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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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Inside Adwords: Exploring The Differences Between Smart Display Campaigns & Custom Intent Campaigns

Stevens & Tate

This helps to make creating display ads much easier since all you’ll need to do is submit your creative assets (such as images, headlines, subheaders, and copy) along with your cost-per-acquisition (CPA) goal and Google will determine what the best possible combination of these elements are in order to meet your CPA.

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Friend or Frenemy: the Synergy Between SEO and PPC

QuanticMind

When it comes to Search Engine Marketing (SEM) programs, the question of the synergy between SEO and PPC eventually comes into play. Search Engine Optimization, or SEO , is the process of getting traffic from the organic (unpaid) search results on search engines. Does it matter? SEO and PPC.

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8 Actionable Tips to Optimize Your AdWords Performance Today

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

It also highlights that competition is stiff in search engine marketing. As marketers, we’re always looking for a way to get ahead of the competition. At its core, this comes down to search intent. A search for “best electric cars” is considered top-of-funnel to be in the market to buy.

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Why is My PPC Performance Bad? Part III: How to Ensure You’re Optimizing Towards the Correct Metric

QuanticMind

If your goal is to hit a CPA of $20, conversions would be a part of your optimization metric. This means that at most, only 100 keywords in a given month will lead to someone buying this computer game. Users who buy certain products might be more likely to come back and make further purchases in the future.

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The Ultimate Guide to Accurate PPC Forecasting

QuanticMind

Most business leaders today know the importance of investing in search engine marketing (SEM) to reach target audiences and desired goals. Whether you’re an independent marketing agency pitching to clients or an in-house SEM manager, you need accurate PPC forecasting to succeed in your role.

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SMX East 2017 Day 1 – Online-to-Offline, Shopping, Display

QuanticMind

Toward the goal of continuing to build innovations to drive more foot traffic for stores, Kanakamedala recommends acquiring more omnichannel consumers by: Building engaging ad experiences that reach consumers when they’re looking to buy, when they happen to be in the area. Using cross-channel metrics to measure store visits and sales.