GOOGLE ADWORDS TIPS: THE BASICSWritten by; Jerry Nihen

• Google’s PPC platform (also known as Google Adwords) can be a very effective way to attract new visitors (and clients) to your company’s website. The main goal of today’s article is to give you a better understanding for setting up and launching a PPC campaign through Google.

CONCEPT  1: KNOW YOUR NICHE Always keep in mind your company’s

profit structure when you are setting your budget for a pay-per-click campaign.

“For example, if you are selling a simple $10 product, then a pay-per-click campaign with highly competitive keywords (between $5-7 a click) is likely not going to benefit you (unless it is a lead capture type campaign.)”

CONCEPT  1: KNOW YOUR NICHE One thing a lot of business owners turn

their nose up at are the high priced clicks Google has been charging.

While spending $60 in a few days with no return can seem like a waste, if your company stands the chance of gaining $10,000 from one customer, the $60 will seem like pocket change to you!

CONCEPT 2: REALIZE THE FIRST MONTH IS FOR TEST

Going off of the slide before it is important not to set unrealistic expectations for your first month in pay-per-click.

A common mistake is simply setting up and leaving a Google Adwords campaign, expecting that the simple set up will open the flood of traffic to your website.

It’s also just as important to look back into keywords, the actual ad, and the offer itself.

CONCEPT  3: DETERMINE YOUR BUDGET, RETURN, AND TIMEFRAME

A simple budget is usually the best to start out with; until you get a figure on what kind of return want, you can set up with your campaign.

“Usually it is a good idea to let a campaign run for 90

days (while clipping keywords, making small adjustments, and so on) before seriously considering pulling the advertisement.”

Remember, Every business is different and only a testing period will allow you to achieve the optimum results for your niche!

CONCEPT  4: LOAD UP THOSE KEYWORDS

“This concept is the subject of whole books and training courses, but I will briefly go over a huge mistake companies make on Adwords in regards to keywords—not starting with enough keywords!”

It is important that you test as many niche related keywords as you can. You may be surprised to find out that some long scale keyword Google’s Adword tool provided returns a click.

CONCEPT 5: DESIGNING YOUR AD

The last concept you want to focus on is designing your pay-per-click ad to be catchy, and stand out from the many others out there.

A lot of people offer a free give way to

stand out, while some companies are better off with just their company information.

CONCEPT 5: DESIGNING YOUR AD CONT. The last thing in designing your ad is to make

sure you never lie, or mislead people into clicking your ad. Not only is this unethical, but it also will get you in some hot water with Google!

“The common trap people fall into is offering a “free report” in the advertisement, but then requiring an email address for the report. While I don’t necessarily think this is unethical, I have had people who have gotten in trouble with them for this in the past.”

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