Thanks very much for your thoughts, Imran, Steven and James!

>>Might be worth asking Google direct, they might loan you an expert
during their 20% time...

This is a good point actually, I'll look into it.


On Tuesday, November 15, 2011, Imran Ghory <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > I'm not an expert in Google Adwords, but I am an expert in running
> social media ad campaigns (on Facebook, Linkedin, dating sites,etc.) so if
> you ever need any help on that front I'd be happy to get involved.
>

That's very generous, thank you. We are indeed looking into Facebook -
again, we grasp the basics (and haven't actually run any campaigns yet so I
guess we have 'unknown unknowns' there). Dating sites are not yet in our
masterplan!


> > I have a slide deck for a workshop I ran for UCL on Internet Advertising
> for Startups which I could send over if you want it, although I'm guessing
> all the Adwords material I covered are things you already know (how quality
> score works, strategies for choosing keywords, etc.)
>

Yes please, it wouldn't hurt for us to see if there are any gaps in our
knowledge.

>
> On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 1:49 PM, Steven Clift <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> > The key challenge that stumped us was developing ads of high enough
> quality
> > that link to proper content filled landing pages that get google to
> rotate
> > the ads at the capped price of $1 in the U.S.  In short, ads on google
> > search (not external sites which the grant doesn't cover) need to be
> about
> > what people are actually searching.
>

Yes, this is absolutely one of the brick walls we are up against -
competing with commercial organisations who can bid more per keyword.
Another is getting Google to recognise the value of our sites when it comes
to certain keywords. Purpose-built landing pages may well be the answer to
that.

-- 
All the best,

Myf Nixon
Marketing and Communications Manager
mySociety



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