Microsoft Bing Ads Bidding Strategies

Types of Bids

  • Enhanced CPC
  • Manual CPC
  • Manual CPM
  • Manual CPV
  • Maximize clicks
  • Maximize conversions
  • Target CPA
  • Target impression share
  • Target ROAS

Enhanced CPC

  • Enhanced cost per click (CPC) is the default bid strategy setting when you create a new campaign.
  • With Enhanced CPC automatically adjusts your bids in real time to increase your chances for a conversion.
  • If you haven’t optimized your campaign then Enhanced CPC reduce your cost per conversion and increase your total conversion count while respecting your current budget.

Manual CPM & CPV & CPC

  • Manual CPM is available for Microsoft Audience Ads.
  • Manual cost-per-thousand impressions (CPM), set the actual cost you want to pay per 1,000 viewed impressions.
  • With the manual cost-per-view (CPV) bid strategy, you set the highest amount that you’d like to pay per view or per click on a video ad.
  • Cost-per-click (CPC) bidding means that you pay for each click on your ads. If someone clicks your ad, that click won’t cost you more than the maximum cost-per-click bid

Maximize clicks & conversions

  • Maximize Clicks is available only for search ad & Shopping Campaigns.
  • Maximize clicks automatically sets your bids in real time to get as many clicks as possible within your budget
  • Microsoft Advertising will have full control over optimizing your bids.
  • you can also set a maximum CPC (cost per click). This is an optional limit you can set to make sure that Microsoft Advertising never charges more than a certain amount for each individual click.
  • Need to have conversion tracking to set up in order to use the Maximize conversions bid strategy.

Target CPA

  • Target cost per acquisition (CPA), you can set your budget and your target 30-day average CPA
  • you can also set a maximum CPC (cost per click). This is an optional limit you can set
  • Some conversions may cost more than your target and some may cost less
  • You need to have conversion tracking set up in order to use the Target CPA bid strategy.
  • You cannot change bids for keywords that are using Target CPA.
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