For about 2 years now I have been trying to do several things to make money from the internet. 1. affiliate advertising 2. websites with google adsense 3. websites with content 4. ebay sales I HAVE SEVERAL WEBSITES, I HOST MY OWN DOMAINS AND MY WEBISTES ARE AWEOME, THEY HAVE GREAT CONTENT AND VERY GOOD GRAPHIX. I only have 1 problem. NO TRAFFIC!!!!! I heard that GOOGLE ADWORDS can offer a great way to drive traffic to your website. I am willing to pay money as long as I have a good ROI but there is one little problem. Looks like it is impossible for me to get cheap keywords. I usually use overture keyword suggestion tool, so lets say I find a good niched keyword example: cheap computers So I go to adwords and I create my ad: Buy Cheap Computers Save money on cheap computers, computers starting at $50.00 That looks like a good ad, so then I bid on the keyword [cheap computers] and I make sure that the landing page has the word cheap computers, etc. GUESS WHATT!! EVEN IF I BID 1.00 PER CLICK I GET NO TRAFFIC OR IMPRESSIONS!!!!! WHAT IS WRONG WITH GOOGLE!!!! I mean this happends for any keyword, I have even tried using complete phrases, WORDS IN SPANISH AND FRENSH. PLEASE HELP THE CHEAPEST KEYWORD I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET WAS FOR ABOUT .40 AND I STILL GOT NO IMPRESSIONS. Any help will be highly apreciated
I'm not bashing you in anyway so please do not take this personally. But... the ad is not very good in my opinion. When I see the word 'cheap' I think "crappy, cruddy, inferior etc..." Words like low-cost or reasonably priced or low price etc... would make me click on it faster than cheap. But I would still use the keyword cheap as one of my keywords. Now here is an interesting piece of info...Ironically the words cheap and free are the most expensive keywords to purchase. Go figure. Try using words that discribe your computers. Also in sales it's better to pitch the product/service and yourself before the price. Don't give out prices until people are at your site. Get them to your site with an ad that gives some, but not all, of the information they are looking for. Once at your site, if you have great content like you say, you can then reel them in like hungry fish.
develop your business by exchanging links, paying for directory links and SEO optimization. Also ppl don't spend money to see cool graphics. they the want something great in return. Care to show us your site ?
just to clarify my doubts..?? in ur adwords account..r u seeing any impressions or clicks stats...r u being billed by google for clicks ? or are u not receiving clicks at all? if this is the case...then mayb like smallbusinessboost said above..try improving ur ad copy... if u r getting impressions/clicks..then i believe it is time for u to pull up ur log files and try to find out y people are not staying long at ur site... just my 2c...
hai...i may have to disagree with u with the lines that i have bolded and underlined in ur quote above... even though what u said is correct...ie.e pitch sales first...but putting in price in the ad copy is also a good idea...u weed out free bounty hunters out.. say for ex. i am searching something in the range of 30$ and the ad shows 50$ i wud not click on that ad bcos it is not in my range. just my thoughts.. what do u say guys...
I gotta agree there.I know nothing about adwords but I am going to start my first campaign "gulp" and I did read somewhere that it is good to have your price and exactly what you're selling in your ad.It makes sense to me as you don't get as many wasted clicks which you have to pay for.
Are you sure "cheap" isn't one of those words you must request an exception for? If it is, google won't even show your ad unless you get special approval. Do you see your ads when you do a search using the keyword? If so, then you need to experiment with different versions of ad copy. A person bidding 50 cents will be shown before a person bidding $1 if their ad is being clicked on more than yours. Don't use what you think is good ad copy, use what works - which means experimenting. "Cheap computers" isn't a term that a lot of people search for (according to the highly inaccurate google tool) and shows you need to be bidding over $5 to get the #1 spot, so try using some other keywords with different ad copy (maybe "used computers"?. There are some keywords that you need to bid over $5 before it will be shown - so look for another keyword.