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Cut Google Ads (PPC) Cost by 50% With a Spend Less Earn More Approach
Kyle Waters

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We all have run into a problem where a campaign wasn’t performing properly.


We set up a killer campaign with the best keywords and planned for the worst.


We made sure that the bid strategy was the best one and the budget would fit the bid strategy.


And… the campaign folded, tipped over, and now is falling to its death.


But… it doesn’t have to. 


Google PPC can be profitable for every business. The key question that should be asked is how do you spend less and earn more clients/leads/referrals/phone calls/form fill outs/products sold? 


Here we outline the key components of what is costing you money and how to modify your campaign in order to lower the cost without lowering your budget.


Long Tail Key Phrases


Running long-tail key phrases have less of a CPC because of the amount of volume searched for the term per month. 


Long-tail key phrases tend to have lower search volume. This means your CPC tends to be lower per search phrase clicks because fewer people are searching for that phrase. 

The key is to make sure the phrase is getting enough volume so that Google allows it in your Ad groups.

long tail keywords to reduce cost

Quality Score


If you are familiar with Google Ads (PPC) or Facebook, advertising you understand the importance of Quality Score (Relevance score on Facebook). Quality Score is Google’s way of labeling how relevant your ad is to what a user is looking for. A quality score has many factors, some include:

  • CTR (higher the better quality score)
  • Ad Copywriting 
  • Landing Page Experience
  • Types of Keywords in your Ad Group
  • Ad Extensions
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Device Bid Adjustments


When a campaign has been activated and running for a sufficient amount of time you are able to go into the settings in your Google ad campaign dashboard and see what device is outperforming the others. You want to increase the device that is outperforming the others bid per click. If the numbers are staggering different from each device change the bid adjustment to a sufficient increase to continue to bring in more leads. As for the underperforming device you’ll want to first look at is it providing results. 

If the underperforming device is working then keep the bid near the same. If not decrease the bid in order to push more traffic and daily budget to the top-performing device.

You don’t have to be first


When doing anything you want to be the best one, right? You want to be the person at the top. In first place. I get it, but sometimes there is a better strategy to get more bang for your buck.

Especially in advertising.

The top is expensive. Having a strategy is a great idea, but if it is not bringing you a positive ROI then you need to relocate your Ad down a few levels to the second, third, or even fourth/fifth position. You can do this by lowering your CPC bid limit.

Target Low Bid Keywords


Google Ads (PPC) can be expensive. That is why many businesses don’t do it. The advantage here is that Google is so large with 5.6 billion searches occurring each day. With a great keyword research tool you’ll be able to find the keywords and phrases that have low bids and enough volume to be supported in your Ad group while bringing in more visitors for the money your spending.

Use Google’s free Keyword Planner to find low bid keywords with a volume sufficient enough to be apart of your ad groups.


target low bid keywords using keyword planner

Negative Keywords


What are negative keywords? If you are familiar with Google Ads this is not a new term. Negative keywords are the words and phrases you don’t want to be found. This can save you money by reducing the amount of unqualified traffic clicking on your ad. 



negative keyword list

Tight Ad Groups


A tight Ad group is always something you want to have. You don’t want to use broad match keywords usually ever in your campaigns. 

Keep your campaigns extremely tight with exact match and phrase match. By doing this you are able to keep unqualified leads from clicking on your ad and spending your money. 

A tight ad group mixed with negative keywords can alone run a successful Google PPC campaign.

Ad Scheduling


Ad scheduling is important as a small business in today’s age. People want everything instantly and if you are unable to provide that for them you may be missing some leads. 

There was a study done, where it shows a consumer is less likely to respond to a call the longer the wait is after they fill out a form or leave a voicemail. The optimal time is to call a lead within 20 minutes.

A small business doesn’t always have the resources or the luxury of being the first choice for many consumers. Many consumers are in a rush and want to move quickly.

Respect these consumers’ time and your money. Only run Google Ads during the time in which your business operating and the times where you are available to call them back within 20 minutes.


Location Enhancing & Boosting


This is similar to what you recently read above. Location targeting is similar to device bid adjustment in that location enhancing and boosting gives you the opportunity to raise or lower your bids per specific area. 


For example, say you are running a campaign and targeting all of the United States. You see that St. Louis Missouri is performing way better than Kansas in that St. Louis is bringing you 3x as many leads. In this case, you should consider boosting St. Louis in your Google Ads Campaign and decrease the bid for Kansas. 

Conclusion


The 9 tips above can dramatically reduce the amount of money you’re investing in Google Ads for the number of leads.


Lower Cost -> More Clicks -> Potentially More Leads and Sales


Focus on reducing your cost by using the techniques (tips) above and more clicks/leads will follow.

If you have any questions or want to talk with Kyle Waters directly feel free to connect with me on LinkedIn and tell me what brought you! 


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Max Conversion is a PPC agency located in St. Louis MO. Want to talk with a Max Conversion specialist and understand how to spend less and earn more with Google Ads? Contact a Max-Conversion Expert to get great advice for an affordable rate. 

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Introduction  Should you run ads on Google or Bing? Why not both? Most people fight over which one is better, although we are not here to talk about that. Both are great and you should be on both. Bing is known for having less traffic than Google. With everything perceived wrong there is an opportunity shining bright ready for companies to take charge. In this post, we will cover everything from how/why Bing offers a lower CPC than Google to the easy inputs that Bing has put into its ad platform to allow easy automation of successful ads. After reading this post, you should be able to understand how Bing is a great place for a company wanting to get in front of more customers. Here are some statistics on why your company should be using Bing: 6 billion monthly searches 34.7% Desktop The usage is a 50/50 between male and female One advertiser found that his bounce rate for Bing-generated traffic is 8% lower than the site’s overall bounce rate. Bing recently increased its website exclusion limits from 500 to 2000, enabling better targeting and quality control. Easily import Google Ads campaign into Bing Ads What are Bing Ads? Similar to Google Adwords, Bing is a platform where hundreds of millions of searches happen each day. People of all ages still use Bing as their main search engine. Bing is the second largest search engine in the United States, which gives companies a great opportunity to get in on the low CPC (cost-per-click) and the even lower CPA (cost-per-action/acquisition/lead). The reason you don't hear many companies bring up Bing is that it is not the primary go-to for PPC Advertising. You often hear more of Google Adwords and Facebook. Let’s uncover the strategy behind Bing and how it can lead to more customers. Where Bing Advertising Thrives Bing ads thrive where no other advertising platform does. Being the most overlooked platform now, Bing offers huge potential to grow your business fast and affordably. Here is why: LOWER CPC AND CPA Bing is great for companies looking for another ad platform to grow their business on. Since Bing has a lower search query than Google that means Bing’s keywords and advertising is overall cheaper than Google. RETURN ON AD The average return on ad spend (ROAS) for Google Shopping campaigns is 751% versus 1,345% for Bing Product Ads. Searchers on Microsoft and Yahoo sites are likely to spend 21.5% more than the average web searcher The average revenue per click for Google Shopping campaigns is $3.58 versus $4.43 for Bing Product Ads. AGE DIFFERENCE Nearly 40% of Bing users are between 35-54 years old. Great industries for Bing are industries that target middle and older age people. This is a great way to lower your CPC while also lowering your CPA because you understand the audience you are looking to target. WAGE GAP This is a big one. Since the age gap is more focused on middle generations these people also prove to have more money. 33% of Bing users have a household income of over $100,000. Expensive services and products not only perform better on Bing because of the older generation the wage gap is higher than Google’s average. AUTOMATION Bing makes automation really easy. So easy a beginner that knows very little about Bing advertising can go on to the Bing advertising dashboard and set up automation. This automation includes turning on and off keywords, ads, ad groups, campaigns, and more. You can choose only to enable the campaign when… Fill in the blank… That helps you save costs and only show ads when a certain metric is being met. LOWER COMPETITION Bing ads are easily overlooked by a majority of companies. Most, don’t even consider Bing as an optimal platform to advertise on. The best attribute that Bing advertising offers is the lower competition compared to other advertising platforms. While Bing has a historically lower cost-per-click, they also have lower competition which allows your ad to show up higher in the results for the individuals who don’t use Google. There are buyers and you can get more volume to your website for a more affordable price than Google. CONCLUSION Bing gets a lot more hate than it should. It isn't talked about nearly enough in the advertising space. In reality, Bing advertising can be just as or more profitable than Google Adwords. Just because it has less traffic doesn't mean they don't have enough to make a significant difference on a business. Bing on average gets almost 900,000,000 searches every single day. That is a ton and since fewer companies are advertising in that space it leaves lots of room for your company to jump in and get in front of more customers. 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