Google AdWords For Dummies

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John Wiley & Sons, Nov 14, 2011 - Computers - 432 pages
The fun and friendly guide on getting the most value out of your AdWords campaigns, now updated!

Google AdWords is a unique tool that allows you to set your own budget and create ads and choose keywords that are specifically related to your business. This handy guide walks you through the newest tips, tricks, and techniques for maximizing your AdWords campaign. Presenting coverage that is nearly entirely rewritten or revised, this practical guide adds chapters on topics such as ad extensions, feeds for e-commerce, mobile advertising, advanced ad writing, and the new Google display network. In addition, the author provides updates that reflect helpful new best practices.

  • Boasts approximately 85 percent updated or new content
  • Updates popular topics such as experiments, ad extensions, feeds for e-commerce, mobile advertising, advanced ad writing, and more
  • Incorporates changes to the AdWords interfaces
  • Shares best practices in split testing, opt-in landing page structure, and ad group structure
  • Reviews new, free tools included in AdWords as well as new and improved third-party tools

With this handy reference by your side, you'll discover the best way to make a Google AdWords campaign to work for you!

 

Contents

Introduction
1
Becoming a Google Advertiser 9
11
Setting Up Your AdWords Account
27
Profiting from the Pay Per Click Revolution 11 Chapter 2 Setting Up Your AdWords Account 27 Chapter 3 Managing Your AdWords Account
39
Preparing Your AdWords Campaign
53
Preparing Your AdWords Campaign
56
Sizing Up Your Online Market 55 Chapter 5 Reading the Mind of Your Market 83 Chapter 6 Measuring What Matters with Conversion Tracking
101
Launching Your First Campaign
115
Improving Your Campaigns through Keyword
205
Cornering the Local Market
227
Saving Time with AdWords Editor 187 Chapter 11 Improving Your Campaigns through Keyword Management 205 Chapter 12 Cornering the Local...
247
Expanding and Leveraging Your Results
275
Expanding and Leveraging Your Results
278
Making More Sales with Google
293
Following Your Best Prospects around the Web
339
The Part of Tens
357

Launching Your First Campaign
118
Writing Magnetic Ads
137
Giving Your Customer a Soft Landing on YourWebsite
163
Setting Up Your First Campaign 117 Chapter 8 Writing Magnetic Ads 137 Chapter 9 Giving Your Customer a Soft Landing on Your Website 163 Pa...
185
How You Cant Help Becoming an Advertising Genius 277 Chapter 15 Making More Sales with Google Website Optimizer 293 Chapter 16 Cloning ...
367
A Website Optimizer
380
Index
383
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About the author (2011)

Howie Jacobson is an Internet marketing strategist who specializes in helping clients succeed with Google AdWords. Joel McDonald is a Google AdWords consultant and popular conference speaker. Kristie McDonald is a Google AdWords Certified Professional and a strategic marketing consultant. Howie, Joel and Kristie are partners at the online marketing firm Vitruvian, found at www.VitruvianWay.com.

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