The Point

JULY 20, 2018

A client asks: “Can I use the landing page from an email campaign for online ads, say: search or LinkedIn, if it’s promoting the same asset?”. Someone responding to a Google text ad, or a LinkedIn sponsored post may be only curious, or intrigued by your offer, but likely isn’t “sold” yet. My response: In short: no.

Landing Pages 113

Landing Pages Paid Search Agency Ads Cost Per Click 113

The Point

OCTOBER 7, 2014

It seems only yesterday that “PPC advertising” was synonymous with Google AdWords. Google still dominates search advertising – at last count, it handles roughly two-thirds of all Web search queries , a market share that won’t be decreasing any time soon. Its top 25 US-based search advertisers alone spent more than $1.3

Paid Content 100

Paid Content PPC Twitter Linkedin 100

The Point

SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

And no, #1 is not “write better content” (because you already knew that.). Optimize post titles for search. It’s highly likely that most of your blog traffic will come, not from visitors wandering over from the main corporate site, but through search. Excerpt long-form content as blog posts.

Business Blogging 100

Business Blogging Lead Scoring Lead Ranking Generation 100

The Point

JANUARY 25, 2012

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 more detail, the better. ”

Landing Pages 100

Landing Pages PPC Paid Search Agency Tips 100

The Point

JANUARY 13, 2017

However, by limiting paid search (SEM) campaigns (and social ads like LinkedIn also) to prospects who are ready to look at a product, marketers do themselves and their companies a disservice. For a more detailed look at B2B search strategy, download our white paper: “ Top 10 B2B Paid Search Mistakes.”.

SEM 100

SEM Paid Search Agency Marketing & Strategy Sales Qualified Leads 100

The Point

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

content-driven – so that it drives engagement and dialogue, vs. a program that attempts to sell a solution or drive meetings exclusively, and finally. • Identifying and/or developing a critical mass of relevant offer content to support the campaign, content that is specific and relevant to target roles, for example: – Power User.

Account Based Marketing 100

Account Based Marketing ABM Paid Search Agency Marketing Strategy 100

The Point

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

This month, Google released a new feature called Priority Inbox , designed to help Gmail users better cope with email overload by automatically determining which emails are most important to you. Disclaimer: Google is a Spear Marketing Group client.

Lead Generation 100

Lead Generation Lead Scoring Lead Ranking Generation 100

The Point

DECEMBER 6, 2010

Normally, a survey like this might indicate something about hot topics or key trends, but here instead the popularity of the top posts has everything to do with one word: search. Plus, there’s an added benefit to this technique: if you title posts for search, they’ll perform well in Twitter for the same reason.

Lead Gen 100

Lead Gen Webinar Metrics Salesforce.com Eloqua 100

The Point

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

Specifically, smart B2B marketers will wake up to the fact that blogs can also be prime sources of a) search traffic, and b) net new sales leads. Title blog posts with Google search results in mind. Here are 3 key principles we preach to our blog clients: 1.

Aggregage 100

Aggregage Trends B2B Thought Leadership B2B 100

The Point

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

They commit the publisher to a critical mass of content on an overly aggressive schedule, content that in turn depends on multiple contributors who never seem to share your same sense of urgency. Working with a specific target audience and goal helps to focus the content in a way that will resonate with the intended readers.

Newsletter 100

Newsletter Tips Paid Search Agency Ad Frequency 100

The Point

MARCH 6, 2013

The basic story is this: in February, Maker’s Mark announced that they would be reducing the alcohol content in their bourbon from 45 percent to 42 percent, ostensibly in order to boost supplies of its product to meet high consumer demand. We Listened.” The same message also appeared on their Facebook page (image above.)

Social Media 100

Social Media PR SIC Media 100

The Point

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

A search campaign there. Add the offer to the ad rotation in your Google AdWords campaign. Promote the report via content syndication. The abstract that you write for content syndication will leverage the email copy. An email campaign here. Option 1: You can dial up an email and blast it out to your prospect database.

Campaigns 223

Campaigns Email Marketing Banner Ads Work Management 223

The Point

JANUARY 30, 2018

Define who you are, what you do, and why it matters, validate those points, and ensure that everything you communicate into the market, from a Google Ad to a sales script, is based fundamentally on that same, consensus message. Good Content is Your Secret Weapon. Either way, Webinars as a content strategy are overused.

Demand Generation Agencies 168

Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Demand Generation 168

The Point

JANUARY 6, 2014

Make content a part of every campaign planning discussion. The right offer is central to the success of any demand gen program, so make offers and content a core element of your planning (and budgeting) process. Besides, good content will fuel demand gen success much more quickly than clever creative.

Demand Generation Agencies 100

Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Demand Autoresponders 100