Google AdWords is the most effective advertising platform in the world. It's also the most complex, and the most competitive. The good news is that AdWords is a data analysis game. What determines success is not the amount of money you have, but how well you spend it.
In this presentation, we look at settings and organization that can increase the competitiveness of your campaigns overnight:
*The wrong way to organize an AdWords campaign
*The right way to organize an AdWords campaign
*Perfect settings for a new campaign
*How to use campaign data to tweak your campaign
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Campaign settings
• Campaign type: search network only
• Choice of networks: Google search only
• Location: Specific nation, or specific town (or two)
• Language: As appropriate for the location
• Bid strategy: Enhanced CPC
• Default bid: Pick a sensible starting point and don’t sweat it too much.
• Daily budget: Pick a sensible starting point that won’t melt your credit
card.
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Other settings
• Delivery method: Standard (spread out over 24 hours)
• Schedule: 24/7
• Delivery: Rotate indefinitely
• Keyword match type: Exact (at first)
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Campaign organization
• Consider your business
• Group items of similar value together
Why?
• Easier to analyze advertising ROI
• Easier to adjust budget appropriately
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Campaign organization
• Consider your business
• Group items of similar value together
Why?
• Easier to analyze advertising ROI
• Easier to adjust budget appropriately
Auto shop
• Major repair ($200-$500)
• General repair ($50-$200)
• Minor repair (up to $50)
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Campaign organization
• Consider your business
• Group items of similar value together
Why?
• Easier to analyze advertising ROI
• Easier to adjust budget appropriately
Therapist
• Therapy
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Campaign organization
• Consider your business
• Group items of similar value together
Why?
• Easier to analyze advertising ROI
• Easier to adjust budget appropriately
Car Insurance
(location 1)
• High range
• Mid range
• Low range
Car Insurance
(location 2)
• High range
• Mid range
• Low range
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Ad groups – three components
Root keyword Modifier Location
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Ad groups – three components
Modifier
• Couples
• Individual
• Anxiety
• Therapy
• Counseling
Root keyword
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• Ad group: couples
• Ad group: individual
• Ad group: anxiety
counselingcouples
Ad groups – three components
Modifier
• Couples
• Individual
• Anxiety
• Therapy
• Counseling
therapycouples
Root keyword
counselingindividual
therapyindividual
counselinganxiety
therapyanxiety
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Ad groups – three components
Modifier
• Honda
• Toyota
• Brake repair
• Transmission repair
• Tune up
Root keyword
• Ad group: transmission repair
• Ad group: brake repair
• Ad group: tune up
transmission repairToyota
Brake repairToyota
Brake repairHonda
tune upToyota
tune upHonda
transmission repairHonda
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Ad groups – three components
Modifier
• Honda
• Toyota
• Brake repair
• Transmission repair
• Tune up
Root keyword
• Ad group: Honda
• Ad group: Toyota
transmission repairToyota
tune upToyota
brake repairToyota
transmission repairHonda
tune upHonda
brake repairHonda
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Location
Ad groups – three components
• Alabama
• Alaska
• Arizona
• Arkansas
• California
• Colorado
• Connecticut
• Car insurance
Root keyword
• Ad group: Alabama
• Ad group: Alaska
car insuranceAlaska
car insuranceAlabama
Alabama
Alaska
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Ads
• Start with exact match type
• Choose up to five keywords per group
Why?
• More control over budget
• Easier to evaluate
• Easier to write relevant copy
• Easier to build relevant landing pages
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Ads
Headline 2
• Call to action
• Call today
• Address the need
• Therapy can help
• Tout benefits
• Foster closeness & trust
• Expand information
• Five common strategies
Headline 1
• Name the prospect
• Considering couples therapy
• Mirror the need
• Having the same fights?
• Make a promise
• Reconnect with your partner
• Offer information
• What to expect in therapy
Description
• Include the keyword
• Couples therapy…
• If…then
• If you want more intimacy…
• Who else wants
• Who else wants a happy…
• Imagine yourself…
• Discover what works for you…
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Ads
Headline 2
• Call to action
• Call today
• Address the need
• Therapy can help
• Tout benefits
• Foster closeness & trust
• Expand information
• Five common strategies
Headline 1
• Name the prospect
• Considering couples therapy
• Mirror the need
• Having the same fights?
• Make a promise
• Reconnect with your partner
• Offer information
• What to expect in therapy
Description
• Include the keyword
• Couples therapy…
• If…then
• If you want more intimacy…
• Who else wants
• Who else wants a happy…
• Imagine yourself…
• Discover what works for you…
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Ads
Headline 2
• Call to action
• Call today
• Address the need
• Therapy can help
• Tout benefits
• Foster closeness & trust
• Expand information
• Five common strategies
Headline 1
• Name the prospect
• Considering couples therapy
• Mirror the need
• Having the same fights?
• Make a promise
• Reconnect with your partner
• Offer information
• What to expect in therapy
Description
• Include the keyword
• Couples therapy…
• If…then
• If you want more intimacy…
• Who else wants
• Who else wants a happy…
• Imagine yourself…
• Discover what works for you…
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Expanding from this base
1. Add search partners to your campaign
2. Clone your campaign. In second campaign change all keywords to phrase
match
3. Clone your first campaign. In third campaign change all keywords to broad
match
4. Clone your first campaign. In forth campaign change bidding for desktop
by -100% (change focus on mobile phones and tablets)
5. Clone your first campaign. Change network from search to display.
6. Clone display network campaign and replace text ads with image ads
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Negative keywords
• Brainstorm negatives
• Use a keyword tool
Why?
• Reduce exposure to inappropriate
searches
Campaign: Toddler clothes
• Cheap
• Free
• Awful
• Ugly
• Dirty
• Used
• Thrift store
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Bid modifiers
• Modify bids by -100% or up to 900% (10x more)
• By device
• Desktop
• Tablet
• Mobile
• By geography
• By time
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Beware of bid stacking
• Say you modify bids 10% on Wednesday and 10% for people in Florida
• Google will apply both modifiers to Floridians on Wednesday
• Example
• Regular bid is $5
• Georgian clicking on Wednesday (+10%) is $5.50
• Floridian (+10%) clicking on Wednesday (+10%) is $6.05