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Old 08-17-2004, 09:47 PM
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Default Sounds great 2 me (but what do i no)

Hi Golfer,

I have been doing Google AdWords a year and I'm still not sure about it.

The Web design field is highly competetive and I make few sales. My clickthrough rate is only 1.5%. So your rates sound incredible to me!

The reason I'm sticking with the adwords program, however, is that it only takes a few good sales to make it profitable for me.

Tracking my conversion rate always seemed futile to me -- most people who fill out my forms are just fishing. Often they want to compare rates or see how it's done. When they find out I make no guarantees they'll strike it rich on the Web, they lose interest.

Despite regular responses to my search engine rankings and Google ads, I get few serious buyers. Customers for my high-quality, custom Web sites still come mostly through client referrals.

So to answer your question: I think you're doing great. A 5% conversion rate is considered normal in sales. If you want to increase that, give us more info on what you're selling and how you promote it.
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