Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Three Keys To A Successful AdWords Campaign

By Brian Basch


Throughout the Internet world the "buzz" is all about Adwords. Rumors are flying about how vast amounts of money can be made with 3-4 hours of work a day. This concept appeals to the new entrepreneurs who think they can get rich quickly with a minimum amount of work. This sounds like a castle in the air, but in fact it is not an impossible thing to do. In reality you do not even have to spend a dime of your hard earned money on the latest literature on Google Adwords. You can just go the Adwords site and learn all you want from the excellent tools and tutorials there.

Here are 3 ways to make a successful 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. Your bid must get you a high position in the search engines. This is because the average searchers, like most of us are looking for instant gratification. Because of this they will only look at the first 5-10 pages of the search results and then try a new keyword.

This is why it is so important for marketers to position their ads within the first 5-10 pages. Of course the search engines will not place ads on a first come basis, rather they will position ads according to how much an advertiser has paid. The highest bid will get the top position. You will need to draw a line between how much your budge will allow and how much you need to pay for a top position. It is no good spending a lot for a top position for your ad and then not being able to pay for it. In order to protect customers from heavy losses search engines allow a price cap to be placed on an ad and when that is surpassed will take the ad out of circulation.

3. Management of your campaign is important. An ad may look good in theory but nobody can predict how it will perform in the open market. It is critical to the success of your campaign that you pay attention to every detail. Be prepared to make fast changes to save your campaign.

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.

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