Sunday, June 15, 2008

Some Campaign Management Secrets of Google AdWords

By Maxine Stirling

Managing a Google AdWords campaign can be tricky, but there are some fundamental tips that you can use in order to increase your chances of success. The following is a breakdown of a few of the tips you can use in order to maximize your Google AdWords pay per click campaign efforts.

One of the first things you can do in your Google AdWords campaign is to make use of keyword optimization. You can start this process by doing your homework and limiting your keywords. Then, filter out searches that you know have a very poor conversion rate by instituting negative keywords into your keyword selections.

Creating brand awareness can be an important part of many people's campaign. If this is true for you, then you may want to consider a cost-per-impression campaign instead of just relying on the tradition cost-per-click method. With a cost-per-impression campaign, you ads will appear on websites that your potential customers frequently view. This particular Google AdWords campaign management strategy can be a cost-effective way to increase your brand awareness within specific industry circles.

If you are extremely confident in your website's ability to sell your products and/or services, and simply want to cast the widest possible net, then consider maximizing your keywords. One of the simplest ways to do this is simply by adding the plural and singular version of keywords that you are already making use of. If you sell laptops then include the singular form (laptop) and the plural form (laptops). Of course, you should probably be more specific than this unless you want to spend a small fortune on one days' worth of clicks.

One other important Google AdWords Campaign Management tactic to employ is limiting your daily spending budget. If you don't cap your budget on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis, then a PPC advertising campaign can get out of control quickly. Make sure you allot yourself a certain marketing budget and then stick to it. You should never have to increase your budget on the fly in order to get clicks. If you aren't getting clicks with a small budget, don't count on an increased budget to fix the problem. After all, zero (or close to zero) times anything is still zero. Take a step back at the end of the budgetary period and re-evaluate your strategy.

These Google AdWords campaign management techniques can help you increase the efficiency of your campaign without stretching your budget too thin. Depending on the goals of your campaign, these strategies can be very effective.

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