Friday, February 13, 2009

How to Micro-Manage Your Adwords Campaign

By Brian Basch

Advertisements are all around us. They are all filling our ears with the incredible profits that can be made with Adwords, when you use this tool to sell your products. The most amazing thing is the fact that it only takes 2-3 hours per day.

The reality of the situation is that this is simply not true and a gross exaggeration of the facts. This is especially so for new business owners. There are myriads of things to take care of and it certainly cannot be crammed into 2-3 hours per day. If you face the truth it is a fact that an Adword campaign will actually be harder to manage than other promotions.

Bear in mind a few points. Your initial keywords will be found by using Google's database of frequently searched keywords. Then you will compile a second list of keywords that you think are relevant to your business. Then you will compare the 2 lists.

After you have assembled all the keywords, you then have to decide how much to bid on each one of them. Of course you will not be emailing Google with your bid, you will be considering paying for good positions. The higher the bid the better position you ad will be in. Google actually places ads according to the highest bidder. These favorable positions will draw the most traffic. This allows Google and the advertiser to earn more.

Adwords works on a pay per click system. Every time a reader clicks your ad you will be charged a nominal fee. You will do this regardless of whether a sale is completed. The better the click through rate the more money Google makes. The highest bidder will attain the best position for an ad.

When you complete the bidding process and your ad starts running you will need to manage your campaign very carefully. Be aware of the smallest details, including any shifts in popularity for your keywords. If you find any of your popular keywords have suddenly lost their popularity, then you need to replace it quickly. This is because a keyword that is no longer popular will not be drawing any profits.

You may not become a millionaire by working on your Google Adwords campaign for just few hours per day. However you will become an expert at multi tasking and micromanaging your campaign. As you learn more you will very likely find that Adwords will indeed bring in profits for your business.

So take advantage of all the great tutorials and tools that Google Adwords provides and you will soon become an expert in micromanagement. Once you do this you will be able to spend less time on your campaigns and more time on making a success of your business. - 15246

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