This is a first for me. I've setup and managed dozens of campaigns but this one has me stumped. Here's the situation: I have a local client (who is part of a national franchise), who specializes in online-type divorce filings, who wants me to run his PPC campaign. I set it up just fine, 3 different ad variations, all approved. Targeted a custom area about half the size of florida. Budget set, everything fine. 1 week later no ads. 3 requests to google to tell me what the hell? has produced nothing, but their canned responses. I even deleted some of the ads, created a new campaign targeting slightly different keywords, a standard geo targeted area, etc. and still no luck. Has anyone else run into this situation? If so, ANY help would be appreciated. Thanks!
increase bid amount and see what happens, if problem persist then delete whole campaign and start fresh campaign.
Hmm you say you've run quite a few campaigns in the past so I guess you already know about the "accelerated mode" If not, then you should try this so that your advert will appear on a more permanent basis. If you have it just set to the default "show ads evenly throughout the day" then you may have simply searched at a time when your ad wasn't showing.
Pause all your campaigns, then you will get a message - none of your ads are running and an option to have live chat. ask them on their face whatever you want.