Business Pulling Back? What to Chop

Tackling a High Bounce Rate

If your business is pulling back where can you realistically chop in your marketing plan and not get hurt?

Chop Away

Social Media – if you are paying to update Facebook, Twitter and Google+ you could easily take a break to save money.

Blogging – try not to kill all your writing as the SEO juice you get from well-written blog posts helps you in the long run, but maybe consider moving from three days a week to two or from two days a week to one.  Try to still keep the momentum up but maybe lower the word count or frequency.

Chop Not!

Google AdWords – don’t touch it unless you absolutely have to. AdWords is hands down the best way to generate new leads and start cash pumping back into your business.

e-newsletters – they build loyalty and repeat business. Newsletters are especially important to businesses that have annual renewals for service plans like pest control firms and HVAC firms.  If you chop this, your name is not kept in front of your customers and come time to renew, they may not see the value of renewing; which will hurt your sales even further.

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Just Started Advertising on Google Ads? Tips on Determining Your Ad Budget

Just Started Advertising on Google Ads? Tips on Determining Your Ad Budget

When you start advertising on Google Ads, how do you determine your starting budget?

There is no mystery to deciding your budget for Google Ads. I use the Keyword Planner to determine the best budget for starting out. Here are my tips.

  1. Create a list of 10 two to three word phrases that you feel will help drive qualified traffic.
  2. Go to your Google Ads account or ask your Google Ads consultant to run the numbers for you, but putting each keyword in the Google Keyword Planner to check for traffic, competition, and typical bids.
  3. Plan on these potential bids being about 20% lower than the real auction for clicks when your account is set up.
  4. Take the average of these ten keyword’s click costs and then decide how many clicks you would like to have a day before your ads stop showing.
  5. Look at the number generated in step 4 and determine if you can realistically live with this number. Never get over your head in regards to a budget that is way beyond your means. It is not typical to get leads in Google Ads the day ads serve. For some account it can take as long as three weeks for optimization to start to see the first lead conversion.
  6. Remember a lead conversion or beneficial action you are recording as a conversion is not always a sale. Sometimes it is just the first step in the sales process.
  7. Understand that it takes time for a Google Ads account to become profitable. Google Ads is a dynamic auction with bids changing for each query and many factors determining if your ads show or not.
  8. Work with a professional Google Ads account manager or consultant like McCord Web Services to get the most out of Google Ads.

I invite you to visit our website to learn more about Google Ads and our Google Ads consulting and account management services.

Smart Shopping Campaigns

Google Ads Management Fees- How Low Can You Go
McCord Web Services is a Google Partner.

Smart Shopping Campaigns in Google Ads are like regular Shopping Campaigns but with a twist.

  1. Uses Google Ads advanced AI tools to target and bid.
  2.  Increases conversions.
  3.  Is totally automated.
  4.  Shows ads on more properties.
  5.  Optimizes for performance.

I have tried regular Shopping Campaigns against Smart Shopping Campaigns and here are the results for real clients.

RV industry accessory sales – 56% decrease in cost per click.

Industrial equipment – 34% decrease in cost per conversion.

I have found that it will typically take about 30 days to have enough data to weigh is Smart Shopping Campaigns are right for you, but so far I am seeing an increase in conversions at a lower overall cost.

Smart Shopping Campaigns will show your shopping ads on YouTube, Gmail, and in the Google Search results and on Search Partners. Your reach is expanded and your ads are dynamically created and more attractive.