How to Double Your PPC ROAS: The Magic of Personalization in Practice

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Let’s talk about the elephant in the room: PPC campaigns.

You’ve spent countless hours perfecting your ad campaigns, bidding strategy, and audience targeting. But even after all that effort, your ROAS (return on ad spend) isn’t where it should be.

It’s frustrating, right?

You’ve already optimized the ads, yet there’s a lingering feeling that something is still missing. That’s where personalization comes into play—and not just on your ads, but on your landing pages.

By doubling down on personalized landing pages, you can actually double your ROAS. It’s all about ensuring that the customer’s journey from online advertising to landing page is seamless, relevant, and most importantly—tailored to their needs.

Ready to make a bigger impact with your ad strategy? Let’s dive into how personalization can work its magic.

What is ROAS (return on ad spend)?

First things first: let’s break down ROAS (return on ad spend) for those who may be new to the term.

ROAS is a key metric that measures the revenue generated from your paid ad campaigns. In simple terms, it tells you how much money you made for every dollar you spent on advertising.

The ROAS formula is straightforward:

ROAS = Revenue from ads / Cost of ads

For example, if you spend $100 on PPC ads and generate $400 in sales, your ROAS would be 4:1. That means you earned $4 for every $1 spent.

How to measure it?

Tracking your ROAS is crucial to understanding whether your PPC campaigns are effective.

Here’s how you can measure it:

  1. Track advertising spend: Keep a close eye on how much you’re spending on your ads. You can pull these numbers from your advertising platforms, like Google Ads or Facebook Ads.
  2. Track revenue: This is the revenue generated directly from the clicks on your ads. You can use tools like Google Analytics or e-commerce platforms like Shopify to track this data.
  3. Calculate ROAS: Use the ROAS formula above to get your ROAS number.

Pro tip: To get a complete picture, you should look at both short-term and long-term ROAS, especially if you have a longer sales cycle.

A solid ROAS means your PPC efforts are paying off, but what if you could double it?

What's the best way to double your ROAS?

Optimizing and improving your ad performance is an ongoing process, which requires investment: time and money. 

This process usually involves strategies like A/B testing and keyword research, but these tactics have their limits. And unfortunately, tweaking your ads continuously will often only yield marginal improvements.

However, there’s a crucial piece of the puzzle that marketers often forget about—their landing pages. 

A landing page is like the first impression you make on your visitor, and we all want to make a good impression!

Convincing a higher percentage of your incoming visitors to convert using your landing pages can result in a much bigger boost to your return on investment (ROI) than only working on the ad side of things.

Most websites send visitors from all their ads to one generic landing page.

How most marketing campaigns work

This isn’t the best approach, as it will mean most of your visitors are seeing messaging that isn’t relevant for them. And when your messaging doesn’t resonate with your audience, your conversion rate suffers.

One of the most effective ways of optimizing your PPC results is to align the messaging on your landing pages with the messaging in your ads. 

There are 3 methods you can use to personalize your landing pages. Let’s take a look at each of them to discover their pros and cons!

Level 1: Creating multiple landing pages

The first solution, and the one that most marketers use, is to create multiple landing pages (one for each ad). But this is expensive, which means that usually they’ll create separate landing pages only for the largest segments. The rest of the traffic sees the generic landing page. 

This type of manual personalization can be accomplished by using any website builder or landing page builder tool.

For example, here at OptiMonk we use Elementor to create landing pages. To personalize the messaging, we have to duplicate the landing page for all the different ads we want to run.

After duplicating the landing page, you have to manually come up with personalized headlines and subheadlines, rewrite them in each new version of your landing page, and publish all the different versions. 

Let’s say you’ve done it 10 times. Your ads have been running for a few weeks now and you realize that your landing page is missing an important benefit.

Now, you’ll have to manually add your new section to all 10 landing pages. It’s going to take  time to make any changes, even with just 10 landing pages. And think about what happens as your advertising efforts grow… managing this manually is nearly impossible, and it’s definitely unscalable. 

Luckily, there are easier ways to improve the transition between your ads and landing pages!

Level 2: Personalizing landing pages manually

The second option is to create only one landing page and personalize certain parts of that landing page dynamically using a tool like OptiMonk and its Dynamic Content feature. 

Manually personalize landing pages to match your ad campaigns with dynamic content

The key benefit of using Dynamic Content is that you can simply change an element like the headline on your landing page, and if you make any other changes in your website builder tool, the personalized versions will also get updated: there are no separate landing pages to manage!

All you need to do is create a new Dynamic Content campaign in OptiMonk for your chosen landing page. This will open your landing page, where you can simply select the section that you want to personalize by clicking on it and rewrite it. 

Then, use the “Visited URL” targeting to show your personalized landing page to the right visitor segment.

Segment personalization in the OptiMonk editor

Then, you’ll just need to repeat this process for all the personalized versions of your landing page that you want to have.

If you have a limited number of ads, this is a much better way to go than the first solution. But still, this option requires some manual hustle like writing your headlines manually and creating Dynamic Content campaigns. 

But what’s really important is that it’s much easier to keep these campaigns updated than if you opt to manually build multiple landing pages. 

But there’s an even easier solution, especially for those who have a lot of different ads…

Level 3: Dynamically personalize your landing pages with AI

The best and easiest solution—by far—is to use the power of AI to automatically personalize your landing pages without needing to manually tweak anything.

AI-driven personalization involves collecting customer data, analyzing it, and using it to deliver highly personalized experiences. 

AI-driven landing page personalization to match your ad campaigns

Now, with OptiMonk’s Smart Personalizer, you can dynamically match the messaging of your landing pages to each and every ad. 

There’s no manual brainstorming and coming up with personalized headlines… AI will do that for you, writing headlines that are 100% relevant to each visitor. 

You can also forget about creating multiple landing pages or multiple Dynamic Content campaigns. You simply create one campaign, pick the elements you want to personalize on your landing pages, tell the AI how you want them to be personalized, and then launch it!

In just minutes, you’ll set yourself up for ongoing success, increasing the ROI of your PPC campaigns by making them much more relevant to your audience.

If you’d like to increase ROAS without any manual work, sign up for OptiMonk AI early access today! 

FAQ

Why is calculating ROAS important for businesses?

Calculating ROAS allows businesses to assess whether their ad spend generates enough revenue to justify the investment. It helps you identify which advertising campaign is working, where to allocate more advertising budget, and which areas need improvement. Tracking ROAS is essential for making data-driven decisions that maximize your return on investment.

What’s a realistic ROAS goal to aim for when starting out?

A realistic ROAS goal varies depending on your industry, business model, and marketing strategy. However, many businesses aim for a ROAS of at least 4:1 as a good starting point. This means for every dollar spent, you should ideally generate $4 in revenue. As you refine your campaigns and optimize your landing pages, you can increase this ROAS target over time.

What are the best ways to increase ROAS?

There are several strategies to boost your ROAS:

  • Personalize your landing pages: Align the messaging of your ad campaigns with your landing page to ensure relevance, which boosts conversion rates.
  • Optimize ad targeting: Refine your audience targeting based on demographics, interests, and behaviors to attract the right visitors with your specific campaigns.
  • Test and optimize: Use A/B testing to continuously refine your advertising strategy and landing pages to improve performance.
  • Leverage dynamic content: Personalize the user experience based on visitor behavior to increase engagement and conversions.
  • Focus on high-intent keywords: Invest in keywords that have higher conversion potential rather than broad, generic terms.

Closing thoughts

The key to a high ROAS lies not just in optimizing your ad campaigns but in perfecting your landing pages.

Often, marketers settle for landing pages that are “good enough,” leaving the power of personalization untapped. 

To overcome this problem, we explored three solutions: 

  • Creating multiple landing pages: This is the approach used by many marketers, but it’s time consuming, resource intensive, and lacks scalability.
  • Personalizing landing pages manually: This is an improvement, but still demands a significant time investment because you’ll need to craft unique content and manage campaigns.
  • Harnessing the power of AI: This is the best and easiest solution, and it’s now possible with tools like OptiMonk’s Smart Personalizer. You can automatically tailor landing pages to individual customer segments, generating compelling content and handling A/B testing effortlessly.

Don’t settle for subpar landing pages. Embrace the power of AI and unlock the full potential of your PPC campaigns. 

Sign up for OptiMonk AI now and double your ROAS now!