You 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 be spending 60-80% of your ad budget on Exact match targeting.
A lot of influencers will tell you to focus more on auto campaigns and broad match.
While those do have their place, they certainly shouldn't represent the majority of your spend.
Why?
𝗧𝘄𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻𝘀:
1️⃣ Control &
2️⃣ Scalability.
With more control over bid-to-keyword relationships, you can dial in your performance much more precisely with exact match.
With broad match, a single bid change impacts a wide range of terms.
People will say "but you get cheaper CPCs with auto and broad."
𝗕𝗶𝗴 𝗺𝘆𝘁𝗵.
Amazon doesn't reward you for using a specific match type, silly.
Expanded match types are great for identifying targets where your product performs, and for occupying placements on long-tail keywords and one-off searches
When you're getting hits on a search term in broad match, you can't scale performance on that term.
You're stuck with a lower bid on your strong performers, when you could be bidding more and driving more sales.
If you pulled that keyword into exact match, you could bid more aggressively without the fear of spiking spend on non-performers.
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If I see an account with a high concentration of spend on auto campaigns and broad match targets,
I see an account that isn't fully optimized or maximizing sales on high value terms.
Where's your spend going?