnel (TOF) keyword or term that may indicate that the user is in the early research stage. I need to do it. I’m looking for something related to what you are doing or offering, but not very specific.

For example, if your startup business sells digital marketing courses, you need to make sure you’re targeting users who are further down the purchasing goal-achieving process. However, these users are usually ready to register and are likely to have completed the survey phase, so conversion rates should generally be high.

When dealing with low-budget marketing strategies, effective keyword targeting saves more money by displaying ads to people who are more likely to take action.

Specify a bidding strategy

In short, there are several ways to teach Google how to spend your money. Of course, there are other automated spending options, but if your campaign is new and you still have a lot to learn about what works and what doesn’t work, you’ll have a little more time to manage your budget manually. And spending effort is definitely in your interest.

Manual Bidding: Despite Google’s warning, manual bidding is usually the best place to start a PPC. Manual bidding gives you complete control over your campaign, sets bids for custom keywords, and manages your costs. This will require more time investment as it deprives Google of its ability to optimize with automated bidding, but it will have a faster learning curve and be ready for long-term success.

Extended CPC: This bidding strategy is similar to manual bidding but gives Google some control over keyword bidding. While you can use auto-optimized CPC to manage most bids, you can now adjust your bids for individual auctions based on the likelihood that your clicks will generate a sale. You can think of this bidding strategy as using Google as an assistant,  not a boss.

Maximize conversions: You’ve finally entered the world of full automation. Unfortunately, you will lose control of your keyword bids, and  Google will take the lead. Maximizing conversions is to get as many conversions as possible within your budget.  Target CPA: Target CPA  is a fully automated bid strategy where advertisers set a target conversion price. Google adjusts the bid to generate as many conversions as possible with that CPA.

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Target ROAS: This is close to the target CPA, but it has ROAS (Advertising Cost-Effectiveness). In this strategy, Google Ads predicts future conversion and conversion value performance based on historical data for participating in the auction. Then, bid prices are adjusted in real-time to maximize conversions while trying to reach your ROAS goals set at the ad group, campaign, or portfolio level. This bidding strategy is primarily used for e-commerce brands.

Maximize clicks: This strategy is similar to maximizing conversions but instead focuses on clicks. With Maximize Clicks, Google works to get as many clicks as possible while spending your daily budget. This strategy is great if you want to increase the volume of your website and collect more data quickly. Tuff strongly recommends that you start with a manual bidding strategy such as auto-optimized CPC before automatic bidding. When done correctly, using automated bidding can be a huge asset to your marketing strategy, but you need to be careful when implementing it. For example, suppose you don’t have enough conversion data to run Google’s machine learning and switch to automation too quickly. In that case, this approach can run out of the budget without achieving very effective results.

Pause low-performance keywords and add excluded keywords

Even if you select your Google Analytics goals, have a great list of targeted keywords, and set your bidding strategy, you may not see the conversions you expect. And that’s ok! Regularly monitor keyword performance to identify poorly performing keywords. In some cases, keywords that work well today may not work well after two months. Therefore, if you see a keyword that does not produce effective results, pause it.

Preparation, setting, bidding!

Indeed, PPC is very competitive. But it’s not as intimidating as it looks! And it can lead to compelling business outcomes that help you get ready for growth. With a little extra effort in planning and creating your marketing strategy, you can run low-budget campaigns with great results.


Olivia Morris
Olivia Morris

Olivia Morris is a Marketing and Business Advisor for American Markets in USA and Europe; She also is a content writer at Ajroni Web Agency. Olivia Morris is passionate about traveling, photography, and reading.

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