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In my experience Google required me to speak to a representative to claim my $100 credit. I had already done research with the keyword tool and had a list of k
by pdenya 15y ago
In my experience Google required me to speak to a representative to claim my $100 credit. I had already done research with the keyword tool and had a list of keywords I wanted to use and the prices I was going to initially bid for them.
The woman I spoke to used generic keywords instead of the specific keywords I requested ("Necklace" vs "Bendable Necklace", etc) and set the per-click price much higher than I requested ($3 vs $.15). She required that it was setup that way "to make sure everything is working" and I could "change it later". This burned through $21 of my $100 credit in about 1 minute.
So yes, Google is actively encouraging much higher spending with credits.
- joelrunyon 15y agoThis isn't standard Google-fare. Are you sure you weren't talking to a marketing consultant that was giving out those coupons (Google gives those out to consultants like candy to sign up new advertisers).
- adgar 15y agoI'm skeptical about this too. Especially since your parent poster seems to imply he got Google on the phone with a $100 free adwords card, which everyone and their mother has gotten at one point or another. I just got one from my freaking domain provider for "loyalty" (2 years? Loyal? meh)
- pdenya 15y agoI don't know, I got it in the mail a week after checking out adwords but not spending anything. It said Google on it and the person I talked to was able to see and edit my account directly without me providing my password.
- joelrunyon 15y agoInteresting. One way or another this is another example of "nobody cares more about your money than you." Google reps for intro clients aren't always the most versed - so double check everything. $100 doesn't go that far in Adwords anyways. It's always good to start small and scale things up gradually, rather than blast it, run through your budget and be back at square one. You might have had a bad experience, but I highly doubt Google is actively trying to screw small advertisers out of their free $100 credits by giving them bad advice.
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