Easy Amazon PPC Tutorial 2022 - Amazon PPC Management & ACOS Optimization Strategy 2022

Dan Rodgers
23 Jun 202022:30

Summary

TLDRThis video script offers a comprehensive guide on Pay-Per-Click (PPC) optimization for Amazon campaigns. It instructs viewers to generate ad reports after running campaigns for at least two weeks and use insights from these reports to refine keyword strategies. The script emphasizes the importance of Amazon's 48-hour data processing time and demonstrates how to create reports, analyze key metrics like click-through rate and cost per click, and adjust campaigns accordingly. It also advises on when to pause or double down on campaigns, with the ultimate goal of reducing advertising costs of sale (ACOS) and improving organic rankings.

Takeaways

  • πŸ“ˆ Optimize PPC campaigns by generating ad reports and creating insights to identify specific keywords and campaigns to focus on or pause.
  • πŸ” Ensure campaigns have been running for at least two weeks for sufficient data analysis, with a 48-hour data processing time considered.
  • πŸ“Š Generate reports from Seller Central by selecting Sponsored Products, Search Term, and setting the time unit to summary for the past 48 hours.
  • 🎨 Use color-coding to differentiate between broad, automatic, and exact match campaigns for easier analysis.
  • πŸ”‘ Understand key metrics such as keyword, customer search term, impressions, clicks, click-through rate, cost per click, spend, and 7-day sales.
  • πŸ›’ Focus on keywords that convert and bring more clicks and sales to raise organic ranking while reducing ad spend on underperforming keywords.
  • πŸ“‰ Calculate Advertising Cost of Sale (A COS) by dividing ad spend by sales and multiplying by 100 to understand the percentage of sale price spent on ads.
  • πŸ“ Evaluate campaigns by looking at sales, click-through rates, and A COS, keeping high-performing keywords and adjusting bids for underperformers.
  • πŸ’° Recognize the importance of reviews in conversion rates and adjust strategies accordingly to improve A COS as reviews accumulate.
  • 🚫 Pause rather than delete campaigns to retain keyword indexing, which may help in the long run.
  • 🌟 Prioritize exact match campaigns as they are most likely to convert, and adjust bids based on performance and review count.

Q & A

  • What is the main focus of the video script?

    -The main focus of the video script is on PPC (Pay-Per-Click) optimization for Amazon advertising campaigns. It covers generating ad reports, creating insights, choosing specific keywords, and deciding which campaigns to pause or double down on.

  • How long should campaigns have been running before optimizing?

    -Campaigns should have been running for at least two to four weeks before optimizing. The longer they run, the more data is available for analysis, which is beneficial for making informed decisions.

  • Why is it important to consider a 48-hour processing time when looking at PPC data?

    -Amazon has a 48-hour processing time on data, so looking at PPC data from the current day or the previous day would not be accurate. To ensure consistent and accurate data, reports should be generated with end dates at least two days prior.

  • What are the key components to consider when evaluating keywords in a PPC campaign?

    -Key components to consider when evaluating keywords include click-through rate (CTR), cost per click (CPC), spend, seven-day sales, and advertising cost of sale (ACOS). These metrics help determine which keywords are performing well and which ones need optimization.

  • What is the significance of the 'customer search term' in the PPC report?

    -The 'customer search term' is significant because it shows the actual terms that customers typed into Amazon before clicking on the ad. This can differ from the keyword set by the advertiser, especially in broad campaigns, and provides insights into potential new keywords to target.

  • How does the 'impressions' metric in PPC differ from 'clicks'?

    -Impressions refer to every instance where an ad is displayed, regardless of whether it was clicked or not. Clicks, on the other hand, specifically refer to instances where a customer clicked on the ad. Impressions indicate the potential reach of an ad, while clicks show actual user engagement.

  • What is the purpose of calculating ACOS in a PPC campaign?

    -ACOS (Advertising Cost of Sale) is calculated to determine the percentage of the sale price that is spent on advertising to make a sale. It helps in understanding the efficiency of ad spend and ensuring that the profit margin is maintained.

  • Why is it recommended to pause a campaign instead of deleting it?

    -Pausing a campaign is recommended over deleting it because there is a theory that pausing retains more keyword indexing. This can be beneficial for future optimization efforts and maintaining the campaign's performance history.

  • What is the strategy for handling keywords that are performing poorly in an exact match campaign?

    -For poorly performing keywords in an exact match campaign, the strategy is to mark them yellow for review, reduce the bid slightly to avoid high ACOS, and potentially retest them later when more reviews are available to improve the product's social proof.

  • How does the script suggest balancing high ACOS with organic sales?

    -The script suggests that as organic sales increase due to improved click-through rates and more reviews, the overall ACOS can be reduced. Organic sales made through the product listing, rather than through ads, are at full profit, which helps balance out the higher ACOS from PPC campaigns.

Outlines

00:00

πŸ“ˆ PPC Optimization and Campaign Management

This paragraph introduces the topic of PPC optimization, focusing on refining ad campaigns that were previously set up. The speaker advises that campaigns should have been running for at least two weeks to gather sufficient data, emphasizing the importance of waiting for Amazon's 48-hour data processing period. The process involves generating ad reports, analyzing keywords, and deciding which campaigns to continue or pause based on performance. The speaker guides viewers on how to access and create reports in Seller Central, highlighting the need for accurate and consistent data by ensuring reports cover a period that ends at least two days prior.

05:00

πŸ“Š Analyzing PPC Reports for Insights

The speaker explains how to analyze PPC reports to extract valuable insights. They discuss the importance of identifying the relationship between keywords, search terms, impressions, and clicks, and how these metrics can inform ad optimization. The paragraph delves into various report columns, such as keyword, customer search term, impressions, clicks, click-through rate, cost per click, spend, seven-day sales, and advertising cost of sale (A COS). The explanation clarifies the significance of each metric and how they contribute to understanding ad performance, with a focus on optimizing ad spend to improve conversion rates and reduce wastage.

10:02

πŸ” Evaluating Keyword Performance in PPC Campaigns

This section focuses on evaluating the performance of keywords in both broad and automatic campaigns. The speaker discusses the importance of looking at sales, click-through rates, and impressions to determine the effectiveness of keywords. They highlight the need to retain keywords with high click-through rates and sales, even if the product has low reviews, as these can convert well once the product gains social proof. The speaker also advises on how to handle poor-performing keywords, suggesting marking them for further testing or removal, depending on their performance.

15:03

🎯 Prioritizing High-Performing Keywords in Exact Match Campaigns

The speaker emphasizes the importance of focusing on exact match campaigns, where the keyword used in the campaign exactly matches the customer's search term. They discuss the strategy of being lenient with exact match keywords due to their potential for high performance, even if they haven't converted well in the initial testing period. The paragraph outlines a process for marking high-performing keywords in green to keep and yellow to monitor or adjust bids, with the goal of optimizing the campaign for better sales and click-through rates as reviews accumulate.

20:04

πŸ› οΈ Optimizing PPC Campaigns for Long-Term Success

The final paragraph discusses the outcomes and actions to take after evaluating the PPC campaigns. The speaker suggests three possible scenarios: continuing to gather data if insufficient, fully optimizing the campaigns by moving successful broad and automatic keywords into exact match campaigns, or maintaining a profitable automatic campaign alongside the optimization. The focus is on aggressively bidding on exact match keywords to gain clicks, sales, and reviews, which in turn will lower the advertising cost of sale (A COS) and improve organic ranking. The speaker also encourages continuous evaluation of keyword performance and adjusting bids accordingly.

Mindmap

Keywords

πŸ’‘PPC Optimization

PPC Optimization refers to the process of improving the performance and efficiency of pay-per-click advertising campaigns. In the video's context, it involves analyzing ad reports, identifying high-performing keywords, and adjusting campaigns to focus on those terms. The goal is to reduce waste and increase the return on ad spend. The script mentions generating ad reports and creating insights from them to optimize campaigns.

πŸ’‘Campaign Manager

The Campaign Manager is a tool within Amazon's Seller Central where advertisers can manage their PPC campaigns. In the script, it is used to access advertising reports and create new ones. It is a central place for organizing and evaluating the performance of different ad campaigns.

πŸ’‘Advertising Reports

Advertising reports are data summaries that provide insights into the performance of PPC campaigns. They include metrics like clicks, impressions, and sales generated by specific keywords or ad groups. The script emphasizes the importance of generating these reports with data at least two days old to account for Amazon's data processing time.

πŸ’‘Search Term

A search term is the keyword or phrase that a customer types into Amazon's search bar. In the context of PPC, understanding search terms is crucial for optimizing campaigns because it reveals what customers are searching for when they find and click on ads. The script explains how customer search terms can differ from the keywords advertisers set up.

πŸ’‘Impressions

Impressions refer to the number of times an ad is displayed, regardless of whether it is clicked or not. In the video, impressions are used as a metric to evaluate the visibility of ads and to calculate the click-through rate, which is an important performance indicator.

πŸ’‘Clicks

Clicks represent the number of times a customer clicks on an ad. The script discusses the importance of analyzing clicks in relation to impressions to determine the effectiveness of ad keywords and to calculate the click-through rate.

πŸ’‘Click-Through Rate (CTR)

Click-Through Rate (CTR) is the percentage of impressions that result in clicks. It is a key metric for measuring the success of PPC ads. The script uses CTR to evaluate the performance of different keywords and to identify which ones are attracting the most customer interest.

πŸ’‘Cost Per Click (CPC)

Cost Per Click (CPC) is the amount an advertiser pays each time a user clicks on their ad. The script explains that CPC is important because it shows the actual cost of acquiring a click through an ad, which can be lower than the initial bid due to Amazon's dynamic bidding system.

πŸ’‘Advertising Cost of Sale (ACoS)

Advertising Cost of Sale (ACoS) is the ratio of ad spend to sales revenue, expressed as a percentage. It shows how much of the sale price is being spent on advertising to make a sale. The script discusses ACoS as a critical metric for determining the profitability of PPC campaigns and how it relates to profit margins.

πŸ’‘Broad Match

Broad Match is a type of keyword matching in PPC where Amazon can show ads for related search terms in addition to the exact keyword entered by the advertiser. The script mentions that broad match campaigns can reveal additional keywords that may be effective for products, even if they differ slightly from the original keywords.

πŸ’‘Exact Match

Exact Match is a keyword setting in PPC where ads are only shown when the customer's search term exactly matches the keyword entered by the advertiser. The script emphasizes the importance of evaluating exact match campaigns carefully, as these keywords are expected to perform well and are crucial for the product's success.

πŸ’‘Automatic Campaign

An Automatic Campaign is one where Amazon selects the keywords and placements for the ad based on the product's characteristics. The script discusses using automatic campaigns to discover which keywords and related products drive sales, and how to leverage this information for optimization.

πŸ’‘Product Targeting

Product Targeting is a strategy where ads are shown on specific competitor product listings that are similar to the advertiser's product. The script touches on this concept when discussing automatic campaigns and how finding one's product on a competitor's listing can inform targeting strategies.

πŸ’‘Social Proof

Social Proof refers to the trust and credibility that a product gains through customer reviews and ratings. The script explains that having social proof is important for converting clicks into sales, especially when starting with a new product that has yet to establish a strong reputation.

πŸ’‘Organic Ranking

Organic Ranking is the position a product listing occupies in search results without the influence of paid advertising. The script discusses how focusing on PPC optimization can indirectly improve organic ranking by increasing sales and customer engagement, which can lead to higher natural visibility on the platform.

Highlights

Today's focus is on PPC optimization, leveraging campaigns from part one.

Campaigns should run for at least two weeks for sufficient data.

Amazon has a 48-hour data processing time, affecting data consistency and accuracy.

Instructions on generating ad reports in Seller Central's Campaign Manager.

Importance of choosing the right time period for ad reports, avoiding recent data.

Explanation of key sections in the ad report for optimization.

Differentiating between keywords and customer search terms, especially in broad campaigns.

Understanding the relationship between impressions, clicks, and click-through rate.

The significance of cost per click (CPC) and how it differs from bid amount.

Calculating Advertising Cost of Sale (ACoS) and its importance in campaign evaluation.

Evaluating broad match campaigns for sales and high click-through rates.

Importance of retaining keywords with potential for future conversion despite low current sales.

Assessing auto campaigns for sales and considering product targeting.

Exact match campaigns are crucial and should be handled with care for optimization.

Three potential outcomes after evaluating campaigns: further data collection, full optimization, or maintaining profitable automatic campaigns.

Optimizing involves moving successful broad and automatic keywords into exact match.

The impact of reviews on click-through rate and ACoS as they increase over time.

Balancing ad sales with organic sales to achieve overall profitability.

Encouragement to engage with the content and ask questions for further assistance.

Transcripts

play00:00

[Music]

play00:03

what's happening guys today is all about

play00:05

PPC optimization we're gonna take the

play00:09

campaign's we created in part one which

play00:12

you can check out up here if you haven't

play00:13

seen that but we're gonna take those

play00:15

campaigns we're gonna generate ad

play00:17

reports and then we're going to create

play00:19

insights from those reports and we're

play00:22

gonna choose specific keywords and which

play00:24

campaigns those go to well also choose

play00:26

which campaigns we pause and which ones

play00:29

we really double down on now at this

play00:30

point your campaigns should have been

play00:32

running for at least two weeks between

play00:34

two and four weeks and generally the

play00:37

longer the better because you're gonna

play00:38

have more data to work with now it's

play00:40

important to know Amazon has a 48-hour

play00:43

two day processing time on data so you

play00:46

never want to be looking at PPC data

play00:48

that's from today or from yesterday it

play00:50

has to be from three days ago if you

play00:53

want consistent and accurate data so

play00:55

anytime you generate reports make sure

play00:57

the end dates of that report is at least

play01:00

two days ago so let's get going first

play01:02

you're gonna jump on seller central hit

play01:04

advertising and then campaign manager

play01:07

and once you're in the campaign manager

play01:09

you will see advertising reports you

play01:12

want to click on that then at the top

play01:14

right you're gonna see create report and

play01:17

that's what you want to click here now

play01:19

in creating that report choose sponsored

play01:21

products keep the report type to search

play01:24

term and then make the time unit summary

play01:27

and then you're going to choose your

play01:28

report period as you can see here and to

play01:31

do that you want to choose if you've run

play01:33

it for two weeks choose the last two

play01:35

weeks but only up to two days ago

play01:38

because remember that 48 processing time

play01:41

or if you've done this for three or four

play01:42

weeks do the same but again giving that

play01:45

48 hour leeway so only up to two days

play01:47

ago at max then you can also name your

play01:50

report so you can just name it your

play01:51

product name and then search term and

play01:54

then the date so you know when you

play01:56

created the report choose now for the

play01:58

scheduled time and then you simply gonna

play02:00

click run report and now it's gonna

play02:03

process it will say processing there

play02:05

refresh the page it might take a couple

play02:07

minutes but then it will become

play02:09

downloadable and you want to click that

play02:11

little download icon and save this to

play02:13

your computer

play02:14

so now that

play02:15

let's jump into the report let's have a

play02:17

look at what you'll see how you can

play02:19

organize this and what insights you can

play02:21

pull from it and so you can see I have

play02:23

this report here on screen and you'll

play02:26

notice there's a lot of different

play02:28

sections and you will see these as well

play02:30

when you download it but the most

play02:31

important ones are the ones we're

play02:33

focusing on today and they're going to

play02:35

be this main section here up to

play02:37

seven-day sales and also a cos now yours

play02:40

won't come out with colors but all I've

play02:42

done is color-coded the broad ones

play02:45

yellow the automatic ones orange and the

play02:48

exact ones green and you can see this is

play02:50

a minimized version just for time so

play02:52

that we can go through it but you would

play02:54

go through it for your full keyword list

play02:56

that you get back for this remember the

play02:58

report might also hold multiple products

play03:01

but you named your ad group well in the

play03:04

beginning so you're gonna easily be able

play03:06

to identify okay this is our would get

play03:09

broad would kit also would get exact so

play03:12

that's how you can focus in on the

play03:14

product you're busy evaluating then you

play03:16

can just delete the others from the

play03:18

report so you can focus in so now that

play03:20

we have the report our overall goal here

play03:23

is to optimize our ad spend we want to

play03:26

focus on the best keywords that are

play03:28

going to convert and bring us more

play03:30

clicks and sales so we can raise that

play03:33

organic ranking faster and we're just

play03:35

focusing on the ones worth focusing on

play03:38

we don't mind paying for them the poor

play03:40

performing keywords we want to move away

play03:42

from those as quick as we can so we

play03:45

reduce wastage and again bring that a

play03:47

cos that advertising cost of sale way

play03:51

down and we'll explain a serious in a

play03:53

minute and so you can see some sections

play03:55

here and I think some are more important

play03:57

than others I'm gonna go through the

play03:59

ones that are most important and that

play04:01

can be quite confusing just so you have

play04:03

a bit of a glossary when you're looking

play04:05

at this you know exactly what each

play04:06

column means first of all keyword so you

play04:10

can see the keywords here these are the

play04:12

keywords that you have put into that

play04:14

campaign remember we copied and pasted

play04:17

from Excel into our ad campaign when we

play04:20

were creating it on South Central that's

play04:22

the keyword you chose but then you can

play04:25

see over here cuz

play04:27

a search term that could be really

play04:29

confusing why do I have like two

play04:31

keywords well the customer search term

play04:33

may actually differ from the keyword

play04:36

particularly if you're doing broad

play04:37

because remember when running broad

play04:41

Amazon will run you for related terms to

play04:44

the keyword you put in and so here you

play04:46

can see although we had woodworking

play04:48

tools there it ran us for woodworking

play04:50

tool kit that is exactly what the

play04:53

customer typed in it wasn't our exact

play04:56

keyword and remember we also did

play04:58

negative exact match but putting that

play05:00

aside this is the keyword the customer

play05:03

typed in and you can see how important

play05:05

that is because now we know another

play05:08

keyword we should be targeting if that

play05:10

converted really well we've got a lot of

play05:12

clicks versus impressions then we know

play05:15

we need to be targeting that and that's

play05:17

where testing and the value in testing

play05:20

comes from the keyword what you put in

play05:22

customer search term what the customer

play05:25

actually searched on Amazon before

play05:27

seeing your ad and clicking on it

play05:30

impressions also people get confused

play05:33

with this one it is simply when someone

play05:36

sees your ad whether they click on it or

play05:38

not doesn't matter if they type

play05:40

something in on Amazon and saw your ad

play05:43

and scroll just past it really quickly

play05:45

or they clicked on it either case they

play05:48

saw your ad the way I like to remember

play05:51

this is your ad have an opportunity to

play05:53

impress them so it's an impression any

play05:56

time they saw your ad or it was on

play05:58

screen in front of their eyes it's an

play06:00

impression counts as one impression and

play06:03

then clicks of course the simplest one

play06:05

this is every click that a customer

play06:07

makes on your ad so they have to click

play06:09

on it each customer click counts as one

play06:12

click now these two are actually very

play06:14

important because they're related

play06:16

for example clicks here you can see okay

play06:19

we got one click from 16 impressions so

play06:23

1 out of 16 then you can see here four

play06:26

clicks 4 out of 41 so you start to get

play06:29

like a ratio for example here we got one

play06:32

click out of two impressions so out of

play06:35

two people you saw our ad one clicked

play06:38

the

play06:39

a lot better than out of 16 people who

play06:42

saw our ad only one clicked so you can

play06:45

see how that allows you to actually put

play06:47

value on your clicks when you do the

play06:50

impression click relationship

play06:52

click-through rate so this is simply the

play06:54

percentage of clicks relative to

play06:57

impressions practically that

play06:59

relationship we just spoke of but as a

play07:02

percentage so you can see here we had

play07:04

four clicks from 41 impressions so that

play07:07

would be about 10% for is 10% of 40 and

play07:11

as you can see the click-through rate is

play07:13

nine point seven five percents almost

play07:16

10% so it just shows that relationship

play07:19

the higher your click-through rate the

play07:21

better cost per click another really

play07:24

important one and this is not your bed

play07:26

so let's say on woodworking tools we bid

play07:30

two dollars on this keyword running a

play07:32

broad campaign it showed us up for

play07:34

woodworking tool kit and then the

play07:37

customer clicked on our ad now doesn't

play07:40

mean we definitely paid two dollars

play07:41

because remember we did dynamic Birds

play07:44

down only meaning Amazon can reduce our

play07:46

bid where applicable where we no don't

play07:49

need to pay that much as you can see

play07:51

they did here the average cost per click

play07:54

on this keyword was a dollar 89 so it's

play07:58

really important this one because it

play07:59

actually tells you what you're actually

play08:02

paying per click not your bird so if you

play08:05

reverse engineer it now let's say you're

play08:07

ranking position one top of page one

play08:10

you now know exactly what it costs to

play08:13

put your ad in position one top of page

play08:16

one because you can see your average

play08:18

cost per click for that keyword so

play08:22

that's cost per click spend this is your

play08:24

overall spend for that keyword in the

play08:27

period that we're looking at so for

play08:29

example here in the period for

play08:31

woodworking tools we had five clicks

play08:33

five times a dollar eighty nine is going

play08:35

to be nine dollars forty seven and then

play08:38

seven-day sale simply the amount of

play08:40

sales you made while running this ad for

play08:43

the period that's important especially

play08:45

if you're actually making sales from

play08:47

keywords at this point but I'll explain

play08:49

why it's not everything in a moe

play08:51

and then a CEOs advertising cost of sale

play08:55

and this shows you as a percentage of

play08:58

your sole price how much you generally

play09:01

spend of that sale price on an ad to

play09:04

make a sale now a COS only comes into

play09:08

play when you've actually made sales of

play09:10

course and how you can work it out is ad

play09:13

spend divided by sales times 100 so for

play09:18

example if we look at this one this was

play09:19

in our automatic campaign actually when

play09:22

you see these stars this means it's an

play09:24

automatic campaign it does say broad

play09:26

here but this is automatic because it's

play09:28

not using your keyword it's using

play09:31

Amazon's keyword remember because they

play09:33

choose the keywords for your automatic

play09:35

campaign but let's look at this for our

play09:38

a cos now remember it's going to be ad

play09:40

spend divided by sales times a hundred

play09:45

that gives us a percentage and as you

play09:48

can see thirty other hundreds going to

play09:50

be like thirty percent so you can see

play09:53

it's 33% and what that means is that of

play09:56

your sell price on average you're

play09:59

spending thirty three percent of that

play10:02

sale price to make that sale you can see

play10:05

how that's absolutely critical to know

play10:07

because if your profit margins 33

play10:10

percent here it is literally being eaten

play10:13

up by ad spend every time you make a

play10:16

sale through an ad not through your

play10:18

organic listing those ones will be full

play10:20

profits but every time you make yourself

play10:23

you're an ad it's costing you on average

play10:25

thirty three percent of the sale price

play10:28

to make that sale and so the

play10:30

relationship between a COS and profit

play10:33

margin is very very important to know

play10:36

you want to know if my profit margins

play10:38

forty percent on this product and my a

play10:41

cos is let's say fifteen percent then I

play10:45

know on average every time I make a sale

play10:48

through an ad then I am making a twenty

play10:52

five percent margin because we take our

play10:55

profit margin forty percent we deduct

play10:58

our a cos for that product which is

play11:01

fifteen percent let's say overall for

play11:04

campaign and we are left with 25% so

play11:08

when we make sells to ads our profit

play11:11

margin is now 25 percent not 40%

play11:14

remember that doesn't impact your

play11:16

organic listing though those ones will

play11:18

still be full profit but that's how you

play11:21

can factor in a cos to your profit

play11:23

calculation and so evaluating these

play11:25

campaigns further now that we have an

play11:27

idea of what everything means here you

play11:30

can see our broad campaign and here we

play11:32

were testing we are trying to figure out

play11:34

what other keywords have we missed or

play11:36

would work well for our product when

play11:38

evaluating broad you first want to look

play11:41

at sales so did we make any sales and

play11:43

you can see here we actually did not

play11:45

make sales for broad which is quite

play11:47

common especially if your test period is

play11:50

very short but what we can also see is

play11:53

the amount of clicks versus impressions

play11:57

the second most important metric and

play11:59

here going down the list you can see

play12:02

that relationship of what's important so

play12:05

32 impressions 5 clicks that's quite

play12:08

good

play12:08

a 15% click-through rate that's not bad

play12:11

so this might be something we keep that

play12:14

we retain for further testing this one

play12:17

woodcarving toolsets 16 impressions one

play12:20

click 6% click-through rate that's

play12:23

really low that's not a good keyword and

play12:25

so we may mark that with a red highlight

play12:28

and you continue down the list like this

play12:31

in my opinion anything over a 15 percent

play12:34

click-through rate if it has enough

play12:36

impressions is worth looking a bit

play12:38

further at so for example here you can

play12:41

see we have a click-through rate of 50%

play12:43

but our impressions were only 2 that

play12:47

means very very few customers are even

play12:50

searching that keyword so this is not a

play12:52

keyword I'm going to keep on and here

play12:54

although we have a ton of impressions

play12:56

look how terrible that click-through

play12:58

rate is so we're gonna mark it red and

play13:00

so you keep doing this only retaining

play13:03

those that you would look further at

play13:05

based on either sales or a high

play13:08

click-through rate it shows you that

play13:10

when people typed us in they found your

play13:12

product very interesting and you can

play13:15

convert them in future I'll explain why

play13:18

at this point you probably have very

play13:20

very few reviews so you cannot expect to

play13:23

put the offering at the front page and

play13:25

make sales for every single keyword

play13:27

there's no trust people don't want to be

play13:30

the guinea pig to try a product for the

play13:31

first time they just buy one that's

play13:33

proven that has social proof has reviews

play13:36

so even if you're seeing a good

play13:37

percentage of interest at this point

play13:39

later when you have reviews you're very

play13:42

likely to start converting on that

play13:44

keyword so just keep that in mind and

play13:47

don't get disheartened if you haven't

play13:49

made sales on keyword at this point it's

play13:51

very normal to see that but you do want

play13:53

to be seeing interest and just make sure

play13:55

there's enough impressions to give value

play13:58

to that click-through rate and moving on

play14:00

to our auto campaigns so here we gave

play14:02

all control to Amazon to run our product

play14:05

for anything they thought would convert

play14:07

this includes keywords like we've gone

play14:10

through but also a since they could run

play14:12

our product on other related products

play14:15

that they think we could convert on in

play14:17

the sponsored products related to this

play14:19

item area on those listings so when

play14:22

you're looking at Auto if you ever do

play14:23

see an Aysen like this I've just made

play14:26

one up here but when you see that what

play14:28

that means is that the customer found

play14:31

your product via another ace and they

play14:34

were probably looking at one of your

play14:35

competitors you can type in that ace in

play14:38

to Amazon to figure out which competitor

play14:40

it is but they found your product in for

play14:43

example sponsored products related to

play14:45

this item on a competitor listing and

play14:47

then click through to your listing of

play14:49

course that can help you in terms of

play14:52

product targeting if you want to do PPC

play14:55

product targeting instead of PPC keyword

play14:58

targeting but that's what those mean

play15:00

don't get confused by those and then

play15:02

here you can see keywords as normal so

play15:05

here we're gonna do the exact same thing

play15:07

but you can see at the top here zero

play15:09

sales woodworking kit for adults we

play15:13

actually made some sales here so this is

play15:15

really important and this is very good

play15:17

because we have low reviews at this

play15:19

point this one also made sales generally

play15:23

my opinion is if I'm making sales for it

play15:25

at this point I'm going to keep that

play15:27

keyword for sure and then you continue

play15:30

again using your clicks you

play15:31

and making sure the impressions get that

play15:33

click-through rate value hearing here

play15:35

are not good click-through rates this is

play15:37

a great click-through rate but only one

play15:40

impression one click so we definitely

play15:41

not keeping that here we made quite a

play15:44

few sales so we're definitely going to

play15:45

be keeping that one you can see here

play15:47

that our click-through rate is actually

play15:49

quite poor and this is because this is a

play15:52

very very strong keyword so we got a lot

play15:54

of competitors yeah a lot of high review

play15:56

competitors yeah so that is to be

play15:58

expected but the fact that we are

play16:01

already making sales for that keyword

play16:02

tells me that when we have more reviews

play16:04

on this product we're gonna do very very

play16:06

well for this keyword and on all of

play16:09

these we actually made sales so we're

play16:10

gonna highlight these green and then you

play16:12

can see our wax carving toolkit so they

play16:14

ran us for that pretty low click-through

play16:17

rate and no sales as we would expect

play16:20

because it's not actually a wax carving

play16:23

tool kit and then exact match this is

play16:25

the most important one and of course

play16:27

this is going to use our exact keyword

play16:30

so you can see our keyword here and our

play16:33

customer search term is exactly the same

play16:36

because in exact match Amazon only runs

play16:38

you for what you put in there exactly

play16:41

and so they will match 100% now when it

play16:45

comes to evaluating the exact match

play16:47

campaign we do know these are our

play16:49

strongest keywords so we're going to be

play16:51

more lenient on them because remember we

play16:53

don't have a lot of reviews so at this

play16:56

point we do want to be careful with just

play16:58

discarding one of our best keywords

play17:00

because it didn't perform well in the

play17:02

past 14 days so when you do find a poor

play17:06

performer here just market yellow we're

play17:08

not going to completely remove that we

play17:10

might adjust bids or raise the bit later

play17:12

when we have more reviews to really

play17:15

start targeting that keyword again but

play17:17

that's important to know exact match

play17:19

just be careful because we know these

play17:21

are very very good keywords for us on

play17:23

this first one we made sales so we're

play17:25

definitely going to keep that on this

play17:27

one no sales and low click-through rate

play17:30

so remarking that as yellow woodworking

play17:33

tools and accessories also got sales

play17:35

wood carving kits got sales and also

play17:38

decent click-through rate so this could

play17:41

be a powerful keyword woodworking tools

play17:43

got sales we

play17:44

carving set also got sales woodworking

play17:47

tools got a ton of sales you can see

play17:50

here this keyword did very very well the

play17:52

click-through rates are low again to be

play17:54

expected with low reviews but we are

play17:57

hundred percent going to be keeping that

play17:59

would tools itself did very poorly and

play18:02

maybe that's because people are looking

play18:03

for different wood tools maybe like a

play18:05

lathes or band saws big wood tools we're

play18:08

not sure but maybe less relevant so

play18:10

we'll market yellow and we also got

play18:12

sales on all of these down here so we're

play18:15

gonna mark them green so you can see at

play18:17

this point I'm not focusing on a cos I'm

play18:20

not focusing on the advertising cost of

play18:22

sale because I'm expecting it to be

play18:24

really bad at this point because we

play18:26

don't have the reviews just yet we're

play18:29

looking for Inklings as to which

play18:31

keywords we should really focus on which

play18:33

ones we might have missed and which ones

play18:35

could convert really well for us now at

play18:37

this point there's really three outcomes

play18:39

number one is you feel you don't have

play18:42

enough data and you're gonna run this

play18:44

for another two weeks

play18:45

number two is that you choose to

play18:48

optimize this fully and that's what I

play18:51

would recommend if you have enough data

play18:52

and that is you're gonna go through

play18:55

abroad and all the green ones you are

play18:57

going to move those into exact match and

play19:00

use the same principles we went through

play19:02

in part one you're gonna do the same for

play19:05

automatic the green ones are gonna move

play19:07

in to exact match with the same

play19:09

principles at that point you're going to

play19:11

pause both abroad campaign and the

play19:14

automatic campaign don't delete it pause

play19:17

it because there's a theory that you

play19:19

lose less keyword indexing if you pause

play19:22

rather than delete so just take note of

play19:24

that and then what you're gonna do is go

play19:26

into exact match and the yellow poor

play19:29

performing keywords you're going to

play19:31

reduce the bid slightly on those so we

play19:33

don't get a a wild a cos and we're gonna

play19:37

keep focusing on the ones that are doing

play19:39

well while we build up more and more

play19:41

reviews and we're also going to start

play19:43

targeting our good performers from our

play19:45

test campaigns and those should help us

play19:48

also improves clicks and sales and the

play19:51

third outcome is that you potentially

play19:53

have a really profitable automatic

play19:55

campaign of

play19:56

seen this happen a few times and so what

play19:58

you could do is optimize to exact

play20:01

exactly like we just said but what you

play20:03

also do is continue running just the

play20:06

automatic campaign as well if it's

play20:08

profitable and bringing you sales and

play20:10

has a decent a cos a low a cos sub 30

play20:14

then that's worth continuing with for

play20:17

sure so just keep that in mind as well

play20:19

but I'm all for optimizing towards exact

play20:22

match so at this point you have an exact

play20:26

match campaign you are focusing on and

play20:28

what you're doing is you're continuing

play20:30

to bid aggressively you're gaining

play20:32

clicks and sales and therefore gaining

play20:35

reviews more and more reviews and as you

play20:37

boost reviews up you're getting more and

play20:39

more click-through rate your AC OS is

play20:41

coming down more and more and more and

play20:44

all the time you're evaluating those

play20:46

keywords which ones are performing well

play20:48

which ones are performing poorly if

play20:50

they're doing well keep the bid they're

play20:52

keep the placement towards the top if

play20:55

they're doing badly reduce the bid on

play20:57

that keyword until you have more reviews

play20:59

and you can retest it or if it's just a

play21:02

poor performing keyword for you you can

play21:05

pause that keyword altogether but now

play21:07

you have one campaign that you're

play21:09

focusing on and optimizing and that's

play21:12

going to help you reduce that a cos way

play21:15

way down as you have more social proof

play21:17

and more reviews on that listing your

play21:20

ACS is going to drop drastically but

play21:23

this whole time we've gained clicks and

play21:25

sales and we've raised our organic

play21:27

ranking all the way up to page one so

play21:30

now we not only making sales to ads

play21:32

we're also making sales for these

play21:34

keywords through our organic listing at

play21:37

full profit so even though ACS might be

play21:40

quite high on these we're now starting

play21:42

to make organic sales at full profit as

play21:45

well and that balances it out making us

play21:47

profitable overall if you found this

play21:50

video helpful please do smash that like

play21:52

button for me subscribe if you are not

play21:54

already turn on those notifications so

play21:57

you know when new videos come out guys I

play21:58

hope this PPC Series helped you if it

play22:01

did please leave me a comment below any

play22:03

questions below I'll try to get to those

play22:05

as soon as possible hope you guys are

play22:07

all doing really well and I will

play22:09

you in the next video

play22:10

[Music]

play22:24

[Music]

Rate This
β˜…
β˜…
β˜…
β˜…
β˜…

5.0 / 5 (0 votes)

Related Tags
PPC OptimizationAmazon AdsCampaign ManagementKeyword InsightsAd ReportingData AnalysisSales GrowthMarketing StrategyROI ImprovementE-commerce Tactics