Started first Google Campaign, couple of questions.

[PunchMyFace]

Yeah, Ill be honest. I joined PPC-COACH and I honestly do not find it worth the money. It is OK maybe for an ultra newb. I mean some one like if my wife joined, she would find it pretty good, cause she doesn't even know what PPC means. Not that I am some pro, but after reading here for almost 2 years, PPC-COACH is basically useless.

 

[BlueYonder]

Read again.

I said "For my campaigns". Not "A general rule of thumb."

To the other fb guy, try finding better images. Don't just continually raise your bids. That may help to a certain point, but after that you're just costing yourself more money than is necessary. A great image will get you a high ctr and therefore cheaper clicks. Now, if you're running a "niche", i.e. smaller demo, you should be getting an even higher ctr. My demos are in the multiple millions and I'm seeing ctrs upwards of .22. In a smaller demo, of around 300k, I see upwards of .7. Keep working on the images.

I learned that FB lets you adjust headlines at least, so I rewrote a couple of them, and I created new versions of the ads I had with different photos and themes.

Every day I am running 4 new ads or redo's of earlier ads. The main drag on my campaigns is their approval process, not my willingness to experiment and lose some money. I want to start with a small budget, make some money and then scale it.

How many FB ads/campaigns do you run at the same time?

Yeah, it's better in here since the dickrolls stopped, which was funny the first 11 or 12 times.

 

[Isostar13]

To the OP: listen to what sticks is saying and if you really want to make it, quitting isn't going to help. Burning through a few hundred trying to get your very first campaign on its feet is not that bad and something you can easily make back within a few days of a refined campaign.

To blueyonder: Ad approval time sucks, which is why sometimes it takes a few weeks to find a really great ad/image that works.

I have 2 campaigns running with 1 ad in each. These are the best two left over after hundreds of submits/many disapprovals/many retroactive disapprovals and testing.

If you want to read more, check out Trim's guide on facebook campaigns here.

Good luck bro...