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Search engine advertising is one of those paid advertising forms that seems to escape all too many internet marketers. No matter what size your business is or who your product appeals to, there’s a place for you in search engine marketing and it’s always something that could help your profits and margins. Whether you’re an online marketer or an mega successful online entrepreneur, familiarity with Google AdWords is something that you can not afford to be without. With that in mind, here are the five most important tips for Google AdWords success:
#1 Choose keywords that target your business
When picking keywords to run your AdWords campaign, make sure that they both attract a large number of searches, and accurately reflect your business, because keywords often are very competitive. While choosing the correct keywords is a great way for determining who’s going to see your ad, it’s not always the best way to make sure your ad truly converts. You’ll lose a large chunk of your potential customers, when you’re missing either of those factors,
#2 – Before deciding on anything final, run micro-campaigns.
Converting prospective customers into buyers should be the first rule that any advertiser follows. Isn’t that the key purpose of advertising? If your ads aren’t doing that, you’re defeating the purpose. Smart advertisers run a test of five, ten, or even twenty different ads and see which one results in the most page views and conversions. Then concentrate on that ad and refine it until its conversion rate makes it easily worth its cost 10 times over.
#3 – Non-converting ads have no place in your campaign. Get rid of them ASAP, if not sooner
The final answer is No, you can’t spend your way out of trouble. You need to focus, focus, focus and simplify, so when your ads aren’t working, lose them. If you’re running 8 different ads and only 4 are conversing, lose the 4 that aren’t performing. Forget about fixing what’s broken, focus on refining what already works. As an online entrepreneur, if you don’t have the money to run a massive campaign, focus on the ones that achieve the greatest results.
#4 – Run ads for research.
You can create a strategic ad that will command the attention you want, performs great and is highly optimized for your market. Find out what’s going to work online and what isn’t. Start by analyzing five potential names for your product, or advertising tag lines, Run as a test a Google AdWords campaign that won’t have you gambling with your ads, but is instead researched to make sure that anything you run is guaranteed by some type of results.
#5 – Analyze from a cost- benefit perspective your Google AdWords campaigns.
If you’re running advertisements that are converting, but not producing significant profits, then take a step back and ask yourself if they’re really worth the efforts. Again, any ads that are not producing should be removed immediately. Also, consider if the time invested on an ad that is just breaking even, is worth it; if they’re not, remove them. You’ll be shocked to find how much even the simplest of ad campaigns can eat up your time, so be sure to calculate opportunity cost when figuring out how well your ads are really producing.
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on Oct 23rd, 2009 at 6:09 pm
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