Monday, October 27, 2008

Keeping Momentum With Your Pay Per Click Advertising Campaign

By Brian Basch

You've finally gotten your campaign off the ground. Keywords have been researched and bid on, synonyms and relevant words taken advantage of, and you're set up for the next six months. Now, how do keep things working properly? Pay per click campaign management is an important skill that many people forget about.

Of course it would be good if your campaign could just take care of itself without your help for the next 6 months, but this is not going to happen. Maintenance of your campaign is very important. There are several ways for you to do this.

You can get good tools at Google Adwords itself to enable you to know exactly how much traffic a keyword is producing and how many sales. Bear in mind that robot traffic will not bring in profits.

So why go through this extra hassle? This is because, if your ad is not performing well, it is costing you money, and will not bring in profits. In other words you are paying for useless traffic. Even if no sales are made you will still be paying for each click.

Luckily you can rectify the matter and take steps to reverse a poor performing ad. If you have done your work right your ad will have a position within the first 5-10 pages of search results. If positioning is good then you should address the keywords for the ad.

Initially most people think of popular keywords before they consider anything else. They feel that they will drive lots of traffic to their website. This is true but unfortunately this will not result in sales, because it is untargeted. Searchers use these popular keywords when they first start searching but these keywords do not usually take them to where they want to go.

That means that people using these keywords are often not sure what they're looking for. They'll look at a lot of sites before they buy. Good keywords are general enough to be searched for by someone who's not sure what they're looking for, but specific enough to reach the audience that will buy your product or service.

You should think about searching with your own keywords. The results may surprise you, as you view other sites that are using the same keyword. Be sure to check out the top 10 competitors in the search results. Look at their sites carefully and see if these are the right sites for your market. If they do not match your site you may have to adjust your keywords. Bear in mind if your keyword is wrong you can be losing money.

Detailed monitoring will let you know which keywords are performing well and which ones are failing. You will know which ones should be replaced and the ones that should stay. With good selections of keywords you can end up with ads that are very profitable. When you monitor your pay per click campaigns you will set yourself up for success. - 15275

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