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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. However, many marketers are still relying on the bid optimization tools that Google and Bing provide, even those with decent SEM budgets (~$50k). 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. Dynamic Landing Pages by PPC Hero.

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5 Most Common Fails in B2B Search Campaigns

The Point

Because costs per click in B2B search campaigns can often be extremely high when companies compete the for same keywords, Search Engine Marketing (SEM) for B2B advertisers offers its own very unique challenges. 5 Most Common Fails in B2B Search Campaigns #SEM Click To Tweet.

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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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Master These Three KPIs to Grow Your Business

BenchmarkONE

Marketing without monitoring and tracking your progress is pointless. If you are going to spend the time and money required to pursue marketing campaigns , you need to be committed to carefully evaluating the success of those initiatives. . Each of your marketing efforts is going to come along with some financial cost.

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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?

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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.