I've seen several places that suggest starting with adwords standard edition and creating a campaign called "bogus" to be deleted later, after you figure out what campaign you're really gonna do. If I use a $50 adwords coupon, how long do I have before I must put out a "real" campaign?
OK, here's a different tactic - I have a WP blog that I barely keep updated with an occasional tech-related post. If I were to buy some keywords pointing to this blog at rock-bottom rates, would that satisfy any requiremenis of the coupon? Or does that set me up for a low-score (bad rates) later?