Explore paid search
- Account and campaign structure
- Keyword and search-query research
- Ad copy and assets
- Negative keywords
- Search-term and lead-quality reviews
Plan and measure paid campaigns with clear objectives, thoughtful audience targeting, useful landing pages, and ongoing performance review.
Explore the work behind a performance program. Open a topic for practical examples. Channel choice and budgets depend on your audience, objectives, and available data.
Results are not guaranteed; performance depends on budget, offer, market, measurement, and execution.
Enquire about performance marketing →Understanding these terms makes reports and conversations with agencies much clearer.
| Metric | How it is calculated | What it tells you |
|---|---|---|
| CTR (click-through rate) | Clicks ÷ impressions | How compelling an ad is to the people who see it |
| CPC (cost per click) | Spend ÷ clicks | What each visit costs |
| CPM (cost per 1,000 impressions) | Spend ÷ impressions × 1,000 | The cost of reaching an audience |
| Conversion rate | Conversions ÷ clicks (or sessions) | How well the page turns visits into actions |
| CPL (cost per lead) | Spend ÷ leads | The price of an enquiry or sign-up |
| CPA / CAC | Spend ÷ conversions (CAC includes all acquisition costs ÷ new customers) | What it costs to win a customer or sale |
| ROAS (return on ad spend) | Revenue ÷ ad spend | Revenue generated per rupee of ads, if revenue tracking is reliable |
| Frequency | Impressions ÷ reach | How often the same person saw the ad |
A disciplined sequence prevents wasted spend.
Mix depends on your audience and goals. Start with the channel closest to your customer’s intent.
| Channel | Intent | Best for | Watch out for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paid search | High: people are searching | Capturing demand for specific services or products | Broad keywords that bring irrelevant clicks |
| Paid social | Lower: people are browsing | Creating demand, promoting offers and events | Creative fatigue and weak targeting |
| Retargeting | Warm: visited before | Reminding interested visitors to act | Over-exposure; ignoring consent rules |
| Display / video | Awareness | Reach and recall at scale | Hard to attribute direct results |
A clear service, price or event to promote gives campaigns something specific to test.
Leads cool fast. Plan who responds, how, and how soon.
Tracking and a sensible landing page make every rupee of spend easier to evaluate.
Paid search and paid social are common channels. The right mix depends on the campaign objective and audience.
Objectives, audience, offer, landing page, budget range, and conversion tracking are useful starting points.
No. Campaign outcomes depend on many factors. Planning and measurement can support informed optimization but cannot guarantee results.
Enough to collect meaningful data without risking more than you can afford to lose. Start small, set a cap, and increase only when results are steady.
Early data can appear within days, but platforms usually need a learning period and enough conversions to optimise reliably.
There is no universal benchmark. It depends on your margins, average order value and how many leads become customers.
No. Any promise like that would be unreliable. The aim is a tested, well-measured process that improves over time.
Yes. Without it you cannot tell which ads work. Tracking should be tested before spend begins.
It is covered within the Digital Marketing course. Ask about focused workshops for specific topics such as paid search.