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An Ultimate Guide for Digital Marketing Agencies & Business Owners.
The content of the YouTube ads course consists of the following 23 modules:
- Formats: In-stream ads
- Features: CTA assets
- Features: Image companion banners
- Setup of conversions (Google Ads Tag, Google Tag Manager)
- Formats: In-feed video ads (former video Discovery)
- Formats: Non-skippable in-stream ads
- Formats: Bumper ads
- Campaign subtypes: Video action campaigns
- Features: Lead forms in video action campaigns
- Campaign types: Video reach campaigns
- Campaign types: Target frequency
- Campaign types: Video ad sequencing
- Features: Video experiments
- Features: Related videos
- Features: Dynamic lineups in video campaigns
- Features: Location assets
- Features: YouTube remarketing
- Formats: YouTube masthead
- Features: YouTube brand lift
- Advanced measurement and optimization suggestions
- Creative universal best practices
- Additional recommendations for effective videos
- Elements of a brand
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In case you want to start a successful digital marketing agency.
It’s really true that this business model is currently considered to be one of the most attractive, lucrative, and rewarding in many different ways and I guess I don’t need to explain to you why.
I suppose that you may have doubts regarding the fact that you don’t have enough skills to both land your own clients and deliver results. I’ve been working in marketing for many years and I absolutely share your concerns because I’ve been there myself.
If you’d asked me about this 5 years ago, I would confirm that you definitely need a lot of time and effort to learn the ins and outs of popular advertising platforms and marketing strategies in general, however, things have changed since then. And I should say that I have good news for you.
Advertising platforms are getting simplified every single year and are taking control out of advertisers’ hands to make the process of getting quality traffic to your website even easier.
Just have a look at the industry leaders in the face of Google and Facebook. So-called «Smart campaigns» are getting more and more common and, let’s face it, very effective. Targeting has started to be more and more automated and even AI-based. And this process will continue, believe me, whether you like it or not. It’s as inevitable as an abundance of electronics in the modern automotive industry.
As you may have already guessed, this means that many traditional digital advertising agencies will either start losing their job or will need to adjust to new realities.
And what are they? It’s pretty easy to guess if you really think about it but I will give you a small hint. What is left to the user when most of the settings are automated? Creatives and the website itself. This is what will still belong to the user, that is an advertiser. And what type of creatives? Text ads? Yes, of course, they will always be available like printed media and television, but the ultimate type of creative that already exists is definitely a video.
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Why? People buy with emotions and then justify it with logic. People don’t buy what they need, they buy what they want. Nothing can trigger emotions better than the video format for obvious reasons. In addition to this, video format is best for telling a story.
To sum it up, people who do everything that is somehow connected to creating videos will be in great demand in the following years, and you can be sure of it. We, as marketers, can leverage the skill of advertising those videos and making them sell. Fortunately, every popular advertising platform nowadays already provides an opportunity to do so with YouTube being the main of them, and it’s a fact. See where I’m getting with this?
YouTube is a modernized type of TV and the skill of using this platform to influence the minds and buying decisions of thousands of people by showing relevant ads to them is already extremely valuable and will become even more valuable each year.
In the above video, I explain the importance of YouTube ads and provide many reasons why this is what all marketers should currently focus on if they want to run a successful digital advertising agency in 2023 and beyond. Watch the video above if you haven’t done so yet and start building your modern digital agency today.
In case you’re a business owner and already run some ads and are not satisfied with them.
Are you currently running Google or other online ads for your business and are not satisfied with their performance? What do you personally think is the reason behind the low amount or a total absence of sales? Well, if someone else does it for you, then there may be some additional reasons for this and I will mention this in the next paragraph, but the topic of this paragraph is a bit different. I have around 7 years of experience with online ads 5 of which I spent working as a Google Ads support agent and people often ask me to check out their ads and help to improve them.
Most people think that the reason for the bad performance lies in the settings of their campaign itself, which may be true to some extent. However, according to my observations, in most cases the main reason is different and it’s more global. Most advertisers direct traffic from their text ads (and rarely image ads) to their website where they expect users to immediately take a low funnel action such as a purchase of their product or service.
Taking into account the nature of text ads and the absence of any personalization on the website in most cases, I’ll be straight with you and say that it’s very naive to expect a conversion rate that most advertisers expect to see. The internet has become competitive and with many companies offering almost identical products and services, a business should possess its own ways of differentiation to justify the decision of a buyer.
Obviously, you can leverage such well-known points of difference such as a price, selection of products, quality of the product, convenience of use and its functionality, appearance, or design but even this is very challenging in most situations and can’t be considered a long-term strategy because your competitors can do the same. What is really powerful is building your own brand.
A brand is a trustworthy promise that helps you to tell a story and make people feel themselves a part of it, build relationships, make people feel that you’re not selling to them, but you’re helping them, and, obviously, convince a customer to purchase from you over your competitors.
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People buy change, a solution to their problem with emotions, and then justify it with logic. In many instances people don’t actually buy what they need, they buy what they want. The brand consists of several elements the main ones being the already mentioned story and values. Stories help you to relate to your client, motivate and educate him. As for the values, you need to share beliefs with your customers and show that you stand for the same as the values are bigger than the product.
I hope that now you better understand the reason why the conversion rate on your website is not as high as on Amazon.com, Nike.com, or other websites of well-established brands and why brands can charge more for products that are basically the same or almost the same. People trust them and are loyal to their products and services. This is what really matters.
Building a brand in the eyes of your potential customers is a marketing activity that should be continuous and consistent. Obviously, it consists of several steps where you interact with the same people by delivering them different messages. In other words, this is called a sales funnel. This is exactly why big companies always leave their branding campaigns with different creatives on. However, this doesn’t mean that it should necessarily take a long time to see a positive impact of your branding activities on your lower-funnel actions such as leads and sales.
If you want to know the fastest, most effective, and cost-efficient way of building a successful brand with Google Ads to take your business to a completely different level, watch my video above if you haven’t yet done so where I explain how my YouTube ads course can help you do this.
In case you’re already working with some agency that runs ads for you and you’re not satisfied with the results.
If you’re a business owner, are you currently collaborating with some agency that runs Google ads for you or are you looking for someone of that kind to do this for you? If you already work with someone, most probably, you pay them good monthly fees and are not quite sure what you pay for because the results are mediocre. Guess what, I bet they don’t really care about your business and implement the simplest strategy that possibly exists.
A friend of mine works for a company that pays their agency a high percentage for every lead they generate for them, however, even this doesn’t motivate them to just keep an eye on simple campaign managing stuff. For example, one of their campaigns was serving with promotional ad text that is no longer relevant. So you get the level of their support.
All they want are your monthly recurring fees that in many cases depend on the percentage of the advertising budget that they just need to spend in order to get money to pay for their own ads, salaries for their young employees who barely know marketing, and a fancy office in the city center.
Just like scammy car mechanics, they want to get your money fast with as little work as possible. I used to communicate with them when working as a Google Ads support agent and remember them being stressed about the fact that the ads were not spending all the available budget for this or that reason. First I did not understand why they just had a goal to spend it no matter what and explained that the system tries to show ads to relevant users only.
Pro-tip number 1. If you’re a small or medium business, the smaller the company that is doing something for you, the better. (I worked in big companies myself and know how things work there.) A small business or a freelancer often does his best to make you happy because he values every customer, wants a good review, is interested in building long-term relationships, and approaches the customer personally.
On the other hand, a large company can oftentimes afford to treat you the way they think is just enough for you to stay with them because they already have a reputation. Even if you leave them one day, they think that this won’t be a problem as they will easily acquire another customer just like you and this is true to a certain extent.
Another pro-tip and my main point is that online ads nowadays are not rocket science and it’s a myth that you definitely need someone to set up and run them for you. It may be true for larger companies with lots of products or in case you’re really busy, but in most cases, like in many other spheres of our life, people who specialize in something tend to overcomplicate things in order to confuse you and make money out of it.
There is definitely certain knowledge that you need to know to understand what you’re doing, not to make mistakes and not to waste your advertising budget, however, I’ll be straight with you and say that it’s possible to acquire this knowledge very fast. It all depends on which path you choose.
The main problem here is that with the amount of information that is available on the web today, it can be really difficult to differentiate between what is really useful and what is not. Due to various reasons, unfortunately, not all people who write or say something on the internet really know what they are talking about. This is exactly what makes the learning process seem tough and time-consuming.
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I’ve been there, guys, and know what it feels like. Another way of learning something is doing it from your own mistakes and I should say that this method is even more complicated and takes more time. Apart from this, in the case of the paid ads that we’re talking about, it also comes with a very likely loss of your advertising budget. If you have ever launched an advertising campaign on any platform, you probably understand how easy it is to pour down the drain a couple of hundred or even thousands of dollars. Well, companies who have developed those systems are not non-profit organizations either.
So what I want to say guys is that the most efficient way of learning a skill is learning from someone who has the information you need, has already made the mistakes for you, or like in my case, also seen other people do them.
Yes, as I already mentioned I spent 5 years of my life working as a Google Ads support agent where I’ve had an opportunity to both learn how things are ideally supposed to work and how they work in reality. As you probably understand, people contact the support of any product for a reason. That’s why I don’t conceal the fact that in many cases, people contacted me when something bad already happened and I’ll be honest with you that sometimes I really regretted not being able to advise those people beforehand.
Now I have a perfect opportunity to continue helping business owners just like you but before you make those mistakes. As a teacher by education, today I combine my education, many years of practical experience in marketing, as well as a personal passion for online traffic to teach business owners how to effectively advertise their business on Google and moreover, do it cost-efficiently.
If you want to know the best online strategy that can take your business to a different level, watch the video above if you haven’t yet done so.
Note: A video recording of this lesson is available as a reel on our Facebook page that can be accessed via this link.
Google officially calls it Display expansion on search campaigns and you can find it in the settings of your search campaign when opening up the Networks tab. As you can see, it is listed as the second option there and it says Include Google Display Network.
Obviously, Google claims that by enabling this feature you will be able to get around 15% more conversions at a similar cost by spending your unspent budget.
Although it is true that this setting will only get activated when the system has troubles spending your daily budget with the help of the search keywords that you have added to your campaign yourself, I really do not recommend you use this feature because in real life situations, it will probably waste the rest of your budget on some display traffic of bad quality.
Obviously, you won’t even be able to see the keywords that the system has used to generate those clicks because targeting on the display network differs from the targeting on the search network.
If you’re interested in the display network, I highly recommend you create a separate campaign for this.
Additional tip regarding reporting:
By the way, if you want to see the number of clicks that you’ve already received from the display expansion, you can do so by segmenting the data at the keyword, ad group or ads & assets level.
In order to see the stats that will probably disappoint you, you need to click on the Segment icon that you can find in the middle of your screen (towards the right side) and then choose Network (with search partners).
Stay tuned for my next short Google Ads video lessons as I’m planning to share more short but useful content like this.
Note: A video recording of this lesson is available as a reel on our Facebook page that can be accessed via this link.
Another important Google Ads feature that can show your ads to irrelevant people and, obviously, waste your advertising budget. This time I’m talking about the location options that you can find in the main settings of your campaign.
It’s pretty easy to select your targeted locations in the Locations tab, however, many people don’t pay proper attention to the additional location settings that are kind of hidden below the main settings. In order to open them up you need to click on the blue link that says Location options.
By default, the system helps to increase your reach and targets both users who are physically located in your chosen cities, states or countries and also those who have just shown interest in the locations that you have added.
In other words, these people can be located anywhere in the world and in many cases, you really don’t need it.
To sum it up, in case your business model implies showing ads to people who are really physically located in your targeted locations, make sure your edit the settings and select the second option that says Presence: People in or regularly in your targeted locations.
Additional tip regarding reporting:
By the way, if you want to take a look if your campaign has already served in some irrelevant locations, unfortunately, you won’t be able to do this in the main part of the interface by selecting your campaign and then opening up the Locations tab. (not Settings that we’ve talked about before).
It’s a pretty wise trick from Google to show there only locations that you’ve really specified in your campaign. In order to see the full picture you will need to enter Reports (there is an icon at the top of your screen) and create a custom report by adding the relevant columns such as Country/territory, Region, City.
As you probably already know from other posts in the How We Can Help menu of our website, we offer Google Ads coaching sessions that contain elements of consulting, however, as we realize that there can be situations where our expertise is needed fast, we have decided to also include a form of cooperation that can be defined as a traditional consulting in the area of Google Ads and closely related products.
Basically, this means that we can promptly inform you about the steps that need to be taken in order to solve your problem pertaining to paid advertising on Google. Please note that, initially, consulting does not imply us implementing the suggested changes, however, this still can be discussed on an individual basis.
In contrast to our coaching sessions that last a minimum of 1 hour and are primarily designed to educate you, within the limits of the consulting offer, you can ask us any questions that you may have and we will do our best to provide the best solution possible as fast as possible. Depending on your preferences and our capacity, a reply to your question can be provided either in the form of a detailed email or a call.
Finally, we want to assure you that the extensive practical and theoretical product knowledge of our team will not disappoint you as we will do everything to handle cases of any complexity. Don’t waste your valuable resources because of the faults in the set-up of your campaigns. Feel free to contact us to discuss your specific situation. We are looking forward to helping you!
As already mentioned in the article that is dedicated to our “classic” form of collaboration with customers, like many other digital advertising agencies, we offer a service that implies us setting up, optimizing, and managing Google Ads campaigns on behalf of our clients with them only letting us know about their goals and expectations.
Although the payment model that we use for that service differs from what most of the other companies in the industry offer, that business model itself is pretty old.
Market demands more personalized services
I’m not saying that it doesn’t work anymore but the fact is that 10 or even 5 years is a very long period of time for such a dynamic sphere as digital advertising which results in people starting to have different expectations for their money. To be more exact, we see a steady tendency towards people starting to expect a more personal approach from businesses that they buy from.
Another point is that as a result of different businesses in the niche competing with each other for the customer, there appeared a need to provide more and more value to the paying customer.
Introducing Google Ads coaching sessions
As education is probably one of the most valuable things that you can invest in (not necessarily public education) and we truly believe in the concept of content marketing that was also covered in the article about our peculiar SEO service, we’ve decided to start providing our clients great value in the form of individual and personalized education that they can further use to their own advantage.
In other words, these are both one-on-one and group online coaching sessions. To demonstrate to you the huge value of this type of cooperation with us, let me provide you an example.
Let’s say you have managed to establish successful business relations with a company that delivers you good and consistent results. I agree with you that such relations are probably paying off and make sense, however, in order to get them, you need to constantly pay for them. If you don’t pay, then you stop getting results.
Like we’ve discussed in the very first and the biggest introductory article on our website dedicated to the contemporary world of online marketing, spending resources on services that don’t help you, or better to say, develop you in the long run, is not something that you should ideally strive for.
We understand that you may want to make it yourself
We understand that all businessmen have a clear valid reason of rather hiring someone to get the job done in order not to waste time which makes perfect sense, however, if you’re the one who, at the current stage of your life, for whatever reason wants and is ready to invest in developing your own digital marketing skills, our coaching services without exaggeration is one of the best options on the market.
No matter if you already have experience in working with Google Ads and a created Google Ads account with campaigns or just require help with starting from scratch – we’re ready to discuss your specific situation in order to understand if we’re a good match.
The way we run our coaching sessions
We conduct our one-on-one and group online coaching sessions via such free video chat programs as Google Hangouts or Microsoft Skype which, obviously, let you present your computer screen.
Our employee will navigate you in the user interface and simultaneously explain/discuss the process of creating/optimizing your ad campaigns in order to increase your visibility and revenue generated by Google ads.
In order to make the process smooth and comfortable for both sides, we usually ask our clients to provide our representative read-only access to your Google Ads account (or other related accounts) that you can easily remove after the session (Due to privacy reasons, this applies to individual coaching only). Depending on your preferences, the sessions can last several hours with 1 hour being the minimal length. During the coaching, you can ask any questions that you may have.
Coaching has serious advantages
In our point of view, the already mentioned personalization of the process is the biggest advantage of coaching sessions compared to, for example, prerecorded online courses.
What I mean is that in such a complicated piece of software as Google Ads and other related products including Google Analytics and Google Merchant Center, there can be a ton of different situations and reasons why something is not working the way you expect it to work.
In addition to this, the amount of regular updates by Google makes it very hard for creators of prerecorded courses to keep up with all of them. Our advertising consultant will not only analyze your specific case and provide tailored recommendations for the fastest and easiest solution but also explain and teach you how to use this knowledge in the future.
From our point of view, a practical experience in the product and a simultaneous desire to teach is what makes our proposition a unique combination of coaching and consulting.
You will definitely see or feel the results
What I also want to mention is that in this form of cooperation, obviously, we are not able to officially guarantee you any specific results as to the performance of your campaigns, however, we’re sure that you won’t be disappointed and soon notice the positive impact of our online meetings yourself.
It can manifest itself both in the increased performance metrics or your improved knowledge/understanding of the product which is also very important and can save you a lot of time and money in the future.
Just starting out your journey with online ads from Google, need some advice with campaigns already created by you, or just tired of paying for campaign management that doesn’t bring you results?
Either way, don’t hesitate to contact us using the form below to discuss your specific situation and the details of the collaboration. It is worth noting that in case you are interested in group coaching, we will need to note your attendance and inform you about the scheduled time and date of the session later.
Like we’ve already discussed in the article about website creation, having your own website is simply a must for each company. If your business already has one, then how well does it rank in search engines?
From what sources does the majority of visitors come to it? I can assume that the share of search traffic is small, but don’t be disappointed, since this is absolutely normal for most business websites.
The fact is that, in accordance with a long-established situation, search engines give preference to information websites with lots of high-quality and detailed content, as well as a clear structure.
Obviously, during many years of the existence of the Internet, people have learned ways to circumvent search engine algorithms, knowing what exactly robots need.
I must admit that it did really work for some period of time. In some instances, even very good, however, the development of search engines also does not stand still and we see that now it’s way harder to deceive their algorithms than it was several years ago.
Behavioral factors start to play a more important role, that is, how people themselves react to your content.
As a result, it is safe to say that in 2021there is no longer any sense in using those short-term, and not always completely honest methods of promoting websites, which a lot of people used a couple of years ago.
Our approach to SEO
I want to emphasize that at become visible, we by no means want to guarantee specific results in search, or promise to optimize your website for specific search terms, as some companies used to do it, and probably may still continue to do.
What we believe in is filling the website with useful and high-quality content, its thorough structuring and optimization not only for the search robot but primarily for its visitor, that is, the potential customer.
Personally, being a supporter of a far from new, but very popular and relevant trend in Internet marketing, which is called content marketing, I believe that in the end, sooner or later, but good content will be finally noticed by search engines, of course, with the help of certain actions aimed at its promotion.
Yes. Unfortunately, whatever one may say, you need to promote the content anyway. Especially in competitive niches, the promotional activities always take several times more time than actually writing the content.
However, you should understand that trying to promote a poor-quality website or content is just a waste of time and energy since no matter how hard you try to push it, it will still “fall down” in the end.
Moreover, people in general simply got tired of the fact that marketers are trying too hard to load them with intrusive ads and force them to action with their loud but crude slogans, as it has been done for many decades (and now I’m talking not only about the Internet but also other media, such as, for example, television and the press).
The gist of content marketing
The whole point of content marketing is that a person should not feel as if we are at any cost trying to urgently sell something to him, but to begin with, he simply needs to get to know us, get some useful information from us, learn something new, or just have a good time (which is rarer, but nevertheless, can take place in certain niches).
Moreover, usually, we need to carry this out not once, but several times with one person in order to prove to him or her that we are real specialists in our field.
After this, we will be stored in their memory as the first company, that they will think about, or which they will consult when they find themselves in a situation where they need our product or service.
One more advantage is that since this client is loyal to our company, with a high degree of probability, he will come to us again, which means that he can become our regular. A regular, in turn, means, first of all, that we do not spend resources on finding a new one, but simply earn more.
But this is not all, because in this case, he will certainly recommend us to his friends, relatives or acquaintances, which in turn will have a very positive effect on the promotion of our brand.
And this, accordingly, can mean that our company will become larger and profit will increase since deep inside each of us understands that people are often willing to pay a lot more just for the brand, the trust, and many other different feelings that can be associated with it.
A method that has a future
Finally, I hope that I was able to explain to you my logic, as well as the connection between seemingly two different things, which are often presented as 2 different services.
In the framework of our cooperation with the company, we primarily help to determine what kind of content your target audience needs, what they find useful and interesting and after that, help with its creation, design, publication, as well as promotion.
In order to make the content as accurate and high-quality as possible, we always create it in close cooperation with representatives of the business with which we work.
Practice shows that although this complex approach to promotion is more time-consuming and labor-intensive, it’s the most optimal at the moment in terms of long-term investment of time and money, or in other words, has the best return on investment in the long run.
Generally speaking, the content marketing strategy can and should be used not only for free methods of website promotion but also for paid campaigns. Think about the future of your business!
Do you / your business have your own website? We can say with confidence that in our time, this is the first and most important thing that a business owner who wants his company to be represented on the Internet should take care of, which, in turn, has already become a necessity.
Regardless of whether your company has pages on various social networks or directories, as well as how popular they are, your own and independent resource on the Internet is simply a must.
Your website makes you independent online
Any page on a social network can not rightfully be called your own, as in reality, it simply is a “guest” on one of those platforms, each of which has its own terms and conditions.
This means that theoretically, it can be removed from there any day, and moreover, the reason won’t always be clear. I guess you’ll agree with me that, firstly, this is simply unpleasant, and secondly, there is nothing good when your success and income depend on things that you cannot even control or influence.
You will be able to make changes yourself
Moreover, on your own platform, you can implement absolutely any idea and make it exactly the way you want. Obviously, at the very beginning, this will be possible only with someone else’s assistance, however, I personally build and advise building websites on one of the most popular and flexible platforms in the world.
Its advantage is that at the very initial stages you will not need to worry about the fact that you don’t have a very clear idea of how the site should look like. In fact, the only thing that cannot be changed in the future is a domain name, or in other words, the name of the site itself.
With everything else, you can freely experiment, that is to change and complement both the design and information itself, or the so-called content.
Basic training on operating the website is included
If you use our service, after the work on the site is completed on our side, having a password, you can log in as an administrator and easily make the necessary changes, as the site development package also includes a short training on using the basic functions of the platform.
As I’ve already mentioned in the article about our coaching service, one of the things that set become visible apart is the fact that we often combine consulting with coaching in the sphere, in which we have practical experience. In case you would like to extend the training about the content management system (CMS) or related tools, then this would also be possible.
Have you ever been afraid that when having a website, you would need to contact a programmer or a so-called webmaster in case something needs to be changed? Well, this can be true to a certain extent, however, in most situations, I’m sure that you can just forget about that.
The developed website, if desired, can be linked/have direct links to your pages on social networks, as well as to your Google Maps listing, which is very effective.
During the initial development of the website, we also pay attention to conversion optimization.
Website Conversion Optimization
In case you already have a website that you personally are satisfied with, then you might think that now all that’s left is to make sure that someone visits it, or in other words, that it gets traffic.
And what if people are already visiting your site, but there are still too few sales and most people leave it without performing the desired action?
You can assume that the problem is in the people themselves, that is, in the quality of traffic, and in some situations, this may actually be the case, however, there is another potential problem.
The fact is that people can also leave the webpage, for example, simply because it does not inspire confidence in them, they are not completely satisfied with its design or structure, or for some reason, they simply do not immediately see what they want to see there.
In the case of the websites created by us, we begin to optimize its elements in accordance with the topic and niche of your business from the very beginning. In the case of already existing sites, what, in fact, is the problem, can be determined in several ways.
The simplest of them is an independent and unbiased visual audit of the website, as well as its comparison against other successful sites in a similar vertical.
Another of them consists in a thorough analysis of the user behavior statistics on the website with the help of special programs that will help to understand its weak points.
The final step is making the proposed changes to the website, followed by testing the results of the experiment. I assure you that very often things that may seem simple and obvious at first glance can greatly affect the conversion rate.
We are sure that even from the same number of visitors to your website there is always an opportunity to get more customers.
Why are people afraid of paid traffic?
I think that it’s no secret to anyone that despite all the potential disadvantages (the biggest of them is money) and pitfalls, paid advertising still works, and this is a fact. By saying it, I mean not only advertising in search engines, but also social media ads.
There are people who despise paid advertising or are simply afraid of it because of potentially high costs or the total loss of a budget. No, I’m not denying the fact that it can become true for many beginners.
However, from my point of view, the problem is that these people just don’t know how to use it properly because of a lack of knowledge and practical experience.
What you should understand is that paid traffic is not a lottery. You shouldn’t guess and hope but know and control what you’re doing, constantly testing new things and adapting to the current situation.
Paid ads are all about the money you’ve spent in order to get a return on investment. It’s that simple. As you can see, it’s not scary at all if you’re cautious and fast in making necessary changes.
Paid advertising or SEO?
I want to admit that, personally, I always prefer to approach different things thoroughly and comprehensively, which means that I do not recommend using paid advertising as the only source of traffic to your website.
First of all, as the English proverb goes, putting all your eggs in one basket is simply short-sighted, because if, for example, you have some financial difficulties, then the termination of financing will stop advertising and, consequently, the influx of new customers.
However, the huge advantage of paid traffic is that you can quickly test different strategies and understand what best works for you and your business.
If you are a business owner who wants to improve the visibility of your company on the Internet (I want to remind you that this entire site was created just for you), or if you have already read my general article about types of advertising on the Internet, then I believe that you are probably wondering which path you should choose in terms of promotion.
Whether be patient and engage in search engine optimization of the website, (best of all, by using our complex approach that uses content marketing), or allocate the budget for setting up paid advertising in the search engine results page, YouTube, Google partner sites or social networks.
I must tell you that you should not bother much about this, as every experienced marketer will confirm that the key to success lies in the advisable usage of all available methods of promotion (if it’s possible).
Obviously, after you try both of them, over time you will begin to understand which of the methods of attracting customers to the website is the most optimal for your business and the niche as a whole.
However, even this does not mean that you will have to dwell on one thing. You can simply allocate most of the budget to something specific. For example, leave only a certain type of campaign in Google Ads.
Setup of ads on Google
More specifically, our company specializes in Google’s advertising platform called Google Ads (formerly known as AdWords), which is a really massive and extremely flexible piece of software with a lot of settings and boundless opportunities.
Google Ads system represents all main methods of online advertising and is divided into:
- Search campaign – text ads and call ads directly at the top or bottom of the search results page and on the search partner websites
- Display network campaign – banners, text, and responsive ads with pictures and text at the same time on the Google partner websites plus ads in the Android and IOS applications
- Video campaign – video ads on YouTube and partner websites
- Shopping campaign – ads with images, price, and some text mostly in Google shopping section and also search results page
- Discovery campaign – high-quality image ads with text on YouTube, in Gmail, “Discover” feed (Google’s search app)
- Universal app campaign – various mobile app install ads on all possible Google platforms. Applicable in case your business is based on the creation of smartphone applications.
- Performance Max campaign – a new solution from Google that automates the process of choosing networks that your ads can serve on. In other words, your ads can serve everywhere to try to provide you best results possible.
This particular form of collaboration with us that this article is dedicated to is a more classic one. What I mean by this is that it implies us setting up or optimizing your Google Ads account/campaigns and getting you results without your active participation in the process.
It will suit business owners who either don’t want or simply don’t have time to get to know the ins and outs of working with Google Ads and simply want a ready solution/results. For those who want something different, I highly suggest getting familiar with our coaching sessions.
We work with clients of different types
Perhaps you have already decided that you would like to advertise your business using one of the methods mentioned above, but simply don’t have confidence in your abilities and do not know where to start?
I can assume that you also may not fully realize which one best suits your specific product or service.
Or maybe you already advertise your business using one of the above methods, but are not fully satisfied with the results? I do also understand that most of your time is probably being spent on running the business, not marketing it.
In any case, do not hesitate to contact us using the form on the right for an absolutely free consultation and discussion of further collaboration.
Remember, thoughts and plans alone will never change life for the better, will not attract new customers, and will not increase sales. In addition to this, if you’re already running campaigns on Google, there is a very high degree of probability that you’re wasting a certain part of your advertising budget.
Do not be afraid to act, try and experiment, and we, in our turn, will be happy to help you with it, and at the same time, share our experience.
Why is it worth working with us?
As mentioned in the article with our story, “Become Visible” is a young, small, but ambitious project. What sets us apart is that in addition to the well-known goals of any commercial project, we also pursue other, more global ones.
Namely, our goal is to prove what the advantage of working with a small company is compared to giants.
Having worked as a Google Ads support representative for 5 years, I know how corporations are treating their customers better than anyone else. Yes, as I’ve mentioned, our small team consists of former Google Ads support employees and this helps us to know what to expect from Google. I’ve personally seen many customers making numerous mistakes and wasting their budgets that could not be reimbursed. We just don’t want you to follow their steps.
That’s exactly why our main advantage is a fully personalized approach to the client, which for many reasons is very often impossible in large companies, where everything works on the principle of a conveyor.
Another fact is that having the desire to gain your trust, we offer such a rare form of cooperation as a fixed rate that primarily depends on the amount and the lifetime value of customers acquired with our help (in other words, a performance-based pricing model).
Yes. We do understand that to pay for a service that doesn’t bring you results is a very unpleasant experience. If you don’t earn and are not satisfied with the results – we don’t feel pleasure getting your money.
In addition to that, think about the fact that without taking the industry-standard percentage of your monthly budget, as most agencies do, but using a payment model that directly depends on our common results, we logically prove that we are really striving for the result, since we earn only if you have leads/ transactions/paying customers.
As you can see, by working with us, you have absolutely nothing to lose. The only question that is left – why not give it a try? We’re looking forward to your message!
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Nowadays, all experienced marketers say that if a business owner is not advertising his business on the web, it means that he’s definitely doing something wrong. To be honest with you, it’s really true and it’s hard to disagree with it.
The thing is that in the 21st century, the internet has become a real necessity, a great part of our lives, which serves not just for fun, but helps to solve problems, buy and sell different goods and services, and of course, earn money.
And by the way, generally speaking, the advertising on the web, which will be the main topic of this article, is not something completely new in its concept. Many of these methods and techniques have been around for decades, but now they’ve just moved to another space, which is called the internet.
Every one of us sees ads outside of the internet at least several times a day and we all just got used to it. Ads are being placed everywhere where there are significant amounts of people.
By saying it, I just want to emphasize, that an ad about dog sitting services in the newspaper about pets, on the lamp post near the dog playground or during the TV program dedicated to home animals is absolutely the same thing as a banner on the website or YouTube video about pets.
The only difference is that ads on the internet have become even smarter and more flexible than the regular offline ones, and you will be soon convinced of it, believe me.
Most popular online advertising means
Like in real life, on the internet, there are multiple types of advertising which reach people in different moments or stages of the buying cycle. In a nutshell, the main difference between them lies in the intent of our potential customer, that is, what he’s actually doing at the moment, whether he’s actively searching for something or just relaxes and chats with his friends.
Diving a little bit deeper, I must definitely say that the skill of identifying and understanding the needs, thoughts and desires of a user on the internet plays a key role in the whole internet marketing.
To make it simple, all the internet advertising means come down to the following forms of advertising: ads on the websites, in videos, applications, on social media platforms and finally, directly on the search engine results page. And at this point, I do want to ask you a small question. Which do you think is the most effective form of advertising out of these five? Well, generally speaking, the best and the most correct answer would be that every one of these ways of advertising is important and can be extremely effective when applied to a specific product, service, person, or buying cycle.
By the way, speaking of the buying cycle, at this point, I consider it important to understand what a sales funnel is. Just imagine how a simple funnel that you use for other needs in real life looks like. People or in other words, internet users enter this funnel from that part of the funnel which is broad (the top) and then gradually go down to the narrow part, which is the bottom. When a person is at the very bottom of the funnel, in marketing, it’s considered that he’s ready for a purchase/action. Later I will reference the sales funnel multiple times throughout my course.
On the one hand, if you don’t see good results with either of those forms of advertising which I’ve mentioned before, it most probably means, that you’ve planned something wrong, chosen the incorrect strategy, and don’t fully understand the intent of a specific user or the general needs and thoughts of your audience. And here, I do want to emphasize, that before you’re able to identify the intent of the user on the internet, you need to get to know your audience as good as possible.
Yes. Target audience analysis is one of the most important things in marketing in general. If you skip or ignore this important step, unfortunately, there is a big chance of failure. When making a target audience analysis, you as if paint a realistic portrait of your potential customer, get to know his preferences, habits, likes, and dislikes. So if you can clearly imagine a person who you want to target, you will easily understand his needs and intents, and therefore, tailor a perfect offer for him.
On the other hand, I must admit, that there definitely is a difference between various ads in terms of skills you need to possess in order to convert a person into a paying customer and time you need to spend in order to see first results. Here you may also ask, what’s the fastest and most straightforward way of acquiring new buying customers online?
And by the fastest, I don’t mean the process of getting the traffic itself, but getting the customer who is already ready to buy. It does also differ from business to business, but generally, without any doubt, it’s considered to be search engine traffic.
Search engine marketing. Introducing paid ads
Answer a simple question. Where do you go in case you want to search for some products, services, or just useful info? Earlier, people used to go to the libraries and dig in thousands of heavy books or go to traditional stores in order to buy newspapers or magazines, but nowadays, in most cases, you just open up a search engine, Google, most probably.
Yes, it’s a pretty well-known fact that Google is the most popular search engine in the world. People use it so often, that its name has been transformed into a verb. Have you heard people say: in case you don’t know something, just google it. Well, of course, the American giant is not the only search engine in the world.
For example, in the USA there are also Bing and Yahoo, the most popular search engine in China is called Baidu, and in Russia, Yandex gets more than half of all searches. Nevertheless, in the rest of the world, particularly in Europe, more than 90% of all users trust Google.
So why the search engine traffic is considered to be of the best quality? Generally, we’ve already touched on it. To sum it up, it’s all about the intent. The thing is, that sometimes people who are typing some search queries in the search engine bar, already have their credit card out near them. You just need to convince them, that you’re the one to whom they need to give it. But how can we get this extremely effective and desired search engine traffic?
Generally, there are two ways: by doing so-called SEO that in a nutshell implies writing a lot of awesome content and optimizing your website or by running ads, that is buying traffic from the search engine. In the first case, I will be honest with you, that website optimization ca





















