Thursday, April 17, 2008

How To Turn It Around When a Good AdWords Campaign Goes Bad

By Brian Basch

You made it at last. You developed a product, found all the keywords pertaining to it and are ready to go. Added to this you built a great website and have some stunning ads. You followed all Google's tutorials and used all their tools to make the best campaign possible. But one thing is bothering you, how can your expenses be more than your profits?

There are several reasons for this failure of your Adword campaign. However the most frequent mistake that people make is poor choice of keywords. The entire success of your campaign is dependent on having the correct keywords.

You will need to choose keywords that will specially attract your niche market. Failure to do this will result in a lot of wasted traffic and money. Untargeted keywords can bring in traffic but also produce a lot of useless leads.

Try to use all the tutorials and tools that Google provides you, when you begin your Adwords campaign. With these tools you can find out which ads are productive and which ones are failing. You will need to take of the ads that are failing and either discard or reformat them. Take special care for keywords and make sure they are properly targeted to your niche market. If necessary adjust them but do not completely eliminate them as they might still be useful.

Now it is time to take a look at successful ads and check how many clicks are converting into sales. Remember it is no use running failed ads, because they will cost you money. Make a comparison of the keywords in successful ads and those in failing ads. It might be that you can fix an ad by simply doing a few adjustments but you should also remember to look into the keywords.

Always remember to monitor your Adwords campaign carefully. This will prevent heavy losses from failed Adword campaigns. You should check your campaign on a regular basis, weekly or biweekly is best. This will help you to catch problems quickly before they get out of control. You can save your Adwords campaign like this and save a great deal of money.

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