Google AdWords is full of underused accounts that are lying dormant. This could be for many reasons – you’ve focused your efforts on another kind of digital marketing, your past agency wasn’t working out, or even a forgotten password! These unused accounts are taking up valuable resources, and therefore slowing down AdWords for the users who are logging in and spending money regularly.

In a recent tweet, Google announced that it would be cleaning up these dormant accounts. From May, any AdWords accounts that haven’t spent in the last 15 months would begin to be cancelled. If your account hasn’t been used for a while, it’s likely that it’s up for cancellation.

The only way to avoid a cancellation is to begin spending money on your AdWords account. That’s where we can help. It shouldn’t be a case of spending a little and then letting your AdWords account fall into disuse again. AdWords is an incredibly effective way to boost sales and drive traffic to your account, so talk to our PPC team to revitalise your AdWords for good.

When your account is cancelled, you’ll not only lose access, but you’ll lose all the valuable historical data from any campaigns you’ve run in the past. You won’t be able to set up any campaigns and use adwords at all, but if you have any unspent prepaid budget, it will be returned to you. It’s possible to reactivate a cancelled account, but after reactivation, you’re up for cancellation again after three months of inactivity.

If you’re thinking of reactivating, it’s a good idea to get some professional advice. A lot has changed on AdWords over the months, so there might be new strategies that would work for you and better ways to organise your campaigns. Reviving an old, unsuccessful campaign isn’t the best way to find new success on AdWords.

For some, it might even be a better option to start from scratch and set up a new adwords account with the most efficient groundwork for you. This way, you won’t have any outdated information and you’re sure to be starting with your best foot forward.

If you’ve used AdWords before but have let it lapse, let the team at Zinc prevent a cancellation whilst improving your leads, conversion and traffic. Talk to us today to learn more.

This creative insight was written by:

Caitlin Burns

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