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Getting Better Every Day
Search Engine Strategies 2006, Chicago, IL Incisive Media © Copyright 2006. Find Me Faster Nashua, NH. All Rights Reserved.
Matt Van Wagner
• start
Better Every Day
• Process Creates Sustainable Advantage– Its not just about keywords, ads, bids– Plan on working hard
• Use Systems-Level Thinking– Align campaign goals with larger company goals.– Increase sales, not visitors
• Track Performance and Make Adjustments– Be methodical, measure and test everything you can– Don’t react too quickly, but don’t get analysis-paralysis
• Set Good Goals and work towards them
Evolve Your Tactics
Manual
CPC
Clicks
CTR
Time of Day, Day of Week, Month, Seasonal Bid Management
Non-constrained Algorithmic bidding
A/B Testing Ads / Pages
Multivariate Testing
Demographic Targeting
Behavioral Targeting
More….
Measuring Conversions
Managing to ROI
Integrating On/Offline Data
Geo-targeting
Track Competitors Tactics
Beginner Expert
Automated
Define Campaign Objectives
Searchers Like Uninterrupted Logic
Pets We Loved
60% of PPC searchers were coming in on from general keywords and dog-related terms.
70% of orders were coming from women who owned cats.
PPC Challenge: Cash Strapped Small Business
Take general /dog keywords offline. Focus spending and ad campaign on cat lovers.
Make website changes to be more inclusive to dog owners, create new pages.
Re-start ad campaign for dogs when site is ready.
Recommended Actions
Managing Campaigns
What is the Your Primary Goal of Your Campaign? Leads, Sales, Brand Building?
How Do You Define Success?
Online vs. Offline Sales Conversions
Steps on the path towards sales conversion
Start Measuring ACTIONS. Don’t Manage Just CTR or CPC
How Do You Measure Success?
Google, Yahoo, and (soon) MSN Conversion Tracking
3rd Party Web Analytics Tools (Hitslink, WebTrends, Webside Story, etc)
How much the phones are ringing.
Hybrid reporting approaching using Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
Organizing Your Campaign
Not easy to take a quick pulse with this setup.
What Words Go Where?
Not So User-Friendly
Campaign names here appear to marginally significant.
In fact, are really just spur of the moment naming inspirations.
Where do you put new words you think of?
Naming Conventions
Campaign / AdGroup
Car-Sport
BMW
Maserati
Cadillac
Mercedes
Campaign / Order Campaign / Adgroup
Car-Sport
BMW
Maserati
Cadillac
Mercedes
Car-Sport
BMW
Maserati
Cadillac
Mercedes
Increasing Ad CTR
Bid to Highest positions #1, #2, or #3
- Google and MSN: Try Dynamic Keyword Insertion (DKI) Tool
- Yahoo: Use Keywords in Titles
- Increase Relevance of Ad to User Search Intent
- 800-Number in your Ad (Google only)
Use Keywords In Ad Headlines and Description Lines
- Use Capital Letters in the Ad Body, URL and Ad Text. (Google Only)
Write Killer Ads
Note the Variety of Copy Styles:
1st Person story.
Trusted Authority – “Use Quotes”
Price Appeal
Convenience - Call 800 #
Get Information – Medical Alert Guide
We’re different from “Them”
Which of these is the Best Ad?
Evaluating Ad Performance
Which of these Ads is performing better?
Lessons: Watch small samples sizes. Track Conversions, not click-throughs.
Note - Google’s Ad Optimizer only optimizes CTR, not conversion rate.
Conversion Rate: 10.5% Conversion Rate: 2.5%
Simple Stats Test
http://www.georgetown.edu/faculty/ballc/webtools/web_chi.html
Google: chi square tutorial
What is the question?
A) 5
B) 3
C) 1
The Answer is:
How many @#$@#$ Variables should we test at once?
Create Excel Run Charts to Understand Campaign
Performance
Raw Google Report Data
Question: Can you spot the trouble we had this month?
Keep Track Of Changes
• Use Excel to create control run charts
• Maintain a log of campaign changes• What changed (match-type, status, bid, Ads)• When and why did you make the change?
• Start to document ‘rules’ for making changes.
• Look back at cause and effect of actions taken.
• *** Check-out Google’s Change Tracking Tool.
Interpreting Data
Visual Representation of Data makes it easier to spot trends
Track Your Changes
Only Google provides a changes report. (N.B. Data Lives Only 90 days.)
Refining Keywords
Tuning Broad Match Lists
Sock Monkey old fashioned sock monkeysmall sock monkeymonkey sock toysstuffed sock monkeysock monkey clubjamondas sock monkey girls curiosity kits sock monkeysock gorillasock monkey clothessock monkey ornamentssock monkey calendar
Tuning Broad Match Lists
Sock Monkey 557 .37 $206.09
Tune-up Savings 23%
$159.00
Get Rapid Keyword Software
This tool will save you hours in text manipulations
Bids and Positions
• Google– Determines what matches are relevant
– Highest position = QS + MAX Bid + CTR
– Closed Bids – you have to make guesses and approximations.
• Yahoo Search Marketing ~ Changing Soon ~ – Determines what matches are relevant.
– Exact Advanced
– Rewards you for bidding on the precise user search term
– Open Bid System – keep an eye out
– Use a bid management tool for competitive terms.
• Microsoft AdCenter– Google like determination.
– Bid Boost to target specific demographic audiences.
What Position to Bid to?
Performance can vary by position.
- Run Reports and Test
- Make sure sample size is reasonable
- Isolate Ad position as the variable.
- Keep Landing Page and Ad Copy constant.
You can use Google & Yahoo Reports for Analysis, but…
Start looking at Other Web Analytics Tools.
Google Analytics - Now Reports Position.
Choose your Battlegrounds
PPC Geo-targeting Capabilities
Google - Available. Easy to Setup Worldwide
MSN - Available US only. Setup can get easier.
Yahoo - Available for US, but you may want to wait for Pan.
Simple Concept
Where you have an advantage…
Increase Ad Coverage & Investment
Geo Targeting
PPC Day of Week Scheduling
Microsoft / Google Available, Very Easy Setup
Yahoo - Not Available yet.
Simple Concept
If you are a Mon-Fri Business, take your campaign offline
Advertise when you can take calls.
Day of Week Targeting
PPC Time of Day Scheduling
Microsoft - Available, Very Easy to Setup based on USER Time Zone
Google - Available, Easy to setup, Advertiser Time Zone.
Yahoo - Available, but you may want to wait for new release.
Simple Concept
Show Ads when people are buying
Advertise when you can take calls.
Time Of Day Targeting
Demographic Targeting
Microsoft - Available, Bid Boost
Google - Available, on Content network only
Simple Concept Show your ads to most likely buyers.
Demographic Targeting
Conclusion
Become Process Oriented to Gain Advantage
Make Improvements not changes
Plan, Do, Study, Act
Have Fun and Use Both Sides of your Brain
Bonus Section
I0I Rookie Mistakes To Avoid
I0I Rookie Mistakes To Avoid
# I Letting Content Ads Suck The Life Out Of Your Google Campaign
I0I Rookie Mistakes To Avoid
# I0 Letting Content Ads Suck The Life Out Of Your Yahoo Campaign
Yahoo Content Bids Default to Search Bid
I0I Rookie Mistakes To Avoid
# II Using Google’s Ad Optimizer without understanding it.
I0I Rookie Mistakes To Avoid
# I00 Not Using Negative Match Words on Yahoo (Globally)
I0I Rookie Mistakes To Avoid
# I0I Not Using Negative Match on Google (Campaign Level)
I0I Rookie Mistakes To Avoid
# I0I Not Using Negative Match on Google (Ad Group)
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