The Ultimate PPC Management Tool
One of the biggest problems for PPC users is the time and manual labour involved in setting up campaigns with thousands of groups and keywords. Internet marketing specialists always use a PPC Management tool to save time and money.
Some are keyword Research tools, some formatters, landing page auto generators or plain and simple automation tools. When I started PPC there were practically no tools available at save a few Excel macros that would help speed up putting “quotes” and [brackets] around my keywords. Others provide miss-spellings and add suffix or prefixes to keywords in order to allow you to test beyond your imagination.
Most of these automation assistants did a specific task but none did a complete job, requiring you to use multiple tools to get your manual work done quicker. That is until a young Australian, named Jay Stockwell introduced Speed PPC to the market in 2007. It was the Swiss army knife of PPC (Pay Per Click) Management tools. From his base on the east coast of Queensland in Brisbane he and marketing partner Allen Gardyne brought a time saving ppc management tool to the market which provided the ability to input keywords,select groupings, place add copy for the ads and do it all and more in mere minutes, for work that was taking many hours to complete.
Speed PPC v4.5 as a PPC Management Tool
The three year old .Net software is Windows-based and has been updated with changes since its inception. As market needs changed it would adapt and now can be used for Google Adwords, Microsoft adCenter and Yahoo campaigns. It also integrated with a number of other newer ppc operators like 7 Search,Ask,Miva and Looksmart . The current Version 4.5 also provides supports for PPV (PayPerView) Networks like LeadImpact/Zango, AdOn and Media Traffic which have grown in the last two years.
A user can also customize the software layouts to other specific needs without new versions being released, just through configuration changes. This feature allows a great deal of flexibility in a rapidly changing environment.
Speed PPC V4.5
I have used the Speed PPC PPC Management Tool for over 2 years and have found it a godsend. You gain great time leverage from it and it allows for rapid deployment in mere minutes. When you are planning campaigns with locations based ads, or product-based ads you will find the collection of over 400 keyword modifier lists such as state,country,city listings. This is located in the Campaign builder module and once these lists are loaded they are available for your use in any campaign. For example if you were looking to place location specific ads for” DUI attorney” in every city of a US, it would be a few keystrokes to add these modifiers.
A PPC Management Tool for Speed and Conversion
Speed PPCV4.5 comes in 4 basic parts. The Campaign Builder is the core which allows you to import keywords,ad groups,ad copy,bid pricing and the url’s both display and actual url combination. It allows for the use of dynamic keywords, based on a seed keyword and a variety of expansion keywords. The second part are Landing Page Templates for your offers that allow for Dynamic Text Insertions which will provide the user what they are looking for, improve your quality score and conversion results. The third part is Affiliate Data Feed Software which allows you to create a dynamic user experience through the use of affiliate supplied database files. With the aid of this software, you’ll be able to use data directly from your affiliate datafeed files to build specific campaigns and create matching landing pages. A fourth module gives you a WordPress Dynamic Keyword Insertion Tool and Landing Page Creator, through PHP, which allows you to use datafeeds on a WordPress blog platform with similar ease. All help lower your bid prices and improve your quality score.
Below find a video on the Speed PPC 4.5 PPC Management Tool.
You never feel left alone with this tool as regular trainings are done as Webinars. In addition here is a library of training tools and over 25 videos that will take you from beginner to Adwords Wizard in short order. It is detailed and step-by-step, holding your hand through each art of planning,building and executing a PPC Campaign. If I were an educator this might be an MBA in Adwords education in a box. It contained all I needed to get a good understanding of the mechanics and fundamentals of PPC Management Tools.
Its time to look for your PPC and PPV breakthrough with Speed PPCV4.5 as your PPC Management Tool
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In an earlier post I described remarketing like getting a second kick at the can. In fact it can be a much more creative exercise when you are using PPC. The principle is simple, remarketing allows you to show ads to users who have previously been on your site.
You now have a way to match the right message to the exact people you may have been targeting in the first place but did not complete the desired action.
To make this concept work you tag each page that had a particular service or product on it. So if you were selling golf drivers you would put a tag or a pixel on all the pages on your site that offered golf drivers. This tag would then “cookie” the visitor for a period of time. Then you would create an Adwords campaign to show highly targetted messages for drivers or other golf supplies of your choice to visitors as they browse sites through the Google Display Network.
You may test keyword variables of your choice in a remarketing campaign by defining the audiences you want the ad to display for. See the Google Video below.
The Content Network delivers the ad that is appropriate when the user’s web browser with the tag cookied in visits a site. The variations can also be driven by tagging various parts of your site or shopping cart pages. Different ad variations could be delivered to different users based on a specific set of criteria. You can also retarget buyers who did purchas from you with a complementary product within a fixed period such as 21 days after the initial purchase of “A” show an ad for ‘B”. This is much like adding a different autoresponder message to those who did opt-in but did not purchase, or giving those that visited your opt-in page a second chance.
Brad Geddes of bgTheory , has two excellent detailed guides I can recommend. One is on the bgTheory blog titled Google Adwords Remarketing Campaigns and another on Search Engine Land Everyone Deserves a Second Chance:Using Remarketing to Reach Abandoned Shoppers.
PPC Management requires you to be on top of your game. When you make mistakes you may not achieve the conversion results and end up wasting money.
Here are some ideas to avoid the mistakes
1. Not doing good keyword research. Good keyword research using free tools like Wordtracker, Wordstream or Google’s own Keyword Tool will provide you the right words to target. See what successful and long standing advertisers are doing and emulate their keywords that should be in Line1,Line2, and Line 3 of the ads.
2. Having a slew of keywords,Organize your keywords into ad groups of one per keyword, with the three variations broad,phrase and exact. Have (2) separate ads in each grouping. This will give you the maximum granularity to discover the winners and improve your ads.
3. Lackluster Ads. Write compelling ads that are not about your business or product but about the exact item the searcher is looking for. For example:
{Pilgrim’s Pride Turkeys}
{ Pilgrims Have the Best Birds}
{PilgrimsPride.com}
is an bad example where the ad
{Premium Turkey at Discount Prices}
{Succulent Turkey for Your Family}
{ premiumturkey.com }
would be better as it addresses the solution that the consumer is looking for.
4. Experiment with Variations of the Ad in each ad group with small changes. Perhaps add a? mark at the end of the First Line.
5. Deliver what you promise in the ad by matching it with the copy on the landing page you are sending it to. Make it easy for the consumer to buy from you by providing clear navigation. Do not send them to a general information page when they are looking for a specific item,. When you deliver what you promise your quality score should be optimal, improving your position and lowering your costs while you are meeting the searchers needs.
6. One Campaign for all. Split your campaigns into search campaigns and Content Network Campaigns. They behave differently and reach different targets. Maximize your effectiveness by crafting different messages for each network and testing the results.
7. No Negative Keywords.Use negative words to weed out and refine your campaign to buyers. For example in these examples the word Free, Chicken,Fowl,Pheasant,Recipes,Gravy, or the country of Turkey which might come up may qualify the buyers you want versus general interest.
8. Test,test and Test. Always be Testing your copy,offers, fonts,colors and positioning. Be aware of your conversion metrics. Free tools such as Adwords conversion testing or Google Analytics and Website Optimizer make it relatively easy to use.
These are just a few tips you can use to save you time, money, and give you the best bang for your Adwords dollars. Pay Per Click is a dynamic advertising tool so you cannot afford to stop learning in the world of Pay Per Click marketing.
Avoiding mistakes is the key to better PPC campaign management. I advise you to constantly be aware of your buyers view.and would invite you to continue learning cool tips and better techniques for your Adwords management tasks and constantly be learning about PPC Management Strategies to keep you at the top of your game.
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SpeedPPC V4 brings with it lots of new cutting edge features that will lift the game for those who use it. It is the upgrade to Speed PPC V3 which we have reviewed on this blog before.
These advancements include:
Interface
* All the new features mean a shiny new interface, with customizable toolbars and improved data entry fields making it faster and easier to enter your campaign information.
* Work efficiently following a streamlined workflow – through the logically ordered tabs dedicated to each step of the campaign process.
* Manage your campaigns better with the Campaign Explorer, a Windows Explorer-type window that allows you to create, delete, refresh and rename campaign shortcuts and folders to arrange your campaigns in. Create a folder of campaign shortcuts per affiliate program or client.
* Never lose a campaign by accident with our new automatic “save on close” feature
* Save time exporting your SpeedPPC campaigns and set your output to automatically export after building
* Organize your files more efficiently by setting your default file paths that you like to save your keyword lists, ads or campaigns in. Store them all in one folder or save them separately, eg. Expansion lists in one folder, campaigns in another.
* Lots of interface improvements to allow for better workflow and ease of use.
Campaign Building
* Completely rewritten campaign building allows for 300% faster build times.
* Find more customers that are ready to buy by generating even more long tail search terms, combining up to 4 keywords lists. Building on the version 3.0 single and dual core campaign types, you’ll now see “Multi Core” campaigns allowing you to add up to 3 expansion lists that can be mixed with your main seed keywords (4 total keyword lists).
* Target domain-based search queries with added flexibility to the Domain campaign type, giving you the option to set the country codes (eg. Co.uk) and top-level domains that you want to include (eg. .org, .net).
* Enter your seed keywords as normal, with a more streamlined menu to save, clean and delete keywords.
* Decide on the long tail search terms you want to build through the dedicated expansion keyword library (in addition to your expansion keyword viewing box). Enter 1-3 expansion keyword lists and order them for mixing with your seed keyword list in any combination.
* Keyword mixing capabilities have been expanded, enabling you to mix keywords in list order and every variation. Don’t Mix Pair now allows for an additional expansion list that you can reference with SpeedPPC tokens for greater targeting ability. An additional mix type has been added called “Mix & Pair” allowing you to mix 2 keyword lists, while matching with another list to get the best of both worlds.
* Cut your campaign costs by adding negative keywords through the dedicated negative keywords output for Google AdWords, with the ability to specify negative match types.
* Improve the quality of your traffic by using the dedicated negative keyword match types with campaign and ad group level options (AdWords Editor only).
* In addition to the traditional MSN bid fields, MSN adCenter Desktop now has a dedicated section for keyword bids to match the new dedicated output file.
* A dedicated output has now been added for Content Network campaigns, based on both keywords and image ads.
* Custom output fields have been consolidated on the bids tab so they can be easily referenced in the one place. Simply choose your custom search engine, then enter your bids, etc.
* Dedicated functionality for Content Network advertisers, giving you the power to create ad groups intuitively on keyword themes and target ads at each themed ad group.
* Enjoy more flexibility in your ad group creation with expanded grouping choices including:
* Creating ad groups based on 1-3 expansion lists
* Segmenting ad groups based on keyword themes. Just feed in a list of keywords and it will instantly auto-theme them for you.
* Create multiple keyword ad groups, under the same campaign
* Get a visual on all your auto-generated ad groups with the new Ad Group Builder, allowing you to view all the targeted ad groups created and the keywords in each.
* Make quick re-arrangements using the “drag and drop” feature to drag keywords from one ad group and drop them into other ad groups.
* Quick options to add and remove ad groups from the Ad Group viewing window.
* Easily change your ad grouping and re-build your ad groups at the press of a button.
Image Ads
* Expand your reach on the Content Network with SpeedPPC’s brand new Image Ad feature
* Save time setting up your text ads by storing and retrieving complete sets of ads under both Standard and Advanced Ad builders
* The URL separator for your ads has been handily relocated to the standard ads tab, so you can control how the keywords in your ad URLs are best displayed for maximum click throughs
* Need a fresh slate? Start from fresh and clear all your ads with the click of a button.
Landing Pages and URLs
* Improve your tracking by building unique keyword URLs in the new dedicated landing page tab
* Click a button and SpeedPPC will check your URL is valid, so there are no nasty surprises after you launch your campaign.
* Improve your quality score and let SpeedPPC check your landing page for keyword relevancy before launching your campaigns.
* Improved landing page software to allow for updating existing databases by adding new records, deleting old records, or completely overwriting.
Dynamic Insertion Tokens
* We’ve added new token functionality to SpeedPPC’s unique set of dynamic insertion variables:
* Insert more relevant keywords into your ads and landing pages with additional tokens {expansion2} and {expansion3} for multiple expansion lists.
* Tracking ID tokens can be set uniquely for each match type of a keyword – track your keywords plus the match types that are performing best.
* Set two new tracking ID tokens to generate uniquely for each ad and/or ad group for even more tracking capability.
Improved Outputs
* A new dedicated output tab has now been set aside for faster uploading into Bing/MSN using the free adCenter Desktop tool.
* Quickly check your Google AdWords output prior to importing into AdWords Editor, with new headings for easy reference on each data field.
* 2 new dedicated outputs have been added for Google AdWords, streamlining your ability to upload image ad campaigns on the Content Network.
* Get a headstart on your own dynamic landing page template with an output added for simple landing page code. Use the quick copy function to insert the exact codes to dynamically generate the triggered keywords into your landing page content.
* Use the new Output toolbar to quickly build your campaigns, export multiple search engine files at once (in Excel and CSV), and open the output folder to view all your output files at once.
Speed PPC V4
Discover also the new WordPress Plugin to allow for dynamic linking using the Speed PPC patent pending tokens.
