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In times past there was no trouble getting an upper position in those highly searched, general keywords like ‘china’, ‘business’, ‘running’ and ‘headache’ for a nickel a click. When you did a search on Google for one of those terms, you would get only 1 or 2 results, indicating to you that you could bid a minimum price for your clicks.

The only problem was that an advertiser would have difficulty getting those non-specific terms to convert to sales. If a searcher entered in one of those terms like ‘business’ the idea that compelled him to use that term might have stemmed from a broad spectrum of topics. The likelihood of his clicking on your ad was small and the likelihood of him making a purchase was even smaller.

Now the rules have changed in the world of PPC management. There’s no longer a minimum CTR, so maintaining a certain number of clicks isn’t an issue. And advertisers are much smarter now than they were even two years ago and are turning these generic terms into profitable information marketing opportunities.

So there’s now value in bidding on generic, nonspecific, high-traffic keywords. But how do you make them work?

Here are the secrets:

Run trials, test copy ideas, and try again, writing ads until one works. This can take a long time, and you may fail a number of times before you find a winning formula. But you’ll win by attrition, if you can keep testing and testing until something works.

Make full use of negative keywords.

With your ads you want those who you don’t want clicking to be disqualified. When you offer “Golf Instructions: Free” you will get unsuitable folks clicking. However if you offer “Golf Video $49″ those who are serious and likely to buy will be the ones clicking.

Market information, not just products. Send people to a landing page that collects opt-ins, and offer a free guide, a tutorial, or an e-mail course of some kind, which will establish you as an information source, create longer-term customers, and grow your visitor value to where even the most generic clicks are worth getting.

The New Rules Of PPC Management

Each keyword in your list is actually its own market.

The outlooks of the people searching are represented by the keywords in your list.

Behind each of the words your clients type in while searching is a desire, necessity, inquiry, or premise they have, but may not be aware that they have.

Keyword markets vary, some are larger and some are smaller.

You will have more competition with some keyword.

Some keyword markets produce more dividends for the winners than others.

There are always keywords that are overloaded with competition, where bid prices are jacked up far beyond their real market value.

On the other hand there will be some keywords that, though they make up a better more reactive market, and are available using good keyword tools, are generally neglected.

You sell when you match that implicit conversation that your customers have with themselves.