{"id":19332,"date":"2022-10-18T09:18:26","date_gmt":"2022-10-18T07:18:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ottobix.com\/google-ads-campaigns-how-to-promote-and-market-online\/"},"modified":"2025-05-08T08:49:11","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T06:49:11","slug":"google-ads-campaigns-how-to-promote-and-market-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ottobix.com\/en\/google-ads-campaigns-how-to-promote-and-market-online\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Ads Campaigns: How to Promote and Market Online"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Google Ads Campaigns: How to Promote and Market Online<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Google Ads advertising campaigns<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">are a paid marketing lever, essential for driving traffic of users interested in products and services to the website and therefore allow<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">small, medium and large businesses to promote their business online and increase product sales. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They allow businesses not only to advertise their business and their products, but also to reach new customers, increase brand awareness and bring new traffic to the website. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this article we discover how to promote and market your business online with Google Ads campaigns, how to create a campaign and what its objectives and advantages are.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n\n<h2>Google Ads: how does it work?<\/h2>\n<p><b>Google Ads <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">allows you to create advertising campaigns to increase the sales of an online store. The purpose of paid advertising campaigns is to make an e-commerce or online store appear within the search engine or on affiliate sites.<\/span><b> <\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First of all, you need to define the objectives, the target, choose the positioning and set a monthly budget that will be deducted every time users interact with the ad. There is no minimum spend to respect and the campaign can be interrupted at any time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But let&#8217;s take a step back: how do you activate Google Ads? <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In order to achieve all this, you need to create a gmail address, activate a Google account and follow the instructions in the guidelines.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the initial phase, Google asks you to set a goal: sales, leads, website traffic, to enter your name, surname, business name and website name. Once this is done, the account is configured. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A very simple procedure and in just a few steps you can immediately create your first advertising campaign.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are different campaigns on Google Ads, let&#8217;s find out what they are, what the differences are and the objectives you can achieve. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Google Ads campaigns: differences and objectives<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before creating a campaign on Google Ads it is important to know the differences of each type of campaign because it will allow your online store to achieve the objective you have set yourself.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To simplify, let&#8217;s start with an in-depth look at 3 main Google Ads campaigns and then leave some space for information on the other types of campaigns. Let&#8217;s look at them together. <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Search campaigns<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Search campaigns<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> consist of showing the selected target all the results related to the search carried out on Google. In this sense, when the user&#8217;s search intent corresponds to the keywords you used to build the ad, the ad is shown on the search engine among the first paid results.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ads relevant to the needs that users are searching for can be text ads, shopping ads and video ads that will be displayed on Google search sites or on partner sites. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The objectives that can be achieved with <\/span><b>search ads <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">are: <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>sales<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: if you want to encourage in-store sales or online conversions via app, site or interact with your customers who are close to purchasing one of your products<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>leads<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: to get users to leave their contact details and sign up for your newsletter<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>website traffic<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: to encourage users to visit your online store site<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Campaigns display<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Display campaigns<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">show ads on the Google Display Network and allow you to reach specific users who are within websites or in Google apps such as YouTube and Gmail. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In display campaigns, you can segment your audience into<\/span><b>affinity audiences<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><b>in-market segments<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to show your ads to people who might be interested in your products, <\/span><b>data segments<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to re-show your ad and engage with site visitors, and <\/span><b>automatic targeting<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of people who Google determines are best for your products.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The goals of <\/span><b>display ads <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">are: <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>sales<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: to encourage sales or push customers to take the next step, that of purchasing<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>leads<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: to create a bond with your users and stimulate their interest so that they can leave their first contact <\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>website traffic<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: to encourage visits to the website and help customers find what they are looking for<\/span><\/li>\n<li><ahref=\"https:\/\/www.ottobix.com\/brand-awareness-how-to-be-omnipresent\/\"><b>brand awareness<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and coverage: to present a new product or the opening of a store in a new area<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Shopping campaigns<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shopping campaigns<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> show ads to users who search for your e-commerce products. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shopping campaigns use product data that contains information about the products in your store. This data is used to show your products to people who search for them on Google. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When you want to advertise your online store, you can choose between two types of ads: <\/span><b>Product Shopping Ads<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that are created based on your product data, and <\/span><b>Local Inventory Ads<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that are created based on your product data and inventory.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ads appear on the Shopping tab, near search results, or on Google partner sites. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Shopping ads<\/strong> goals are related to: <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>sales<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: to drive online conversions via app, phone or in-store and to interact with customers who are about to buy your product<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>leads<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: to allow customers to show their interest<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>website traffic<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: to increase visits to your website<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Other possible campaigns to use are video campaigns and app campaigns.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Video campaigns<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">allow you to achieve objectives such as sales, leads, traffic to your website, site, product and brand reputation, reach and brand awareness.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">App campaigns<\/span><b>incentivize the promotion of apps to get users to install the app on their device and create engagement with ads shown on Google Play, YouTube or other apps. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Even though each campaign has different purposes, they can be used in synergy to allow you to achieve the objectives set for your e-commerce.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>How to create a campaign on Google Ads<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As anticipated, before creating a campaign you must activate and configure a Google Ads account, then you can proceed with the campaign settings:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Define the objective<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: sales, leads, traffic to the site, brand and product consideration, brand awareness, local store promotion.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Choose the type of campaign<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: selected the objective you can choose from the list the campaign to use to reach the goal. The campaign, chosen between display, shopping, search, app, video, local etc., establishes where the ad will be published and what appearance users will see.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Set a daily budget:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to keep track of the average daily expenses you plan to spend in a month. It should be noted that this parameter can be changed at any time. <\/span>To establish the daily budget, Google comes to the rescue by offering some useful tools to optimize budgets in existing campaigns (performance planning) and set the amount you intend to pay for each click on the ad (CPC &#8211; cost per click).<\/li>\n<li><b>Choose the type of bid: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the maximum amount to spend for each click on the ad. After selecting the objective, Google, to help you achieve it, suggests the type of bid, which can be set automatically (target acquisition cost) or manually (maximum cost per click).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Select targeting: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to precisely define the target audience that may be interested in your store&#8217;s offer. Without a well-defined target, the campaign could reach a very large audience and defeat the purpose set. Targeting can include keywords, audience segments, locations, devices, topics and remarketing. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Tracking Conversions: <\/b>Tracking and analyzing helps you keep track of user actions on your site. It can also help you understand the progress of the campaign, improve the creation of future campaigns, repair mistakes where they have been made and define the target.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Why promote and market online?<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We have seen how it is possible to create a campaign and therefore promote and market a <a href=\"https:\/\/thestarboy.com\/\">men&#8217;s moisturizing creams<\/a> store online. But what are the <\/span><b>advantages<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">? Let&#8217;s find out.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Increase brand awareness and consideration<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Google Ads ads allow you to make your brand known, therefore increase awareness, to a very specific audience.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Audience reach<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: with Google Ads campaigns it is possible to segment the interested audience based on certain characteristics, based on geographical positioning and search intent that may correspond to the keywords used for your ad and that are relevant to your products.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Plan and manage the budget<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: the budget can be changed at any time during the campaign and set so that it is deducted from the credit every time a user clicks on the ad.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Increase traffic<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Google Ads campaigns allow you to reach the public interested in the product you offer<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">both on the e-commerce site and in the physical store.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Monitoring results<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: analyzing the results allows you to monitor the progress of the campaign and intervene to modify any errors, as well as obtain more information to better optimize your campaign.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Conclusion<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To summarize, in this article we have seen how with Google Ads it is possible to achieve success for a store through the creation of a campaign. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We have therefore seen how it works in general terms, how to activate an account, the types of campaigns to choose according to certain objectives, how to set the budget and what are the many advantages of promoting and marketing your business online with Google Ads. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google Ads Campaigns: How to Promote and Market Online Google Ads advertising campaignsare a paid marketing lever, essential for driving traffic of users interested in&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":16079,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3728],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottobix.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19332"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottobix.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottobix.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottobix.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottobix.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19332"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottobix.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19332\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19334,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottobix.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19332\/revisions\/19334"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottobix.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16079"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottobix.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottobix.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottobix.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19332"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottobix.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=19332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}