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A Beginner’s Guide to Shopping Ads:
From Take-Off to Soaring Smartly
Kirk Williams | Owner
AUTOMATION
Killing jobs since the printing press.
@ppckirk
…and putting
scribes out of work
since 1430.
@ppckirk
I feel really
good about job
security.
…and putting
scribes out of work
since 1430. Innovate
or die,
bro!
We call it “the
printing press”,
Is that pressing out
the tears of the
scribes?
@ppckirk
Smart Shopping
=
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(…but, more on that later)
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3 Aspects of Shopping Ads
(setting you up for success)
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3 Aspects of Shopping Ads
Placements Feeds
Campaign Setup
Placements
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Desktop
Desktop
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Mobile
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Shopping Tab
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Image Tab
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(now part of
Core Search)
Feeds
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Feeds
Feed Provider
or Dev Team
Merchant
Center
Google /
Bing Ads
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Feeds
Feed Creation tools
ü Small feed/team? Just use a Spreadsheet.
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Feeds
Feed Creation tools
ü Small feed/team? Just use a Spreadsheet.
ü Big feed? Use your dev team.
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Feeds
Feed Creation tools
ü Small feed/team? Just use a Spreadsheet.
ü Big feed? Use your dev team.
ü Anyone: Use a good Feed provider.
ü Feedonomics
ü DataFeedWatch
ü Many others
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…and someday… no feed.
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Use Bing? (you should)
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ü Now: Handy
Dandy Feed
Import from
Google!
Ignore Item Disapprovals?? DON’T.
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Don’t “Train” Google’s Filters To Be
Suspicious Of You
ID
Title
Description
Link
Image
Availability
Price
Brand
GTIN
MPN
Shipping
ALWAYS
Required
field fields
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Maybe
Required
(It’s
Complicated)
Condition
Adult
Multipack
Bundle
Age Group
Item Color
Gender
Material
Pattern
Size
Item Group ID
Tax
Shipping Dimensions
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RICH
PRODUCT
ATTRIBUTES
(Important
For Retail)
Age Group
Item Color
Gender
Material
Pattern
Size
Item Group ID
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No GTIN?
No Worries
(use magic)
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Identifier_exists
“false”
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Coming Soon
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“Uhh, we’re a little busy here…
… no time to optimize all feed fields.”
@ppckirk
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Spend
your time
on these 3
fields.
Title
Product
Type
Price
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Title
ü Word Order Matters in Titles
Tips & Tricks:
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Title
ü Word Order Matters in Titles
ü Use Keyword Planner
Tips & Tricks:
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“That’s no guess,
It’s actual data.”
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Title
ü Word Order Matters in Titles
ü Use Keyword Planner
ü Use the Search Query Report
Tips & Tricks:
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Find Title Test
Ideas from
Search &
Shopping
SQRs
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Montana this winter
Img src: goo.gl/DPv29j
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Then, Use Feed Rules to Test
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Limited Characters in Your Title?
Prepend
Additional
Keywords to
Description
with Feed
Rules
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Prepend Keywords to Description
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Product
Type
“Organize your product catalogue for
crying out loud!”
@ppckirk
Wait, but what about organizing
by Google Product Category??
@ppckirk
2019 Google to ProdCat:
(we admit you know your products better than us)
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Send Key Product
Attributes Through
Product Type to Give
Google Contextual
Signals.
Furniture >
Couches >
Modern Couches >
Leather >
Brown
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Don’t want to blow your structure?
Original Product Type, 2nd Product Type
Campaign Structure
Uses The 1st
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Price
No Price too Crazy!
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(actual ZATO Client! !)
to
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ü The primary
“comparison” in
CSEs is price!
ü People love
themselves a deal.
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@ppckirk
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Or… Run
Promotions!
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Submit promotions
early so they can
get through Policy
Status first (SKU
Status is manual)
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Setup
What is the purpose of
a good Shopping
Setup?
Why Care About Organization?
@ppckirk
Good Shopping
organization is all
about bidding.
If you can’t bid better
because of your
structure, then
change your
strategy.
Why Care About Organization?
@ppckirk
Organization for the sake of organization leads only to evil.
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Sooo, about that…
Traditional Shopping
Smart Shopping
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https://twitter.com/PPCKirk/status/1102986568048885760
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Want Data?
“Not in my house.”
#1 Data
Transparency
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Smart Shopping
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#2 ML
Volatility
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Smart Shopping
#3 Scalability
ROAS
TRAFFIC
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#4 Audience
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Up to 55%
Reduction in
New Users
in our
Accounts!!!
Smart Shopping
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Possible Optimizations
(1) Manipulate
ROAS Targets &
Budgets
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Remember this:
20% 7
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(2) Target & Exclude
Low Performing
Product Types
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(3) Select Key
Categories to Test
• Top Products
• Most Reviewed
• Gateway Products
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(4) Account Level Content Filters
What’s the solution?
@ppckirk
Better Together!
@ppckirk
Smart Shopping gets:
• Top Products
• Top-Reviewed Products
• Clearance Products
Traditional
Shopping
Gets….
Segment campaigns
to bid by query.
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$0.50 =
@ppckirk
Tier 1 - General Queries - $0.25
Tier 2 - Brand Queries - $1.00
Tier 3 - SKU Queries - $2.00
@ppckirk
bit.ly/Shopping-Ads
some of our clients
Thank you!

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