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What's the closest thing to Bing Ads? (12)

06-21-2013 01:10 PM #1 kai1 (Member)
What's the closest thing to Bing Ads?

So not including Adwords , what's the next best thing compared to Bing?

I've tried 7search, which is ok for volume and cheap, but quality (conversion) is a lot lower.

Looksmart is really hit and a lot of misses. Volume and quality a lot lower.

Does anyone have any recommendations for scaling PPC campaigns?

Thanks for any advice!

06-21-2013 04:36 PM #2 groomez (Veteran Member)

I mean, that's really it as far as PPC goes. You could scale to contextual networks like 50onred

06-21-2013 05:52 PM #3 ringpartner (Member)

Not sure if anything other than Bing or Google is worth it. Cheap traffic is cheap for a reason.

Work on improving your CTR/Quality Score to bring down the costs. Google and Bing have control over the cost you'll pay, so do everything you can to bring down your CPC costs.

The only thing you have 100% control over is your landing page and the real results come from improving/optimizing your landing page. Even a 0.5% increase in conversion rate on your landing page can be all the difference.

So, my suggestion would be to not look for cheaper traffic elsewhere, but to improve your optimization skills and find cheaper/more profitable traffic on Google or Bing.

Good luck!

06-21-2013 07:53 PM #4 kai1 (Member)

Thanks guys, I kinda thought as much.

@groomez - Have you had any good experiences with 50onred?

@ringpartner - Yeah you're right, I should definitely try and optimise more.

06-21-2013 08:23 PM #5 groomez (Veteran Member)

I haven't used them as I don't do contextual anymore. But I used to port my ppc campaigns to google's content network a few years ago. I don't know if you're familiar with contextual but the ads are displayed based on what people are reading so they are in a similar frame of mind.

06-21-2013 09:46 PM #6 kai1 (Member)

Cheers groomez. I will probably give it a shot even though it's a $500 deposit. I've had good experiences with Bings content network.

08-30-2013 07:33 PM #7 shnize (Member)

What if it doesn't work for a bit can you get what is left in the network back?

08-30-2013 07:45 PM #8 Smaxor (Veteran Member)

OOooo Oooo I've got this one.

It's Yahoo ads, cause they share the same platform

08-30-2013 08:21 PM #9 shnize (Member)

Thanks Smaxor for getting back so fast and congrads on your award. My question is that I heard a whole slew of stuff about 50onRed but then getting in here it seems that I might have made a mistake. Have you heard of anyone getting what they deposited back out? If not all good I will run with it but I did it for a Brazilian offer but am seeing that there isn't enough traffic.

Thanks in advance.

08-30-2013 09:00 PM #10 shnize (Member)

You know what nvmd on this, I just read a very inspiring post from you Smaxor with you and the affiliate chatting. One traffic source, one offer and making it work. I will reach out to my rep to get the top paying words and see if I can make an offer work for that. I also just watched your video case study with performance insider.

You're a good dude for sure. I think I still have an account with you from back in 2010 when Kim was my rep.

09-10-2013 06:24 AM #11 biddingjam (Member)

Bing is probably your best option. I don't see any volume on 7 search. Maybe Adonnetwork?

09-11-2013 08:04 AM #12 lewis69 (Member)

You could always dupliate your campaign onto Yahoo syndicated search partners and optimize out all the bad placements, Im not sure about the US but I know here in the UK there is quite decent volume but its just lower quality.

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