WebMarketCentral

OCTOBER 22, 2009

A recent study found a 50% CTR increase in paid search when consumers were exposed to both social media and paid search for a brand, but if the actual click comes from AdWords, good luck convincing your executives that social media efforts led to that click.

Social Media 20

Social Media ROI Web 2.0 Media 20

WebMarketCentral

JULY 20, 2009

Resources for starting a new business, ideas for naming that business, mistakes to avoid, lead generation strategies to embrace, how to apply some of Warren Buffet's wisdom to online marketing efforts.find all of that and more here in this final collection of the best posts on strategy and branding from the past year. What's in A Name?

Marketing & Strategy 20

Marketing & Strategy Brand Identity Branding Best Practices 20

WebMarketCentral

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

Turn your social media contacts into leads, and ultimately customers? How can you make a big splash in social media without a huge budget? Use Facebook fan pages to help with SEO? Attract lots of targeted Twitter followers in a short time? Take advantage of new tools to raise your own profile by commenting on existing content?

LEADSExplorer 20

LEADSExplorer Social Media Optimization Web 2.0 20

WebMarketCentral

JUNE 3, 2009

SEO: best bang for your buck for generating online leads by E-consultancy Aliya Zaidi summarizes research from E-consultancy showing that while " natural search, email marketing and paid search are still the most commonly used methods for generating online leads," " SEO (is) seen as providing the best value for money."

Brand Identity 20

Brand Identity Branding Marketing & Strategy Best Practices 20

WebMarketCentral

APRIL 20, 2009

Once you've optimized the list of keywords in your search engine marketing campaign, tweaked the bids and crafted stellar ad text to bring visitors to your site, landing page design is critical to converting those visitors into sales or leads. Here are a few of the best posts about SEM landing page design from last year.

Landing Pages 20

Landing Pages SEM Best Practices Search Engine Marketing 20

WebMarketCentral

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

As Glen notes, commenting generally drives only a small amount of direct traffic, but helps establish a relationship with the blogger that can lead to links and other benefits down the road.

RSS 20

RSS Best Practices Business Blogger 20

WebMarketCentral

AUGUST 31, 2009

Doing a better job of training employees and qualifying leads? Looking for some off-the-beaten-trail ideas for driving more site traffic? Getting more out of those expensive marketing conferences? Meeting the biggest challenges in b2b marketing head-on? Then you're in the right place!

Paid Content 20

Paid Content Paid Search Agency Best Practices Advertising Agencies 20

WebMarketCentral

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

Study: Company Blogs Lead Social Media Options by MediaPost Mark Walsh reports that " blogging (is) the most important lead-generation source among social media options, followed by StumbleUpon, YouTube, Facebook, De.lic.ious and Digg " (not a surprising result, considering that those other sites tend to support a corporate blog, not replace it).

Social Media 20

Social Media Social Marketing Web 2.0 Paid Search Agency 20

WebMarketCentral

JULY 30, 2009

Consider, for example, a tactic viewed by many marketers as extremely measurable: Google AdWords. I mean, it's all right there on your campaign management screen: how much you spent, how many conversions (leads) you got, and your cost per lead. Simple, right? Balderdash.

Social Media 20

Social Media Paid Content ROI Media 20

WebMarketCentral

JANUARY 29, 2007

Although Google AdWords and Yahoo! ValueClick Provides online display advertising, video, lead generation, serach engine marketing and e-mail marketing solutions for B2C or B2B advertisers. Search Marketing remain the gorillas of online advertising, there are a considerable number of alternatives for generating exposure and clicks.

Advertising Agencies 20

Advertising Agencies Advertisements Advertising Marketing Management 20

WebMarketCentral

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

Practical Guide to Website Key Performance Indicators (KPI's) by Search Engine Journal Writer Julie Mason details the key website performance indicators that "help you measure the effectiveness of your website with quantifiable and actionable results," including page views per visit, visits per lead and cost per lead.

Analytics 20

Analytics Best Practices Blogger Banner Ads 20

WebMarketCentral

JANUARY 28, 2009

Vendors can post their company name, website link, and one product/service name with a description for free, or sign up for the "Plus" membership enabling them to do additional promotion; post assets such as white papers, videos and presentations; invite their customers to contribute reviews; interact with the community; and generate leads.

Enterprise Management 20

Enterprise Management Social Media Paid Content Marketing Management 20

WebMarketCentral

JULY 14, 2008

With that in mind, MarketingSherpa last week presented their Top 10 B-to-B Marketing FastFixes: How to Generate & Nurture More Qualified Leads. Speak Up Speaking engagements are an excellent source of high-quality leads. Test Their Knowledge Quizzes are a relatively inexpensive, easy and fun way to collect leads.

Enterprise Management 20

Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management B2B Marketing 20

WebMarketCentral

FEBRUARY 20, 2008

Quit using Email to train your leads to ignore you by Marketing Interactions Marketing strategist and blogger Ardath Albee lays out a detailed, step-by-step guide to creating an effective email marketing campaign, as opposed to the spam-like programs too often created even by marketing pros who should know better.

Brand Identity 20

Brand Identity Branding Marketing & Strategy Best Practices 20

WebMarketCentral

JANUARY 28, 2008

Specific, obscure keyword phrases can be very valuable IF they lead prospects directly to your product or service. For example, if what you sell is "data privacy encryption software for Oracle HRMS," then it arguably more valuable for site to show up well for that term than simply for a search on "Oracle software."

SEO 20

SEO Wiki Best Practices Allocation 20

WebMarketCentral

MAY 22, 2009

Here are three more tips for optimizing results from SEM programs such as Google AdWords. Used properly, content networks can add significantly to paid search lead generation. In Google AdWords, click Tools in the Campaign Management tab, then go to Site and Category Exclusion. Keep your content network clean.

SEM 20

SEM Campaigns Optimization Tips 20

WebMarketCentral

OCTOBER 8, 2008

Small companies and start-ups with modest budgets will focus most of their efforts on the inner layers or rings, which are primarily designed for lead generation. As the company and its marketing budget grow, efforts can be expanded to the outer layers, which are aimed more at branding but support lead generation efforts.

Paid Content 20

Paid Content Planning Marketing Budget Creation Cost Per Thousand 20

WebMarketCentral

MAY 27, 2008

To an increasing degree over the last couple of months, however, Google returns very different results than the other leading search engines, even when the others agree. For example, on a search for "free credit report," Experian's FreeCreditReport.com shows up within the top three results on almost any search engine. Disturbing.

Google 20

Google Marketing Analytics Tools Lead Scoring Lead Ranking 20

WebMarketCentral

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

If you don't want to see their ads, a fee-based version is available for a reasonable $25 per year. Examples include David Raab's Guide to Demand Generation Systems , Marketo's Landing Page Test Calculator and this podcast from Laura Ramos on using Web 2.0 tactics to boost b2b marketing results.

Tools 20

Tools Best Practices Web 2.0 Adwords 20