refining your amazon sponsored products strategy for q4
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Refining Your Sponsored Products Strategy for Q4
A C C E L E R A T I N G Y O U R A M A Z O N S A L E S S T R A T E G Y - D a y 1
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Before We Get Started
Session Recordings Will Be Sent Next Week
Q&A Following the Presentation
Submit Questions In the Chat Box to the Right
Logistics SpeakersRick BackusCEO CPC Strategy
Pat PetrielloSenior Marketplace StrategistCPC Strategy
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Above The Fold Ads Only
Ad
Ad
Ad
Ad
Ad
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Sponsored Products Winning Bids by Category
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Sponsored Products Winning Bids by Category
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Are you currently leveraging Amazon Sponsored Products?
Poll For The Audience
A. Yes, absolutely
B. No, not yet
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Pat PetrielloSenior Marketplace Strategist
Former member of Amazon Seller Services Team Former professional seller on Amazon.co.uk, eBay, Buy.com Lead architect for CPC Strategy’s Amazon Sales Acceleration Program
(ASAP) Engineered & directed million dollar revenue stream on Amazon
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Course Overview
• Evolution of the Amazon Marketplace
• The Impact of Sponsored Products on Amazon
• Sponsored Products Automatic Campaign Structure
• Sponsored Products Manual Campaign Structure
• Sponsored Products Keys for Holiday Selling Season
• Tactical Shifts for Holiday Selling Season
• A Comprehensive Strategy for Amazon SP Success
• Q&A
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Evolution of the Amazon Marketplace
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Amazon is a constantly evolving marketplace
Standing still is not an option
Sellers which are plateauing are those which have failed to embrace change
An estimated 50MM Prime subscribers in the US and 80MM worldwide according to CNBC, with over 250MM users total in the US
Understanding the relationship between inputs and performance
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The Impact of Sponsored Products on Amazon
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Sponsored Products is one of the most powerful tools for driving discoverability and incremental sales
Enhanced importance during holiday selling season
Most frequent Sponsored Product inefficiencies are in bid levels, keyword matching and optimization, campaign differentiation and structure
Where should I start?
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Sponsored Products Automatic Campaign Structure – Phase I
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All Products Campaign
Initial bid level at $.015 to $0.25
Category and product dependent
Ads surface only when you are in the Buy Box
Data harvesting
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Sponsored Products Automatic Campaign Structure – Phase II
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The data will guide you
Actions driven by goals Volume ROI
Ad Group Differentiation High: $0.50 to $1.25 Medium: $0.15 to $0.50 Low: $0.02 to $0.15
ACoS as a guidepost
How do I leverage all this data?
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Sponsored Products Manual Campaign Structure – Phase I
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Automatic targeting report
Channel specific strategies require channel specific data
Differentiate products by type
Start with at least 25-40 keywords
Keywords to overcome poor product content
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Sponsored Products Manual Campaign Structure – Phase II
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Optimization and refinement an ongoing process
Extend the coverage of automatic campaigns
Products can live in multiple campaigns
Keywords can live in multiple manual campaigns
ACoS as a guidepost
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Sponsored Products Keys For The Holiday Selling Season
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Vendors have joined the Sponsored Products party
“Fish where the fish are”
Expect higher CPCs
Campaign performance will accelerate, regardless of the direction
“Sunday Driver” shoppers = less intent
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Tactical Shifts For The Holiday Selling Season
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Get prepared now
Get more granular
Create more segmentation among ad groups and campaigns
Increase your budgets
Get aggressive
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A Comprehensive Strategy for Amazon SP Success
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Without stock, nothing else matters
FBA coverage to stay in the all important holiday Buy Box hunt
Pricing optimization towards profitability
The intersection of volume of margin
Q4 is a marathon, not a sprint
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Evaluate Your Amazon Strategy
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