Week 9 - Post 7 - Ads and the proper order of things

 I’m getting the hang of Ads with help from YouTube and the Google help section. The school materials are outdated so they aren’t a great deal of help when navigating the application. Unfortunately I’ve got a significant issue with Google Ads. Early this week, my Google Ads account was suspended for violating the counterfeit goods policy. I had to submit an appeal, plead ignorant to the policy and explain that I am attempting to set up an affiliate marketing program.

Since I haven’t received my agreement for affiliate marketing with Logitech yet from Impact, Google said I will remain suspended until I get it and re apply. In other words… I’m stuck waiting on Impact. I submitted a request for an update on the status of my application, but was given a 10 day window for their response, which extends into next Thursday. In other words…. I’m stuck for a bit.

For the sake of the class, I may have to drop everything and start over, which is ok because I know what I’d do if I needed to put things together all over again, but I really wanted to get this affiliate marketing plan developed because I have plans to actually create an affiliate marketing site in the future. It seems the right way to do it is to set up a website, start by reviewing products and build a social media following, and then deploy the affiliate Marketing cookies to the site.

Anyway - Google Ads was becoming more familiar and I was getting the concept and ideas around how to use it before everything went sideways. I still think I’d be a bit more successful by using Facebook and Instagram as the primary marketing strategy, but I think that’s just because of the nature of the products I’m choosing to market and my own personal shopping habits.