Tag Archives: search marketing

SEM offer strategy

Expand your Offer Strategy to Increase SEM Performance

In an era when the average business buyer only contacts a brand when he/she is 67 percent through the buying process, there’s every reason to make sure that you’re reaching prospective customers at every stage of their research, not just when they’re ready to buy. Otherwise, when buyers finally do… Read More

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Video Tech Company Leverages SEM to Drive Enterprise Leads

Started in 2008 as the world’s first open source video player, JW Player pioneered video on the Web and today has customers in 193 countries, ranging from Fortune 500 companies to individual bloggers. The company’s flagship product, JW Player, is live on more than 2 million sites with more than… Read More

Google Quality Score

5 Simple PPC Landing Page Changes that May Improve Your Quality Score

As most PPC advertisers already know, Google’s Quality Score measures what Google perceives to be the quality of your keyword ads. Every keyword in a campaign receives a quality score, ranked on a scale from 1-10, that, in combination with other factors – not all of which Google discloses –… Read More

Ego Bidding: Why Paying for #1 Position on Google Costs You More Than You Think

In the process of managing search marketing campaigns for clients, we occasionally run into situations where client management is dictating that their company “own” certain key search terms on Google. Additionally, if that domination can’t quickly or easily be achieved through organic means (via Search Engine Optimization), then at minimum… Read More

7 Tips for a Successful PPC Landing Page

Where do most paid search (PPC) campaigns succeed or fail? Though it’s typical for marketers to invest more time and legwork in the mechanics of search (keywords, bid strategy, campaign structure), I’d argue that the majority of PPC campaigns are won or lost at the close: the landing page. The… Read More

Help Your Favorite Local Businesses Get Found on Google

According to various industry statistics, a large percentage of consumer search activity is related to location. By one account, more than 97 percent of all consumers use the Internet when researching products or services in their local area, of whom 90 percent use search engines. If, like me, you’re one… Read More

How One SaaS Company Doubled their Lead Volume from Paid Search

What does a software company do when their paid search program is working well but just not generating enough leads? That was the issue faced by Navicure, a leading Internet-based (SaaS) medical claims clearinghouse that helps physician practices increase profitability through improved claims reimbursement and staff productivity. By most metrics,… Read More