Search Marketing: 3 common mistakes marketers make using Google AdWords
Through testing with our Research Partners, I’ve discovered a few common mistakes marketers make when crafting paid search campaigns using Google AdWords.
So, in today’s MarketingSherpa blog post, my goal is to provide you with a few fundamentals to aid paid search marketing efforts and, hopefully, help you avoid a few pitfalls along the way.
Mistake #1: Grouping all keywords into one ad group
Keywords are the heart of your ads and relevance is their soul.
So, if you lump all of your keywords into one ad group, the impact will be some keywords become highly relevant to the ad group while others are not.
This is a common mistake marketers make under the guise that the tactic will boost impressions. It will – but this approach is more expensive and those less relevant keywords that boost impressions are also likely to underperform.
Think of it this way … would you run an ad for plumbing fixtures in People magazine with the expectations that it will perform like an ad for the latest celebrity perfume line?
Mistake #2: Not testing ads
Another common mistake marketers make is not testing their ads.
Although testing is something we live and breathe every day at MECLABS, it’s important to understand in digital marketing, there are no sacred cows. Speculation on campaign performance is for the birds – unless you test, you’ll never discover what really works.
So, my suggestion is that you test. With AdWords, having two or more tests running is ideal as there is no other way to effectively benchmark an ad’s performance efficiently.
