What does a Google Adwords consultant do
for your business?
Whether
you are a small or large business, a Google consulting
firm can help you save time, energy, and cost by outsourcing your search engine
marketing needs.
Here are
some qualities to look for in a good SEM agency that
specializes in Google Consulting. By the way, The Search
Factory meets all of these guidelines.
1) Your
SEM (Search Engine Marketing) firm should first and foremost
place your business ahead of their own. The firm needs to get
to know your company's business model, sales funnel
&
cycle, supply chain,
and more. If the account management
team understands your business, then
they can craft a SEM campaign that is better suited to your
needs and in the long run makes you more
profitable.
2) If
there is going to be transparency between all parties, then by
all means the company has a right to have a confidentiality
agreement in place with the SEM agency. If the SEM company
fails to sign it, move on to someone else.
3) Who
does the SEM agency report to? Who needs reports and when do
they need them? Is there an individual or group that makes
decisions. How much input does the company want to have in ad
copy and design. Do you want to approve every move the firm
makes or do you have confidence in placing your marketing
dollars in the hands of the firm?
4) Your
Google consultant should follow up with you on a regular basis.
Could be daily, weekly, or monthly.
5) The
search engine consulting firm should study your competitors to
see what they are doing. What ad copy
do they have? Which
keywords are they bidding on and why? Is there a way to
outsmart the competitors on the search
engines?
6) Your
agency should set a specified period of time per day/week to
analyze, report, and optimize the campaign in order to drive down
costs at the same time improving position.
There are
literally hundreds of little details that go into building and
maintaining an effective search engine advertising campaign.
Those details must be placed in the hands of a trained search
engine marketing specialist. The Search Factory is an Adwords
Qualified Company and each representative and account manager
has take special training with Google.
Finally,
let's determine a fair price for consulting
services. To bring someone
in house that knows what they are doing, it will cost you at
least $50,000 per year plus all the extras like benefits,
retirement contributions, etc. It makes sense to hire a firm
until you are spending over $500,000 per
year.
Agency
price quotes
are based on the
nature and scope of the SEM project. Typically, firms
charge between 15% to 20% to manage a campaign. Well worth it
considering most novices can waste up to 50% of their budgets
by not knowing the fine nuances of Google.
If you
would like to know more about how The Search Factory can help
your business, then please fill out the form
below.
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