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Archives for February 2009

Creating killer ad copy with David Szetela from Clix Marketing @ SMX WEST

Creating killer ad copy with David Szetela from Clix Marketing @  SMX WEST

Ad Design for Contextual Advertising

Biggest problem is the ads appear near unrelated content

Ads don’t distract attn away from

Contextual is not Search

  • Readers aren’t searching for your product/service
  • It’s more like traditional banner or print advertising
  • Site visitor are in the research phase, not buying phase


Ad copy differences
Ads need to stand out
You can yell, use stronger words, imperatives (get, buy, wow!)

Hit people at the gut level

Image ads

  • Have to be able to distinguish what is a photo of
  • Have to have branding, call to action


browser, options, brow config, enable support java

ad positions in search

  • for content = 1-4
  • for search 1-3
  • after 5 falling off cliff


Quality score
Diff from search, more related to CTR
Good that it’s simple, bad b/c need to bid high then lower bids

Adwords Editor ****

  • Saves a lot of time
  • Create a separate group for each ad type


Text ads and image ads will have different rates, so what you bid for will vary

Which queries will come in and how do I write ads to answer those ?s

What are ppl really buying?
Safety, happiness, comfort

Creating killer ad copy by Shane Snow, CEO SEMvironment @ SMX WEST

Creating killer ad copy
SMX WEST

Shane Snow, CEO
SEMvironment

Ways to inoculate ad copy

Context: ad has to be planned out for main goal, no good if not making money

Borrow ammo from competitors
    Advert in big biz piggy back on their testing
    Ads that work hang around

Looked at online dating ads for ideas for house painting

  •     100% free
  •     ® “(R )” adds credibility
  •     compare top 5 house painters


TV helps brainstorming

  •     What call to action
  •     How grab attention
  •     If were writing text ad for that commercial, what would you see


Magazine ads

Steal semantic from social media
    SM is news and culture based not transactional
    Write ads based on Digg stories

What type of headlines work in SM?

  •     Sensational
  •     Emotional: ground-breaking
  •     Semantics
  •     Lists


Convert that into transactional

Use charge words, stats, figures, lists

Be careful to avoid editorial guidelines when you do this

Give them something to chew in

  •     Focus too much on cramming in the keyword
  •     Good quality score, CTR lower
  •     Write ad that sounds good, ppl can say well, effective and relevant


Point is to get clicks and make money

Use whole sentences
Avoid common calls to action

It’s all about Chemistry
Chemistry.com

Great ad copy won’t help if you don’t have good post-click experience