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Google AdWords – How Not To Waste Money


12.11.09 Posted in things i teach by

Pay-per-click (PPC) advertising is an oft misunderstood thing. Not only can PPC help drive highly focused, high-converting traffic to your site, it can be used as a testbed to better target and optimize your organic search engine optimization efforts.

Covered in this class:

  • The Google AdWords interface: what it looks like, how to set up an account.
  • Quality Score and how it impacts costs
  • Best Practices for Ad Creation
  • Best Practices for Keyword Selection
  • Monitoring and Optimizing your Campaigns
  • A Discussion of Landing Pages and Best Practices


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