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Presented By Larry Kim & Pete Myers
Thursday December 17th 1pm ET/11am PT
Google Search:
Rapid-Fire
2016 Predictions,
2015 Analysis
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Meet Today’s Thought Leaders!
Pete Myers- MOZ Larry Kim- Wordstream
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Today’s Agenda
‱ The Top PPC and SEO features on Google from 2015
‱ PPC secret weapons by Larry Kim
‱ SEO strategies from our special guest Pete Meyers
‱ What to expect from paid and organic search in 2016
‱ Live Q&A!
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Launch Poll
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Larry’s #4 PPC Hack
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Mobile vs. Desktop Search Clicks,
Jan. 2013 –Nov. 2015
Source: Approx. 2500
WordStream
Customers
(Not official Google
Data.)
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Desktop Search
Conversion Funnel
Mobile
Conversion Funnel
1. Sees Ad
2. Clicks on Ad
3. Vists Website
Landing Page
4. Lead Captured
1. Sees Ad
2. Calls Business
3. Lead Captured
No Leaky Landing Page!
Golden Rule of Mobile: “Calls to businesses are
worth +3x more than clicks to websites”
Call Buttons are Game Changers
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Dramatically Increase Contact
& Qualification Rates
Contact rates significantly drop off after 5 minutes.
Why? Declining interest, alternate solutions, etc.
CONTACT RATE
100x decrease from
5 min to 30 min
QUALIFICATION RATE
21x decrease from 5
min to 30 min
Source: MIT
TIME
CONTACTRATE
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Literally just pay for
calls to your business!
New Call-Only Campaigns in AdWords
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Shopping Ads Steal all the Conversions!
Price & Image Info Communicated
*BEFORE* Clicking Ad!
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Find a Lender
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Conversion Rate
is Defined as:
(Captured Leads /
Website Visitors) *100%
Huge leverage in changing
the “Website Visitors” part
of the equation by sending
more qualified traffic.
CLOSED DEAL!
Captured Lead
View Landing Page
Website Visitors
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Employ FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out)
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As sale ends (or quantity
goes to zero), CVR
increases up to 3x!
Use Ad Customizers to Create Urgency
& Fear of Missing Out (FOMO)
Urgency impacts
Conversions
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Go Nuts With Ad Customizers
Consider doing “Perpetual Sales”
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Ad Customizers Can Improve QS and CTR by
Around 8%!
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These Ads are Google Display Ads

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Power of Display Remarketing
So Push HARD OFFERS (Sign-Ups,
Consultations, Downloads, etc.)
Click Through
Rates!
Conversion
Rates!
2X
2X
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Most “Display Image Ads” Aren’t Images
67.5% of Display Image Ads are Actually Text Ads
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AdWords Customer Match Targeting
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Pete’s SEO Tip #4
Algorithm Updates
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Mobile Update Algo Flux
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Mobile-Friendly URLs (%)
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Pete’s SEO Tip #3
Local Shake-Ups
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Pete’s SEO Tip #2
Knowledge Graph 2.0
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#0
#5
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5X Growth Since Launch
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Pete’s SEO Tip #1
What to Watch
in 2016
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THE FUTURE
OF SEARCH Q&A
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Launch Poll
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Questions?
@dr_pete
@LarryKim

Google Search: Rapid-Fire 2016 Predictions, 2015 Analysis