How to become a Qualified Google Advertising Professional (as an individual)

Once you’ve determined that you will be able to comply with the requirements (see below), you can begin your sign-up process at the professionals welcome page by clicking on the link to the left that literally reads, Want to join the Google Advertising Professionals program?. You will then need to login in to your existing AdWords account (if you don’t currently have one, you can create one at the login/sign-up page). And, now, the fun begins! Get that fresh AdWords campaign going and, if need be, sharpen up your skills with the help of the Google Learning Center (excellent for exam preparation). Qualified Google Advertising Professional here we come!

To become a Qualified Individual in the Google Advertising Professionals program, you’ll need to accomplish the following:

1. Sign up for the program successfully and be in good standing. This means that you’ve accepted the Rules of Use and aren’t in violation of them.
2. Manage at least one AdWords account (yours or someone else’s) in My Client Center for 90 days.
3. Build and maintain at least US$1,000 (or your local currency equivalent) total spend for your or your team’s My Client Center account during the 90-day period.
4. Pass the Google Advertising Professional Exam. We suggest that you take the exam after you meet the above requirements. However, you can take the exam at any time.

Please note that you must have met and/or be maintaining all requirements concurrently to become a Qualified Individual. So, if you have not yet passed the Exam by the time you reach the 90-day minimum managed spend requirement, you must still be maintaining that spend level (at least US$1,000 - or your local currency equivalent) when you pass the Exam.

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