AdWords...AdWords...OH ADWORDS!

dave147

15 years ago

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sun2son 15 years ago

Forrest,

Having just spent 5 hours yesterday studying Adwords (which I previously THOUGHT was a waste) - I'm was happy to see your post because it'll motivate me to continue thru the learning curve...

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fbivens

15 years ago

Thanks Dave,

Yeah, I didn't post to sell his product, however I did buy & use PPC Domination. When I paid for it I remember thinking it was pricey at $300, however that obviously pales by comparison to what it did for me! I became an affiliate, but have never even tried to sell it...not yet anyways...I did post on my blog about it, but that's it...

Anyways, I am obviously pleased with the results.

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keivn2

15 years ago

Adword is only good for those who understand it.

It is definitely not a newbie friendly...at all.

So, mind to tell me what type of products are you selling?

A lead? A information-based or retailed item? Just want to make a survey and curious about it.

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fbivens

15 years ago

Originally Posted by keivn2

Adword is only good for those who understand it.

It is definitely not a newbie friendly...at all.

So, mind to tell me what type of products are you selling?

A lead? A information-based or retailed item? Just want to make a survey and curious about it.

The adwords results came from a couple info products...

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fbivens

15 years ago

Originally Posted by keivn2

Adword is only good for those who understand it.

It is definitely not a newbie friendly...at all.

You are so very correct Kevin,

With one slight change...it is not lazy marketer friendly.

***Before you read on, know that I struggled mightily with AdWords prior to doing what I am writing about below.

For the MLM'er, Network Marketer or Direct Seller, Pay-per-click is the only one that creates targeted leads and buyers from targeted searchers within 10 minutes of turning it loose. Here is the problem with PPC:

-people refuse to spend the time and effort to learn it
-rumors abound about how expensive it is and how you'll risk losing $$.

The truth about PPC:

-it is not difficult to learn, however it takes effort. With the right educational tools (and NOT by 'winging it') a campaign can be established within 1-2 days that will immediately drive targeted searchers to your business. After that, with the right educational tools, tweaking and refining it can be whittled down to 10 minutes daily. Wash, rinse & repeat for additional campaigns on a limitless amount of keywords.

-Only a moron or lazy person will lose money on PPC by either not using daily limits or by misuse of daily limits. And I'm not implying to set your limits at $2.00 per day either. With the proper educational tools, you can learn how and why setting a limit of $25-$50 per day will not only get you hordes of targeted searchers within 10 minutes of turning a campaign on, it also doesn't really put you at risk for spending $25-$50 per day. Sounds like a contradiction I know...however PPC is a counter-intuitive tool when you approach it without the proper educational tools.

See a trend here? Proper educational tools? This is how I have gotten PPC to actually give me real leads and buyers for free. This is how I have maintained an avg. of $13:$1 over the last 3 months using PPC...for every dollar spent, I have earned $13.

In closing, you can keep on writing blogs, articles, posting in forums, using free CraigsList, Squidoo, etc, etc and wait for months assuming you are a talented enough writer to attract highly targeted searchers...or you can invest in the proper education for PPC and ROCK YOUR OWN WORLD...

Phew! Community service work is complete for today...

The truth is sometimes stark and unpalatable, but it remains the truth...

Best,

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Saidar

15 years ago

Originally Posted by fbivens

You are so very correct Kevin,

With one slight change...it is not lazy marketer friendly.

***Before you read on, know that I struggled mightily with AdWords prior to doing what I am writing about below.

For the MLM'er, Network Marketer or Direct Seller, Pay-per-click is the only one that creates targeted leads and buyers from targeted searchers within 10 minutes of turning it loose. Here is the problem with PPC:

-people refuse to spend the time and effort to learn it
-rumors abound about how expensive it is and how you'll risk losing $$.

The truth about PPC:

-it is not difficult to learn, however it takes effort. With the right educational tools (and NOT by 'winging it') a campaign can be established within 1-2 days that will immediately drive targeted searchers to your business. After that, with the right educational tools, tweaking and refining it can be whittled down to 10 minutes daily. Wash, rinse & repeat for additional campaigns on a limitless amount of keywords.

-Only a moron or lazy person will lose money on PPC by either not using daily limits or by misuse of daily limits. And I'm not implying to set your limits at $2.00 per day either. With the proper educational tools, you can learn how and why setting a limit of $25-$50 per day will not only get you hordes of targeted searchers within 10 minutes of turning a campaign on, it also doesn't really put you at risk for spending $25-$50 per day. Sounds like a contradiction I know...however PPC is a counter-intuitive tool when you approach it without the proper educational tools.

See a trend here? Proper educational tools? This is how I have gotten PPC to actually give me real leads and buyers for free. This is how I have maintained an avg. of $13:$1 over the last 3 months using PPC...for every dollar spent, I have earned $13.

In closing, you can keep on writing blogs, articles, posting in forums, using free CraigsList, Squidoo, etc, etc and wait for months assuming you are a talented enough writer to attract highly targeted searchers...or you can invest in the proper education for PPC and ROCK YOUR OWN WORLD...

Phew! Community service work is complete for today...

The truth is sometimes stark and unpalatable, but it remains the truth...

Best,

I'm glad that you succeeded with adwords! I trained myself in adwords for two months, believe me I know every trick possible, but my problem comes when choosing products to sell and how to do it. If you could give more detail on what you sell and how you do it I would be very glad

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fbivens 15 years ago

Saidar,

I sell a low ticket info product course via direct sales, $200...and a high ticket affiliate/network marketing travel product. The numbers I shared came from the direct sales product.

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ewanrobb

11 years ago

Originally Posted by Saidar

I'm glad that you succeeded with adwords! I trained myself in adwords for two months, believe me I know every trick possible, but my problem comes when choosing products to sell and how to do it. If you could give more detail on what you sell and how you do it I would be very glad

You trained on Adwords for 2 months and you know EVERY trick possible?

lolllzz

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Jayy 11 years ago

Are you selling your own product on the page you are promoting?

or is this from affiliate sales?
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Lucid

15 years ago

Congratulations fbivens!

Yes, Adwords works. You just have to put in the effort like fbivens did.

> it's ALL ABOUT DATA BABY!
No truer words were even written.

> Adword is only good for those who understand it.
Obviously, fbivens made the effort to understand it and it's paying off. I certainly don't recommend to jump right into PPC before learning and understanding it. I do this for a living and I still learn something new all the time.

By the way fbivens, I see you are in Ontario. We're practically neighbours (Ottawa).

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fbivens

15 years ago

Originally Posted by Lucid

Congratulations fbivens!

Yes, Adwords works. You just have to put in the effort like fbivens did.

By the way fbivens, I see you are in Ontario. We're practically neighbours (Ottawa).

Hey neighbour! How was the weather there today? It was almost 30 here! (Celsius for the Fahrenheit-ers ...)

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J. David Rogers

15 years ago

I think what's missing is about what happens to your traffic once they've clicked. There's more to the story. If your offer/landing page/whatever doesn't convert, it doesn't matter how high your CTR or how low your CPC, you're still going to be losing money.

AdWords is only part of the success formula.

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Saidar

15 years ago

Originally Posted by Comenius

I think what's missing is about what happens to your traffic once they've clicked. There's more to the story. If your offer/landing page/whatever doesn't convert, it doesn't matter how high your CTR or how low your CPC, you're still going to be losing money.

AdWords is only part of the success formula.

Exactly, my problem starts during phase two, when you need to convert the traffic. If someone can give me a good tutorial on that I would go over there and kiss you. Ok no not really only if you are a girl:p

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fbivens

15 years ago

Originally Posted by Comenius

I think what's missing is about what happens to your traffic once they've clicked. There's more to the story. If your offer/landing page/whatever doesn't convert, it doesn't matter how high your CTR or how low your CPC, you're still going to be losing money.

AdWords is only part of the success formula.

Comenius,

Of course your landing page needs to convert...That's what the tweaking part is all about. Apologies, but it's tough to include everything about adwords in a single post ya know?

I didn't talk about CTR, quality scores, conversion rates, split testing, etc. That's where the education comes is.

It may sound like a lot to learn however if your goal is to build an online business that replaces your day job income, then a few weeks of learning a new skill, especially one as powerful as this, is definitely worth it.

Make Adwords work and that is all the formula really needed...

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Lucid

15 years ago

I would say fbivens' last comment are correct. PPC is not lazy marketer friendly and you must be willing to invest time in learning it. Don't start until you do. It's not something to just jump into. If you are not willing to spend the time and effort, hire a PPC professional like me to do it for you.

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Search83

11 years ago

I started working on a very small level in adwords a few years ago. Now I manage it on an Enterprise level for a large retailer. Best way to learn and benefit from it? Trial & error, testing, testing and more testing. Also helps to find a friend in the industry.

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JasonB

11 years ago

WOW!

I'm definitely impressed... I have never really tried PPC, let alone done all the testing you have..

$13:$1 is probably far better than atleast 90% of those out there trying PPC...

Feel like mentoring me in some form or fashion?

Holla!

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