The document provides tips for optimizing a Google AdWords campaign, including starting with goals and understanding intent, organizing keywords and ads, focusing on relevance, using negative keywords, expanding keywords, and refining the campaign over time based on performance.
3. Startwith a goal
Learn the landscape
Understand Intent
Organize
Launch Simple, Refine Often
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4. Laptop battery replacement
Specialize in business market
Offers both direct replacement (OEM) and
enhanced quality product
Not a low cost product
Key brands carried are Dell, IBM, Lenovo
Average order is $100 at 45% net margin ($45)
profit
Large orders ($2000+) occur for about 5% of
orders
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6. Profit per Orders per Conversion Value per
order ($) customer % visitor
Estimations are a good start
Visitor value Spend = Return on Ad Spend
(ROAS)
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9. Operator Example Use
Site: Site:cnn.com obama Find a concept on a specific site
Related: Related:dfwsem.org Find sites similar to another
oneword linsanity Search exactly this way dont
substitute
more words Porsche rumors Keep the words together, in order, with
no additions
- (minus) Battery -alkaline Exclude the concept
~ (tilde) ~battery Expand the word to similar ideas
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11. KEYWORDS ADS
Relevance is key Note techniques used by
Compile a list competition
Group by theme seed Keyword Usage
Draw themes on paper (Official Site)
Intent will help refine and 速
Prices
Offer codes
Local extensions
Social
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13. Branded
Dead Related searches
Local
End
Search Refinements
Search
Search Landscape
results
News /
Purchase
Competition can be
Info
good
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14. Low intent Expensive to
Cheap steal traffic
Soft Goal Challenger
match strategy
Info Brand
Local Purchase
In-person sale Expensive
Goal of Sale
directions or Conversion
contact
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15. Well matched
center
Less relevant
further out
Bids can
overcome
relevance, but
cost more
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16. Broad
Broad modified
+word
Locks
High Phrase word
Negative
Volume
-word
Eliminates
[Exact] Combines
Low
with other
Exactly as typed modifiers
Control
-[word]
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17. Negative match obscenities and hate
words
Dead end intent negatives added
Language and channel exclusions you
cant support
Mobile as separate campaign, always
Broad match modify seed words
+laptop
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18. Campaign Battery
Laptop Dell
Ad Group General Replacement
Keyword Laptop
Battery
Laptop Power
Broken laptop
battery
Model E6410
Battery
Dell Battery
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19. Avoid un-needed complexity
Think seed
Landing page and/or ad copy drives ad groups
Different settings drive campaigns
Time, location, device, language
Prune and reorganize
Quality Score below average
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20. Not allowed Recommended
Abbreviation Use keywords
CrAZy CaPitals Include a reason to
Too much !!!!!! click
Unverifiable info Offer, action, or goal
Have a title (25 char) Use appropriate
that cant stand alone extensions
Ads for useless pages Display url
Words from landing
page
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