How to Optimize Your PPC Advertising to Benefit YOU

July 28, 2009 · 65 comments

The good news is that there is no faster way to increase traffic and drive major increases in sales than highly targeted Pay Per Click Advertising.  The bad news is if you don’t really know what you’re doing you can spend a small fortune and generate few or even no sales. Even if you feel you are already doing well with your ppc ads you can always increase your profits by continuing to improve your campaigns.

Sometimes you need to spend money to make money. This is one of those times. Pay per click and especially AdWords is so complex and changes so frequently that it is essential that you get expert advice. I made a very good living for several years and had exceptional results managing ppc accounts for a living. During that time a client paid for me to attend a seminar sponsored by Yahoo! Search Marketing. That is where I met the person I believe knows more about ppc advertising than anyone anywhere.

She now offers independent seminars – independent because she has always focused on how the ADVERTISER can get the most out of their ad spend – NOT the ppc search engine. Many who are AdWords certified are doing and recommending what Google advises, i.e., what is best for Google. Wouldn’t you really rather know what is best for YOU?

I am going to lay out why I believe you should attend ppcSummit. I hope you’re still reading because this is important.

HOW PPC SUMMIT BENEFITS YOU:

  • Understandable even if you have never logged into a ppc account – yet the more you know they more you’ll learn.
  • Absolutely accurate, current and VERY comprehensive information
  • Everything you hear is also provided in print so you won’t miss a word – you won’t have to take notes – and every single thing you learn will go home with you in writing for future reference.

During my decades at IBM I attended over 200 formal schools covering hardware, software, marketing, negotiating – you name it. And I never attended any school that was as good or packed as much information into as little time as the seminar I attended created and delivered by the people behind ppcSummit.

I already knew more than most anyone else about ppc. I taught how to use it as a moderator of a major forum. I regularly let Yahoo and Google reps know when their systems had problems and how they worked. I was in a unique position to evaluate what was taught for accuracy and thoroughness.

Everything was 100% accurate and there was something else that impressed me. Mary answered every question – every single one – even those about other ppc engines (remember this was a Yahoo! Search Marketing seminar) – off the top of her head. She really knew ppc and she should. She was with Go-To when they originated the ppc advertising concept. When Go-To became Overture in 2001 she stayed on as Senior Director of Sales, responsible for the training & organizational development team where she hired and developed hundreds of sales, marketing and customer services associates.

In 2005, Overture became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Yahoo! called Yahoo! Search Marketing, about a year after Mary had left to start her own firm. Since she had developed the training materials still being used by Yahoo, Mary’s firm was hired to create and conduct the seminar I attended. Mary and I have stayed in touch over the years. We gave each other the heads up when we saw something new happening that could cost us or our clients.

What you need to know is this. Only those who have multiple accounts that are both very small and very large can really know what is going on. Any agency that only has huge accounts won’t see issues that you need to know about to protect your investment. Attending ppcSummit is an investment that will pay off in saved spending and increased revenue.

If you consider yourself a ppc expert I strongly and sincerely encourage you to attend! You will greatly increase your skills and the value you bring to your clients, your employer and your own projects.

Remember when I said I had “exceptional results”? Here are some examples:

  • Took one business from $150,000 in revenue annually to $1.1 million in 8 mos.
  • Increased daily sales from $4,000 to first $15,000 (after 4 hours of optimizing) and then $40,000 PER DAY
  • Regularly doubled or even tripled traffic for the same ad spend whether that was $100/mo or $50,000+/mo

Now I am NOT saying this can be done for any business. The account that made $40,000 in sales per day was in the unique position of being in a niche with enormous demand and offered a unique benefit. What I am saying is that almost every business can greatly benefit from really knowing how to use ppc and this seminar is the best way there is to learn what you need to know.

I am so sure that you will benefit from this seminar that if you attend and you don’t see immediate benefits from applying what they teach you and you don’t know why just ask and I will personally log into your ppc account and advise you on how to improve it.

One more thing. If you register by August 1st you can save $400.



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SEO Los Angeles October 30, 2012 at 3:28 pm

Small bits of content which are explained in details, helps me understand the topic, thank you!

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Hannah September 13, 2012 at 12:57 am

Good blog with some useful information. This article gave me insights to consider. Very good and useful post!

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Don who writes about Las Vegas SEO
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March 19, 2012 at 6:15 am

If you want to come up for popular keywords, you have to outbid all the other people vying for the position. IMO it’s not worth the money you have to invest to get there. Organic SEO is far more worth the investment.

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Fitzmagic
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November 2, 2011 at 11:49 pm

it does and is continuing to benefit me..as a start up PPC is a great avenue to earn not really big amounts but can really help in these hard times.

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Danny August 31, 2011 at 10:21 am

PPC can work really well. If you know what you are doing.
After you learn the basics you need to stay up to date. Find some good blogs and keep testing yourself.
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buffalo graphic designer August 10, 2011 at 4:44 am

great tip for PPC expert..i will advise my ppc friends to have a go at seminars like this one.

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Fashion Retail Jobs May 14, 2011 at 12:44 am

You have transmitted an important information to optimize PPC advertising. The information helped me a lot.

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Lisa who writes about SEO Brisbane May 3, 2011 at 12:23 am

My best tips are to focus on the long tail keyword that is a buying keyword – will cost less and convert more – second tip is to make the first line of the ad a complete sentence – if it is autodetected to be a complete sentence Google will now show it in the title rather than as the second line.

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raymund camat who writes about Canon toners
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April 6, 2011 at 7:40 pm

I am planning to use PPC to promote affiliate products but I am afraid to lose money. I don’t know how to start as I don’t have any mentor to ask to.

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growmap
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April 6, 2011 at 8:10 pm

Hi Raymund,

Are you sure you want to do that? I once did ppc management especially AdWords full time and had all the work I wanted at $100/hour cash in advance. I completely quit doing it because it is now so difficult to protect yourself from what I consider outright stealing.

Yes, you CAN still make money with ppc ads for some things IF you really know what you’re doing – but know that you are always at risk. I just didn’t want the stress of having to watch every account every day knowing that still might not be enough.

There was a time when I could set up an AdWords account and leave it on auto-pilot for months or even years and it would run fine. I would not want to be doing that now.

Read all my posts about ppc on the Best of GrowMap page. Pay special attention to the settings and start with exact match on search only. (That is safest.) If you have any questions I’m happy to answer them. Personally, I would focus on other methods that are not so risky.
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Buffalo Tees
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June 17, 2011 at 12:18 am

i did auto-pilot and it kinda wasted my time..i stopped PPC and is looking other ways..any suggestions?
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Trailers and Reviews April 3, 2011 at 6:45 am

Thanks for the reference, a friend and I are working on a project and this information is really helpful. Thanks for the post, not to many blogs involving PPC information.
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growmap
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April 6, 2011 at 8:06 pm

Actually there are quite a few blogs about ppc but I did notice they aren’t so easy to find. Two I recommend are Richard Ball for AdWords Help and the PPC Summit Pay Per Click Blog.

Be sure to read all of my posts about pay per click and Adwords. They’re on the Best of GrowMap page – and be careful. It is very easy to lose your shirt and throw a lot of money away on ppc these days. You missed the golden days of ppc.
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wny yoga
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June 17, 2011 at 2:27 am

i have been reading your blog and they really explained things to me with out sounding very technical…thanks for sharing your thoughs on Adwords and PPC

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Las Vegas Farmers Insurance March 12, 2011 at 5:37 pm

I’ve been using PPC for years… and generally do very well. I do best with the “low hanging fruit” … the lower priced terms with less volume. I think there is less chance for click fraud on the lower priced terms.
Great article!

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Jenny February 18, 2011 at 12:56 am

I am new in this field and I have very less or can say zero knowledge about PPC. You have added really useful stuff and today after read your post I come to know some important things about PPC.
Thanks for sharing stuff.
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Painted Desert Homes
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February 13, 2011 at 4:04 am

I have friends who have used PPC and it worked ok for them. They had quite a bit of traffic on their site though.

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tony who writes about Dallas Roofing January 4, 2011 at 1:15 pm

I think a combination of SEO and PPC is the way to go. Focus your SEO on the most expensive key terms and rank naturally for them and then focus your PPC on bidding on long-tail, niche key terms that won’t cost much and will bring you some very specific, targeted customers.

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best ppc December 29, 2010 at 12:29 pm

thank you for this interesting information I will post a link on my blog so my readers can benefit from it also.

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