Last week, I had the opportunity to speak about optimizing for geography at HeroConf. Unfortunately, when we take over accounts, we generally see that geography was set up at campaign launch, never to be changed again. This was the premise for my session. There are many efficiencies to be gained by fluidly monitoring and optimizing to geographic data. The engines have even set the precedent by creating geographic bid modifiers but modifiers are still somewhat shallow in terms of the optimizations that are possible. Take a look at this deck to learn more about analyses and optimizations that you can make within your accounts.
For more insight, I've detailed the analyses and optimizations on the Clix blog: http://wp.me/p4WzE-1iV
HeroConf 2015: Leveraging Geography for PPC Success
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Sr. Manager: Audits, Outbound, Training | Clix
Where Are They? Leveraging Geography
for PPC Success
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Agenda
When to Localize/Regionalize Campaigns
Why Getting It Right Matters
Useful Settings
Analyzing Performance By Geography
Making Optimizations Over Time
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Choosing the Right Set-Up
Do You Have Local Brick and Mortar Stores?
Do You Target Multiple Countries?
Are Your Products Seasonal? Do You Do Business In Geographies with
Varying Climates?
Does Your Demand Skew In Different Regions?
Are Your Income Targets Highly Specific?
Do Regulations for The Product/Service Vary in Different Areas?
Do Promos or Shipping Regulations Vary?
Do You Operate Across Time Zones With Fixed Hours of Operation?
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When Not to Localize Campaigns
Low Search Volume
Low Budgets That Wouldn’t be Adequately Served Even With Shared
Budget Features
Opportunities:
Regionalize Campaigns
Target localized areas within a broader scoped campaign
Optimize your broader scope national campaign for geography, as best as
possible
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In vs. Searching For
Google
In
In or Searching For
Searching For
Bing:
In
In or Searching For
Searching For
Facebook
In (Anyone)
Resident
Traveler
Recent Visitors (could be resident
or traveler)
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User Location vs. Geographic Report
The Geographic Report
The Geographic Report Shows
The Performance of Your Geo-
Targeted Locations, Whether
Your Visitors Are In or Have
Shown Interest In Said Locations.
The User Location Report
The User Location Report Details
the Actual Location of Searchers
That Have Clicked Your Ad,
Regardless of Whether They
Have Shown Interest in A
Different Location.
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User Location vs. Geographic Report
The User Location Report
The User Location Report Details
the Actual Location of Searchers
That Have Clicked Your Ad,
Regardless of Whether They
Have Shown Interest in A
Different Location.
The Geographic Report
The Geographic Report Shows
The Performance of Your Geo-
Targeted Locations, Whether
Your Visitors Are In or Have
Shown Interest In Said Locations.
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User Location vs. Geographic Report
The Geographic Report
The Geographic Report Shows
The Performance of Your Geo-
Targeted Locations, Whether
Your Visitors Are In or Have
Shown Interest In Said Locations.
The User Location Report
The User Location Report Details
the Actual Location of Searchers
That Have Clicked Your Ad,
Regardless of Whether They
Have Shown Interest in A
Different Location.
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The Geographic Report
Pivot data with a slicer to quickly spot where you’ve been spending
money that isn’t generating conversions and add location exclusions as
necessary.
23. Zeroing in
on Location
of Interest
If return is more important:
Adding a negative modifier might make CPA more tolerable,
although it would likely also impact lead volume.
24. Zeroing in
on Location
of Interest
If volumeis more important:
You could create a separate campaign just for Philadelphia
and target only people that are physically in Philadelphia.
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Find Your Outliers
Create a pivot to determine
which geographies perform
better or worse than the
average.
Add Modifiers
Add Exclusions
Potentially create new
campaigns
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The Distance Report
Review performance by radius
Determine opportunities to tighten or expand location targeting
Implement hyper-local bid modifiers
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In Conclusion
Consider Geographic Implications at Set-Up
Make the Most of Available Settings
Analyze the Available Reports
Make Optimizations
Rinse & Repeat
It all starts with setting up your campaigns correctly. So how do you know when to localize your campaigns from the start? The obvious question is “Do you have brick and mortar stores?” If so, I’d almost definitely recommend that you set up geotargeted campaigns specific to your locations. Even if you don’t have brick and mortar locations, there are still questions you should consider when setting up your campaigns, to make the most of the geographies you are targeting.
There are helpful settings that can be applied when you are optimizing for geography – whether you have localized campaigns or not
Income targeting is exactly as it sounds. It’s based upon US census data and it allows you to target certain income brackets within a specific geography which is great if your product or service targets a specific socio-economic status
My Locations allows you to quickly add a radius around location extensions. All you have to do is choose “location groups” within advanced location settings and then choose a radius.
You can simply copy and paste the geographies that you want to target, whether it be cities, states, or zip codes and it will add them. Again, really handy when you are working with a large number of locations.
I won’t spend much time on this because I know we are all familiar with In vs Searching for. One thing that I did want to point out is that Bing actually has 3 settings and Facebook has four. These settings are useful if your service is only available locally, or if you’re more interested in travelers. If you were targeting tourists, you might even want to set up two separate campaigns for people that are nearby vs still planning their trip.
It’s also worth looking at the campaigns that have a significant difference from the average as they may be better served in separate campaigns where you can better control bids without having negative impacts on the rest of the campaign.
Talk about case study from the SEM post
It’s also worth looking at the campaigns that have a significant difference from the average as they may be better served in separate campaigns where you can better control bids without having negative impacts on the rest of the campaign.
Talk about case study from the SEM post
It’s no wonder that it is often confused with the geographic report
It’s no wonder that it is often confused with the geographic report