Sunday, April 27, 2014

Google Analytics Notes 3 - Google Adwords


AdWords Certification Fundamental Exam Prep

Definition of AdWords

  • The Auction
    • Many effects influence the auction
    • Ad Rank formula
      • Max bid (CPC) * Quality Score + ad extensions & formats = ad Rank
      • Quality Score : how relevant your ads, keywords and landing page are to a person seeing your ad
        • Keyword quality
          • Keyword CTR
          • Ad text relevance
          • Historical performance
How to improve Quality Score: focus on key metrics
  1. Organize your account for maximum effectiveness
  2. Choose relevant keywords
  3. Create straghtforward, targeted ads
  4. Point users to a landing page with relevant, original content with quick load times


  • How to set up an AdWords campaign
    • Establish campagin goals
      • What is the marketing objective?
      • Who are you trying to reach?
      • What does success look like?
      • What action are you driving towards your website
         
    • Apply targeting and bids
      • Daily budget - don't lt your shop close early
        • Standard vs. Accelerated delivery
      • Bidding
        • Clicks
          • CPC bidding
            • Generate traffic
            • Manual CPC
            • Automatic CPC
            • Enhanced CPC (e-cpc) Bid adjustments

  • Impressions
    • CPM bidding
      • Brand awareness
      • Get your message in front of customers
  • Conversions
    • CPA bidding (cost per acquisition)
      • Get customers to take action
      • Conversion optimizer
    • Conversion Tracking
      • 1 per click : any ad click resulting in conversion in 30 days
      • Many Per Click: Multiple conversions for a click that result in conversion in 30 days
        • How to: add a snippet
  • Select keywords
    • How do keywords work?
    • Build a keyword list
    • Match Types: Overview
    • Creat copy & ad formats
      • Text ads standards and policies (should not contain the below)
        • All caps
        • Repeated words
        • Incorrect spacing between words or letters
        • Numbers or symbols as letters
        • Offensive language
        • Unsupported superlative or claims
        • Offers must be accessible to the user within one click of the landing page
      • Product Listing Ads (PLA)
      • Dynamic Search Ads
      • Call Extensions
      • Location Extensions
      • Social Extensions
  • Set up AdWords account
    • Organizing campaigns and ads in your account
       
  • Tactics to improve Adwords results
    • Create successful Text Ads
    • Improve keywords
      • Optimize for CTR
        • Negative Keywords
        • Match Types
        • Delete non-performing keywords
      • Optimize for ROI
        • Also use Conversion Tracking
    • Focus on ROI
    • Budget Optimization
    • Organize the account
    • Use Opportunities Tab to get Ideas
    • Use Conversion Tracking and Negative Keywords

  • Google Display Network (GDN)
    • Millions of sites for you to run your ads on
    • A choice of ways to reach your audience
    • A wide range of crative ad formats


Ad rank on the GDN (Google Display Network)
  • Ad rank basics : display
    • Group default Bid
    • Landing page quality
    • Ad's past performance
Google Display Network can target both content & audience
  • Target content
    • Placement targeting
      Hand select the sites where your ads will show
      • Ads are served on premium and long-tail sites you hand pick
      • Example placements: forbes.com, allbusiness.com, nytimes, com, businessinsider.com
    • Topic targeting
    • Keyword contextual targeting
      keyword level targeting, bidding & reporting
      • Better targetting
        A redesigned contextual engine to enhance targeting accuracy, increasing the relevance & quality of placements.
      • Optimization Control
        Bid at keyword level for granular performance control.
        See all metrics reported at keyword level for transparency and better optimization.
      • Easier Implementation
        Choose to target by individual keywords like search with no ad group theming required!
  • Target audience
    • Interest category marketing
    • Remarketing

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