Google Ads are one of the keys to building your florist website business. No one should be running an online flower shop without a Google Adwords campaign. But how to get started?
First what are Google Adwords. Simply put, Google lets you bid on search terms like “florist” or “florist in San Francisco.” You can choose to put a text ad alongside these terms. Google lets advertisers bid on ads, and puts the most-clicked and best content sites at the top.
Here are some pointers for how to build a successful advertising campaign. Make sure to approach this as a trial and error exercise at the beginning. It will take some time to get the formula just right!
1. Location Specific Keywords – Choose your domain names carefully. Don’t waste your time on the keyword “florist”. You’re competing against the big guys who can outspend you. Instead, go for “Akron Florist” or “Akron best florist”. Make sure to use whatever keywords you choose in your ad!
2. Track your conversions using Google Analytics – know if your advertising is generating profits for you. Google Analytics enables you to see which of your orders came directly from a Google ad.
3. Deep Linking – Link some of your ads to specific sub pages rather than your front page. For example, link a ad for funeral flowers to your funeral page, link your weddings ad to a wedding page, etc.
4. Domain Names – Google will give your ad a quality score based on the content on your page and the domain name. Your ad will do better if your keywords are in your domain name. For exmaple, if your keywords are “Akron florist” and your website is www.johnsflorist.com, it will do less well (and you will get fewer clicks) than if your website is www.akronflorist.com.
Have a bad domain name? Don’t worry! You can buy additional domains and set up domain forwarding to your primary website. Examples of good keywords/domain name pairs are: Akron funeral florist/akronfuneralflorist.com, Akron best florist/akronbestflorist.com, Akron gift baskets/akrongiftbaskets.com, Akron cheap florist/akroncheapflorist.com, Akron best flower shop/akronbestflowershop.com — these domain names will only help your organic search a bit, but they will give a boost to your google adwords conversion.
Ultimately, Google strategy will only get you so far – customers are shopping around online and are very choosey. Average flower purchases online are under $40. So if your front page is filled with $100 arrangements, you may turn off the majority of customers that are looking for value. Make sure your front page has $30, $35, $40 arrangements right on the front page.
In sum, adwords are the key to making money online. Don’t think of it as a nice to have — adwords are an essential part of making money through your florist website. The great thing is that Google makes it easy for a small florist to compete with big companies with big budgets.
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Thank you for this idea.
I’ve been studying ads for my florist business. This is a great help. Thanks a lot