Friday, May 23, 2008

Tracking your adwords Conversion is very important

By OnlineTutor

If you want to pay less for your adwords campaigns you should keep a close eye on your conversion rates. By tracking your conversion you will gatter important information about your adwords campaign performance thus allowing you to tweak it when needed.

The conversion rate is the percentage of purchases of your services or products compared to the total number of people who visited your website through the adwords ad. It is of your best interest to keep this number as high as possible. If you have very low conversion rates you need to tweak your campaign and ad settings as soon as possible to get those numbers up. Refining your ads and choosing better keywords are the first step.

Google provides inside the Adwords application a tool for tracking conversions for each campaign and each ad you run. This allows you to learn what your rates are and see which ads are doing their job well. If one ad or a whole campaign isn't doing well, then you can look for patterns that can clue you in about how to change and make the campaign more effective.

Adwords conversions are driven by many factors. It is not sufficient of your ad to get the user to click through to your website, although that is the first step. The ultimate goal is to make a sale or create a valid lead that will bring in a future sale. Whether you goal is to get the visitor to sign up for a newsletter or to purchase a product or service, if that visitor fails to do what you wish, then you have not converted that visitor. How many convert once they see your website is controlled by you. How attractive is your website? Is it truly compelling, making the visitor believe they simply can't live without the product or service your offer? Is the website easy to navigate or is it not very user friendly? Are your sales claims believable or do they seem to be unrealistic? Do you have data to support your claims? These are all factors that are within your power to control.

Don't offer free stuff in your ads if people visiting your site have to pay to get it. Your offer must reflect exactly what people will get when clicking the ad. An ugly site with poor navigation and difficult to use will not help you getting high conversion rates no matter how effective the ads are you created for your campaign.

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