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How Do Your Google AdWords Metrics Compare to Industry Averages? [New Benchmark Data]

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Trouble is, mastering Google AdWords is really tricky. To help shed some light on the situation, the folks at WordStream released a detailed new study on AdWords industry metrics. This information can be used to inform your AdWords strategy, and ultimately help you improve your overall ad performance.

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How to Calculate & Apply Cost per Lead (CPL)

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Cost per lead is often conflated with a similar metric known as cost per acquisition (CPA) — the average cost it takes to convert a prospect to a customer from a given marketing campaign. Let's say you put $5,000 into a Google Adwords campaign, and it generates 50 new leads. Cost per Lead Example.

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A Simple Guide for Setting Up Your First Google AdWords Campaign

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If it's because you're intimidated by Google's AdWords interface, we get it. Read on to learn everything you need to know about setting up a Google AdWords campaign! Before you even jump into the AdWords interface, you need to be armed with a keyword list to help guide your efforts. Using the Keyword Tool on AdWords.

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How to Save Up to 50% on Your PPC With Quality Score

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In my experience, looking at thousands of Google AdWords accounts and billions in combined spend, there are two metrics that correlate most strongly with success: Account Activity: You get out what you put in. New Data Shows AdWords Quality Score Can Save You Up to 50% on PPC. Quality Score lowers your CPA, too. How much lower?

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4 Tips for Successful Paid Search Campaigns on a Budget

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Either way, once you have this number, it’s pretty easy to back out to an acceptable cost-per-action/acquisition (CPA). Paid Search Fire Safety Tip: Manage your paid search campaigns to a set CPA. This is called a Search Terms Report in Google AdWords. Connect with HubSpot : Photo Credit: Dawn Huczek.

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The Ultimate Guide to PPC

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This means more clicks and a greater chance of conversion.” - Laura Mittelmann, Paid Acquisition at HubSpot. There are other types of cost-per s … like cost-per-engagement, cost-per-acquisition (CPA), but for the sake of preserving your mental space, we’re going to stick with clicks, a.k.a. Google Ads (formerly known as AdWords).

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What We Learned From Spending $100k On Facebook Ads

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Lesson 1: Fully commit resources or your cost-per-acquisition (CPA) will rise swiftly. Using the same ad creative from AdWords, we launched on Facebook Ads. Facebook CPAs have a nasty habit of rising suddenly -- I mean, literally blowing up overnight. By cutting more expensive CPA audiences, we were able to reduce our CPA.