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Course handouts for the introductory Adwords class that I teach for the Fairfax County Adult Education program.
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Advertising with Adwords Presented by Katherine Chalmers
Agenda
• This week – high level overview – What is Google AdWords? – What you need to get started – What basic features you need to know – How to analyze your campaigns
• Next week –campaign setup walkthrough
Global reach
Source: Pingdom.com
They serve 66.5% of all US web searches 85% of global searches
Massive revenue
Source: Pingdom.com
$6.5 billion profits on $23 billion revenues (97% ads) 47% revenue from US, 13% UK, 40% rest of world
Unimaginable data
Source: Pingdom.com
Google processes 20pb of data per day
What are Google ads?
1. Search ads on Google.com 2. Ads on the content network (AdSense)
3. Ads on other Google properties (YouTube, Gmail, etc.)
4. Mobile ads
5. DoubleClick network
The basic process
Source: http://SearchEngineServices.com
What you need to get started
1. Relevant keywords 2. A compelling offer
3. Noticeable advertisements
4. A well-crafted landing page
5. A way to capture leads
6. Analytics to measure results
Keywords
• Relevant to the search or content
• Specific, not general
• Filter with negative keywords
Source: Hubspot
Google Keyword Tool/Traffic Estimator
Source: Hubspot
Key word suggestions
Source: Hubspot
Traffic Estimator
Source: Hubspot
Keywords & campaigns
Source: Hubspot
Compelling ads
• AIDA – Attention, Interest, Desire, Action • Appeal to what the user is most likely looking for
• Consider where they are in the decision cycle/sales funnel
• Plan follow up actions for close or nurturing
Text Ads
• Headline – 25 characters • Line 1 – 35 characters
• Line 2 – 35 characters
• URL – 35 characters
Google ad extensions
• Location • Call
• Site links
• Google+
• Ratings
• Offers
Source: Google
Display ads
• 300x250 • 336x280
• 728x90
• 160x600
Source: Google
Landing Pages
Source: Unbounce.com
Lead capture
Campaign analysis
• Keyword relevance • Ad effectiveness
• Conversions
• Sales/opportunities
• ROI
Analytics: AdWords reports
Source: WordStream
Linking Google Analytics
Source: SiteProSpecialties
Questions for next week?
• Now that we’ve covered the basics, what else do you want to know?
Contact
• Katherine Chalmers linkedin.com/in/katherinechalmers @kathchalmers [email protected] 703.740.0178 Handouts: slideshare.net/katchal