Yakezie.com - Topic: AdWords https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/adwords/ Simple:Press Version 4.5.1 Khaleef @ KNS Financial on AdWords https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/adwords/page-2/#p34417 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/adwords/page-2/#p34417 @ P2PNoob - those are some great tips. I have never used Adwords, so I will keep these things in mind when I start up a campaign.

]]> Mon, 08 Aug 2011 09:58:21 +0000 Peerform-Blog on AdWords https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/adwords/page-2/#p34372 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/adwords/page-2/#p34372 Adwords is actually not so straightforward to use.

1. Use long-tail keywords and words that aren't often used in the search bar. If you purchase the word "personal finance" then everyone is going to click -> BUT they're not all looking for blogs. So you might purchase the term "personal finance blog" or "How to be frugal." Figure out which words give you the most conversions.

 

2. You might consider creating a landing page -> What are they going to see as soon as they click the ad? The homepage of your website? Most people design a webpage just for people that click the ads. 

 

3. Market your blog by Audience as well. If I'm a student loan blog, I would set the ads only to show from 5:00pm-midnight. Why? Because that's when students are home and free to browse the internet. If my blog is talking about gambling, then I would go to google-insights and find out where in the U.S. do most people search for gambling and then set the ad to show in Nevada or something.

 

There's probably more ways to make adwords more effective, but I'm just a beginner.

]]> Mon, 08 Aug 2011 07:38:13 +0000 Tony Chou @ Investorz' Blog on AdWords https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/adwords/page-2/#p34266 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/adwords/page-2/#p34266 I tried it, and never really liked it (even with my $75 if free advertising).

]]> Sun, 07 Aug 2011 12:23:51 +0000 Buck Inspire on AdWords https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/adwords/#p34195 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/adwords/#p34195 Thanks for the advice DebtEye!

]]> Sun, 07 Aug 2011 01:52:43 +0000 Kevin @ Avant on AdWords https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/adwords/#p34155 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/adwords/#p34155 Find a competitor that you want to Mimic, and then you can go to a site such as http://www.ispoinage.com or http://www.mixrank.com to figure out what kind of keywords and titles they are using. 

Google Adwords takes a LOT of time to figure out, it's tests after tests after tests before you can figure out what works.

$100 credit won't do you much at all.

]]> Sat, 06 Aug 2011 17:44:38 +0000 Buck Inspire on AdWords https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/adwords/#p34151 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/adwords/#p34151 TFM,

 

Sorry to hear about the big G.  I'm sure you're doing ok without them.

 

Khaleef,

 

Good luck with your niche site!

]]> Sat, 06 Aug 2011 17:17:58 +0000 Khaleef @ KNS Financial on AdWords https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/adwords/#p34139 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/adwords/#p34139 I think I'm going to use this on a niche site that my wife and I are putting together.

]]> Sat, 06 Aug 2011 16:47:31 +0000 TightFistedMiser on AdWords https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/adwords/#p33994 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/adwords/#p33994 I used the free credits as well.  I was making a little money from it but not enough to actually pay for ads.  Google decided my site was a bridge page and disabled my ad so I wasn't able to use all of my free credits.  My site is definitely not a bridge page and I tried to convince Google of that but once they make a decision they are not going to change it despite clear evidence that they are wrong.

]]> Fri, 05 Aug 2011 09:01:08 +0000 Buck Inspire on AdWords https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/adwords/#p33963 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/adwords/#p33963 Henry and MB,

 

Thanks for the feedback!  Funny, $100 isn't what it used to be.

]]> Fri, 05 Aug 2011 07:01:28 +0000 Buck Inspire on AdWords https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/adwords/#p33962 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/adwords/#p33962 Buy Like Buffett said:

I used free credits twice. It is very effective for clicks and extra traffic. I never tried it for conversions though.

Did you watch it carefully so they don't start charging your credit card?  After your trial, did you just pause or delete your campaign?

]]> Fri, 05 Aug 2011 06:59:34 +0000 MoneyBeagle on AdWords https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/adwords/#p33950 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/adwords/#p33950 My take is that it might work on a niche site but for a broad-level personal finance site I couldn't think it was going to make a difference, or at least that the free $100 would make any kind of dent.

]]> Fri, 05 Aug 2011 06:01:22 +0000 Henry @ TotallyMoney on AdWords https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/adwords/#p33927 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/adwords/#p33927 I have used the free credits before as well. It is really hard to get people to stay and the average visitor on my blog isn't really worth much, certainly less than a click costs, so it doesn't work for me unless it is subsidised by Google.

]]> Fri, 05 Aug 2011 03:17:35 +0000 Buy Like Buffett on AdWords https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/adwords/#p33918 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/adwords/#p33918 I used free credits twice. It is very effective for clicks and extra traffic. I never tried it for conversions though.

]]> Fri, 05 Aug 2011 00:01:11 +0000 The College Investor on AdWords https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/adwords/#p33902 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/adwords/#p33902 Buck Inspire said:

The College Investor said:

I used it for my niche site, and got a good amount of hits and revenue as a result.  I did the same as you and only used the $100.

 

Nice!  Glad to hear.  Since you had good results, would you consider using AdWords again on your own?

No, I made money but not enough to pay for AdWords going forward. 

]]> Thu, 04 Aug 2011 21:17:34 +0000 Buck Inspire on AdWords https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/adwords/#p33894 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/adwords/#p33894 LifeAndMyFinances said:

I never did it for the same reason as you. I just didn't want to give my CC info, and I didn't want to get a bill larger than my credit. I don't think it's really that beneficial for blogs.

 

Guess this is another reason to also have a niche site?

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