So, it's the middle of February and the excitement of Christmas and the New Year are all but distant memories. It's cold and wet outside but, actually, Mother's Day and the Easter holidays aren't that far away. 

So, right now, it's the perfect time to review these five key aspects of your Adwords campaign. 

(1) Bid Price Changes 

Firstly, you need to review your bid pricing. Many companies will change their bid prices in the weeks building up to Christmas with the potential increase in expenditure that this time of year traditionally creates. However, these companies are not always so "on the ball" when it comes to resetting them in the New Year or when seasonal demand may have dipped. 

So, you need to compare your bid prices against your competitors and adjust them accordingly to give yourself the best chance of increasing the relevant clicks directly through to your well-crafted landing pages and your sales funnel processes that will result in more sales made. 

Rather neatly, this brings us on to the second key area to review... 

(2) Ad Copy and Landing Pages 

People's motivations for shopping are usually different in February than they are in December so is the copy in your ad and in your corresponding landing pages properly targeted for February? "Makes an ideal gift" may be the correct angle for products aimed at Christmas shoppers but "cure the wet Wednesday blues" may be a better pitch during February's inclement weather etc. Obviously, this is all dependent on what you are selling BUT it's too easy to forget to refresh your copy when there isn't the impetus of a specific event or a season on which to hang your hat... 

(3) Ad Extensions 

Following on from the copy, are you using ad extensions properly? In fact, here's an important question for you. We asked a number of prospective customers, who use third party organisations to manage their Adwords campaigns for them, how adding Ad Extensions had increased their relevant traffic and therefore their sales. Not a single person knew what an Ad Extension was! 

So, in case you're in the same boat, Ad Extensions simply expand your ad with additional information and thereby give people more reasons to choose your business. Typically, they can increase an ad's click-through rate by several percentage points. 

If your Adwords partner hasn't discussed or implemented the easy benefits of adding Ad Extensions, perhaps you ought to be talking to RT Search instead? 

(4) Review Your Different Audiences 

This is absolutely critical. Imagine a golf club that attracts visitors to play on its course. Some of those visitors subsequently join and become members of the club, paying an annual membership fee. You wouldn't send a special March "Green Fees" offer to those members, as they have already paid green fees as part of their annual membership. Presumably, you also wouldn't send a "Members Only" James Bond themed evening invitation to causal visitors. (Unless, of course, this was a deliberate teaser campaign to show the benefits of membership but you would have to be very careful how you presented this "invitation" to non-members!) 

So the golf club has two distinct audiences that need to be approached differently... and so do you! 

People who like you, visit your website regularly and perhaps have already bought from you are a totally different audience from those who have come across your website for the very first time. 

To convert one audience into their first sale and to convert the second audience into "raving fans" who will buy more from you again and again AND who could be persuaded to spread the news about you, requires two different marketing approaches. 

Therefore, you need to target people who have visited your site differently than those people, who haven't visited you before... and this is one of our key strengths at RT Search - so please do get in touch. 

(5) Adwords Interface 

Finally, you will probably have noticed that Google have updated the Adwords interface. It's worth spending an hour or so just clicking through the interface to see where everything is and familiarising yourself with its new look and feel. 

The great thing about Google Adwords is just how powerful a tool it is and how much data is available to you the customer. However, one of the drawbacks about Google Adwords is, yes you've guessed it, how powerful a tool it is and how much data is available...! To the time-poor, non-experts, or to the people who just want to increase their sales... it can be all rather daunting. 

What so many companies need is a partner, who can manage the whole process for you BUT ALSO will report on the data that you need to know in order to make the best decisions in a digestible and easy to understand way. 

At RT Search, we present your visitor and click-through data in a way that makes your current position clear to you and explains exactly how our recommendations will increase your traffic, conversions and sales.

To discuss any of the above, please call Tom at RT Search on 020 7129 7430 or email us at: hello@rtsearch.co.uk

This Month's Competition:

This month, you can win a Radford Bright Cheese Knife Set, courtesy of our friends at Robert Welch, the flagship designers of fine knives, cutlery, tableware, cookware and homeware.

This is an original gift for any cheese lover, as this set of three hollow handled cheese knives will make a truly outstanding addition to any cheese board.

Beautifully presented in an oak veneered box with a grey velvet look interior, the set includes a hard cheese knife, an all-purpose cheese knife and a soft cheese knife - all from their timeless Radford range. With a mirror-polished finish and expertly crafted from high quality specially hardened stainless steel, they are dishwasher safe and come with a 25 year guarantee.

To enter, simply answer the following question:

"Which three UK counties are licensed to produce Blue Stilton"?

Email your answer and contact details to hello@rtsearch.co.uk and the lucky winner will be drawn from the correct answers on Thursday 14th September 2017 - good luck! ​

rFree Deep Data Report For The First 5 Applicants During September 2017

This month, we have an amazing special offer.

For the first 5 applicants that contact us during September 2017, we will offer a FREE Deep Data Report into their use of Google AdWords.

Reviewing AdWords performance can sometimes be pretty overwhelming. There are dozens of metrics and ways to slice and dice the data and your results are happening in near real-time. For example, analysing these key metrics will tell you a lot about your campaign:

• Budget - How much money (per day) is budgeted?
• Impressions - How many times the ad appeared?
• Position - Where on the page did your ad show up on average?
• Total Clicks - How many times was the ad clicked?
• Click-Through Rate - How often it was clicked when it appeared?
• Cost Per Click - What are the maximums and averages cost per click bids?
• Conversions - How many conversions did your ad win
• Conversion Rate - How often did clicks result in conversions?
• Cost/Conversion - How much it cost to get each conversion?

We will be delighted to deliver a key Deep Data Report on one of your AdWord campaigns and also suggest ways where you can improve your results and thereby massively increase your profits.

To apply, please email your company, website and contact details to hello@rtsearch.co.uk and we will be in touch! ​