🚨 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐁𝐞𝐬𝐭-𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐊𝐞𝐲𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝐁𝐞 𝐇𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐁𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐦
A keyword can look 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 in a PPC report and still be limiting your growth.
Here’s why:
Suppose an exact-match keyword generated:
$𝟒,𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬
$𝟖𝟎𝟎 𝐀𝐝 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝
𝟐𝟎% 𝐀𝐂𝐨𝐒
It looks like a winner.
But I wouldn’t immediately increase the bid.
First, I’d ask:
𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐬𝐡 𝐛𝐞𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜 𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥?
Because the keyword may already be capturing its easiest, highest-intent traffic.
If we increase the bid and suddenly see:
➡️ CPC rises
➡️ Conversion rate falls
➡️ ACoS increases
➡️ Incremental sales remain small
Then we didn't really scale the keyword.
𝐖𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜 𝐰𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠.
𝐌𝐲 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠:
I look at the relationship between:
𝐁𝐢𝐝 → 𝐂𝐏𝐂 → 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐬 → 𝐂𝐕𝐑 → 𝐎𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 → 𝐈𝐧𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬
The objective isn't:
❌ “Get more clicks.”
It's:
✅ 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬.
That's the difference between 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐢𝐝𝐬 and 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲.
Amazon PPC should be managed based on 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞, not just historical averages.
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐏𝐏𝐂 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐀𝐂𝐨𝐒. 𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰.
🚀 𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐀𝐦𝐚𝐳𝐨𝐧 𝐏𝐏𝐂 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲, 𝐥𝐞𝐭’𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐱 𝐢𝐭.
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