CONFIDENTIAL – DO NOT DISTRIBUTE 1 The Greatest & Most Complete Intro to Mobile PPC EVER! Brought to you by: www.wordstream.com/learn Larry Kim Founder & CTO of WordStream Jaclyn Jordan Paid Search Specialist at WordStream
May 09, 2015
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The Greatest & Most Complete Intro to Mobile
PPC EVER!
Brought to you by:
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Larry Kim
Founder & CTO of WordStream
Jaclyn Jordan
Paid Search Specialist at WordStream
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Today’s Agenda
• User Context in Mobile
Search
• SEM Metric Comparison
Across Devices
• 3 Mobile Metrics that Matter
• How to Compete on Mobile
(without busting the bank)
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Larry Kim
• Founder & CTO of WordStream
• Leader of the Quality Score Rebellion!
• Just Had First Kid 7 weeks ago (#ppckid)
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Meet Your Experts…
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Jaclyn Jordan
• Paid Search Strategist, WordStream, Inc.
• Experience managing 200+ accounts across 25+ industries
• Began PPC career in Germany
• Enjoy Nerf wars
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Meet Your Experts…
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About WordStream
Let’s learn a little about you….
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Poll Question #1: Mobile Search Perceptions
What’s Your Opinion of the Value of Mobile Search
for your Business?
• Mobile search is worth less for me
• Mobile search is worth more for me
• No idea / No Opinion
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Poll Question #2: Mobile Search Readiness
Do You Have a Mobile Search Strategy?
• Yes! I have mobile specific ads, a mobile bid
strategy, mobile landing pages, call tracking, etc.
• No! I have nothing set up yet
• Somewhere in between
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Obligatory “Mobile Is Important” Slide
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User Context In Search: Location, Device, Time
User 1 User 2
Location At Home On the Go Time 1PM 2AM Device Desktop Mobile Intent of Search? Probably
looking to change the locks on the house.
Probably locked out of his house and needs help now.
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Why Mobile Rules!
Calls to Businesses worth on Average 3x More
Than Clicks to Websites!!
4. Captured
Lead
2. Calls
Business
2. Clicks On Ad
Desktop Search Conversion Funnel
3% Avg.
Conversion
Rate
Mobile Conversion Funnel
1. Sees Ad 1. Sees Ad
3. Visits Website
Landing Page 3. Lead
Captured!!
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What Metrics Matter in Mobile PPC??
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CTR
*Pulled from over 1,200 cross-industry accounts
All Devices: Ad Rank and CTR
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Ad Position
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Higher Positions =
Higher CTRs
All Devices: Ad Rank and CTR
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Ad Rank and CTR: Device Comparison
DESKTOP TABLET
MOBILE
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Segmented Devices: Ad Rank and CTR
*Pulled from over 1,200 cross-industry accounts
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Mobile CTR drops
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Position 1 to 2
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Segmented Devices: Ad Rank and CTR
Mobile CTR drops off 45% faster than desktop or tablet!
Outside of Position 1, Mobile CTR =
Much Lower Positions on Desktop
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QUALITY SCORE
Segmented Devices: Quality Score
Segmented by Device:
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Segmented Devices: Quality Score
Impression
weighted QS
Share of clicks on mobile devices
*Data from over $9 Billion in Graded Spend
Do more mobile clicks mean lower quality scores?
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Segmented Devices: Quality Score
Nothing to suggest that mobile plays into
Quality Score either way.
NOPE!
AWESOME
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CPC
Segmented Devices: CPC
Data is from 406 USD clients consistently advertising on mobile since 1/1/12
Mobile
CPCs have
increased
150% since
2012.
Enhanced
Campaigns
Desktop
CPCs have
increased
50%
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IMPRESSION
SHARE
Segmented Devices: Impression Share
*Pulled from over 1,200 cross-industry accounts
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Search Impression share, by device
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Mobile
Tablet
Linear (Desktop)
Linear (Mobile)
Linear (Tablet)
Much less likely to
show on mobile vs.
desktop
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Segmented Devices: Impression Share
• Mobile Ads are much less
likely to be shown, even in
position 1.
• Below position 2, forget it.
• No accounts had mobile
position below 4.3.
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Segmented Devices: Impression Share
Mobile impression share penalty is more
dramatic than it’s desktop counterparts.
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Search Impression Share lost to Rank, by device
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So, what ARE the Mobile
Metrics that Matter?
Mobile Metrics that Matter
CTR CPC Impression Share
Mobile CTR drops off 50%
faster than desktop or
tablet.
Search CPCs have been rising
dramatically for mobile over
the past 12 months
Mobile impression share
penalty is more dramatic
than it’s desktop
counterparts.
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What do we do about it?
Improve Mobile CTR
Speak to a mobile audience
• Cater to an audience on-
the-run
• Keep language short &
sweet
• Make it easy to interact
with your ad
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Improve Mobile CTR
Present a mobile CTA
• Make sure your offer is possible
on a mobile device
• Avoid offering whitepaper
downloads or demo/trial
downloads
• Give option to call in and ask
questions
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Improve Mobile CTR
Use all available extensions
Location
Call
Sitelinks
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Improve Mobile CTR
Ecommerce: Google
Shopping or bust!
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Budget for Increased Mobile CPCs
• Revisit search/mobile budget strategy
• Don’t be afraid to raise mobile bids
Device Search Clicks
Search CPC
Desktop 139 $0.30
Mobile 2,322 $0.12
Tablet 17 $0.35
CASE STUDY: A client targeting a mobile audience decided to
pivot more spend to the platform on certain campaigns. All of
these campaigns actually use a +300% MBA. Even with bids 3x
that of desktop, their actual mobile CPC is still considerably
cheaper than is on desktop:
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Do I Need a Mobile Website?
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Let’s recap
Bring it all together
1. Speak to mobile audience
2. Present a mobile CTA
3. Use all mobile extensions
4. Ecommerce: Have presence on Google Shopping
5. Make sure you have appropriate bid adjustments in place
6. Don’t be afraid to raise mobile bids
7. Don’t let lack of a mobile website hold you back
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