With the new term time on the horizon we at Clicky Media™ thought we would highlight the uses of online advertising.
In particular looking at the uses of PPC advertising and Social Media, looking at past campaigns to show how beneficial harnessing these online mediums can be for any organization.
PPC advertising
The advantages of Pay-per-click (PPC) advertising are easily recognizable within any industry, particularly in the competitive education sector. PPC advertising is a form of advertising whereby the user is directed to the advertisers website through clicking on a link within an advertisement on a search engine results page. The advertiser pays for each visitor that follows this link on a pay-per-click basis. Google, Yahoo and Bing are the 3 leading search engines in the UK. PPC can improve impressions, site traffic and conversion rates and if managed correctly it can yield a fantastic return on investment.
The most important element of PPC is optimization and to accurately measure the ROI of each keyword or phrase you bid for, this can optimize your budget and reallocate your advertising spends accordingly. The right keywords can increase search recognition, a recent campaign for The Hugh Baird College saw a 360.00% increase in number of unique keywords used to find the site. This shows how keywords used within PPC can encourage results within a search engine, encouraging overall traffic to the website. This increase in relevant keywords resulted in an 82.47% increase in organic visits to the website.
Clicky Media™ have produced PPC advertising campaigns for a variety of organisations within the education sector including Nescot College, West Cheshire College, Yale College, RDI and many more. An on-going campaign for Clipbank Channel 4 Learning saw an 82% increase in website visits within the first three months of the campaign. This campaign also included over 2.3 million advert impressions on highly relevant sites across the web, in response to specific search queries and to exact audiences proving fantastic for brand awareness among the Clipbank target market. Conversions also drastically increased with 125% increase in overall clicks, more specifically a 215% increase in online quote requests and an 800% increase in demo requests.
Social Media
Approximately 23% of online time is spent social networking, 1 in 13 people in the World are on Facebook. These figures show how important Social media can be to advertisers. Results of a survey showed that 57% people talk to people online more than they do in real life and up to 51% state that Social Media has influenced their decision to make a purchase. Social Media is an important communication tool for organisations in any industry. Adverts can be tailored to location and demographic through a variety of mediums including Polls, Videos, and competitions, Home page Ads, Fan Page Ads and Engagement Ads. A recent campaign for The Teaching Awards received impressive results. An in-depth social media & video strategy was put in place to generate buzz and to support the campaign. The results showed that the social pages received over 12,000 views, videos views exceeded 27,000 and the Ads received over 74,000 clicks from the campaign. The campaign as a whole received over 86,000,000 adverts impressions in 3 months leading to 2,200 nominations for teachers following viewing or clicking the advert. These figures show the power of Social Media and the importance of harnessing it correctly in order to maximise ROI.
Clicky Media™ have a range of experience developing PPC advertising and social campaigns within the education sector receiving impressive results. Some of the Click Media™ past campaigns can be seen on the case study page.
Find out how we can help you with your PPC advertising and Social Media services before term starts.
“Clicky Media™ are quick to respond to all enquiries with insightful suggestions and always seem to turn things around in the short time we give them. The team are friendly, professional above all knowledgeable. The pricing is always fair and competitive. Looking forward to the next project guys. Thanks very much.” Rob Jordan, Teaching Awards
“Clicky Media™ have enabled us to expand our online campaigns quickly and with no hassle whatsoever. Clicky Media™ have listened and taken the time to understand us & their swift response to our requests has made them almost an extension of our own team!” Ben Culling, RDI
