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It will change your business.
Running faulty campaigns on Amazon means burning your hard-earned money.
Amazon Campaigns punish inefficiency and dullness. But there’s a fix.
Here are the 10 mistakes you need to avoid to run sharp campaigns:
Choose Friendship boosted Ad Sales by 80% and Total Retail Sales by 51% in Q4.
That was because of us.
And these were the strategies that made it happen:
Do you feel like your products are invisible on Amazon?
Let’s fix that.
It’s likely because of Amazon’s A9 algorithm.
A9 isn't complicated, but it’s easy to screw up.
High-quality images have a MASSIVE impact on Amazon listing performance and sales.
So how do you select the right images for your product??
5 optimization tactics we use for clients to shoot conversions to the moon:
Today, we're talking about the future of Amazon PPC.
We'll cover predictions for the next five years, emerging trends and technologies, and how you can get ready for future changes.
Let's dive right in.
Clear Product Descriptions are an Amazon MUST.
They reduce customer complaints
They build customer satisfaction
And increase customer loyalty.
Here’s how they work:
Want your Amazon sales to go up even with price hikes?
We helped Blulyfe Products get an 86% increase in retail sales during a price hike.
Here’s what you can learn from it:
One of our favorite clients saw:
50% increase in ROAS.
83% increase in Ad Sales.
Here’s are the strategies we employed to make MASSIVE changes in our client’s ad campaigns:
Hi Twitter. I’m your new Amazon PPC Expert.
Spent over $30million on Amazon Ads.
Avg return in 2019 is 10x-20x for my clients.
I usually talk about Amazon, Building an Agency, and/or Real Estate.
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One of the most important metrics in Amazon shops is ACoS.
(Advertising Cost of Sales)
We work relentlessly to REDUCE this metric for our clients.
Here’s how:
Quality Amazon PPC management in a nutshell looks like this:
1 - Segment your audiences properly
2 - Target keywords for low-competition, high-intent
3 - Adjust bids consistently
4 - Drive revenue, not just impressions or other peripheral KPI’s
Some important info regarding Amazon ads:
Amazon ads are not like social ads where you can select specific audiences.
Amazon ads function based on a search engine (marketing perspective) just like Google ads.
How to monetize your talent as an eCom leader:
- Communicate clearly with your team/clients
- Welcome transparency with the systems
- Understand your platform deeply
- Regularly update campaigns
- Iterate constantly
Success will follow.
Negative keywords is just one of many “hacks” we’ve found and employed with success for our clients.
When it’s working in harmony, it really is a beautiful thing.
How to Adapt Your Strategies for Future Changes
1. Stay on the ball.
2. Invest in the right tech.
3. Focus on quality-driven content.
4. Optimize & prepare for voice search.
A lot of this sounds simple when we write it, but these decision-making processes come from experimenting and direct experience from our clients (some good and some bad).
Reviving your Amazon PPC campaigns requires attention and creativity.
Recognize the signs of fatigue early, implement fresh strategies, and watch your campaigns come back to life.
Want to dominate Amazon sales?
- Do the manual work.
- Refine your PPC structure.
- Understand the algorithm deeply.
Personal experience beats automated tools every time.
Step 1
Go to your business reports and take a look at the best performing products.
You'll want to create buckets of your hero products and non-hero products.
Fast Customer Service
When issues do crop up (and trust me, they will), make sure you are responsive and sensitive to them.
Often, by having a fast response time, you mitigate the frustrations before they escalate and end up resulting in a bad review.
We had to test as well…
We varied ad types, match types, and targeting across the whole catalog.
This included over 100 ASINs, giving all products a chance to shine.
First, we audited the ad account and found some gaps.
It’s not a given either, it’s about knowing where your campaigns fall short (based on experience), and making the necessary, sometimes painful, changes.
It works synergistically with images and content as well.
Quality product images and delivering A+ content for our client resulted in a 30% increase in conversion in this case.
Negative keywords CUTS SPEND.
This is because adding irrelevant keywords to the negative list makes sure ads only show to relevant audiences.
It’s the addition via subtraction method and it works like a charm.
In December, RoAS improved by 50% YoY, (let’s just say, we made the most of the Holiday season).
Campaigns don’t happen in a vacuum, so timing your campaigns to fit the broader context is always a strong move.
Automate Review Request!
By simplifying the process for customers to give feedback, it serves you on two fronts:
1) It tells you where you need to improve (free data)
2) It builds your reputation and visibility on Amazon.
We used performance data to adjust bids regularly.
We monitored bids closely and made necessary changes to maximize ROI.
Adjusting bids makes it sure that you get the best return on your ad spend.
We’ve faced the challenge of high ACoS with a few of our clients.
But by focusing on long-tail keywords and improving keyword strategy, we cut it down.
The biggest move here is to target specific, less competitive terms in order to drive higher profits.
3 - Charts & Content in Images
A+ Content, including detailed descriptions and comparison charts, improved conversion rates.
Provide all the details customers need to build trust.
The difference between decent content and well-written content on Amazon listings is massive.
Many companies under-estimate how powerful copy is for driving sales.
Use A+ Content on Amazon:
Using Amazon Brand Analytics, we look into deeper insights about customer behavior.
Analyzing search term reports and optimizing listings in order to prioritize High-Converting Keywords.
That’s how we boosted our campaign’s performance.
See the signs:
A) Notice a drop in click-through rates? It’s a clear sign your ads need a refresh.
B) If your conversions are falling despite steady traffic, your audience is tuning out.
C) Rising cost-per-click without sales increases indicates inefficiency in your campaigns.
We always start with thorough keyword research.
This is because finding the right keywords is necessary for targeting the right audience.
I recommend that you use tools (like Helium 10 or Jungle Scout) to find high-converting keywords.
Then, properly structure campaigns. It makes a big difference.
We created separate campaigns for different product categories and goals (helps keep things organized)
Tracking performance can get messy if not done well.
After auditing, we segmented the product catalog, found winning ASINs, and did thorough targeting research.
This made sure that each product gets the attention it needs.
Detailed segmentation helps you MAXIMIZE product potential.
So often, it’s the small tweaks and changes that add up to MASSIVE downstream wins.
It’s all about knowing what to change, and when, that sets our clients up for the growth they are looking for.
Amazon PPC is a lot like cooking:
• Gather ingredients — Data
• Add spices and mix — Strategy
• Taste and adjust — Your Bids
Like a great dish — A successful campaign needs attention and care.
Manual PPC management beats AI.
Had to say it.
Automated tools miss the small details and don't understand the big picture like humans can.
This results in sub-optimal performance.
Use human knowledge to fine-tune your PPC campaigns for better results and higher ROI.
Another angle is Sponsored Brand Ads (increase brand visibility).
For us, these ads displayed multiple products and drove more traffic to our clients' storefronts.
Build out Hassle Free Returns.
Make it simple.
It’s reassuring to the customer, and again, keeps you from getting nasty reviews which hurt your reputation.
By optimizing advertised ASINs, targeting, budgets, and bids, we saw an 83% increase in Ad Sales (+$67,000) for Q4 2022.
It’s why the motto of gathering data and optimizing constantly gives you a chance to make improvements.
We use an initial burst campaign with aggressive PPC bids and promotional pricing when we launch a new product.
This strategy got us quick traction to establish organic visibility.
We ran automated Amazon campaigns to discover keywords.
These campaigns helped us find new, high-performing keywords to add to our manual campaigns.
This is the optimization and testing method at work — always improving and always integrating more productive keywords.
If you're a decision-maker at an eCommerce company, you should invest in PPC strategies.
The long-term value is difficult to over-state, it can turn your company’s profits completely around for the better.
A question I get often: what does it look like to work with you?
I’m glad you asked.
First, we understand your goals and business.
Once we’ve identified your needs and goals, we’ll begin our work.
OUR 3-STEP PROCESS:
Less customer complaints.
When describing your product, don’t go over-the-top with it.
Be realistic about the value-proposition.
What exactly does it do/solve?
Accurate product information sets the right expectations and avoids misunderstandings.
4 - Bulleted Features on Images
Bullet points highlighted key features and benefits, making it easy for customers to see the product's value at a glance.
Revival Strategies:
A) Change ad copy and images to keep them fresh and relevant.
B) Add new and negative keywords to refine targeting.
C) Test different versions of your ads to see what resonates with your audience.
You can send traffic to Amazon from Facebook and track it.
It's called Amazon Attribution.
You include the attribution ref URL in your ad.
Then you can see things like page views, add to carts, and purchases.
Always have multiple sources of traffic when building a brand.
Ok that was a bit, but in tandem, all of these moves add up to create a positive customer experience, which (as we know) drives the best purchases of all — repeat purchases.