Hubspot

DECEMBER 22, 2020

If your SEO (search engine optimization) and PPC (pay per click) teams exist in complete silos, it's time to change that. Commonly held opposing viewpoints are: PPC is too complex, and SEO is too slow. PPC is one of SEO's most powerful tools — and vice versa. Here are seven ways to thrive in both SEO and PPC.

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PPC Work Management SEO Top of Funnel 101

Hubspot

JUNE 26, 2019

PPC, or pay-per-click, campaigns can be a great way to gain traffic, leads, and ROI. Although PPC sounds like a great opportunity, creating profitable campaigns can cost you time, effort, and money. WordStream reports, for example, that the average small business loses 25% of their PPC budget on wasted spend.

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Budget Programs Enterprise Management PPC Paid Search Agency 100

The Point

JANUARY 13, 2017

It’s puzzling, therefore, why so many SEM campaigns in the high tech space focus exclusively on late-stage offers, namely trials and demos. One reason is a general (short-sighted, in my view) opinion of SEM as merely a tool to find prospects who are ready to buy. Actually, I know why it is.

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Hubspot

AUGUST 8, 2019

As a marketer, PPC is a skill that you should have in your toolbelt — or at least have a basic understanding of. When done right, PPC can earn you quality leads. When done right, PPC can earn you quality leads. Benefits of PPC. In other words, PPC is your shortcut to getting to the top within your niche.

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Paid Content PPC Cost Per Thousand Cost Per Click 77

The Point

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

Excerpted from the Spear white paper: “ Top 10 B2B Paid Search Mistakes: Why Your Google Adwords™ Campaign Isn’t Working and What to Do About It.” For a free copy, click here.

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Paid Search Agency Cost Per Click SEM Adwords 100

SocialPilot

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Paid search marketing Brad Geddes Brad is the co-founder of Adalysis, a PPC recommendation software for Google Ads and Microsoft Ads. Bred has also written the book called ‘Advanced Google Adwords’. This official Adword seminar leader has a lot of interesting PPC insights on his Twitter profile. Why should you follow him?

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Paid Content Paid Search Agency Social Media Social Marketing 93

QuanticMind

JANUARY 3, 2019

Without a doubt, 2018 has been quite a year for PPC advertisers and the SEM industry as a whole. We’ve compiled some of the ways in which the developments of the past year have played a role in shaping the direction of SEM industry — and how they’ll potentially play out in the New Year. GDPR Sets a New Global Standard .

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SEM Paid Search Agency Privacy Privacy Policies 40

QuanticMind

MAY 11, 2018

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? But there’s one small problem.

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PPC Paid Content Top of Funnel Adwords 42

Webbiquity

JANUARY 10, 2010

Which AdWords reports are the most critical, and how you can take full advantage of the information they provide? How is AdWords Quality Score calculated, and how can you improve that score in your campaigns? How can you calculate the potential advertising value of AdWords before making a costly investment?

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Adwords Tips PPC Tactics 100

QuanticMind

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Sometimes you have to look far and wide for tools and resources that you need for your PPC campaigns to be successful and profitable. Such is the case when you use both your own inventory and lead capacity to optimize your SEM activities and increase ROI. Use Local Inventory Ads.

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SEM Efficiency Cost Per Click Lead Scoring 40

Webbiquity

APRIL 7, 2010

While more than 80% of companies now use paid search in some form (primarily AdWords), many of these programs are under-optimized and not delivering the results they could be. Does PPC advertising help with branding? Back to the PPC Classroom | A Disciplined Approach To Managing A Client Relationship by PPC News & Opinion.

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Search Engine Marketing Paid Search Agency Search Marketing SEM 100

Hubspot

MAY 13, 2016

Smart marketers know Google AdWords is an essential part of a strong B2B marketing strategy. One of the most critical elements of your SEM campaigns is the organization of your keywords. Relevancy is key in every part of SEM campaigns. The biggest downside of AdWords is the character limit. So please, just don’t do it.

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Adwords Paid Search Agency Marketing Management B2B Marketing 28

QuanticMind

JUNE 14, 2017

Day 1 of #SMX Advanced includes keynote addresses from Google and Bing, conversion optimization best practices, audience targeting tips and social + PPC discussion. Here’s our list of the quick hits: Day 1 Keynote – Welcome & SEM Keynote Conversation: Google & SEM. pictured: @jdischler , @GinnyMarvin ).

Paid Search Agency 40

Paid Search Agency PPC Optimization Marketing AI 40

QuanticMind

MARCH 27, 2017

Let’s review the three biggest PPC trends and insights from SMX West 2017 on attribution, targeting and local search. If you work in SEM, you know this challenge well. By checking individual paths for keywords and landing page URLs, it’s possible to get a sense of how your mobile campaigns perform against your pure PPC campaigns.

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Search Engine Marketing PPC Search Marketing Paid Search Agency 40

Navigate the Channel

OCTOBER 4, 2023

The “measure what matters” phrase has been around for a long time, but as marketers we can put it into practice more today than in any decade or generation in the past. This is the time you put into SEO, PPC, social, content marketing, content creation, and other efforts that you invest in through time or through an outsourced vendor.

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Planning Cost per Lead Classified Ads Advertising Agencies 65

QuanticMind

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Without a doubt, 2018 has been quite a year for digital advertising and SEM. We’ve taken deep dives into PPC industry trends and global issues like GDPR and net neutrality , following the numerous twists and turns of a rapidly evolving and changing industry. Amazon Advertising or Google Ads: What’s Right for Your PPC Strategy?

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SEM Paid Search Agency Advertising Agencies PPC 40

QuanticMind

JUNE 20, 2017

Review the top PPC insights for social/mobile vs. search, audience targeting and Google Shopping here, and get new martech insights and a free digital copy of the acclaimed martech book “Digital Insights” in our webinar. So what were the biggest trends and takeaways that you need to be aware of? SMX Advanced 2017 – Day 2 Wrap-Up.

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SEM Mobile Advertising Funnel Advertising ROAS 40

Hubspot

MAY 26, 2017

Clearly, marketers are taking advantage of AdWords, but what does a great PPC campaign even look like? How do you even do a Google AdWords campaign? This is called A/B testing, a very important and highly recommended practice for optimizing your landing pages. How do you ensure it drives ROI for your company?

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Paid Search Agency Adwords Landing Pages PPC 76

QuanticMind

MAY 20, 2019

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.

Search Engine Marketing 40

Search Engine Marketing Search Marketing Optimization SEM 40

Hubspot

AUGUST 1, 2018

What is it, and how does it compare to practices like social media, content, search engine, and email marketing? Search engine marketing (SEM) is a little different than search engine optimization (SEO). This is why ecommerce marketers often register with Google AdWords and promote their product pages through PPC campaigns.

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eCommerce Planning SEM PPC 53

EMagine B2B Blog

JANUARY 5, 2015

This month we will be featuring our PPC Specialist, Leah Yount, who has been with the eMagine Digital Marketing team for over a year. I am a B2B PPC gladiator. I am a hunting guide in the thorny PPC forest. I love brainstorming with clients and exposing them to all the options available with Google, Bing, and Social PPC.

Adwords 40

Adwords PPC SEM Click Rate 40

Hubspot

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

But in the world of search engine marketing (SEM), using paid search (PPC) to rank on a search engine results page (SERP) for a given term comes pretty close. So, how do you do PPC "properly" so you actually get leads at a reasonable cost? Step 1: Understand PPC Campaign Structure. Alright, got your template handy?

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PPC Template Work Management Marketing Management 28

Hubspot

AUGUST 2, 2013

Practically anywhere the eye can see, there''s an ad begging for a second look. So how can Google Adwords, an increasingly saturated market that allows only 3 tiny lines of ad copy, help your site get viable leads? This is one of the things we explore in our latest new ebook about advanced PPC strategies.

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PPC Paid Search Agency Ads Work Management 28

The Point

MAY 18, 2016

If your Google AdWords campaign isn’t generating the type of lead volume, lead quality, or ROI that it should, it’s highly likely that the campaign is suffering from common missteps that plague many B2B paid search programs.

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Paid Search Agency Adwords B2B Click Rate 113

QuanticMind

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Day 1 of #SMX East offers the keynote address from Google on online-to-offline (o2o), Shopping best practices, Display best practices and more. Shopping Best Practices: “Bing in the Holidays” by Cady Condyles. Shopping Best Practices: “Shopping Strategies That Never Go Out of Style” by Jake Favaro.

Paid Content 40

Paid Content Display Top of Funnel Cost Per Click 40

WebMarketCentral

MAY 28, 2009

Where can you find the best resources to help pass the AdWords certification exam? What factors should be taken into account when developing a new AdWords campaign? How can the Google AdWords search-based keyword tool be used for competitive research? When is it time to drop or rewrite an underperforming ad?

Adwords 20

Adwords Tactics Tips PPC 20

Online Marketing Institute

DECEMBER 23, 2010

Home Members Only News Features Columns SEM SEO PPC Social Media How To Google & Search First Time Here? The concept is simple, do everything you can to achieve the highest Quality Score that you can (no matter which of the major engines you are advertising with – Google AdWords Quality Score , Bing mentions Quality Score.)

Paid Content 40

Paid Content PPC Cost Per Click Paid Search Agency 40

QuanticMind

DECEMBER 8, 2016

Bidding for Google Shopping is still bidding for position – just like it is for AdWords text ads. However, while getting your ads surfaced higher than your competitors is crucial for AdWords text ads (and position one is still the holy grail for text ads), jockeying for position is a bit different for Google Shopping.

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Google Tactics Adwords SEM 40

WebMarketCentral

JANUARY 24, 2008

The last post here presented some of the best articles and blog posts on general search engine marketing practices. This post focuses on interesting observations and helpful advice pertaining specifically to Google AdWords, the largest SEM platform. All of which would have sent a perfectly profitable campaign into a tailspin."

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Adwords Paid Content SEM Google 20

Single Grain

APRIL 27, 2023

To ensure the PPC program effectiveness and achieve a positive return on investment, e-commerce stores must conduct regular PPC audits. In this article, I will provide a PPC audit checklist for running an effective PPC campaign. Work With Us What I s a PPC Audit?

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PPC eCommerce Lead Ranking Lead Scoring 52

Convince & Convert

AUGUST 3, 2015

” That was when I came across these words in a Moz blog: You offer SEO, Web Design, and PPC. that night, I asked my girlfriend not to call me for the next three months, put away my PS3, and started my research on the best PPC resources available online … and I just read. Specialization: PPC Strategies + Case Studies + News.

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PPC Paid Content Paid Search Agency Advertising Agencies 159

QuanticMind

AUGUST 31, 2018

You simply need your SEM strategies to be more effective than your competitors. But what if I told you that there is a relatively easy way to get into the minds of your competitors in SEM? What if, in other words, someone handed you the SEM playbook for crushing your competition? I know what you’re thinking right about now.

SEM 40

SEM Paid Content Tactics Cost Per Click 40

Webbiquity

DECEMBER 7, 2017

If ever a platform needed artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning, it’s Google AdWords. A lot of ground has already been covered about AdWords, from the jaw-droppingly godawful amounts of waste involved in most AdWords accounts to best practices to follow in mounting an effective AdWords campaign.

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Marketing AI Adwords Account Based Marketing ABM 154

Unbounce

MARCH 7, 2019

You’re studying PPC best practices, looking for ways to level up your SEM campaigns and boost ROI from Search. You immediately apply the philosophy to your Adwords (now Google Ads) campaigns and, for a while, things go rather well. Read about why PPC experts sometimes use this strategy here. It’s 2015.

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PPC Practices SEM Best Practices 111

Bluetext

AUGUST 9, 2019

Bluetext is proud to announce that it has achieved the status of Google Partner as an expert in the use of Google AdWords for digital campaigns. As a result, our digital marketing practice continues to grow while meeting Google’s standards and requirements for the designation. Working with AdWords Experts.

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Advertising Agencies Paid Search Agency Ad Agencies Google 20

Bluetext

AUGUST 9, 2019

Bluetext is proud to announce that it has achieved the status of Google Partner as an expert in the use of Google AdWords for digital campaigns. As a result, our digital marketing practice continues to grow while meeting Google’s standards and requirements for the designation. Working with AdWords Experts.

Advertising Agencies 20

Advertising Agencies Google Adwords Paid Search Agency 20

Bluetext

AUGUST 9, 2019

Bluetext is proud to announce that it has achieved the status of Google Partner as an expert in the use of Google AdWords for digital campaigns. As a result, our digital marketing practice continues to grow while meeting Google’s standards and requirements for the designation. Working with AdWords Experts.

Advertising Agencies 20

Advertising Agencies Google Adwords Paid Search Agency 20