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AdWords Lessons for Beginners to Experts

AdWords is a complex system that is constantly changing.

Understanding AdWords is crucial to being able to maintain and increase the profits from your AdWords traffic.

AdWords contains many advanced features that can help you reach your potential customers so that you aren’t just buying keywords; but you are creating ads that will resonate with searchers.

By combining the basics of AdWords with advanced features, you can go beyond just putting an ad in front of searchers; but putting the correct ad in front of your potential customers when they are ready to do business with your company.

To help you maximize your AdWords account, Certified Knowledge contains a host of PPC Tutorials.

Here is a list of our current tutorials. This list will continue to expand each month.

Intro to AdWords

* Psychology of Search
* Account Structure

AdWords Reporting Calendar & Reports

* Create Your Reporting Calendar
* Overview of the New Reporting UI
* Ad Group Segmentation
* Create Search Bidding Reports
* Create Content Bidding Reports
* Create Search Query Report
* Create Ad Copy Reports
* Creating Destination URL Reports

Goal Setting

* Determining Business Goals
* Goal Refinement – Example
* What is Conversion Tracking
* Installing AdWords Conversion Tracker Script
* Conversion Tracking Reference Docs

AdWords Editor

* Introducing the AdWords Editor
* AdWords Editor Live Demonstration
* AdWords Editor Windows Shortcuts
* AdWords Editor Mac Shortcuts
* Certified Knowledge & AdWords Editor Work Together

Everything Keywords

* Keyword Jargon
* Search Query & Intent
* Inside The Long Tail
* The 4 Types of Keywords
* All About Match Types
* Decision Making Funnel
* Beginning Your Keyword Research

Negative Keywords

* Intro To Negative Keywords
* Negative Keyword Match Types
* Using Negatives to Control Ad Serving
* Managing Negative Keywords
* Negative Keyword Research

Search Query Report Walkthrough
* Watch a video of seeing how we run and manage search query reports

Keyword Research Tools

* AdWords Keyword Tool
* SK Tool
* Discovery Keyword Tools
* Keyword Insight Tools
* Related Keyword Tools
* Keyword Spidering Tools
* Brainstorming Ideas for Keyword Research

Creating Ad Copy

* Creating Compelling Ad Copy
* Dynamic Keyword Insertion
* Display & Destination URLs
* Building Trackable Destination URLs
* Understanding Trademarks
* Reaching A Mobile Audience
* Product Extension Ads
* Ad Preview Tools
* Tips For Increasing CTR
* Creating Image & Video Ads

Landing Pages

* Where Should You Send the Traffic?
* What You Need To Know About PPC Dedicated Landing Pages
* Landing Page Concepts: Above the Fold
* Landing Page Concepts: Landing Page Load Time
* Landing Page Concepts: Credibility & Usability

Demystifying Quality Score

* What is Quality Score?
* Viewing Your Quality Score
* Quality Score Factors
* Landing Page Quality Score
* Identifying Quality Score Problems
* How to Increase Your Quality Scores
* Ideas for Extreme Quality Score Scenarios
* Quality Score Updates

Location Targeting

* Why Geographic Targeting is Important for All Advertisers
* How Google Determines A Searcher’s Location
* Part 1: Creating Geographic Campaigns
* Part 2: Creating Geographic Campaigns
* Connect Your Business Info to Your AdWords Ads

GDN: Google Display Network (formerly content targeting)
* Google Display Network – The Primer
* Choosing Keywords
* Display Network Keyword Tools
* Placement Targeting
* Enhanced Campaigns
* Controlling Your Reach
* GDN Reporting
* Site &Category Exclusion
* GDN Organization
* CPM Bidding
* Demographic Bidding
* DoubleClick Ad Planner

Remarketing
* Remarketing: The Basics
* Introducing Audiences
* Basic Interface Walkthru
* Remarketing Policies
* Determining Your Lists
* Live Walkthru of Implementing Remarketing Campaigns

And Much More…

We have entire sections on:
* Fundamentals of online marketing, including SEO, PPC, Local, etc
* Step-by-step walk-through information on creating your first AdWords account
* Intro to bidding
* and more

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AdWords Lessons

Video tutorials and interactive lessons will teach you everything from basic account setup to advanced concepts only fit for the seasoned pros!

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Marketing Community

Join the community who use our forums, groups, and private messages to network with their peers, and ask and answer questions.

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PPC Tools

The PPC Tools will save you hours every week regardless of your account size or spend. Improve Quality Score, profits, keywords, ads, and more.

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Report Analyzer

The Report Analyzer allows you to easily find where you are making and losing money. Stop wasting time in Excel, this tool will do much of the work for you.

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Quality Score Analyzer

Determine exactly where you need Quality Score help. We'll give you an ordered list (and help) of where you need to improve your Quality Scores.

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Mass Ad Copy Creator

Easily create hundreds of ad copies across many ad groups. Perfect for creating ads for testing purposes or just building (or rebuilding) an account.

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Broken Link
Finder

Stop wasting money sending traffic to broken pages.

Use this tool to make sure your URLs work.

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Confidence Testing Calculator

This tool will let you compare tests against the control group and let you know if any of your tests have reacged statistical significance.

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Geographic Keyword Finder

Get a list of the major geographic keywords available for your area. Find zip codes, cities, metros, counties, and more. Currently available on for the United States.

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Keyword Mixer

The tool is perfect for when you want to expand your keyword list; especially using long tail methods.

Easily create thousands of keywords.

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Server Header Checker

This tool will tell you the server status of any URL.

Check to see if you are using redirects, have error pages, or see other server information.

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We're constantly developing more tools. We have several in the works that should be launching soon.

We're launching lessons, testing, and trying new ideas all the time.

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Whether you spend all day managing pay-per-click ads for clients or only have a few hours per month to optimize your own campaigns, Certified Knowledge has lessons and ideas that will help you better manage your advertising. From optimization scheduling tools to detailed information on AdWords Extensions and mobile advertising, you're sure to find a wealth of helpful information in the Certified Knowledge library.
Pamela Lund, @thatpamchick

In the past I've spend hundreds of dollars testing on AdWords figuring out what some of the new or 'hidden' features are. Now I just post in Certified Knowlege. Within hours (sometimes minutes) I get a reply from one of the most knowledgeable AdWords men on the planet (& that includes most people that work for Google).

One recent post more than paid for my membership for the next 3 months

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