Hi! So I'm a snarky business coach helping startups and enterprises internationally. First my snarky thought: Many novice entrepreneurs and or aspiring crowd funders wait until the campaign is live to commit any effort to the project - the reality is that you should always prepare ahead of time...
What are you currently using to track conversions? Google Analytics? There are a number of ways to accomplish what you are speaking about and it will depend on how robust of a solution you desire and also what your sales cycle looks like. One simple solution is to use the Google Analytics "Mult...
In my experience, starting out testing one against the other is ideal (i.e. running campaigns on each and seeing which performs better). It's also important to look at what your immediate and long term goals are for the spend. Are you trying to sell them something now, keep them engaged for a l...
Do you know how your best customers are finding you through adwords? If you have a big enough data set there's likely some commonality. It's a gross oversimplification but if you can track them from start to finish, there's no reason you should have to continue acquiring the $30 customers.
I'd recommend framing your Adwords ads in a positive light - instead of calling out specific medical issues in your copy, describe the benefits. (ex: instead of "Experiencing hearing loss?" try "Improve your hearing!") I imagine there are several ways to rephrase your copy to get your ads approve...
Just a thought from someone currently working on marketing his own firm online: Ideally, your existing customers would be so happy with your product, that they would write about you in those forums. Could you help them do that, or lead their attention to it? Or - if you think that is unethical -...
ROAS or ROAS per customer makes a big difference, I normally look at the latter and compare to the total profit made. You can further analysis using ROAS per sq meter (floor area) and study the patterns of the customers and floor areas. Therefore using only a one-sided KPI not only not useful, ...
The only AdWords keywords that will perform well on search are ones that directly describe your product, e.g. "document syncing." To target a segment like legal professionals, use AdWords' Contextual Targeting Tool to build ad groups to target websites that your target market would visit, e.g. an...
To build on what Sarah said - you can also look within channel if you have access to someone with the technical chops. Some ad groups or campaigns could be driving "worst" leads and others could be driving "best" ones. To cut off the channel is throwing the baby out with the bathwater. UTM tag...
Do you already know which products/niches you want to work in? The tallest hurdle I’ve seen block affil success is when marketers lose steam. If you don’t care about the products you promote, will you stay motivated to promote them? Sure, the payout provides motivation but that only gets you so ...