Advantages of pay-per-click advertising
1. Cost-effective
2. Targeted - you can choose your audience according to demographics like location, language and device
3. Measurable - PPC campaigns can be set up to carefully measure effectiveness. You can determine exactly how much your return on investment is.
4. Customisable - as you run your campaigns, you can make many small adjustments to improve based on what works best.
5. Training resources
6. Fast
Disadvantages of pay-per-click advertising
1. Time investment
2. Skills required
3. Costs can quickly add up - if you aren’t monitoring and optimizing your campaigns to make sure you get a return on investment, money could be wasted. You will need to allocate budget for PPC campaigns, unlike SEO tactics where the investment is time and skills.
4. Clicks and visits don’t always lead to sales - you will need to convince the user to ‘convert’ once they reach your website.