This document contains tips and best practices for setting up pay-per-click (PPC) advertising campaigns on Google AdWords. It discusses how to choose keywords, set up campaigns and ad groups, use negative keywords to refine targeting, and how to measure results to optimize campaigns over time. The overall message is that careful keyword research, testing, and ongoing analysis of metrics are needed to effectively use PPC to drive leads and sales.
3. Ways to use adwords
Goal Setting
Keyword matching
Keyword Seeds
User Intent
Campaign Setup
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4. Gem keyword found
Low competition, reasonable volume
Build content/Links
SEO Wait for rank (2 wks?)
Determine commercial potential
Make an Ad
PPC Run a limited test
Know commercial potential now
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5. Survey PPC
Build
Build Questions
Hypothesis/Control
Ask Split test
Measure Actual
Analyze data
Reponses
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6. Branded Domain had
Branded or
SEO 22% lower CPA
domain? Branded Domain
users returned 38%
more often
Branded SEO
domain ad domain ad
Measure Measure
(source: internal testing)
CPA CPA
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7. SEO PPC
No pure control of Control Landing
indexed page Page
Is redirect cloaking? Control entry
Optimum keywords
conversion could Redirect via
hurt rank adwords or external
Long tail traffic can optimizer
confuse results
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8. Who do you
want to notice
you?
Office Location
Names
Target
Vanity
Keywords
Self Googling
Site Name
On-site content
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12. Profit per Orders per Conversion Value per
order ($) customer % visitor
Estimations are a good start
Visitor value Spend = Return on Ad Spend
(ROAS)
Dont forget your desired margin
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14. Well matched
center
Less relevant
further out
Bids can
overcome
relevance, but
cost more
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15. 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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18. 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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21. Tool Data Interpretation
High Broad, low exact seed with
many modifiers Very broad intent
Close search volume - high intent
words
Similar volume for close words
Overlapping broad match
Low volume niche keyword
focused intent
Poor Commercial Intent negative
candidate
Higher volume seed
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22. NEW DIRECTIONS USE THE TOOLS
Usage
Geography Occasion
Seed
Price Quality
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25. Low intent Expensive to
Cheap steal traffic
Soft Goal match Challenger
Useful in B-B strategy
Info Brand
Local Purchase
In-person sale Expensive
Goal of Sale Conversion
directions or
contact
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33. 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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34. 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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