Wednesday, September 3, 2008

How To Manage Your Pay Per Click Marketing Campaign

By Brian Basch


With the rapid growth of the Internet many excited entrepreneurs have seen the great opportunities that it has to offer. In fact it has now become the most widely used media for marketing. The bad news is that the small business owner is facing a larger amount competition. Due to this fact entrepreneurs are exploring different forms of marketing.

A popular marketing option is Google Adwords. In fact anyone interested in advertising on the Internet must be aware of Google Adwords. Ads are put together, using different keywords, for this method of marketing. The ads will be seen on the right hand side of the search results in Google.

Where are Google Adwords? They are the small ads that come up with the search results when you put a keyword into the Google search engine. Advertisers who are using Google Adwords make all these ads.

Starting and managing a Google Adwords campaign is not something to be taken lightly. Of course nobody can deny the great exposure and potential to reap substantial profits, but at the same time it should be noted that Adwords is a pay per click advertising method. This means that if you are not careful it will eat up your advertising budget very fast.

Given these facts it becomes a necessity to manage your pay per click marketing campaign very carefully. Before you do anything else remember to select the right keywords. You will need to make the right mix of targeted keywords for quick sales and keywords that appeal to a broader market and draw more traffic.

Calculating your bids is critical to the success of your campaign. With online advertising you will always expect some wasted leads, which will cost you some money. It is very important to understand what you can get out of your campaign before you start it.

Obviously an advertisement will be positioned better if you pay 30-40 cents than if you paid 10-15 cents. This is because it will have far better exposure, given the fact that most searchers will not look further than the first 3-5 pages of search results. However positioning will not be very relevant if you get very few sales. In fact it will be a waste of your 30-40 cents.

When you start your campaign and choose your keywords, detailed management of your campaign is very important. This means checking how each ad and keyword performs. Bear in mind that an ad can attract traffic with no sales and waste a lot of money. Ads with links back to the home site can easily be tracked and monitored for traffic and sales. If your ad is not pulling in sales then you will need to make some changes, or just take it off.

If you want a successful campaign you must monitor it carefully. You can even hire a company to manage your campaigns, if you are not able to do it yourself. In fact a good management company will bring you increased profits and is well worth the money you will invest on them.

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