Archive for the 'PPC' Category

May 24 2010

AdWords PPC Case Study – Accommodation (SKYCITY)

Published by NZ Editor under Marketing Case Studies, PPC

Accommodation PPC Case Study (Google AdWords)

First Rate, a Google AdWords certified partner, took over the search engine marketing programme for SKYCITY Hotels in late 2007 and has managed the Google AdWords account throughout 2008-2009.

Since taking over the programme, First Rate has been engaged in ongoing optimisation of the AdWords account.

As a result, hotel bookings from AdWords increased by 1,747% with only a 107% increase in cost (3 months period Sept 2007-Nov 2007 compared to Sept 2009-Nov 2009).

To find out how First Rate can lift the performance of your company’s search engine marketing programme – with ppc technology or without – download the SKYCITY PPC case study.

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May 12 2010

Car Rental Research – SEO and PPC Visibility

Published by Forsyth under Industry Reports, PPC, SEO

New Zealand SEO and PPC car rental research 2010

With more than two hundred thousand online searches each month in New Zealand, rental car hire is one of the industries where search engine marketing represents a very significant opportunity.

First Rate’s Online Insights Research investigates the SEO and PPC performance of New Zealand companies and highlights those who are ahead of the game and those who are struggling to play catch-up.

The most surprising result was the search visibility scores achieved by Hertz, a company most of us will have heard of but one which you simply won’t see in the search results.

And on the flip side, VroomVroomVroom.co.nz – a rental car price comparison engine, is outperforming 3 of the 5 major companies it represents.

The research also highlights a Deloitte Fast 50 winner, proving that you don’t need to be an established brand to win online!

Keen to find out more? – The report can be downloaded here: PPC & SEO Visibility – Rental Car Industry Research New Zealand.

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Apr 29 2010

New SearchIgnite 4.0 Driving Increased SEM Performance for First Rate Clients

SearchIgnite has updated their search management platform to 4.0. This latest release includes a number of major enhancements such as ROI forecasting, Predictive Paid Search Optimisation and Advanced Cross-Channel reporting. All First Rate SearchIgnite clients now have exclusive access within New Zealand and Australia to SearchIgnite 4.0.

Search Marketing ROI Forecasting

Current performance metrics can be compared to predicted performance across multiple metrics.

SEM ROI Forecasting

Predictive Paid Search Optimisation

Set your ROI targets such as leads, transactions or revenue and the SearchIgnite SEM search technology algorithm will optimise your account to get you the best possible results for your budget.

Obviously the PPC account needs to be configured best practice using optimised Ad Group clusters based on relevant keyword themes – as well as smart ad copywriting! This ensures that the SearchIgnite search management technology can be fully leveraged for maximum impact.

Predictive Paid Search Optimisation

Landing Page Optimisation

SearchIgnite will test multiple landing pages and automatically optimise your ads against conversions, to ensure ads lead searchers to the best performing landing pages.

PPC Landing Page Optimisation

Contact us to find out how First Rate and SearchIgnite can help your business.

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Mar 10 2010

How to Gain an Unfair Advantage in Search Engine Advertising

Published by Samuel under PPC

Tom Skotidas, Head of Marketing for First Rate, is writing for Australia’s Marketing Magazine:

We all know how hard it is to consistently beat competitors at SEM.

The low barrier to entry doesn’t help. It is an uncomfortable feeling knowing that just about anyone with a credit card can become a search engine marketer.

The low barrier to creative isn’t that great either. Just when you think you have the best ad creative (i.e. the best 3 lines of text), a competitor goes and copies most of it, neutralising your advantage.

Even Quality Score is losing its competitive advantage, with Google offering automatic rotation of ad creatives based on click-through rate (a key quality score factor), and publishing of each keyword’s score along with several improvement tips.

There is however, one often ignored factor that can give search engine marketers an unfair advantage.

In his article Tom covers the following:

  • The immediate benefits of a higher conversion rate
  • The unfair advantage revealed
  • How will CRR affect my Search Engine Advertising program?
  • How to increase your conversion rate

You can read his article here: An unfair advantage in SEM.

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Feb 25 2010

Do you want better results from your Paid Search?

SearchIgnite SEM bid technology benefits

  • Of course you want greater ROI from paid search
  • And of course you want to make more money from paid search and spend less time worrying about it, right?
  • And how about an unfair advantage over your competitors?

First Rate has teamed up with SearchIgnite to deliver you exactly that.

As Australasia’s leader in Search & Performance we have been appointed as the exclusive licensee in New Zealand and Australia for the Search Engine Marketing technology offered by SearchIgnite™, one of the world’s leading providers of SEM bid management.

This arrangement provides First Rate with an advanced suite of tools to manage, optimise, track and report on your SEM campaigns. And when you combine this advanced technology with our talented team of Adwords qualified professionals, you’ll get even greater results.

The main benefits include significant operating efficiencies, more in-depth campaign reporting and improved digital media ROI.

The same technology that is currently used by more than 500 clients world-wide, optimising over 50 million keywords and delivering $6 billion in online transactions annually is now available to New Zealand advertisers.

Key Features of the SearchIgnite™ Technology

Here is a list of some of SearchIgnite’s best features:

Predictive and Automated Bid Optimization

Optimise your search spend using automated and predictive technology based on results:

  • Optimise against a fixed budget to maximise revenue, conversions, profits or clicks
  • Optimise against a business metric with no budget constraint to maximise results against a set CPA/CPS or ROAS target

Cross Channel Tracking and Attribution

Integrate data from multiple marketing channels (SEO, Display, Email, Partners, etc) to understand the whole picture and how each media channel is affected (assisted) by any others.  This goes beyond first click or last click tracking and leads to holistic campaign optimisation (not just search).

Ad Creative and Landing Page Testing and Optimisation

Easily identify, optimise and test both creative and landing pages to generate maximum conversions.

Cross Engine Efficiencies and Keyword Recommendations

Expand keyword lists and upload changes to multiple engines quickly and easily. This operating efficiency means more time is available for strategic decision making and allocating media to those channels that return the best ROI for your business.

Enhanced Reporting and Analysis

Easy to understand reporting tools complement existing web analytics packages such as Google Analytics with better channel-specific insights.

Don’t take our word for it

If you are investing  $10,000+ per month on paid search, you’ll not only see your results improve but you’ll get more sales at a lower cost just by using SearchIgnite™ technology.

There are plenty of SearchIgnite success stories such as E*TRADE who increased conversions by 299% as can be seen in the graph below. Please take 2 minutes to read the full E*TRADE case study.

ROI from SearchIgnite's Paid Search Bid Technology

Call us on 09 920 1740 or contact us via email to arrange for a no-obligation SearchIgnite presentation.

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