Google Adwords, worth it?

So I got it started yesterday, so I'll post stats here! The video I'm advertising is really not that engaging at all, and I don't suspect many people to actually click. (It's the one in my signature)

I'm doing this for the purpose of seeing how it works, and if it's actually effective in any way.

Aug 06 stats -
Impressions: 11,522
Views: 180
View rate: 1.56%
Avg.CPV: 0.17
Total cost: 30.78
Clicks: 0 (I honestly would never click an ad and I've used adblock for 4 years)
Video played to <25%: 16%
Video played to 25%: 34%
Video played to 50%: 24%
Video played to 75%: 17%
Video played to 100: 9%
 
Retsky said:
I'm doing this for the purpose of seeing how it works, and if it's actually effective in any way.
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I've spent a good amount of money just messing around early on. Nothing wrong with getting your feet wet. Did you use strongly worded annotations and/or cards to direct viewers to other videos? How many 'earned views' did you get (if you can find that metric. An earned view is when someone clicks your ad to watch your video and then watches another of your videos).

17 cents/view is pretty high, but you'll learn to lower that if you want to. I'd only pay that much if the views/subs ratio were really nice or the videos were achieving a much higher retention than if you broadened your keyword selection. Were you able to get any subs from the advertising?
 
Retsky said:
So I got it started yesterday, so I'll post stats here! The video I'm advertising is really not that engaging at all, and I don't suspect many people to actually click. (It's the one in my signature)

I'm doing this for the purpose of seeing how it works, and if it's actually effective in any way.

Aug 06 stats -
Impressions: 11,522
Views: 180
View rate: 1.56%
Avg.CPV: 0.17
Total cost: 30.78
Clicks: 0 (I honestly would never click an ad and I've used adblock for 4 years)
Video played to <25%: 16%
Video played to 25%: 34%
Video played to 50%: 24%
Video played to 75%: 17%
Video played to 100: 9%
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$30 for 180 views seems way too expensive. I think it isn't worth it at that rate, try lowering the CPV.
 
CallofBooty said:
$30 for 180 views seems way too expensive. I think it isn't worth it at that rate, try lowering the CPV.
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Did you see anywhere it stood dollars? Dw, I'm paying the same I would for 2 coke's per day.[DOUBLEPOST=1438920817,1438920627][/DOUBLEPOST]
WilliamRayWalters said:
I've spent a good amount of money just messing around early on. Nothing wrong with getting your feet wet. Did you use strongly worded annotations and/or cards to direct viewers to other videos? How many 'earned views' did you get (if you can find that metric. An earned view is when someone clicks your ad to watch your video and then watches another of your videos).

17 cents/view is pretty high, but you'll learn to lower that if you want to. I'd only pay that much if the views/subs ratio were really nice or the videos were achieving a much higher retention than if you broadened your keyword selection. Were you able to get any subs from the advertising?
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Not sure if you read the "The video I'm advertising is really not that engaging at all" part. It really is NOT engaging at all, and people who would keep looking would only be those who were really interested. My channel doesn't reflect what their shown either, because the games haven't been released yet. "Earned view" is now just named "click" instead, and I got 0 of those.
 
Retsky said:
"Earned view" is now just named "click" instead, and I got 0 of those.
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Did they change that since last week? They might have, since I know they changed a couple things about the interface.
As far as how much you spent, I was under the same impression based on how you wrote it ($30). I think it's just the way you wrote it that threw us. .17 without a 'cents' or whatever afterward typically indicated 17 cents. 30.00 typically indicates $30.00. It was just a misunderstanding.
 
WilliamRayWalters said:
Did they change that since last week? They might have, since I know they changed a couple things about the interface.
As far as how much you spent, I was under the same impression based on how you wrote it ($30). I think it's just the way you wrote it that threw us. .17 without a 'cents' or whatever afterward typically indicated 17 cents. 30.00 typically indicates $30.00. It was just a misunderstanding.
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Not sure, but "Click" has the same description as the "Earned View" I think. Makes sense tho, to just have "Click" instead, because that's what it is lol.

I just wrote numbers because I didn't want it to be the big "focus" here. Obviously anyone who lives in America, automatically assumes it's in dollars, while this is actually an international forum and I've stated earlier in this post that I don't live in the US.
But I can understand your assumption. I would be a madman to spend 30$ for that though :laugh2:
 
Retsky said:
and I've stated earlier in this post that I don't live in the US
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I have the attentions span of a flea. I can't remember what you just wrote just now much less earlier in the thread lol. The mind doesn't work the way it used to. That, and the fact that half the time it's 4am or later when I'm on here doesn't help either.
 
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