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SEM for B2B: Lessons Learned from 40+ Accounts [VIDEO]

Directive Agency

Today we’re going to talk about SEM for B2B and the lessons that we’ve learned from 40+ accounts. One of the best parts of AdWords is there’s so much data available. Cost per acquisition. We think that these are critical KPIs for every AdWords marketer, manager, or even advertiser to look at.

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How to Avoid Underspending and Overspending Your SEM Budget

QuanticMind

Balancing your SEM budget is one of the major challenges of marketing management today. Poor Adwords budget management can lead to missed performance targets. It can also frustrate the leaders who put you in charge of SEM in the first place. It can also frustrate the leaders who put you in charge of SEM in the first place.

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How to Optimize Your Geo-Targeting Settings on Your AdWords Campaigns

QuanticMind

At QuanticMind, we’ve seen and analyzed large numbers of client AdWords Campaigns. First, assuming you’re in the new AdWords UI, go to the following location: You’re going to see a Geographic Report of your data based upon the dates you’ve selected. In our example, our account CPA happens to be $30.33

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5 Simple Steps to Develop an Effective PPC Strategy

QuanticMind

Okay, you’ve just landed your dream job as an SEM professional and your boss is now asking you to deliver your “PPC strategy” — you know that brilliant, airtight strategy you put together that’s going to help your boss (and your company) not only to meet their business objectives, but also exceed them? AdWords audience targeting.

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Search Engine Marketing and Optimization

QuanticMind

However, many marketers are still relying on the bid optimization tools that Google and Bing provide, even those with decent SEM budgets (~$50k). These publisher optimization tools and best practices like “Estimated first-page bid recommendations” and “Smart bidding” end up increasing our CPA and thinning our margins on those top keywords.

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

The Point

In the business of Search Engine Marketing (SEM) , this strategy is sometimes referred to as “ego bidding” – that is, securing the top position (or one of the top 3 positions) for a particular search term, regardless of cost or efficiency.

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12 PPC Tools & Software to Help Your Ad Campaigns Crush It

Hubspot

Cost: Free to Google Ads advertisers. This downloadable desktop application, formerly named AdWords Editor, can be used to create, track, and edit your Google ads. Cost: Free with short registration. This software would be a good choice for agencies looking to save time on the reporting processes related to PPC or SEM marketing.