The more I work with Internet marketing, the more I learn that all types of marketing are intertwined. In fact, many forms of marketing, like PPC can be critical to launching successful search engine optimization campaigns.

Just a like a company’s house list, the information they gather from their own PPC campaigns can provide a significant boost to the effectiveness of their search engine optimization efforts. The key is to know what information you’re looking for and how to use it to generate qualified visitors to your website.

One of the most effective ways to use PPC is to drive qualified traffic to your website. Essentially, the way that pay-per-click works is that targeted keywords trigger an ad to appear. When the ad is displayed, users click-through to a landing page or website. These qualified visitors are the one’s you want. With a little investigation and knowledge of the specific keywords that generate conversions, you can better focus your efforts for finding and attracting the right visitors to your website.

Most people focused exclusively on pay-per-click advertising may not have the full understanding of the true value of the information they collect. By knowing which keywords convert, they have the magic formula for marketing online. The terms that convert browsers to buyers can be applies to SEO. By optimizing only those terms that have shown conversions, search engine optimization can be more effective.

After you’ve done your research and you know which terms generate sales, then you’re ready to start your search engine optimization campaign. Focus your SEO on converting terms and achieving top rankings for them. By doing so, you can not only generate traffic through natural search results, you can generate sales. This lowers you costs and improves conversions.

An example of this might be someone promoting an ebook on how to fix a car. If the highest converting keyword is, car repair, then you should consider car repair as a keyword phrase you must optimize for. Organic traffic to this term will produce targeted web site visitors and conversions for little or no money as you improve your rankings.

After you’ve gotten more sophistication around converting pay per click terms and started an optimization campaign, it’s time to focus on other elements that can help with conversion. One of the most important is your web site and landing page. Most people work to optimize search terms that drive individuals to a web site. If that’s the case with you consider looking at your home page or web site landing page with a new perspective. Once a visitor is there, do you have a clear call to action? If not, consider revamping your landing pages to get browsers to take action.

Winning at search engine optimization begins with a winning PPC strategy, data, and a knowledge of what keywords convert for you. Armed with this information, you can influence your search engine campaigns and make sure you’re focused on the phrases that generate the biggest bang for the buck. PPC and SEO really do work together.

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