Saturday, January 10, 2009

Managing A Successful AdWords Campaign

By Brian Basch

It is not hard to begin an Adwords campaign, but running a successful one is an entirely different matter. There is a world of difference between an Adword campaign that is going nowhere and one that is successful. The difference can be translated into one word, money! It is an undeniable fact that a failing campaign can cost you a lot of money, which would otherwise have been spent on developing your business.

How to prevent huge losses? The answer is straightforward, intense scrutiny and attention to every detail of your Adwords campaign. Initially you will need to do your keyword research and take time to select your keywords. Secondly take extra care when you bid. However the real key to success is remembering to micro-manage your campaigns.

To choose a keyword is not as easy as it looks. The aim of every keyword is to pull a certain quantity of general traffic but it must also be able to reach your specific market. Of course your ad must be able to produce sales for you, or you will find yourself seriously out of pocket.

The good news is that you will find many helpful tools and tutorials at the Google Adwords site. They will help you to select the best keywords for your Adwords campaign. Among other things you will find the best matching keywords, related ones and different varieties.

What a lot of marketers fail to understand is the fact that pay per click marketing on the Internet, is actually a huge auction, with the highest bidder winning. Of course in these circumstances the advertiser who can put up the most money for a particular keyword becomes the highest bidder. This will put them in the best position for the greatest exposure.

It is common knowledge that searchers have short attention spans. Because of this you will need to create and ad that is simple to read, gets your message across and is in a premier position. If your ad is just one of many in the search results then you will see little or no results. However even if an ad draws a lot of traffic, it can still only bring in useless leads, which makes it equally ineffective. The main idea is to try to maintain a precise balance.

As soon as you start your advertising campaign you will need to monitor it carefully. Be especially careful of click to sales conversions, and be prepared to make changes or even cancel an ad. Adwords has tools to help you to do all this and more. You will also need to have software on your own site to show you where your visitors are coming from and how many sales they generate. When you monitor your ads carefully you will be successful and you will save a bunch of money.

As you can see management is critical to the success of your Adwords campaign. You can find a lot of tools and help at the Adwords site. Tracking software is built into your campaign and you can find out the worth of every keyword with this. It will help you to know what to adjust if a campaign is not doing well. - 16747

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