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Stop Flushing Ad Money Down the Drain — Here's the Fix
5 sneaky Google Ads hacks that Amazon sellers are using to crush their sales goals.

If you’re not using Google Ads tricks to fuel your Amazon sales, you’re basically leaving your wallet wide open at a Vegas blackjack table. 🎰
Amazon isn’t the only game in town anymore. Smart sellers (the ones cashing $100K months) are pulling sneaky moves from Google marketers — and guess what? They’re laughing all the way to the bank.
Let’s crack open this playbook. 🏈
My $500 Mistake (And How Google Saved My Bacon 🥓)
Flashback to 2017:
I thought Amazon PPC was all I needed.
I was dumping cash into sponsored ads like I was buying rounds for the bar. 🍻
But sales plateaued.
Ad costs shot up.
And my profit? About as thin as a sheet of toilet paper. 🧻
Desperate, I called my buddy Alex (yep, the tech whiz behind our Amazon tool) and whined about it.
He just laughed. "Dude... why aren't you using Google Ads?"
I blinked. "Aren't those for dentists and car washes?"
Fast forward 90 days:
A simple Google Ads campaign drove traffic to my Amazon listing... 🚀
Cut my cost per sale by 32%... 🧮
And got me ranking higher for organic Amazon search. 📈
Lesson learned: Think bigger. Think Google.
🧠 5 Google Ads Tricks You Should Steal Today
Here’s the meat and potatoes. 🍖🥔
(No fluff. Only what’s working.)
1. Use Branded Search Campaigns
Bid on your own brand name + product type.
Example: “SwiftClean Laundry Detergent Amazon”
Protects your brand from competitors and funnels hot buyers straight to your listing.
2. Target "Amazon Buyer" Keywords
Add keywords like "buy on Amazon," "best XYZ on Amazon," "Amazon deals on [your product]."
People love shopping on Amazon. Give ‘em what they want!
3. Set Up a Simple Landing Page
Don’t send Google traffic straight to your listing.
Use a cheap landing page (I like Leadpages) to pre-sell, grab emails, and THEN push them to Amazon.
Bonus: Get better tracking + build an email list you OWN. 📧
4. Use Smart Bidding (but Watch it Like a Hawk)
Let Google optimize for conversions — but don’t trust it blindly.
Start small ($10–$20/day) and scale slowly.
Check search terms daily for junk clicks and prune like a bonsai tree. 🌳
5. Retarget Amazon Visitors
Sneaky trick: Use Google Display Ads to show your product to people who’ve already visited your Amazon listing.
You can't pixel Amazon directly... BUT you can pixel your landing page visitors.
Cheap. Effective. Ninja-level selling. 🥷
🔥 Big Lesson Here
The sellers who win aren't just "good at Amazon."
They're good at getting traffic, wherever it lives. 🛣️
Think of Google like the highway.
Amazon is just the exit ramp.
Your job is to drive the car and take the right turn!
🧢 Words to Send You Off
That's all for today, champ. 🥊
Remember: "Amazon is the arena. But traffic is the sword."
Now go sharpen yours.
Talk soon,
Ryan Keene
Helping You Sell Smarter (Not Harder)
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