Thursday, January 29, 2009

Discover The Insider Tricks Behind Successful Keywords

By Brian Basch

Keywords are the number one concern of advertisers. In fact the keywords you choose are the deciding factor in the success or failure of your campaign. When you select the wrong keywords you are dooming your campaign to failure. A failed campaign will cost you a lot of money and bring in worthless leads and traffic.

Many advertisers are under the mistaken impression that a keyword's success depends on luck and some research. Many just go to the search engine database and select some popular keywords. These keywords will give you a large amount of traffic but little or no sales. Part of the problem is the large amount of search result pages that come up when a popular keyword is inserted. A point to be remembered is that searchers will not usually look beyond the first 5-10 pages of results. Your ad will need to be placed among these pages to be seen.

Of course an ad must be shown among the first 5-10 pages to be successful, but where do the keywords fir into this equation? To ensure a good position for their ad, the advertiser must bid competitively. They must pay more for each click than their competitors, to get into the first 5-10 pages.

At first glance this fact may not appear to be significant. However when you look into it a bit deeper, you will understand that clicks are being paid for, regardless of whether the ad is converting. This could cost you a fair portion of your advertising budget. Good conversions are very important for your campaign success.

You must be sure that your keywords are producing the best results to ensure the success of your ad. The keywords that will work the best are those that are targeted to your special market. At the same time they must be able to reach a broader market to gather new leads from other areas. This is because searchers will often try general words first in their searches.

You can get assistance for selecting good keywords by using the useful tools and tutorials offered by Google at the Adwords site www.adwords.google.com

Enthusiastic marketers who are in a hurry to start their campaigns can forget these tools. However you will be wise to remember that they are the means for you to bring success to your campaign. They will assist you to select the best keywords and make a very lucrative campaign.

With these great strategies you will be able to fine tune your Adwords campaign. This will get you ahead of the pack and ensure that you make profitable campaigns. - 15266

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