Has anyone tried online advertising? Лице кое објавува дискусија: Alain Alameddine
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Alain Alameddine 
Либан
Local time: 04:56
Член (2009)
англиски на француски
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Such as social media marketing, SEM or banner ads? If so, did it get you any clients?
| | | | Dr. Tilmann Kleinau (X)
Германија
Local time: 03:56
Член (2006)
англиски на германски
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| I cannot advise you to do it | Apr 1, 2023 |
I have tried Google Ads for a few weeks. It cost me about 500 EUR and there were a few hundred clicks but it brought me no job offer. So I dropped it again. I think translation is too much of a niche job to be successful in SEA marketing.
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Dr. Tilmann Kleinau wrote:
I have tried Google Ads for a few weeks. It cost me about 500 EUR and there were a few hundred clicks but it brought me no job offer. So I dropped it again. I think translation is too much of a niche job to be successful in SEA marketing.
The clicks were probably all translators checking out the competition.
| | | | Daniel Frisano
Италија
Local time: 03:56
Член (2008)
англиски на италијански
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| Unsatisfactory | Apr 2, 2023 |
A few years ago I did, and I did get some results, but all of them were occasional clients with tiny jobs, such as a marriage certificate for someone requiring naturalization, that kind of stuff. Certainly not the kind of response we're all after.
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philgoddard
Соединети Американски Држави
германски на англиски
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| I tried Google Ads... | Apr 2, 2023 |
...and it was $200 down the drain.
The Google representative who was supposed to help me set it up was in a hurry, and just wanted my money.
He Also Told Me I Had To Write It Like This, which I told him looked stupid. Some people do this in the US, but nowhere else.
I got no responses, and wasn't able to see where the money had gone.
Afterwards, I got an email from a law firm saying did I want to join a class action against Google. I said yes.... See more ...and it was $200 down the drain.
The Google representative who was supposed to help me set it up was in a hurry, and just wanted my money.
He Also Told Me I Had To Write It Like This, which I told him looked stupid. Some people do this in the US, but nowhere else.
I got no responses, and wasn't able to see where the money had gone.
Afterwards, I got an email from a law firm saying did I want to join a class action against Google. I said yes.
A few months ago, I got my compensation. All $5 of it. ▲ Collapse
| | | | Kay Denney
Франција
Local time: 03:56
француски на англиски
Wow Phil that's some story, definitely enough to put anyone off!
Rachel Waddington wrote:
The clicks were probably all translators checking out the competition.
I remember light years ago paying for an ad in a newspaper for Americans living in Paris (this was before Internet had taken off). The only calls I got were people with a very strong American accent pretending to be French and asking about my rates. After the second call, I just systematically ended each one saying in English "the only calls I've had are from people like you, so good-bye".
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