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Here are a few tips how to take advantage of these keywords without paying the high price:

• Use search phrases or Long Tail keywords to better reach your local audience like “restaurant in Denver Co.”

* Use Google free Adword’s Keyword Research Tool

• Use your competitors names, product names, as a keywords. When people search for them, you will come up in search results as well.

Adneedle provides robust targeting, measurement, recommendations and gives you reach, tools and metrics to increase performance, so you can  can accurately determine pay per click performance and ROI for your marketing dollars.

1) Log into your Adneedle account. If you do not have one, go to our Sign up page.

2) Get started by naming your campaign, setting your budget and scheduling your campaign dates.

3) Enter your payment information and click Complete Campaign. You will be directed to a confirmation screen.

4) Fill out the New Campaign Form and give us the information about your company, your advertising goals and your campaign. You can also upload display ads, a Facebook image and a keyword list here, and leave any information that may help us with understanding your campaign initiatives.

5) Once we receive this information, we begin to research your company and create a campaign strategy. We create an initial keyword list, set your targeting parameters, create your text and Facebook ads and upload your display ads. This process usually takes 1-2 business days to complete.

6) Once your campaign is set up, you are notified and can access it through your Adneedle dashboard. At this time, you can edit and monitor your campaign as needed.

It really is that easy. Our experts strive to give you a campaign that performs to the best of its ability.
If you have any questions along the way, just call us at 1-877-316-7518 or contact our support center and we’ll be glad to help you out.

ALBANY, N.Y. March 9, 2012 – - Adneedle, an automated local online advertising service,  has been officially announced as a participant in the StartUp America Partnership at the 2012 South by Southwest Interactive Festival, from March 9-13, in Austin, TX.

The Startup America Partnership, a private sector alliance aimed at maximizing the success of American startups, was created by the White House in 2011. The main goal of the partnership is to act as an economic booster for entrepreneurs, giving them access to a consortium of corporations, advisors, venture capitalists and industry mentors for companies to utilize for their growth and planning in today’s marketplace.

In 2011, President Obama joined the White House Startup America Initiative with the private-sector Startup America Partnership headed by Steve Case co-founder and former chief executive officer and chairman of America Online (AOL).

“We are extremely excited to be showcasing our brand at this year’s event,” said Ryan Hickman, Adneedle president and co-founder. “We feel we bring a unique product to this year’s event and look forward to meeting and introducing it to this year’s attendees. We’re honored to be able to do it in partnership with Startup America.”

As part of its inclusion in the StartUp America initiative, Adneedle will officially launch its online ad platform to businesses looking to easily run cross-channel online ads on Facebook, Search, Display, Mobile and Video. Adneedle provides visibility across major network partners like Google, Doubleclick, Facebook, Adbrite, Rubicon, Yahoo and Microsoft, reaching the customers wherever they go online.

Adneedle is an automated cross-channel online advertising solution that runs ads across Search, Display, Facebook and Mobile Ads concurrently. This allows advertisers to save time by managing all their online marketing through an easy, powerful user dash. Enhanced features include retargeting, conversion tracking, detailed website reporting, keyword and web site suggestion tools and Google Ad Tracking.

This year’s kickoff event is at the Startup Pavilion at the 2012 SXSW Interactive Festival, and Adneedle will be announced as a participant in the Startup America Partnership along with 25 other companies. Adneedle will also be featured in the various workshops, venture capital pitches and technology forums throughout the four-day event. For more information on Adneedle and their activities at this year’s StartUp America forum at South by Southwest, check out the events live twitter feed at: #startuplive or go to the events live blog athttp://www.s.co/blog.

About Adneedle.com

Adneedle is an automated online advertising platform that allows any business to easily deploy and measure PPC, Display, Search, Facebook and Mobile, and effectively manage all their online advertising in one place. To learn more, visit www.adneedle.com

About the Startup America Partnership

The Startup America Partnership was launched at the White House in response to President Obama’s call to celebrate, inspire, and accelerate high-growth entrepreneurship throughout the nation. The Partnership is bringing together an alliance of major corporations, funders, service providers, mentors and advisors working to dramatically increase the prevalence and success of high-growth enterprises in the U.S. AOL co-founder Steve Case chairs the Partnership and the Kauffman and Case Foundations are founding partners. America Airlines, American Express OPEN, Dell Inc., Intuit Inc., and Microsoft are sponsors. The Partnership will identify measure and report on the effectiveness of cross-sector collaboration in support of entrepreneurial ventures and its effect on job creation and growth .For more information on the Partnership, visit www.s.co and follow us at www.twitter.com/startupamerica and www.facebook.com/startupamerica.

Campaigns that are more detailed or customized parameters, such as specific retargeting campaigns, video campaigns or campaigns that are being moved from a previous account, may take longer. You will be notified once your campaign is ready to be viewed.

Please note that once you activate (or unpause) your campaign in your dashboard, your ads are submitted to the various networks to run. Approval times are dependent upon the individual networks. For instance, Google Adwords can take as little as a few hours to approve ads or as long as a couple of weeks.

Our most recommended sizes:
- 728 x 90 pixels (Leaderboard)
- 300 x 250 pixels (Medium Rectangle)
- 160 x 600 pixels (Wide Skyscraper)
- 120 x 600 pixels (Skyscraper)
- 300 x 50 pixels (Mobile Leaderboard)

Additional sizes:
- 250 x 250 pixels (Square)
- 200 x 200 pixels (Small Square)
- 336 x 280 pixels (Large Rectangle)

Please note, all ads must be:
- The exact pixel sizes
-  RGB and  72 dpi files
- A maximum of 50k
- gif, jpg, png or swf files

The above sizes are the most readily available inventory, get the fastest approvals and receive the best rotation and response rates. When preparing your campaign, remember that the more formats you prepare, the more places that your ad has the opportunity to be placed.

Flash Ads
The Google Doubleclick network has very strict guidelines for preparing Flash ads. For  more information on these specifications, please visit this Google Image Ad Policy  link.

If you are adding Flash ads to your campaign, we also recommend uploading the same ad as a static banner ad, since many networks and devices such as iPads and mobile phones do not support Flash ads.

All images must be 5k or under and be jpg, gif or png formats.

Please note: Facebook does not support Flash or animated images.

Display ads

- File size is too large. Files must be 50k or under.
- Inaccurate ad size. Ads will be rejected if they are even one pixel off in size. Please see our ad size guide for measurements.
- Wrong file type. Ads must be .jpg, .gif, .png or .swf files only
- Inaccurate landing page url. Landing page must be active and relevant to your campaign
- Multiple base url’s in campaign
- Must use http:// or https:// for all destination url’s.
- Content that violates network policy. Common violations include:
• Use of a copyrighted term in ad text or keywords
• Advertising restricted products or goods
• Questionable content

See Google Advertising Policy

Text ads

- Inaccurate landing page url. Landing page must be active and relevant to your campaign.
- Overuse of punctuation, such as exclamation points
- Must use http:// or https:// for all destination url’s
- Multiple base url’s in campaign
- Content that violates network policy. Common violations include:
• Use of a copyrighted term in ad text or keywords
• Advertising restricted products or goods
• Questionable content

See Google Advertising Policy  and  Microsoft Relevance and Quality

Facebook ads

- Image file size is too large. Facebook images must be 5k or under
Note: recommended image size is 110 pixels wide x 80 pixels height
- Content that violates network policy

See Facebook Advertising Guidelines

- Variations in reporting
Our networks report data to us in different ways. In most cases, the data on your Overview page (campaign level reporting) comes in several hours prior to the data on the Ads Summary pages (ad level reporting). Please refer to the Overview screen for the most current data.

- Changed or deleted ads in the campaign
Some networks, such as Google, automatically delete ad stats when a change is made to that ad (ie. text change or url change) and restart its ad stats at “0″.  You will continue to see these ads’ clicks and impressions on your campaign Overview Screen, but may not its clicks and impressions once the ad is edited.

If you have edited ads in your campaign, please contact your Adneedle representative and they will be able to provide you with an up-to-date ad report.

- Custom ads such as video ads or ads that have been added directly into a network
In some instances, your Adneedle representative may choose to add your ads into your campaign directly through the partner network and bypass the Adneedle interface. Although it is rarely done, some custom tailored campaigns may require it. If this is the case, speak to your Adneedle representative for the most accurate ad level stats.

Please note: The Overview Screen will always report the most up-to-date and accurate stats

Please note: Adneedle does not place ads on LinkedIn at this time.

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