Use of online advertising (PPC) to increase sales of ecommerce website

When doing business on the Internet, it is crucial to have the potential customers informed about websites, offered products and services. In the online world, these customers are visitors who come to the websites through some medium. One of such frequently used media, which can bring new visitors, is Internet advertising. This thesis is focused on the paid Internet advertising model known as the PPC (Pay per click). The main scope of the thesis is implementation of advertising campaigns for a particular e-commerce website in order to increase the number of sales. The campaigns run on the Google Search network. They are managed by the advertising system AdWords which is presented in the theoretical part of this thesis. The essential terms of the online marketing and principles of Internet advertising are also is described in this thesis. In order to create a successful advertising campaign, it is crucial to ensure its measurement and evaluation, which are handled by AdWords and the analytical tool Google Analytics within the practical part. Moreover, this thesis focuses on optimization of the running campaigns based on the measured data. In the conclusion, the goals and benefits of ads for the advertised eshop are evaluated.