shakespeare's guide to creating ppc ads

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William Shakespeare’s Strategies for Writing PPC Ads

With Mike Ramsburg, Agency Program Manager for Trada



A great PPC ad:

•  encourages a searcher to click

•  is relevant to landing pages, ad groups, and keywords



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Christopher Marlowe (not as famous)



The four horsemen of PPC - how to make sure your keywords, ad groups, landing pages and ads are all working in tandem to beat your competitors.

Google's limitations - we'll give you the expertise you need to use them for your benefit!

Real-time data as instant market research - how to use what you learn from paid search to inform creative approaches in other marketing channels - online and offline.

Maximize your 70 characters - you really can write a complete - and compelling - story in three lines.


The Four Horsemen of PPC

Keywords

Ad groups

Landing pages

Ads



Keywords

Remember that the keyword is what triggers the ad.

In the interest of Quality Score, the keyword and ad must be relevant.

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Ad Groups

Write your ads at the ad group level.

Keep your ad groups small, so that you can write an ad that is relevant to all of the keywords.

You can use Dynamic Keyword Insertion to automate relevancy.

Buying:

Buy a Ford F 150 Where to buy Ford F 150

Leasing:

Lease a Ford F 150 Leasing options Ford F 150

Test Driving:

Test Drive a Ford F 150 Try Ford F 150



Ad Groups

Do: Bid on misspellings and competitor’s terms.

Do not: combine with dynamic keyword insertion, or this might happen!

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Landing Pages

Remember that this is where the click will take your searcher. Utilize ‘deep-linking’!

Before you write your ads, make sure your landing pages are in good shape – with keyword-dense, relevant material.

You may use material from a good landing page to inform your ad copy.



Ads

Is the keyword included in the text?

Are you driving to the right landing page?

Are you echoing language from the landing page?

Is your display URL category-specific? (www.mikesautos/FordF-150)

Have you differentiated yourself?


Google’s Limitations

Why does Google have such a strict format?

Google has built its empire on a positive user experience.



This ad might look boring in comparison.

But it’s effective.

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Why is it effective?

When all ads look the same, the user is drawn to the ad with the best value proposition.

So:

When writing an ad, be sincere and offer a value prop specific to the user’s search terms.


Real-time Data as Instant Market Research

You can use what you learn from PPC to inform your marketing activities – online and offline.


Real-time Data as Instant Market Research

1.  Create 4 ads for each ad group 2.  Write 4 different messages

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Maximize Your 70 Characters

Relevant Search Phrase Details, Differentiators, Call to Action DisplayURL.com/relevantsearchphrase



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1. Use all 70 Characters!

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2. Leverage your work in other channels.



3. Create a sense of urgency.



4. Use a call to action.



5. Use Title Casing.

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6. Keep your grammar tidy.

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7. Let people know that you are the ‘official site’!

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Dynamic keyword insertion can add relevance to a diverse audience.

Searchers are more likely to click an ad that includes the exact phrase they searched for.

8. Use Dynamic Keyword Insertion.



1. Write your ad in this format:

2. When someone searches for this and your ad is served:

3. They will see this ad: Keywords in your Ad Group: • Good Online Marketing • Professional Online Marketing • Easy Online Marketing • Affordable Online Marketing



4. If the search term is too long (over 25 characters)

5. The ad will appear in its “default” form.



The rules:

1.  Keep your ad groups focused 2.  Do not combine dynamic keyword insertion with broad match



Here’s what can happen if you’re not careful with dynamic keyword insertion.



To check that your dynamic keyword insertion is working properly, you can run a keyword query report in Google Adwords.



You will be able to see the exact phrases that were searched for.



9. Be Conversational.

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10. Be smart and test, test, test.


It takes a long time to write so many thoughtful ads.

Best practices:

Keep your ad groups small and focused

10-20 keywords per ad group, depending on the content

Write 4 ads per ad group

That’s a lot of ads.


You can also use Trada

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Trada’s crowdsourced model puts dozens of certified experts to work on your campaign at the same time.


Trada’s Optimizers are experts

Trada’s certified PPC experts know how to write compelling ad copy: •  calls to action •  value propositions •  attention-grabbing headlines

Because multiple Optimizers will work on your campaign at the same time, your campaign will benefit from the creation of thousands of low cost long tail keywords.


How it works

1.  You specify your budget, which ad networks you’d like to run on, and the price you’re willing to pay for a click or conversion.

3.  PPC experts – multiples of them - begin working on your campaign at the same time, adding ad groups, ads, keywords, etc. They only earn money when they meet your campaign goals.

5.  You can review the performance of all ads and keywords running in your campaign and reject ones you don’t like.

Remember: there are no management or startup fees to use Trada.


You can also use Trada.

Questions? Now’s the time to ask.

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