Ok, I've got my Adwords campaign set up, now what???

Discussion in 'Google AdWords' started by wizardcrawler, Jun 6, 2008.

  1. #1
    Hey Guys,

    There's an abundance of adwords ebook out there that teaches you how to get your Adwords campaign set up but few, if any, actually addresses how you should optimize your campaign.

    So, like to take this opportunity to gather your opinion on this: The specific steps i should take for each of the following situation that results after running my Adwords campaign for a couple of days...

    1) keywords that convert

    2) keywords that don't convert

    (a) keywords with high CTR

    (b) keywords with low CTR

    Thanks in advance,
     
    wizardcrawler, Jun 6, 2008 IP
  2. lorien1973

    lorien1973 Notable Member

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    1) keywords that convert

    Keep em

    2) keywords that don't convert

    Dump em

    (a) keywords with high CTR

    Keep em if 1) else dump em if 2)

    (b) keywords with low CTR

    Keep em if 1) else dump em if 2)

    The real question is: how do you know when to dump em? that depends on how much you make on a conversion, and what your profit is. Your conversion rate will tell you everything.

    Adwords accounts are all individual monsters. You are asking for way too generic information.
     
    lorien1973, Jun 6, 2008 IP
  3. wizardcrawler

    wizardcrawler Greenhorn

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    For keywords that convert, are u sure all u wanna do it "KEEP 'EM"??

    Keywords with low CTR... u wanna "KEEP 'EM" as well?? Don't u wanna optimize or something to get high CTR??

    LOL... u r the one providing generic , if not flawed, reply... :)
     
    wizardcrawler, Jun 6, 2008 IP
  4. TightWad

    TightWad Peon

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    This is going to help me with my first campaign! Glad I subscribed here!
     
    TightWad, Jun 6, 2008 IP
  5. robertpriolo

    robertpriolo Peon

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    1. try to increase click volume while maintaining and/or increasing ROI and find ways to decrease costs. Position optimization, negatives, geo targeting, text ads, landing page changes.

    2. Find out why they are not converting. Is it position, landing page, relevance, messaging, and etc...

    3. Position optimize and write better text ads and try to increase CTR even more.

    4. Position optimize and write better text ads and try to increase CTR even more.


    These are the basics of what you would and can do to optimize, unfortunately every scenario is unique and requires on the fly problem solving to fix issues and increase performance.
     
    robertpriolo, Jun 7, 2008 IP