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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