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Google Adwords Vouchers and My PPC Fears

faradina
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Google Adwords Vouchers and My PPC Fears

I have been getting these vouchers from google so that I can try advertising my sites using adwords. And they represent good amounts and I was sorely tempted to try it out as I do not do much traffic generation to my own sites by way of PPC (read none). So far I have used only SEO and I must say that the results are good.

And so I did go in to see how it would be and found that I cannot use the voucher for the activation of my adwords account and the thrifty (cheap? miserly?) grandmother in me balked and I did not go through with it. I somehow have this fear of running up huge bills for PPC ads.

Ah, negativism! Do not emulate me. There are a lot of benefits to be derived from PPC and similar paid traffic generation methods. But dive into it only when you are ready, which I definitely am not.
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rudolf55
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Once you use a voucher, you're not obliged to spend more money. You can simply deplete the 50$ and then decide if you want to spend more money. I recommend using the prepaid option in that case, it's the best thing you can do when using Adwords.
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scarf_lover06
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unfortunately, in my country, if using adword voucher will get suspended.
Anyone know a trick to not suspended if using a voucher?
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michellerana
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Google will only suspend your account when using Adwords voucher if you have not made an initial prepayment of funds: Campaign status: Suspended. The way the system works is that when you enter a promotional code to your account that is on pre-pay, you will have to make an initial prepayment: How do I make a prepayment by credit card? - Adwords Help

Once you've done that, the account is credited with your amount and that of the promotional code. The alert should not reflect at this point.
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aref959
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cool my to my sites

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aref959
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aref959 wrote:cool my to my sites

http://aref-aldanby.blogspot.com
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google.com,  ads.txt:

google.com, pub-8859727898087585, DIRECT, f08c47fec0942fa0



 google.com, pub-8859727898087585, DIRECT, f08c47fec0942fa0



Google Payment Corp
Google Inc.
Attn: Google Wallet
1600 Amphitheatre Parkway
Mountain View, CA 94043
1-855-492-5538
Google Payment Corp. – Complaints Handling
P.O. Box 727
Mountain View, CA 94042
 

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