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Google Advertising Tools, 2nd Edition
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Google Advertising Tools, 2nd Edition

by Harold Davis, David Iwanow
November 2009
Intermediate to advanced
432 pages
11h 18m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Action Items

To master the Zen of AdWords and get the most out of your AdWords account (and advertising budget), you should:

  • Understand the five steps to AdWords conversion, considered from the viewpoint of your prospective customers

  • Make sure you have an appropriate offering at each step of the AdWords process that corresponds to the steps taken by visitors

  • Use the Keyword Tool to find new keyword possibilities

  • Start with high initial bids so that you get a lot of impressions and have enough data to see what works

  • Create variations for each of your ads

  • Create simple, but effective, landing pages

  • Track which ads and keywords work, and which don’t

  • Iterate, repeat, and keep testing and changing

  • Consider indirection as a campaign strategy

  • Consider targeting the competition as a campaign strategy

  • Exclude sites, topics, and pages that are inappropriate for your message

  • Use IP exclusion to keep your competitors from clicking your ads

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