Frequently Asked Questions
What is Google Ads?
Google Ads, previously known as AdWords, enables you to connect with potential residents actively searching for apartments within your vicinity on Google. It offers the flexibility to determine the placement of your apartment advertisements, establish a monthly budget that aligns with your financial comfort, and gauge the effectiveness of your advertisements.
What does my spend go towards?
Your spend is allocated towards campaigns in the Search and Display Networks.
What should my spend be?
Our team provides personalized recommendations for your advertising spend, tailored to your specific sub-market and occupancy objectives.
Can I change my spend after the campaigns have started?
Yes! The great thing about Google Ads is that you can adjust your spend based on your occupancy goals.
How do you know Google Ads was what led to a conversion?
We set-up conversion tracking that fires only when someone comes from a Google Ad to the community website and takes the designated action such as submitting a contact form.
How long do I have to wait before we can make adjustments to my campaigns?
Typically we’d like to wait at least two weeks to make any new significant changes which take into account seven day learning period for Google.
What’s the onboarding process like?
Your dedicated account expert will reach out with our Community Success Form. The CSF asks the right questions to help us build the most successful Google Ads campaign as possible. Once the campaigns are ready to launch, your dedicated account expert will schedule a kick-off call to review the campaigns and go live.
Do I need a video to advertise on YouTube?
No. With the Display Network and Discovery Campaigns, your ads are eligible to appear on YouTube. If you want to make the most of YouTube, we do recommend having a short video which will then allow us to run pre and post-roll ads.