Friday, January 9, 2009

Three Keys To A Successful AdWords Campaign

By Brian Basch

In every corner of the Internet marketers are admiring the wonderful thing called Adwords. They appeal to the lazy, new entrepreneurs, who want to make money doing virtually nothing. They hold out hopes that 100's of dollars can be made daily, with just 3-4 hours of work. Can this really be done? Very possibly, because Adwords has wonderful tutorials at the site, which make using Adwords easy. In fact instead of paying all that money to the "experts," budding entrepreneurs can just learn all they want about Adwords form the site, for free.

Here are 3 tactics to help you succeed with an Adwords campaign:

1. You must first consider keywords. The success of your Adwords campaign depends on it. In fact your campaign will not be productive without the right keyword. You will need to select a keyword that can attract warm ready to buy leads from your niche market, and also be broad enough to bring in interested leads from a more general market.

Search engines will not give you any sympathy, you will be paying for clicks regardless of how well they may or may not be performing. Bear in mind that an ad based around a popular keyword can bring a lot of traffic but few if any sales. This is fairly common as the vast majority of marketers will just go to the search engine database and dig out popular keywords, and disregard the fact that these keywords are not targeted to their special market.

For more help on keywords you can go to the Adwords site at www.adwords.google.com Here you will find a wide selection of tools to help you choose the best keywords. In fact these tools are some of the best for pay per click advertising.

2. It is important for you to bid high enough to place you in a top position. Given the fact that most searchers are looking for instant gratification, they will rarely look beyond the first 5-10 pages, of their search results, before trying a second keyword.

This makes it a necessity for you to achieve a good placement and for your ad to be shown within the 5-10 pages range. Search engines will place ads according to the amount an advertiser has paid. The highest bid will be given the best place. When bidding always keep your budget in mind and do not let your campaign run out of money. You do not wan to spend large amounts of money to get top placements and then not be able to maintain them. To prevent heavy losses search engines give you the option to set a cap on your bids and only spend a certain amount per day or month. When you reach the cap you ad will be suspended.

3. Last but by no means least is the fact that you will need to manage your campaign. Ads can be unpredictable and you will not fully realize their performance level until your campaign is active. Pay proper attention to every part of your campaign to ensure success. Know how to adjust quickly if necessary.

Now you know! Without having to pay $54.99 to the "experts" you have all the points you need for a successful AdWords campaign. Now the responsibility of using this knowledge is in your hands. - 15246

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