Help my CTR!

Discussion in 'Google AdWords' started by mohamedd, Nov 21, 2009.

  1. #1
    I have a horrible time getting people to click on my ads, it just seems to be a spot which I can never improve on. I dont know weather its the way I'm thinking or what?

    To show how I fail misrebly at creating ads I'm going to create 4 right here. Two for weight loss, and two for muscle building. Just 2 random niches both of which I failed to get peoples attention :)

    Weight Loss example:

    Keywords:
    lose weight fast for a wedding
    lose weight fast for wedding
    lose weight fast wedding
    lose weight for a wedding
    lose weight for my wedding
    lose weight for the wedding
    lose weight for wedding
    lose weight for your wedding

    My Ads:
    Wedding Bells Ringing?
    Need Fast Weight loss For A Wedding?
    Find Out How You Can Steal The Star Light


    Lose Weight For A Wedding
    Undercover Methods Reveal How You
    Can Achieve Fast Weight Loss.


    Muscle Building Example:

    Keywords:
    learn to build muscle
    build muscle quickly
    build muscle fast
    muscle building secrets
    how to build muscle

    Ads:
    Aggressive Muscle Gains
    Need To Quickly Pack On Pounds?
    Learn My Secrets Now!


    Secrets To Build Muscle Fast
    Learn How You Can Build Maximum
    Muscle in Minimal Time


    I am above the character limit on some of those ads (and my spelling maybe off).

    I know most of you guys are going to tell me testing is everything and I agree but just give me you're opinion on the way I write my ad copy, because so far I suck.


    Thanks, Mohamed
     
    mohamedd, Nov 21, 2009 IP
  2. twiztedX3

    twiztedX3 Peon

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    It's weird how i am running into the same problem... my impression is always HIGH about 600-800 page impressions per day but no one wants to click on any ads... LOL it's like people are all educated not to make us money... Did the economy hit on ADS too? lol
     
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    twiztedX3, Nov 21, 2009 IP
  3. nixwebo

    nixwebo Peon

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    I would be careful about what all specifics of your site and campaign you share on this site. You never know when you competition may be reading or you may even create some new competition by listing your keywords and so forth.

    You may test some new advertising agencies and see if you get better results or simply mix up your keywords and see if this helps or hurts, any change is a good test as long as you have some method to track it and see a metric associated with the changes you make.
     
    nixwebo, Nov 21, 2009 IP
  4. mohamedd

    mohamedd Active Member

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    I agree but I'm not apart of those niches anyways, if they wanna take the keywords be my guest I just picked that those keywords off the adwords keyword tool and grouped them not mine at all. I just wanted to give an example of how much I stink at this lol.

    And yea I have also tried Yahoo search marketing but not much luck there either. In my short marketing life I have only ever created one ad with a ctr above 2.5%!
     
    mohamedd, Nov 21, 2009 IP
  5. magda

    magda Notable Member

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    Are these for search or content network?
    You need to approach them differently for each delivery method.
    For search, having the exact keywords that have been searched for at least once, even better twice - in the ad is vital - you can use DKI to achieve this, or just put your keywords and varients of them in very small tight groups and write your ad for that group
    For the keyword "Lose weight fast for a wedding"
    the ad should be something like this
    Lose Weight Fast for a Wedding
    Need Fast Weight loss For A Wedding?
    Find Out How You Can Steal The Spot Light - there are line length issues here - but the point is tht you want the title line bolded - which it is when it matches the search term.

    play around with things like
    Lose Weight Fast
    For A Wedding. Steal the Spotlight,
    Upstage the Bride!

    Content ads are different - and will always get a much lower ctr. These need to be punchy, quirky, funny, eyecatching - have a look at the sites they are appearing on and try to gauge the tone
     
    magda, Nov 22, 2009 IP
  6. mohamedd

    mohamedd Active Member

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    I see what you did there for the search network keep the quircky ending and add the revant keyword to the top. What about action phrases like "Learn More" "Find out" etc in the adcopy? Are they just bad news? because I have never had any success with them.
     
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  7. Lucid Web Marketing

    Lucid Web Marketing Well-Known Member

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    Yes, search and content network should be approached differently. Volumes can be said about ways to improve CTR. In fact, I have written about it. Check out my book, click link below
     
    Lucid Web Marketing, Nov 22, 2009 IP
  8. bevstar

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    Goto google and search insight.....:)
     
    bevstar, Nov 23, 2009 IP