Q3 2019 Paid Media Performance

AdStage released their Q3 2019 paid media performance report recently. Here is a short summary of the data converted to Euros.

Search engine advertising had the best click through rates (CTR) but a high cost per thousand (CPM) impressions.

Microsoft outperformed Google in CTR but had a higher cost per click (CPC).

Facebook and Twitter ads provided good value with a mid-level CTR and low CPC.

LinkedIn continued to performed poorly with a very high CPC and low CTR.

An efficient PPC strategy would look to include Google Search, Bing, Facebook and Twitter, however this could depend on your target audience and industry.

What are your thoughts about the data? Are you having more success with LinkedIn advertising than the report suggests? Let us know in the comments below.