Monday, April 20, 2009

Sure-Fire Tips That Will Keep Your PPC Campaign Going Strong

By Brian Basch

You finally got your PPC campaign going. You have your keywords and all the important synonyms and related phrases and you are ready to set up for six months. PPC campaigns need a good management plan if you want it to remain effective. So it means you should not sit back and let it run itself, it's you that has to keep everything working well.

Don't get me wrong, we all would love an easy-money solution where we just show up twice a year and collect the money. However, a PPC campaign needs appropriate management, so read on. It's important to track the activity each ad demonstrates, this is where you see just how productive it is. AdWords has tools that can calculate traffic experienced by each ad, so use them, that's what they're there for. Your web host will also provide valuable statistics, like traffic that actually led to sales.

Unproductive keyword ads are nothing more than a drain on resources, so review their progress and make changes if necessary. The same can be said for keywords that bring traffic, but don't bring sales. You'll pay for every click, even the ones that don't produce a sale for you, so discard anything that costs money but does not give a return.

You should quickly examine ineffective ads. Check the ad is put together correctly, first. Then Do a quick search and see if it's in the first five to ten pages of a search. If it's not, you need to take that ad back to the drawing board. If it is showing up on the search, see if the keyword is the issue- you might have a dud keyword!

Most people want the more popular keywords - it does make some sense to go with what's popular. But fad keywords are nonspecific and are used to start a search, not make a sale. The popular keyword is usually a last resort by people who haven't done their homework, or the first choice of a novice.

Use an advertising keyword that can attract the clicks as well as sales is what you really need. Precise and specific keywords or phrases will possibly entice someone to buy the product. Make some adjustments to your strategy by searching your own keywords and see what it is your competitors are doing. Checking other sites might give you an indication of what you need to change if your current campaign isn't as successful as you'd like.

It is important to pay close attention to your PPC campaign if you are going to succeed. By carefully overseeing your results, statistics will tell you which keywords need replacing with an effective one and, which ones are doing their jobs. Choosing the exact words that will drive your products sales skyward is important as well as bringing in traffic.

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