PAULA NEAL MOONEY

by Paula Neal Mooney For folks who advertise their websites using Google Adwords , the big news today is that Google is adding a cost-per-click, or CPC , bidding option that Google Adwords advertisers have long wanted. Until that point, Google Adwords advertisers had only the cost-per-thousand impressions, or CPM , to contend with. I started my first Google Adwords campaign to drive traffic to my dad's tax blog . Now I'm all over this new Google Adwords CPC Beta , which is letting some advertisers sign up now before it launches next month. I don't know if they're looking for the Google Adwords heavy-hitters to become a part of the new Google CPC Bidding Beta , but sign up anyway if you're a Google Adwords user . If you're not a Google Adwords advertiser and you want to be, just check out my sidebar to the left for the link to Join Google Adwords and start running a new campaign. But be warned, the minimum campaign is $30 per month -- read all their Google Ad...

Today I read on ProBlogger that Google is giving out a free $50 coupon for new folks who've never used Google Adwords before. My friend Erica hipped me to Google Adwords but she didn't spend $50 , I belive she spent around $35 and got some good hits for her eBook, but no sales yet. It didn't dawn on me till I read Darren's blog post that I could use the free $50 Google Adwords coupon to promote my blog, and I guess this doesn't violate any Google Adwords laws since I run Google Adsense ads (kind of the whole point in using that free Google Adwords $50 coupon in the first place...let's keep it in the family, Googlemeisters) and Amazon Affiliate products on this blog. We'll see. I submitted my site and I hope I hear "yay" back about the rich $50 free Google Adwords coupon -- which could go a long way towards free pub this Christmas season -- a lot sooner than the few days they said it would take them to hopefully, God-willing, please please...