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Search Engine Marketing and Optimization

QuanticMind

If you are a performance marketer (like me) you would agree that we often pay too much attention to our set of top keywords. We are ready to bid and pay Google, Bing, and Amazon any amount to get our ads in the top positions for that keyword or set of keywords. The good news, though, is that marketers have options now.

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Seven Expert Search Engine Marketing Guides

Webbiquity

Done properly, search engine marketing (a.k.a. SEM, paid search, PPC) is a powerful complement to SEO and an effective tactic on its own. Discover the answers to these questions and others here in seven noteworthy search engine marketing guides from the past year. Post on Google Buzz.

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7 Bing PPC Secrets That Expand SEM Beyond Google

QuanticMind

As a marketer, you have access to a popular search platform with desirable and high quality target demographics, accelerating growth rate and profitable long-tail search opportunities. No, we’re not talking about Google — we’re talking about Bing. Bing beats out Google in share of long tail search queries.

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The Big List of Content Marketing Acronyms

Brandpoint

CPA: Cost-per-Action. To find CPA, divide your total cost (whether measuring by campaign, keyword or ad group) by the number of conversions. This number is different from customer acquisition cost (CAC) because CPA determines conversion for both new and returning customers. GA: Google Analytics. CPC: Cost-per-Click.

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The Top 35 Digital Marketing Acronyms You Need to Know

ClickDimensions

It is an important metric as it costs less to keep existing customers than to acquire new ones. CPA (Cost per acquisition)- A model where a business only pays for an action taken, such as a click, an impression, or a sale. CPA can be competitive which in turn leads to high costs.

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

The Point

In the process of managing search marketing campaigns for clients, we occasionally run into situations where client management is dictating that their company “own” certain key search terms on Google.

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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. 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. Numerous factors can contribute to poor SEM budget spend.

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