Google Ads Account Management

August 5, 2019July 27, 2019

Not Advertising on Mobile in Google Ads? You Should Be.

I have been managing Google AdWords accounts for around thirteen years. This depth of experience has given me a unique point of view.

Here are a few nuggets to share with you on the topic of mobile.

1. Advertising in the mobile space has to be a part of your Google AdWords strategy. For some clients all leads will come in via mobile, for others just a part, and for some none.

2. If you are a lawyer, dentist, or a doctor where you have a mix of patient age groups, you will see strong activity in the mobile ad space and strong conversion activity there.

3. If your product or service deals with immediate decisions such as an animal emergency room your activity will be in the mobile ad space and nearly all of your lead conversions will be by phone.

4. Even if your business is tech software, know that although you may not get leads from mobile, early decision making and research is being done initially on mobile. It is better to control your ad spend on mobile in that case instead of totally moving out of mobile.

5. There is no single combination of what works best for businesses in mobile at this time and there does not seem to be one pattern of behavior that is repeated across diverse industries. What I have definitely seen is that mobile should be a very important part of every AdWords program.

If you need help with your Google AdWords campaigns I invite you to review our services and qualifications. We may just be the perfect match for your pay per click management needs.

February 25, 2019February 22, 2019

Should You Still be Using Dynamic Keyword Insertion in Google Ads?

McCord Web Services is a Google Partner and a Certified Google Ads Professional

My firm manages over $3 million yearly in Google Ad spend for clients. As a result, my team sees how the impact of Google expanded ads and responsive text ads have changed control of the ad message.

It used to be that using dynamic keyword insertion by inserting code like this {KeyWord: Default Ad Message Here} allowed ads to become more relevant. Google would insert your own keyword phrases in the {} and make the ad appear customized.

However, now with Google slicing and dicing the ad text you now create by mixing up one, two, or three headlines combined with or without two sets of descriptive text, the message is no longer really controlled by you. The ad text the end users now see is all based on AI putting pieces together for you and then rendering new ads based on device and relevancy. Sounds good right? Not always. Add then into the mix dynamic keyword insertion and it is starting to feel like you’ve lost control over the message you want to put out to generate clicks.

Even worse add in the new responsive text ads where you enter in six or more headlines and up to 6 descriptions and the combinations are now nearly endless.

As a result, we are starting to remove dynamic keyword insertion code or using it very judiciously and on only certain accounts where it may still make sense.

If you need help from the professionals who really know Google Ads, I invite you to visit our website to learn more about our Google Partner credentials and our management program.

February 6, 2019February 1, 2019

How We Bill for Google Ads Services

We Are a Google Partner Specializing in Search Marketing.

In my industry – professional pay per click account management the typical way to charge clients is 10% of their scheduled 30 day ad spend in the Google Ads control panel.

If a client has a setting of $150 a day for clicks, this translates into a 30 day budget of $4,500 to be paid to Google for clicks.

The typical account manager will bill $450 for the month for their management fee.

We operate differently – we bill by the running ad group number or ad spend and bill based on a service grid we post on our website. Our fee for this same client would be not $450 but rather $260 for 2.8 hours of service. That is more than a 42% lower fee than what is charged by the typical agency or manager.

We have priced our services to be small to medium sized business-friendly and know that your investment in our services will be repaid by increased leads and phone calls.

In our case, a lower price does not mean less quality or less skill – it is just our way of billing and doing account architecture that works for us and helps clients to have professional service without significantly adding to their overhead.

You can view all our pricing online at http://www.mccordweb.com/search-engine-marketing/google-ads-quick-start.php

February 4, 2019February 1, 2019

What Makes Us Different Than Other Google Ads Managers?

What makes us different than other Google Ads managers is our expertise and proof by Certification and our Google Partner status.

Many webmasters, web designers, and even marketing agencies can hang out their shingle and advertise that they can help with Google Ads account management, but it is the certification and Google Partner status, or lack there of, that is the real difference.

A Google Partner is a Certified Individual who runs an advertising agency – and works with clients in volume. Although being a Google Ads Certified Professional is important, being a Google Partner means that you are seriously in business providing Google Ads services to clients – not working Google Ads as a part time gig or managing one or two clients.

Google Partners, as part of their certification and maintenance of certification of Partner status, have to show and prove to Google that they are client responsive, knowledgeable via certifications, are transparent in advertising of their services and transparent in account management. We even have to supply to Google a copy of the reports we send to clients and have our website copy vetted.

A Google Partner is held to a higher standard by Google and so you can trust that you are working with true professionals that are knowledgeable of the Google Ads interface and manage a number of client accounts effectively.

There is a difference in quality and knowledge between those that are Google Ads Certified and those that are not. Make the right choice for your needs.

When you are ready to kick your Google Ads advertising up a notch consider us – true Google Ads professionals and a Google Partner.