Pay-Per-Click Tools Improve Productivity

Daily pay-per-click management routine is not a lot of fun. Thankfully, there are a few tools out there that make the work much more efficient and allow search engine marketing professionals to look at the big picture. Below is a list of software tools that every pay-per-click account owner should consider.

AdWords Editor

AdWords Editor is Google’s campaign management application. It’s free, and it makes AdWords account updates a piece of cake. You are able to make adjustments to the account, except for a few recently-released AdWords features, through this desktop application and then post all changes to the live account.

It is easy to move around keywords, ads, ad groups and even entire campaigns using AdWords Editor. Additionally, an Excel-friendly export feature is available for all of you spreadsheet lovers.

PPC Keyword Generator

PPC Keyword Generator is also free. It is an easy to use application that helps generate long-tail keywords without complicated concatenation (the joining of two character strings end-to-end) macros in Excel. Additionally, this software comes with a list of sales words to consider testing with your core keywords. You should grow that list as you research keywords for your specific industry.

Conversion Optimizer

Conversion Optimizer is a recently released internal feature in Google. It is an internal bid manager that uses AdWords data to make necessary bid adjustments. I’ve had tremendous success with this bid management application over traditional bid management software and highly recommend testing this feature on one of your campaigns. You need to have at least 300 conversions in the past 30 days to qualify for this feature. Also, be aware that AdWords Editor does not work with Conversion Optimizer.

SpyFu

If you ever wonder what keywords your competitors are using, SpyFu is your answer. It scans search result pages for various keywords and matches those with corresponding advertisers. It is an interesting web-based tool for keyword ideas and competition analysis. Keep in mind that it is not 100 percent accurate.

Spend some time reviewing the above tools. Hopefully, some of them could speed up your PPC management routine and help you beat your competitors.