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Shopping Ads 101
A Comprehensive Setup-to-Strategy Guide
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Kirk Williams
https://zatomarketing.com
@PPCKirk
Writer + Speaker.Named #4
most influential PPCer by PPC
Hero in 2017.
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Product data
spreadsheet/
feed provider
marketing
magic
consumer
Feed automation
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you
right
now
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The 4 Aspects of
Shopping Ads
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1. placements
The 4 Aspects of
Shopping Ads
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2. feeds
The 4 Aspects of
Shopping Ads
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3. setup
The 4 Aspects of
Shopping Ads
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4. optimization
The 4 Aspects of
Shopping Ads
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The 4 Aspects of
Shopping Ads
1. Placements
2. Feeds
3. setup
4. Optimization
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1. placements
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Feed-based Products are
beginning to appear all over.
Normal culprits:
Google/Bing Shopping in
SERPs (right rail and top).
1. placements
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…as well as in the
Shopping tab.
1. placements
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Bing Ads (New Shopping
Tab Announced)
1. placements
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Partner sites
(e.g., Target)
1. placements
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2. feeds
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What you need to get started:
Feed Provider
or Dev Team
Merchant
Center
AdWords /
Bing Ads
2. feeds
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Feed Creation tools
 Small feed/team? Spreadsheet or integration.
2. feeds
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Feed Creation tools
 Small feed/team? Spreadsheet or integration.
 Big feed? Use your dev team.
2. feeds
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Feed Creation tools
 Small feed/team? Spreadsheet or integration.
 Big feed? Use your dev team.
 or anyone: Use a good Feed provider.
 Feedonomics
 GoDataFeed
 Many others
2. feeds
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Product ID
•Title
•Description
•Link
•Image
•Availability
•Price
•Google Product Category
•Brand
•GTIN
•Condition
•Adult
•Shipping
•Tax
Required
field fields
2. feeds
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Age Group
Item Color
Gender
Material
Pattern
Size
Item Group ID
Additional requirements
For apparel
2. feeds
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Hot tip #1
With limited time,
focus on these 4
fields.
•Title
•Description
•Price
•Image
2. feeds
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•Title
•Description
Fields to focus on:
2. feeds
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Tips & Tricks:
2. feeds
 Word Order Matters in Titles
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 Word Order Matters in Titles
 Use Keyword Planner
Tips & Tricks:
•Title
•Description
Fields to focus on:
2. feeds
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2. feeds
“it’s actual data”
“that’s no guess”
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•Price
Fields to focus
on:
2. feeds
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 The main comparison
happening in a Comparison
Shopping Engine, is Product
Price.
Tips & Tricks:
•Price
Fields to focus on:
2. feeds
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•Price
Fields to focus on:
2. feeds
people love themselves a
deal
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 Should I test images?
Common
Question:
•Images
Fields to focus on:
2. feeds
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 Should I test images?
Common
Question:
•Images
Fields to focus on:
Answer:
 YES, of course.
2. feeds
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 Test images that stand out!
Tips & Tricks:
•Images
Fields to focus on:
2. feeds
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 Test images that stand out!
Tips & Tricks:
•Images
Fields to focus
on:
2. feeds
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 Test images that stand out!
Tips & Tricks:
•Images
Fields to focus
on:
2. feeds
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 Test images that stand out!
Tips & Tricks:
•Images
Fields to focus
on:
2. feeds
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 Test images that stand out!
 Test model images and
product only images.
Tips & Tricks:
•Images
Fields to focus on:
2. feeds
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2. feeds
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 Bing Ads’ Purna swears by
image testing
Tips & Tricks:
•Images
Fields to focus on:
Purna Virji
Senior Training
Manager at
Microsoft
2. feeds
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 Bing Ads’ Purna swears by
image testing
 Check out her SMX
presentation on it:
https://goo.gl/8gyxz7
Tips & Tricks:
•Images
Fields to focus on:
2. feeds
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Hot tip #2
use Feed Rules.
2. feeds
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Hot tip #2
use Feed Rules.
2. feeds
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2. feeds
 Change values in feed fields
and test different
combinations to see what
converts highest.
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3. strategy
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What’s the first rule of strategy?
3. strategy
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Go Beyond
Google/Bing’s
Automation
3. strategy
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Good organization
= better bidding by
segmentation
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Organization for the sake of organization only leads to evil.
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Principles of
Shopping Ads
Account
Organization
 Pull out high-level product
groupings into their own campaigns.
3. strategy
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 Pull out high-level product
groupings into their own campaigns.
 Product brands
 categories
3. strategy
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 Pull out high-level product
groupings into their own campaigns.
 Product brands
 categories
3. strategy
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Principles of
Shopping Ads
Account
Organization
 Segment these campaigns by
specific query groupings, to nail
profit goals based on personal
intent.
3. strategy
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search bids: 3. strategy
Shopping bids:
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Principles of
Shopping Ads
Account
Organization
 Segment these campaigns by
specific query groupings, to nail
profit goals based on personal
intent.
 This is what I spoke on last year.
 Confluence Link: https://goo.gl/iQawj2
 Article link: https://goo.gl/6iTPAJ
3. strategy
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Shopping Ads
Ongoing experiment:
Segment campaigns
by device
3. strategy
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Shopping Ads
Ongoing experiment:
Segment campaigns
by device
 1 client (nearly 100% Shopping
Ads in AdWords ads) thus far.
 CPA is down 28%
 CVR is up 41%
3. strategy
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3. strategy
Common Questions
About Account
Strategy
How many products to an ad group is
ideal?
Question #1:
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Depends on the size of your account
and business.
How many products to an ad group is
ideal?
Question #1:
Answer:
 Small clients + steady product base =
each SKU in own ad group.
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Depends on the size of your account
and business.
How many products to an ad group is
ideal?
Question #1:
Answer:
 Small clients + steady product base =
each SKU in own ad group.
 Large clients = best categorization +
top SKUs in own ad groups.
3. strategy
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Common Questions
About Account
Strategy
Should we use Custom Labels?
Question #2:
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Yes, but only when it actually impacts
bidding in a way your normal
categorization cannot.
Common Questions
About Account
Strategy
Should we use Custom Labels?
Question #2:
Answer:
 http://www.ppchero.com/shopping-ads-
confession-i-think-custom-labels-are-
overrated/
3. strategy
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REMEMBER: Organization for the sake of organization only leads to evil.
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Common Questions
About Account
Strategy
What if my account is too big for detailed
strategy implementation?
Question #3:
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 “It’s hard” is never a good excuse
for not doing something the right way.
Common Questions
About Account
Strategy
What if my account is too big for detailed
strategy implementation?
Question #3:
Answer:
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 “It’s hard” is never a good excuse
for not doing something the right way.
What if my account is too big for detailed
strategy implementation?
Question #3:
Answer:
3. strategy
 Time heals all wounds.
 Don’t rush.
 Develop a solid strategy
 Build it slowly
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4. Optimization
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4. Optimization
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Mining SQR’s is as
important as ever,
especially with an
advanced structure.
optimization
https://support.google.com/adwords/answer/2472708?hl=en
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Always keep
attribution in mind
Last Click
Reported Value
Actual Value
From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository
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Try Target-
ROAS
Bidding…
optimization
Image: http://searchengineland.com/google-adwords-adds-bidding-tools-for-target-cpa-and-target-roas-225085
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…but Be beware
of the 48hr period
of doom.
optimization
https://media.giphy.com/media/3o6MbnECblgpQBqVEI/giphy.gif
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Use Custom Saved
Filters in the AdWords
UI for automated-like
manual bidding
optimization
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a Favorite: Income-
Level Targeting
optimization
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The 4 Aspects of
Shopping Ads
1. Placements
2. Feeds
3. setup
4. Optimization
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optimization
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Shopping Ads 101