Saturday, November 29, 2008

Helpful Tips When a Good AdWords Campaign Goes Bad

By Brian Basch

Everything is done and you are ready to go. You have a great product, chosen the right keywords, and now your campaign is ready. Additionally you have created a killer website and profit pulling ads. In fact your campaign looks picture perfect, thanks to all the useful tools and tutorials you found at the Adwords site. So how can it be possible that you are losing money with your campaign?

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.

It is essential to target your keywords to your specified market. If you do not do this you can end up spending a great deal on useless traffic, none of who are even interested in your product.

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.

It is important to carefully manage your Adwords campaign. You will save a great deal of money and time by doing this. Pay attention to all details, track and test your ads methodically. Regularly check your campaign on a biweekly or weekly basis. This will help you to detect and fix minor problems before they become major disasters. Make sure that you understand these strategies, so that you can really turn your failing campaign around. Do not get despondent, sometimes as mentioned small adjustments can make a big difference. You will certainly save a lot of money using these points. - 16651

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