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Solve The Mysteries of Google AdWords and Analytics Becky Livingston President & CEO Penheel Marke:ng August 2014

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This originally-developed, one-hour webinar was designed to answer some of your burning questions about Google AdWords and Analytics, such as: - How to develop AdWords campaigns that generate results; - How to define target audiences and budgets to reach the people you want; and - How to read and understand the story Google Analytics is telling you about your website. For the full recording, visit http://www.netcomlearning.com/webinars/999991/Free-Webinar-Solve-The-Mysteries-of-Google-AdWords-and-Analytics-training.html?WebinarID=301.

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Solve  The  Mysteries  of  Google  AdWords  and  Analytics    Becky  Livingston  President  &  CEO  Penheel  Marke:ng  August  2014  

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Presenter  Bio  •  Owner  Penheel  Marke:ng  •  25+  years  of  marke:ng  and  technology  experience  •  Social  Media  &  Digital  marke:ng  professional  •  Public  speaker  and  trainer  •  Frequent  guest  blogger  •  Marke:ng  corporate  trainer  and  college  adjunct  professor  

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Agenda  • AdWords  – Finding  keywords  in  unlikely  places  – Recon  – Quality  Score,  Phrase/Exact  Match  – Ad  Placement  feature  

• Analy,cs  •  Reports  •  Channels  •  Filters  •  Goals  •  Event  Tracking  

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Developing  AdWords  It’s  more  than  keywords  and  budgets,  it’s  ü   Strategy  ü   Maintenance  ü   Setup  ü   Quality  score   U  

A   G  A  =  Audience  U  =  Users  G  =  Google  

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It’s  An  Auction  -­‐  Example  Adver,ser  Order  

Bid  $   Paid  Price   Ad  Loca,on  

1   $4.00   $3.00   1st  

2   $3.00   $2.00   2nd  

3   $2.00   $1.00   3rd  

4   $1.00   $0.00   -­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐  

Note:  The  adver:ser  does  not  have  to  pay  their  bid  price.      They  pay  the  price  of  the  bid  below  them.  Rather  than  the  max  they  are  willing  to  pay.      This  does  not  take  into  considera:on  the  Ad  Quality.    

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Quality  Score  1.  Click-­‐thru  rate  2.  Relevancy  3.  Landing  page  quality  

CTR  Relevance  

Landing  Page  

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How  Quality  Score  Impacts  Bid  Adver,ser   Max  Bid              x   Quality  Score      =    Ad  Rank   Posi,on  

1   $4.00   1   4   n/a  

2   $3.00   3   9   2  

3   $2.00   6   12   1  

4   $1.00   8   8   3  

You  pay  the  minimum  amount  you  need  to  retain  your  posi:on.    

Price        =  Bidder2  x  Quality  Score2  /  Quality  Score1  $1.50      =    ($3  x  3)  /  6  

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Unlikely  Places  

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Same  Search  …  Almost  

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How  It  Works  1.  Keywords  that  match  the  query  exactly  2.  Exact  match  keyword  when  the  keywords  are  the  same  3.  Keyword  with  the  highest  Ad  Rank,  which  is  based  on  quality  

score.  

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Recon  •  Use  tools  like  iSpionage  or  AdGooroo  to  “spy”  on  the  compe::on  

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Recon  •  Use  tools  like  iSpionage  or  AdGooroo  to  “spy”  on  the  compe::on  

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Recon,  cont.  

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Phrase  &  Exact  Match  Changes  Close  Variant  Match  The  replacement  for  Exact  and  Phrase  match.  Effec:ve  late  September.  

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What  It  Means  [cardiology]  =>  [cardio]  Query:  “cardio  preven:on  program”  Keyword:  “cardiology”    [fire]  =>  [firefighter]  Query:  “german  fire  helmet  ”Keyword:  german  firefighter  helmet”      [surgery]  =>  [surgeon]  Query:  “cosme:c  plas:c  surgery  anaheim”  Keyword:  cosme:c  plas:c  surgeon  anaheim  

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AdWords  Matching  Steps  1.  Prepare  for  added  /  decreased  volume  2.  Stop  building  variants  into  the  keyword  list  

1.  Look  for  prominent,  high-­‐volume  versions  2.  Nega:ve  keywords  don’t  expand  to  cover  close  variants  

3.  Account  for  traffic  redirec:on  

Benefit:  Provides  more  coverage  without  the  need  to  build  exhaus:ve  keyword  lists.    

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Ad  Placements  •  Ads  have  to  use  the  “Display  Network”  or  “Search  and  Display  Networks  –  All  Features”  

•  Ability  to  place  ads  on  specific  websites  and  mobile  apps,  as  well  exclude  them  from  websites  and  mobile  apps.    

•  Use  the  manage  Placements  feature.      •  You  will  want  to  use  the  graphical  ad  tool  to  help  you  design  the  ads.  Landing  pages  are  very  important  for  this  ad  op:on  to  work  well.    

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Analytics  Reports  

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Analytics  Report  -­‐  Channels  

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Exclusions  &  Poor-­‐Preforming  Pages  

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Applying  Filters  •  Good  to  exclude  content  from  a  domain,  IP  address,  or  subdomain  

•  Keep  an  unfiltered  profile;  create  a  child  profile  with  filters  •  Filters  cannot  be  undone  once  set  •  Senng  more  than  one  filter  per  profile  may  cause  data  to  not  appear  

•  Executed  sequen:ally  

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Creating  Goals  •  Des:na:on  goals  –  great  for  landing  pages,  contact  us  pages,  registra:on  pages,  etc.    

•  Time  on  site  –  measures  the  “s:ckiness”  of  the  page  and  helps  define  it’s  engagement  threshold.    

•  Pages/Visits  –  verifies  the  depth  of  the  site,  which  is  great  for  content-­‐heavy  sites.  

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Determining  ROI  -­‐  Event  Tracking  

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Just  the  tip  of  the  iceberg!