Thursday, November 27, 2008

Managing A Successful AdWords Campaign

By Brian Basch

It is deceivingly easy to embark on an Adwords campaign, but not so easy to run a successful one. In fact you will easily detect the difference between a successful campaign and one that is barely making it. In fact an Adwords campaign that is not working will cost you a lot of money, and prevent you from progressing in your business.

How can you stop your hard earned money from being eaten up? The answer is transparent; you will need to pay attention to every detail of your Adwords campaign. Firstly you will need to take care when you choose your keywords, secondly be careful when you bid. But above all you will need to micro-manage your campaigns.

Choosing keywords can be difficult. The best keyword is one that can attract good amounts of general traffic, but at the same time draw your nice market to your website. When you think about it the aim of your ad is to make sales, because if you do not do this you will lose a lot of money.

The Google Adwords site provides a number of tools for keyword research, for your Adwords campaign. These resources will help marketers to find popular keywords, synonyms and many other different variations of your keyword.

What a lot of marketers fail to understand is the fact that pay per click marketing on the Internet, is actually a huge auction, with the highest bidder winning. Of course in these circumstances the advertiser who can put up the most money for a particular keyword becomes the highest bidder. This will put them in the best position for the greatest exposure.

It is well known that searchers simply do not look beyond the first 5-10 pages of their search results. This makes it very important to get a prime position. Also be sure that your actual ad is simply written and easy to understand. Do not let it get lost in the crowd. Above all be sure that even if it brings a lot of traffic, your ad must also pull in sales.

Monitoring your campaign is the key to the success of your Adwords campaign. Thisis made easier by the fact that Google provides tracking tools to do this. You can track the traffic and even sales that are generated by each keyword in your campaign. this makes adjustments to your campaign easy to do.

Be sure to manage your campaign carefully, from the very beginning. Especially be aware of sales conversions. Be alert and ready to make changes quickly to avoid later problems. You can also co-ordinate your campaign results with your website tracking software, to check sales and traffic. The way to see real profits is to manage your campaign well. - 15246

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