creating google adwords campaigns and ad groups

Chris MiddingsFounder & President, NPGcmiddings@gmail.com

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Creating Ad Campaigns for

About NPG

NPG specializes in creating and administering Google Ad Grants accounts for nonprofits

NPG creates customized search engine and social media marketing solutions to amplify nonprofits' missions, visions, and goals

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Google Was Designed by Engineers

So it’s Confusing

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Google for Nonprofits Programs

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Why Google Ad Grants?

Reach and engage your supporters through online advertising with AdWords

With Google Ad Grants, you can: Reach donors, volunteers, and constituents

Raise awareness

Track online donations, newsletter sign-ups, and volunteer registrations

Promote your organization's website

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Ad Restrictions

Ads must reflect the mission of your organization and your keywords must be relevant to your programs and services

Strictly commercial advertising is not allowed If you intend to promote products or services, 100%

of the sales and/or proceeds must support your program

Your Google ads cannot link to pages that are primarily links to other websites

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Example of an Approved Store Page

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Setting Up Your First Campaign

Setting Up Your First Campaign

Setting Up Your First Campaign

Campaigns: Select networks and devices

• These settings indicate where on the internet your ads can appear

• Google Ad Grants accounts are only allowed to run on Google and not on the rest of the advertising network

Setting Up Your First Campaign

Setting Up Your First Campaign

Setting Up Your First Campaign

Campaigns• Are where you choose your daily budget, geographic

and language targeting, and end dates for your ads

• For example, if you are a nonprofit serving people only in California, set your location targeting to just California, not the entire United States

• If you would like to segment your budget, target different geographic areas, or schedule different ads, you may want to create more than one campaign

• Are where you can create thematically related ad groups

Setting Up Your First Campaign

Setting Up Your First Campaign

Set your daily budget

• Google Ad Grants daily budget is $330 USD (or $10,000 per month)

• If you create more than one campaign, the total of all of your campaign budgets cannot exceed $330/day

Setting Up Your First Campaign

Setting Up Your First Campaign

Setting Up Your First Ad Group

Setting Up Your First Ad Group

Ad Groups• Will each have one theme and their own unique set of

keywords and corresponding ads

• Are where you set your cost per click (CPC) bids for your keywords.

• You can either set different CPCs for each of your keywords or just select the same CPC to apply to all keywords in your ad group

Setting Up Your First Ad Group

Create your ads

• Write a headline and short description

• For example, if you run an animal shelter near Boston, you could write a headline like "Boston Animal Shelter" with a description like "Neglected animals in need of a home. Adopt one today."

Setting Up Your First Ad Group

Setting Up Your First Ad Group

Setting Up Your First Ad Group

Setting Up Your First Ad Group

Setting Up Your First Ad Group

Setting Up Your First Ad Group

Adding Keywords

Choose keywords to match your ad

• Pick some keywords (words and/or phrases) that, when searched for on Google, can make your ad show up next to the search results

• Choose keywords that specifically describe what's mentioned in your ad, such as "Boston animal shelter," "adopt animals," and "animal adoption"

• Don't choose overly general words like "animals" or "adopt"

Adding Keywords

Adding Keywords

Adding Keywords

Adding Keywords

Adding Keywords

Adding Keywords

An Example Report

An Example Report

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Creating Ad Campaigns for