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我是一個樂於助人的人,新手請仔細看看下面的文字,或許會對你有很大幫助。
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' U0 u* }, b: _1 \2 o9 y) v8 U* yGuelph is the city where my brother-in-law (his name is Waseem) attends university. It is+ R2 T3 x0 Q, }5 ]
about 1.5 hours south-west of Toronto.. J; R  B: ?: R6 ?* ]6 \! U( g9 {
The whole idea was to have my brother-in-law stay with me during the summer and see! r# |( ^- y6 b7 ^8 f! D5 q( |7 E1 j2 o
that if he could replicate any of my successes.4 \9 l& I1 d# I, ~
The college degree that he is completing is in human resources management and he may
  n4 S) `) |- L- Ghave taken only one marketing course in his college life.
' m* t8 C2 z% P8 L2 qHe had absolutely no prior Internet marketing experience.
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All he knew was that I was making large amounts of money every day.
! ?( x- r2 }% w3 z  bIt wasn』t after months when I started talking to him about pay per click did he realize1 n, ^8 Q. @0 k. ~6 O7 m0 ~
what I was doing.; `  o. I: Z- e! d8 v4 |
Based on what he heard in the past, he thought I was in the 「paper clip」 industry.
8 }4 M( f% {/ g# s! N# m/ xNo bro, it is 「pay per click.」
1 K( o/ m6 Y$ {2 u2 Y5 J' H1 sI cut him a deal and said that I would teach him all my methods and see if I could get him& P. u9 B  i- {2 S' n: p, P
to make money.
  |* L" C- o7 n, H  _7 B% eNot only could I prove to myself that this stuff is teachable and write an entire course on
- `' \9 [+ u9 Q7 J* p$ Mit, I figured I could get an awesome testimonial from my brother-in-law if I ever did+ [+ z: _( H; p. F  o. r
release a course.
% }' C8 [8 o# j% Y- Q" dSo he came to my house in mid-May 2006. I was to be his mentor and he was to be the) g$ v1 B& W( G$ |, l$ K
apprentice.
5 D, ~+ J7 T- a# R4 O0 TBasically, I was Yoda and he was Luke Skywalker as he kept insisting.
2 o# [  C+ \1 C2 m! GI made a phone call to one of my favorite affiliate managers and had him approved for
7 u( L; y; u, n4 [2 D0 bPrimary Ads CPA network in about 24 hours.
3 V5 `# S' J& l" Q) l  B8 G2 U5 [I have a white board in my office, so I sat him down and started from scratch.! |0 k. e( j# f5 V
I explained to him:
( t- G2 S3 ?& ]/ v. l1. What CPA lead offer was.' p2 {* _- f0 W* C6 z1 u
2. What a CPA Network was
! `: h# a' S" r! M3. What a pay per click search engine was.+ x: s3 ~: {2 p( H) v
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I drew out on the white board the concept of driving paid targeted traffic to CPA lead
( @1 R8 R# w$ G, Z; \) y. Soffers and making money.- p7 o" u9 A+ H) G. c
We converted half of the my baby son』s room into a small office so my brother-in-law
  L0 Z& ^& [  O+ L! Icould work from there on a separate computer.9 a' A" r; I% n! x6 w; H( d6 y4 O0 r
I told him to open up an Google Adwords account and pick an offer from Primary Ads to" n! A. q6 V2 b
promote.
& b# Y! i3 T* t* Y; @The guy is a fanatic about cars (especially luxury cars) so he picked out a car quote lead6 K3 ]  F' c+ u
offer that was paying about $6.25 a lead.
: v. k0 z. M1 fI told him the basics of doing keyword research and setting up a Google ad.
/ P3 B, W; b/ k, S; Q2 e. nHe used a software tool called Key××d ××te by Brad Callen to research his keywords
% P2 O% d  a/ nand went about setting up ad groups.
- j7 A3 }9 K, d5 i. G$ t; QI told him to keep the keywords within each group very specific and targeted towards the
+ K3 B" o' r- v! }0 t- K2 F% }theme of the ad group.$ y' `3 ~) s, D3 P) `; e% [% h
For example, and Honda related keywords should be in a Honda ad group so that we- {" J4 s# N& p8 h% A0 T/ f
could write a targeted ad for prospects looking for Honda quotes.
5 y* Y' |. I  KHe then set about creating his ads and ad groups quietly while I worked in my office.
) M$ [, q! n- f& ?0 d; m* |7 XBig mistake.$ r7 |" ?6 C% j3 W0 j$ V+ F9 R1 [
I had basically thrown him into a lake without giving him enough swimming lessons.' w2 t' i# x3 R9 l! S) W6 v
He started getting clicks coming on his ads, but NO conversions.
; {9 {) e& Q8 J; \* rMore clicks kept coming, but NO conversions.
& f1 A% q! K: Y8 O# z1 ~I started thinking to myself, okay well this is a crap offer.
! v: p* L/ l  i! Z** Note **
! M* `' o, j5 F7 N( _# R0 }5 v, ?In my experience, around 7 out of 10 campaigns you start will either breakeven or not be
* X% H  y& K5 k/ X; C$ Iprofitable at all. No big deal. Mo need to cry over spilled milk. Just move on to another.+ w! m1 }) `( A+ a) ?1 M
** End of Note **
; s" x; s' T: A( n8 \9 [Then I realized a couple of things. I logged into Primary ads and discovered that the car# [( y- I, A' h8 J/ W( |
quote offer lead stats were not real time and that we would have to wait until the next day
) F$ [: ?* G$ i, l; v, T. O; D+ sfor those leads to be imported into the network stats.
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Okay I said, that is one reason why we are not seeing anything.0 o$ G, w3 m9 ?1 r9 n
Then I logged into his Google Adwords account and was stunned at how badly written7 T( Z5 z" R2 k" {) _+ P
his ads were.5 s1 Q, M3 B2 @
Dude, you need Copywriting 101.
- G( a4 n; o0 z# yHis click-thru rates were not very good, so I told him to rewrite his ads from his
, v) n+ e7 U1 w5 v' T; [prospect』s point of view and try to make it more benefit oriented.2 F* y( l/ p5 e- `
At the same time, I told him to start other easier campaigns such as the ones that only ask; z; }. N  W- Q
for a zip code or email address.6 ]$ F% B" g) F6 n1 F9 s
Here is where things got really screwed up.8 ~! h& R) L5 G" @# a8 `
Whenever he set up another ad group, Google would charge outrageous minimum bid$ w* Q, y- l4 s
prices. For a particular CPA lead offer he wanted to promote at a $1.25 payout, Google
1 A. X8 p3 g7 e5 z, @( x8 I4 M$ z- ?wanted a $1.00 minimum bid on most keywords.% P' G/ w% {" P- j( M0 ^% d1 K
Ummmm, how the heck he supposed to make money promoting a $1.25 lead offer while. R$ N  |5 f/ ~6 I6 [: A8 X
paying $1.00 per click. He would have to have close to a 100% conversion rate to make$ z5 j, @7 B1 C; _( U6 e3 m6 ]
any decent money.9 |9 z; j$ p) n
Why, oh why, are you doing this Google?!5 U0 V! j, e1 a% B
Then it hit me… 「Quality Score.」, l# a9 u# e; `0 t
You see, Waseem』s overall 「quality score」 was low because of that stupid 「car quote」
8 v/ w4 F3 c+ P' }$ H5 R! Xcampaign and because Google looks at your historical account click-thru rate, they were* o) N2 C; Y' G1 [+ ^" P
effectively punishing Waseem for his initial ad campaign.) `. h3 m3 n2 G% g1 I% R7 a
Google basis the quality score of any keyword you bid on based on these factors:
; \$ S; S8 A0 i, o2 h& E* L1. Click-thru Rate (CTR)3 T$ R' V& W# U  E& {/ G& V% O7 o. I
2. Ad Text
' A  X. d& K. Y" p. u7 o* a7 N3. Historical Keyword Performance
' S2 r4 z* q; r8 u4 ^4. Landing Page8 x6 f  e" x" m7 L
5. Web Site The Landing Page Is Residing On
/ I5 z% K! C; u2 k: H: V5 u# JGoogle had really nothing to go on as far as click-thru rate or historical keyword
3 ?, c+ Z( |" C: N& bperformance for his second ad campaign, so they looked at Waseem』s ENTIRE account& x7 O/ O2 |2 h! L
when determining bid prices.1 E5 I3 ~0 V9 S# T: q6 Y4 O& z; K6 h
So now Yoda is getting pissed and Skywalker is getting frustrated.
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3 }/ T+ x1 W8 ?0 r0 Y7 SSo at this point… I cheated and told him to get out of the room and put my son to sleep in
8 D# q# i' n% x) Y4 ~! |the other room while I worked on his campaign.
: \9 A3 D( X( K" S. w, qSo I am staring at the computer screen trying to figure out how I am going to make it
8 {! G  Y3 c% T7 ?, v6 Hwork with Google Adwords now that my brother-in-law has a bad historical record.
6 [9 F$ E. r2 A" I3 ]" rGoogle is basically going to punish him for anything new he sets up, so now what?0 j& K/ B/ R) Z, q9 ^
I had the option of just starting an entirely new Google Adwords account to get a fresh4 k* y; ?: r4 c. R: X5 A/ n0 ]
start.; d) f+ b, F$ l, h
** Note **) I' J% y$ o5 I7 ?, m, {
If your Google Adwords account has a bad history of low click-thru rates and crappy ads,
/ I/ B+ d5 `; `2 k+ Vyou may want open a new account and start fresh.! f6 [* @- ?& u) {) @; H. i
** End of Note **7 [! j2 e( a  D# g$ q
I didn』t want to start a new account and based on my experience, I knew of a way around
9 C* i& ~9 n) m& k& E5 zthis problem.
0 x/ w; \% g; ]9 H% v! H( pBut it would *cost* my brother-in-law money.' c0 b% p/ G9 q: n; [
I decided to place the minimum bid at $1.00 for the $1.25 lead offer and let the campaign: m/ p% n* H% D
run, but only AFTER I wrote the ads for him hoping that Google would reward this" a- F- o1 S: P3 ]* I6 k
account if I wrote ads that were very keyword *specific* and had a good click-thru rate.
0 W9 i3 U: u; k' l+ w' w2 o0 rSo, boom! I let it run knowing that every click was costing my 「college-broke」 brotherin-
/ ?9 h6 y0 c' o2 qlaw a full dollar.
  B3 Z$ t& E, J0 LOn May 18th, 2006, Waseem generated his first (2) leads at $1.25 a piece for a total of9 p: e/ Y6 r' X* K5 F# c2 a
$2.50 in affiliate commissions.
8 V" I- z1 S+ EBut it took him (6) clicks to generate those leads for a total cost of $1.00 x 6 = $6.00.
1 D5 `% R+ ?4 [9 m0 `4 wOuch! He lost $3.50.0 ^4 }3 k5 W! q, H3 c+ H4 B
But a 33% click to lead conversion. Now that is great!
9 v" v/ ~/ A5 [8 G# \2 Q+ pSo I tell him to keep running the campaign at a loss and he is looking at me with this. R! D( W- \2 B2 o
serious 「I am a college student, $3.50 is a huge amount of money to me」 look.
1 j( I( r6 Y7 [" |& H! ]Trust me, I say.4 o4 o$ O1 {7 O5 q; j7 }
The next day, four clicks and zero leads.
/ ^# }2 o5 `2 E3 s$ `. r7 c. O+ W5 KNot good.
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9 \( c& b5 ~/ y7 j& r& qBut wait, the click-thru rate on the ad is over 10% for the last two days. Are the Google
& U/ Z; ^6 i  c  d+ RGods watching?
' }7 W, x/ f- R2 Q2 bNot bad ad writing Gauher, pat yourself on the back.4 y# x; l$ ^% s6 Z
But Waseem is still looking at me with that 「$4 is almost a full lunch at McDonald』s」
9 f2 ^" _: f3 r0 f, w* Dlook.
) r( `1 q" ?( Q9 ?Hang in bro.2 o2 Y% t: g% e5 ]2 s1 n$ J5 q& r( F
The next day I figured Google must be loving me for my great click-thru rate and I
+ q/ l3 t6 T1 o& p5 K6 Cdecided to drop the bid drastically.
$ b* V; O" `: x+ f- y) wI was hoping that I wouldn』t see the dreaded 「Keyword Inactive: Minimum Bid $1.00
7 [. ]" S  `3 a' K0 t$ {. j1 h6 E; {message beside each keyword.
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[ 本帖最後由 hahaqu123 於 2008-2-24 20:26 編輯 ]
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我個人認為論壇上至少一半人看不懂這篇文章
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有點意思!繼續研究!
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暈 立馬變成收錢的了 馬上BACK!
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( P  @3 S6 W! v. ]7 ^) v9 P8 Q9 Q; \[ 本帖最後由 lovebird 於 2008-2-24 20:28 編輯 ]
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英文還湊合
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 樓主| 發表於 2008-2-24 20:30:09 | 顯示全部樓層
這年頭,想要得到就必須付出點東西4 S( `0 t! u! `+ |- I1 l7 c
象徵性的收費嘛:
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不錯( G+ l: i& I& D$ _6 V% {; z
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[ 本帖最後由 qpyangwu 於 2008-2-24 22:10 編輯 ]
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可惜我剛進來 ,我要能看到肯定能看懂

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看不到了,暈,沒錢買

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