{"id":1546,"date":"2023-08-22T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-22T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cherylroll.com\/improve-ppc-lead-quality-431009\/"},"modified":"2023-08-22T14:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-08-22T14:00:00","slug":"improve-ppc-lead-quality-431009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cherylroll.com\/improve-ppc-lead-quality-431009\/","title":{"rendered":"5 ways to improve PPC lead quality"},"content":{"rendered":"
Online leads are not all equal. The quality of those leads ultimately matters in driving meaningful business outcomes.<\/p>\n
Focusing on high-quality leads in your PPC<\/a> campaigns increases your return on investment for your marketing dollars. <\/p>\n Additionally, improving lead quality allows salespeople to focus on more promising opportunities, streamline their sales process, and cultivate a loyal customer base. <\/p>\n Here are the tools and strategies you can employ to drive better leads and more ideal customers to your doorstep:<\/p>\n Google’s ad bidding algorithm is a sophisticated system determining whom to target and how much to pay for a click. <\/p>\n The algorithm considers many factors, such as the bid, the ad and landing page quality<\/a>, the expected click-through rate, and other historical performance data. <\/p>\n The better quality data you can provide to Google, the better the algorithms will do your bidding (literally). <\/p>\n You can do this by providing Google the following:<\/p>\n Algorithms like Google’s ad bidding system are designed to continuously improve performance by leveraging a feedback loop. This loop allows the algorithm to learn from past decisions and adjust its strategies for better outcomes. <\/p>\n When the algorithm receives accurate and high-quality initial inputs, it establishes a strong foundation for this learning process. The algorithm can make increasingly precise bidding decisions as it refines its understanding of user behaviors and preferences. <\/p>\n Fueled by the right inputs, this positive feedback loop results in more accurate learnings and better bidding decisions, enhancing campaign effectiveness and improving return on investment.<\/p>\n One of the best practices for improving your PPC lead quality is offline conversion tracking<\/a> or Enhanced Conversions for Leads<\/a>.<\/p>\n Offline conversion tracking in Google Ads lets you link online ad interactions with offline actions, like in-store purchases or phone orders. <\/p>\n Doing so better informs Google’s bidding algorithms on what and who to optimize for increased profits and offline sales. <\/p>\n Here’s how it works:<\/p>\n Compile your online leads that generated revenue offline with an average volume of 30 or more per month and an average lag of 90 days or less. <\/p>\n Consider creating a database of all of the high-quality leads generated, whether they purchased or not. This is recommended because we aim to inform Google of the ideal lead candidates and to generate more of these, whether they become customers or not.<\/p>\n Next, integrate your offline data with Google Ads. This can be done by collecting and associating a Google Click ID (GCLID) with your leads. <\/p>\n Alternatively, consider using Enhanced Conversions for Leads for less technical and more streamlined implementation.<\/p>\n Ideally, you will have an automatic upload of this data into Google Ads regularly. If you use Salesforce<\/a> or HubSpot, Google Ads has an easy and direct integration for uploading these offline sales conversions.<\/p>\n Once Google matches the lead with the originating click ID, it can attribute the ads, keywords, campaigns, etc., that drive these valuable offline actions. <\/p>\n You can see reporting on the associated metrics like conversion value, conversion rate, and return on ad spend (ROAS).<\/p>\n This data lets you understand which keywords, ads, or campaigns drive the most valuable offline conversions. <\/p>\n These insights will help you to make informed decisions about budget allocation, keywords, ad creatives<\/a>, and targeting to optimize your campaigns.<\/p>\nKey 1: Teach Google what a good lead looks like<\/h2>\n
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Positive feedback loops<\/h3>\n
Key 2: Don’t neglect offline conversion tracking<\/h2>\n
High-quality lead data curation<\/h3>\n
Integration with CRM or database<\/h3>\n
Attribution and reporting<\/h3>\n
Identify optimization opportunities<\/h3>\n