I make it no secret that I am a big fan of PPC traffic. I’ve always been able to use it as one of my marketing tools to generate big profits with my online marketing. However, I’ve met many individuals who have never been able to build profitable PPC campaigns for their business.
There are several possible reasons why PPC hasn’t worked for these internet marketers. Let’s assume that these people are smart marketers and understand how to use PPC effectively. This is a big assumption because I’ve seen plenty of individuals ‘think’ they know what they are doing, but really don’t. It’s a shame to see this happen. I don’t like to see anybody wasting money on ineffective marketing strategies. Nothing can be more ineffective than doing it WRONG!
So, let’s assume that they actually know what they are doing. In this case it is possible that the market they are in is too competitive for them to compete. This can be true if most of their competition consists of large corportations or big businesses. For example, if you are competing with corporate giants that sell $20,000 software programs to businesses and you sell a $69 info product, then it may be tough to fight them for good ad placement. They will be willing to pay much higher per click because of the profits they can make.
(FYI- Here is an interesting way that you can actually get your Google ads free.)
Another possibility is that these marketers are targeting keywords that are too general for their audience. This can happen easily and go unrecognized by the marketer. In this case, they may be able to create a profitable campaign by eliminating the keywords that are generating traffic but not converting to sales.
Pay per click can be a rough game for all marketers, especially newbies. Sometimes the only way to get a campaign profitable is by tweaking and fine tuning multiple variables. This costs money. There is no way around it and it can often knock a newbie out of the game before they ever get started.
On a side note:
If you are sick and tired of the PPC game and want a way to get FREE search listing traffic, then checkout the system by Chris Rempel and Dave Kelly. It’s called the Ultimate Search Engine Loophole and they use it to get free traffic in just about any market.
This system shows you how to get a ton of traffic from MSN. I’ve found over the years that traffic from MSN is some of the highest converting traffic that I get. It doesn’t deliver the quanity of traffic that Google does, but the quality seems to be better from my tests.







