Well you are finally at the top of the mountain. You have done all the leg work; positioning your ads, selecting keywords, studying bidding options and doing your marketing research. added to this is the fact that you have been smart enough to utilize Google's great keyword research tools. You seem to have set up your advertising campaign for the next 6 months! Now what else is left to do?
The bad news is that you are not yet done because the real work is yet to come. Tracking is critical to your campaign. You will need to do this for all your ads, to make sure they are performing to maximum capacity.
There are several ways to do this. There is a tracking tool on Adwords, showing how much traffic an ad is producing. Tools on your website can also help you to understand which ads are drawing leads and sales.
It is critical to do this as an Adword campaign that is not working can cost you money. A failing campaign will stop you from focusing on the ads that are working, will produce useless leads, and be a complete waste of money. It is always good to keep in mind that you will be paying for your ad even if it is unproductive.
So what do you do with a failing ad? If you have positioned it correctly and it is being seen in the first 5-10 pages you might want to look at the keywords. It is a great temptation to use a popular keyword to draw in more traffic to the ad. This is based on the concept of supply and demand.
The problem with popular keywords is that they are not targeted. Searchers will start with these words but go onto more targeted ones. This attracts shoppers not browsers to your website. The best keywords are those that attract traffic but also draw your niche market.
You will have to strike a happy medium between general keywords that draw the crowds and keywords that are more specialized and will bring in the sales.
Keeping a close watch on your Adwords campaign is the key to victory. In turn the success of your campaign will affect the continuous success of your business. So do not neglect the detailed monitoring of your campaign, so that you can guarantee the rising success of your business. - 16747
The bad news is that you are not yet done because the real work is yet to come. Tracking is critical to your campaign. You will need to do this for all your ads, to make sure they are performing to maximum capacity.
There are several ways to do this. There is a tracking tool on Adwords, showing how much traffic an ad is producing. Tools on your website can also help you to understand which ads are drawing leads and sales.
It is critical to do this as an Adword campaign that is not working can cost you money. A failing campaign will stop you from focusing on the ads that are working, will produce useless leads, and be a complete waste of money. It is always good to keep in mind that you will be paying for your ad even if it is unproductive.
So what do you do with a failing ad? If you have positioned it correctly and it is being seen in the first 5-10 pages you might want to look at the keywords. It is a great temptation to use a popular keyword to draw in more traffic to the ad. This is based on the concept of supply and demand.
The problem with popular keywords is that they are not targeted. Searchers will start with these words but go onto more targeted ones. This attracts shoppers not browsers to your website. The best keywords are those that attract traffic but also draw your niche market.
You will have to strike a happy medium between general keywords that draw the crowds and keywords that are more specialized and will bring in the sales.
Keeping a close watch on your Adwords campaign is the key to victory. In turn the success of your campaign will affect the continuous success of your business. So do not neglect the detailed monitoring of your campaign, so that you can guarantee the rising success of your business. - 16747
About the Author:
Brian Basch has been actively involved in the area of ppc management for a long time and maintains a website about adwords consultant where you can get answers to the rest of your questions.
