This document discusses strategies for agencies managing paid search campaigns more efficiently. It covers recruiting talented paid search specialists, identifying and attaining long-term clients, kicking off customer relationships effectively, managing multiple accounts simultaneously, sharing successes with clients, and keeping up with an ever-evolving industry. The tips include defining required skillsets instead of obsessing over experience, tapping existing networks to find new clients, setting clear expectations from day one with customers, using automated solutions to help with busy work, and following industry leaders on social media and blogs to stay informed.
3. Join the conversation on Twitter
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@WordStream
@ErinSagin
@RandiatWork
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4. Meet our WordStream Experts
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Erin Sagin
Customer Success Manager
@erinsagin
• Spoke at PubCon in Las Vegas
• Has specialized in paid search for 3+
years
• Team consults for over 1,000 agencies
Randi Lucius
Senior Paid Search Specialist
@randiatwork
• Been doing PPC for 6 years & has
been at WordStream for over 3 years
• Helps manage over $220k/month
across multiple client accounts
6. Today’s Agenda
• Recruiting PPC superstars
• Identifying and attaining long term clients
• Kicking off the customer relationship
• Managing multiple accounts simultaneously
• Sharing your success with clients
• Keeping on top of an ever-evolving industry
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10. Elliott Reid
• Agency Sales Team Manager
• 2 years helping agencies &
advertisers acquire new clients
• 1 years coaching/managing a
team of 8 to help agencies
acquire and manage PPC
accounts
• Has worked with 1,000s of
agencies of all sizes
• @ElliottPReid
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11. Recommendations
What to do?
• Step 1: Make Biz Dev a focus and allocate time
• Step 2: Tap into your existing network
• Step 3: Get noticed
• Step 4: Get to know their business
• Step 5: It’s all about VALUE
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14. Red Flags
1. History of bad behavior
in AdWords
2. Lack of trust/respect
3. Goals are unreasonable
or undefined
4. Poor online reputation
5. Opposed to testing new
strategies
6. Commitment-phobes
7. Their website sucks (and
they refuse to
acknowledge it)
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15. Devising a Sales Approval Process
• Have the potential client give clear goals
• Look at past performance – how are they currently doing?
How off are they from their goals?
• Are their goals reasonable?
• Find some easy wins
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17. Starting Off on the Right Foot
• Get to know the client and their business
• Even if you understand the business from the sales
process, make sure you ask more in-depth questions
• Set clear expectations from day 1
• You’re the expert in PPC, they’re the expert in their
business
• Don’t promise immediate results, just steady
improvement
• Set up an initial project plan with action items
• Take notes and keep a record of your first few calls
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19. How to Stay Sane
• Don’t get weeded by the busy work—if you’re the brains of
the operation, be the brains
• Develop a way to touch all of your accounts everyday – this
make sure nothing hits you out of nowhere!
• Set time aside to respond to client emails – don’t stop
what you’re working on to respond to every little email!
• Set priorities – create a list of items that need to be done,
then prioritize them. Make sure you get the most
important items done first
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22. Reporting
• Create an easy to use
template for your reports,
that can also be easy to
customize, because…..
• Each client has different
reporting needs – work
with your client to create
the right report for them
• Find a way that’s easy for
you, too!
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26. Keeping Up With the Industry
• Use a news aggregator to
follow PPC blogs
• Become a #ppcchat
regular
• Get involved in SEM
conferences
• Build a positive
relationship with industry
leaders
• Keep watching webinars!
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