powered by ReachLocal
NPG

Campaign Management

  1. How do I set up a campaign?
  2. What are the advertising terms and conditions?
  3. What options do I have for targeting my campaign geographically?
  4. How do you target my campaigns geographically?
  5. What is a "Metropolitan Area"? How does it relate to Designated Marketing Areas (DMAs)?
  6. What if I want to target an entire state? What if I want to target more than 10 cities?
  7. What are my options for campaign duration? How far in advance can I plan a campaign?
  8. What are the minimum and maximum campaign budget requirements?
  9. Can you recommend a budget for me?
  10. What do you mean by "visits" and "leads"?
  11. How do you estimate "visits" and "leads"?
  12. How many products and services should I promote?
  13. What if I do not see my particular products and services listed?
  14. How do I upload additional products and services keywords?
  15. What is the "daily leads" e-mail?
  16. Where do you place my ads?
  17. Where do you place my ads?

    Based on your campaign's maximum budget, target duration, target geographic areas, and business category, the NPG advertising platform selects the optimal publishers for your campaign. The NPG platform calculates the optimal publisher allocation by considering many different variables, including, but not limited to:

    (1) the minimum and maximum daily budget required by each publisher;
    (2) the minimum and maximum total campaign budget required by each publisher;
    (3) the estimated cost for each web site visit charged by each publisher;
    (4) the number of visits each publisher can give the advertiser in the geographic areas targeted by the advertiser;
    (5) the number of visits each publisher can give the advertiser for the business products & services promoted by the advertiser.

    The media the NPG advertising platform purchases on behalf of the advertiser is based on executing hundreds of campaigns across multiple online publishers and publisher networks, and the NPG platform is constantly refining its publisher allocation model as new publishers emerge. Currently, the NPG advertising platform works with the following publishers and publisher networks:

    Google (Search Engine Ad Network): According to Nielsen/Net Ratings, Google (which also powers AOL Search) is the Internet's most popular search engine, reaching over 80 million people per month (January 2004). Google's search engine ad products (AdWords & AdSense) allow advertisers to promote their products & services when searchers type in specific keywords (e.g. "dentist") on Google, AOL, and hundreds of other sites within Google's ad network.

    Yahoo Sponsored Search: Yahoo — through its relationships with MSN Search & Yahoo Search (among others) — is able to deliver keyword ads to over 90 million people per month (Nielsen/Net Ratings, January 2004). Yahoo's Sponsored Search ad products (Local Match & Precision Match) allow advertisers to promote their products & services when searchers type in specific keywords (e.g. "dentist") on Yahoo, MSN, and hundreds of other sites within Yahoo's ad network.

    SuperPages.com (Internet Yellow Pages Ad): The largest online yellow pages site, SuperPages.com (a Verizon company) serves millions of people searching for local businesses every month, allowing advertisers to promote their products & services when searchers type in specific keywords in a specific geographical location (e.g. "dentists" in Los Angeles, CA).

    Advertising.com (Geo-Targeted Banner Ad Network): One of the largest advertising networks, Advertising.com (an AOL company) allows advertisers to reach over 100 million Internet users each month with geographically-targeted banner advertising.

    ReachLocal.com: All advertiser campaigns are included in the ReachLocal Directory, a local advertising directory accessed by thousands of people daily.

    Not all publishers are selected for each campaign, for many of the reasons listed above. Again, we will frequently be updating the optimal publisher selection as different publishers emerge, and as individual publisher rate cards change.

    If it is absolutely critical that your campaign run on a specific publisher (or, alternatively, that it be excluded from a specific publisher), please include those comments in the "Other Campaign Instructions" field located on the "Review Campaign" page.

  18. Can I change the publishers for my ads?
  19. How can I see my ads once my campaign is running?
  20. How will you determine the best keywords for my campaign?
  21. How do I create a ReachLocal directory ad?
  22. How do I create a search engine keyword ad?
  23. How do I create a geo-targeted banner ad?
  24. How do I upload a geo-targeted banner ad?
  25. Campaign destination page. What if I don't have a website?
  26. Campaign destination page. If I do have a website, why should I create one through NPG?
  27. Why is the phone number and e-mail address information so important on the campaign destination page?
  28. Campaign destination page. Why is the phone number and e-mail address on my site different when I access it from my ads?
  29. Campaign destination page. What type of additional information is typically used in Section 5: Detailed Business Information (NPG destination page)?
  30. Campaign destination page. How do I upload HTML to my NPG destination page?
  31. Campaign destination page. What is the Offer/Coupon section of the NPG destination page? What if I don't wish to provide any offers or coupons?
  32. Campaign destination page. I have an existing Web site and want to track the number of visits to particular pages. How do I do that?
  33. Campaign destination page. What is the Business Image (NPG destination page)? How do I upload one?
  34. How long will it take to review my campaign? When will my campaign start?
  35. I noticed that my ads have changed. Why?
  36. I want to change my ads. How do I do that and how long will it take for the changes to take place?
  37. I want to change my NPG campaign destination page. How do I do that and how long will it take?
  38. I want to change the URL for my campaign destination page. How do I do that?
  39. Why can't I change my campaign settings or the products and services I am promoting while my campaign is running?
  40. How do I renew an existing campaign?
  41. Can I start and stop my campaign at any time?
  42. Can I reactivate a stopped campaign?
  43. My campaign ended before its target end date. Why?
  44. The target end date for my campaign has passed, but my campaign is still running. Why?
  45. How do I know when my campaign has officially ended?
  46. What if I have not used my entire campaign budget by the end of a campaign?
  47. What is Auto Renew?
powered by ReachLocal