How You Can Write Killer Ad Copy

How You Can Write Killer Ad Copy SMX Sydney 2009 Lucas Ng

Let’s Begin with Google’s Guidelines to Writing Ad Copy

Google Guideline #1

Use the Keywords

Use the Keywords (Keywords get 50% more clicks)

Use Keywords. Get Bold.

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Google Guideline #2

Use Prices and Promotions

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Google Guideline #3

Use a Strong Call-To-Action

Use a Strong Call-To-Action (The Triple Threat)

A Strong Call-To-Action: Increases CTR

A Strong Call-To-Action: Sets Customer Expectations

A Strong Call-To-Action: Increases Conversion Rate

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Google’s Killer Ad Copy Guidelines

Use the Keywords

Use Prices and Promotions

What Else is there to Writing Killer Ad Copy ?

Capitalises the First Letter of Each Word (Well, almost every word)

Capitalises t he First Letter of Each Word

Title Case Ad

Everything is Capitalised Except

Articles, Preps & Conjunctions.

CTR: 3.28%

Conversion Rate: 2.4%

Lower Case Ad Only the first words in this ad were capitalised. CTR: 2.60% Conversion Rate: 1.2%

Capitalises t he First Letter of Each Word

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Understands the Audience (What is the audience profile and behaviour?)

Who is Searching? (What age, gender, geolocation?)

Who is it for? (Is it for themselves? Someone else?)

Why are they Searching? (What has triggered their search process?)

Who Else is Influencing the Searcher? (Does the wife have the final say?)

How are They Searching? (Consider language)

Understands the Audience (What is the audience profile and behaviour?)

Understands the Audience

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Tested 5 Ads

21.5% better vs. 2nd best ad

121% better vs. worst

Killer Ad Copy Differentiates from the Rest (Killer ad copy doesn’t copy other copy)

Killer Ad Copy Differentiates from the Rest (In two ways)

Killer Ad Copy Uses a Unique Selling Proposition (That’s a USP, folks)

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Killer Ad Copy is highly relevant to your Landing Page (Verify language with 3 rd party source)

Killer Ad Copy Uses a Psychological Trigger (There are over 30 of them!)

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Killer Ad Copy … also Filters Clicks (Qualify Your Leads)

Filter Clicks : Qualify Your Leads in Four Ways

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Killer Ad Copy… is a Continual Process (Of test, refine, test)

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Test for Success You Must Always be Testing New Ad Copy

Got Ad Constipation? Can’t Write a New Ad?

Got Ad Constipation? Look at Other Industries – Which Ads Stand Out?

Got Ad Constipation? Look at the Competition Overseas

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Got Ad Constipation? Steal from your Sales Team

Killer Ad Copy

Uses Keywords

Uses Prices & Promotions

Uses a Strong Call-To-Action

Capitalises the First Letter

Killer Ad Copy

Differentiates

Is Highly Relevant to the Landing Page

Uses a Psychological Trigger

Filters Clicks

Is a Continual Process of Testing and Refining

Thank You Tweet me @lucasng I would love your feedback!

How You Can Write Killer Ad Copy

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