Paid search advertising can great for small businesses because unlike other forms of advertising, there is no minimum spend. It can fit your available budget and you're in complete control of your advertising. This step-by-step guide will teach you how to setup and run your Google AdWords account.
To help you out here are the links to visit articles and guides from the best resources across the web.1. How to prepare your campaign
Know your objectives
An Introduction to PPC PlanningHow to Prepare for Using Adwords
Install Google analytic
Google Analytics Installation Guide
Intro to Google Adwords
Adwords Overview
Anatomy of an adwards account
Adwords Account Structure
Adwords Optimisation Tips: Account Structure
Calculate maximum bids
How to Calculate Your Max Bid Price
Keyword research
Maximising Your Keyword Research
How to Build Your Basic Keyword List
How to Create a PPC Keyword List
Priceless Keyword Research
Keyword match types
Using Keyword Matching Options
Improving Exact Match and Phrase Match
Negative keywords
How to Research Negative Keywords
2. Set up your account
Signup for Adwords, leave your billing information at this stage
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Create your new campaign
Select Campaign Settings
Create ad groups
Enter Ad Group Details
Account structure
New AdGroup or New Campaign?
Write your ads
Ad Writing Tips for a New Account
How to Write Killer AdWords Ads
Treating your Ads like a Mini Landing Page
Landing pages
To Deep-Link or Not to Deep-Link?
Links to Google analytic and apply cost data
Linking Analytics and AdWords Accounts
Working with Cost Data
3. Optimize your account
Quality score
Unraveling Google's New Quality Score
The Ultimate Guide to Quality Score
Improving landing pages
Landing pages for PPC
How to Build Landing Pages that Work
Identifying Poor Landing Pages
6 Essential Landing Page Optimisations
Search quality reports
Advanced Search Query Mining
Improve click-through rate (CTR)
How to Increase your PPC Click Through Rate
Lower your minimum bids
How to Lower your Minimum Bid
Ad extensions
Why You Must Use Ad Extensions
Social Signals for AdWords
More optimization tips
8 PPC Spring Cleaning Necessities
Google Insights for PPC
Intelligent Adwords Management
5 Common Optimisation Mistakes
Display advertising
The Definitive Guide to AdWords Display Targeting
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