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| Page 1 of 2 | Previous | Next | WEBMARKETCENTRAL SEPTEMBER 18, 2008 The Social Media Email Signature BTW, Jon has really got the reputation management thing nailed, as a Google search on his name quickly reveals.) In the old days, email signatures pretty much just mirrored business card information: name, company, title, phone, fax (gotta love that 80's technology still hanging on!) and email address. For most people, that's still the only information their email signature provides. | WEBMARKETCENTRAL DECEMBER 8, 2008 Getting More Out of Each Click with "Post-Click Marketing" These services don't collect any information beyond what Google Analytics , WebTrends or other web analytics packages do. With the economy now officially in a recession (as if we didn't know that), marketers are under increasing pressure to do more with less. On the interactive marketing side, few marketers will get budget increases enabling them to drive more clicks. Was that you? | | | | | | | WEBMARKETCENTRAL JANUARY 28, 2008 Best of 2007: Articles and Blog Posts on SEO (Part 1) SEO is dead? Balderdash! Judging by the number of high-quality articles and blog posts still devoted to the topic (so many I had to split this category into two posts), SEO remains a critical component of online marketing success. Because you should never write a press release that starts out with, “John Shlock Smith the Shmuck proudly announces….â€) advice. Go away and leave me alone. | WEBMARKETCENTRAL SEPTEMBER 20, 2007 Google AdWords Average CTR and Best Practices It's surprisingly difficult, however, to get meaningful data on the average click-through rate (CTR) for Google AdWords ads. On the B2B side, I'd place the average Google AdWords CTR in the range of 0.9-1.4%. So—how can you optimize your Google AdWords CTR to beat those averages? As noted, DoubleClick provides fairly reliable data across those media. 1.2%, 1%-2% and 3%-5%. | WEBMARKETCENTRAL AUGUST 26, 2009 How to Create a Cool Social Media Email Signature The easiest way is to use Google image search. One of the most popular posts ever on this blog was The Social Media Email Signature , in which I noted that "In the old days, email signatures pretty much just mirrored business card information (which is still the case for most people).A It clearly struck a cord, and traffic-wise, it didn't hurt that Guy Kawasaki tweeted the post. It helped. | WEBMARKETCENTRAL SEPTEMBER 8, 2009 7 Ways NOT to Select an SEO Consultant Other than Matt Cutts (who isn't for sale)—or perhaps someone with compromising photos of Google's search engineer—no one can guarantee any specific rank for a website on any given keyword. Nothing wrong with that, competition is good! Particularly for buyers.) Here are seven characteristics to help avoid hiring one of those types for your next SEO project. Irrelevant experience. Guarantees. | | | | | | | | | -
WEBMARKETCENTRAL | TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2009 Best of 2009 (So Far): AdWords Tips and Tactics, Part 2 How can you utilize rich media ads to take advantage of the coverage provided by Google's content network? Find the answers to these questions and others here in more of the best articles and blog posts on maximizing the value of Google AdWords from the past year. Rich Media and Video templates in display ad builder by Inside AdWords Emel Mutlu steps through the benefits of and process for creating rich media AdWords ads for display across Google's content network. Is The Hype Over Google AdWords Quality Score Justified? MORE >> -
WEBMARKETCENTRAL | FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 2009 Best of 2008: Search Engine Marketing Everything But Google: Alternative Search Marketing Options: SES San Jose by Search Engine Journal Blogging a session on alternative search marketing outlets at the SES conference, Darrell Long provides bite-sized updates on pay-per-post (boo!), Superpages , Facebook , Quigo (interesting), ContextWeb , LookSmart , ASK (lower CPA than Google? Why Google keywords cost more but deliver less by iMedia Connection Dave McCarthy explains how Google uses its quality score to reward (or punish) advertisers, how to improve your quality score, and what types of landing page offers to avoid. MORE >> -
WEBMARKETCENTRAL | MONDAY, APRIL 20, 2009 Best of 2008: SEM Landing Pages Lead Generation Form Optimization Tips and Tricks - Google Analytics by VKI Studios Darcy Foster explains how to use Google Analytics and Omniture for conversion rate measurement, then provides tips for testing different approaches to improving conversions. Once you've optimized the list of keywords in your search engine marketing campaign, tweaked the bids and crafted stellar ad text to bring visitors to your site, landing page design is critical to converting those visitors into sales or leads. Here are a few of the best posts about SEM landing page design from last year. MORE >> -
WEBMARKETCENTRAL | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7, 2009 Best of 2008: SEO Guidance, Part 1 Interview With Aaron Wall from SEOBook.com - SEO Legend by PingPongPie In this interview transcript, SEO guru Aaron Wall discusses future trends in search, the difficulty in scaling SEO, coping with Google's mood swings, competition, social media and more. ** technorati tags: best SEO articles, Matt Cutts, Eric Enge, SEOmoz, Brent D. Welcome to the first post in the official Best of 2008 series, which will summarize and link to some of the best blog posts and online articles about SEO, social media, online marketing strategy and more. Not her best stuff perhaps, but still interesting. MORE >> -
WEBMARKETCENTRAL | MONDAY, AUGUST 17, 2009 Best of 2008: SEO Guidance, Part 5 Google Window Dressing” – 12 Ways To Squeeze Every Last Drop Of Traffic From Your Current Rankings by SEOptimise In this brilliant piece, Max Capener provides a dozen tips for optimizing meta description tags to help get the click even when your site doesn't get a top 3 spot in the search rankings. Google’s Top Search Engine Ranking Factors by Green Marketing 2.0 Which social media sites are most helpful for SEO? What common mistakes should you avoid when optimizing a site for search? Which factors do search engine algorithms weight most heavily in determining search position? MORE >>
- Best of 2008 (So Far) - Cool Web Tools, Part 2 WEBMARKETCENTRAL | MONDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2008
- Best of 2008 (So Far) - SEO Guidance, Part 3 WEBMARKETCENTRAL | MONDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2008
- SEO - Why a Small Business Needs a Blog WEBMARKETCENTRAL | MONDAY, MAY 12, 2008
- Best of 2009 (So Far): Social Media Marketing, Part 4 WEBMARKETCENTRAL | THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31, 2009
- Best of 2009 (So Far): SEO Guidance, Part 4 WEBMARKETCENTRAL | TUESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2009
- SEO Tool Review: SEMRush WEBMARKETCENTRAL | MONDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2009
- Best of 2009 (So Far): SEO Guidance, Part 3 WEBMARKETCENTRAL | THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2009
- Best of 2009 (So Far): Social Media Marketing, Part 3 WEBMARKETCENTRAL | WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2009
- Best of 2009 (So Far): Search Engine Marketing WEBMARKETCENTRAL | THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2009
- Social Media, Cell Phones and Online Shopping: Is Big Brother Us? WEBMARKETCENTRAL | MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2009
- Best of 2009 (So Far): Cool Web Tools, Part 2 WEBMARKETCENTRAL | MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2009
- Best of 2009 (So Far): SEO Guidance, Part 2 WEBMARKETCENTRAL | MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2009
- Which is Better for Driving B2B Blog Traffic - Twitter or LinkedIn? WEBMARKETCENTRAL | WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2009
- Will Content Marketing Kill Trade Publications? WEBMARKETCENTRAL | MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2009
- Best of 2009 (So Far): SEO Guidance, Part 1 WEBMARKETCENTRAL | MONDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2009
- SEO Rant: The Insidious Nofollow Tag WEBMARKETCENTRAL | THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2009
- How to Use Social Media to Leverage the Power of Google WEBMARKETCENTRAL | MONDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2009
- Best of 2009 (So Far): AdWords Tips and Tactics, Part 1 WEBMARKETCENTRAL | WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2009
- Best of 2009 (So Far): Social Media Marketing, Part 1 WEBMARKETCENTRAL | THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2009
- Looking Back at 400: Top 10 Posts WEBMARKETCENTRAL | THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2009
- Best of 2008: Social Media Optimization, Part 6 WEBMARKETCENTRAL | TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2009
- Genoo Aims to Shake Up Marketing Automation Space WEBMARKETCENTRAL | MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2009
- Best of 2008: Cool Web Tools, Part 3 WEBMARKETCENTRAL | MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2009
- 3 Reasons to Love PitchEngine for Social Media Releases WEBMARKETCENTRAL | THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2009
- SEM: How (And Why) To Keep Your Google Content Network Campaigns Clean WEBMARKETCENTRAL | TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2009
- Book Review: Blogger -- Beyond the Basics WEBMARKETCENTRAL | WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 2009
- Best of 2008: Cool Web Tools, Part 2 WEBMARKETCENTRAL | MONDAY, AUGUST 3, 2009
- Social Media ROI vs. RONI WEBMARKETCENTRAL | THURSDAY, JULY 30, 2009
- Search Engine Marketing Benchmarks: Latest Research from Marketing Sherpa WEBMARKETCENTRAL | THURSDAY, JULY 23, 2009
- Does More Twitter Followers Equal More Traffic? WEBMARKETCENTRAL | TUESDAY, JULY 14, 2009
- Best of 2008: Social Media Optimization, Part 3 WEBMARKETCENTRAL | MONDAY, JULY 13, 2009
- Best of 2008: SEO Guidance, Part 4 WEBMARKETCENTRAL | MONDAY, JULY 6, 2009
- Best of 2008: Random but Interesting, Part 1 WEBMARKETCENTRAL | TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 2009
- Best of 2008: Cool Web Tools, Part 1 WEBMARKETCENTRAL | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17, 2009
- Best of 2008: AdWords Tips and Tactics, Part 2 WEBMARKETCENTRAL | THURSDAY, MAY 28, 2009
- 3 More Tips for Optimizing SEM Campaigns WEBMARKETCENTRAL | FRIDAY, MAY 22, 2009
- Best of 2008: Social Media Optimization, Part 2 WEBMARKETCENTRAL | MONDAY, MAY 18, 2009
- B2C Versus B2B – Is There Really Any Difference? WEBMARKETCENTRAL | TUESDAY, MAY 12, 2009
- Best of 2008: SEO Guidance, Part 3 WEBMARKETCENTRAL | MONDAY, MAY 11, 2009
- Best of 2008: SEO Tools, Part 2 WEBMARKETCENTRAL | TUESDAY, APRIL 14, 2009
- Just Say No to Bad SEO WEBMARKETCENTRAL | FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 2009
- Best of 2008: AdWords Tips and Tactics WEBMARKETCENTRAL | TUESDAY, APRIL 7, 2009
- Best of 2008: Social Media Optimization, Part 1 WEBMARKETCENTRAL | MONDAY, APRIL 6, 2009
- Best of 2008: SEO Guidance, Part 2 WEBMARKETCENTRAL | MONDAY, MARCH 30, 2009
- Best of 2008: WordPress Tools and Tips WEBMARKETCENTRAL | THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 2009
- High Points on the Social Media Landscape WEBMARKETCENTRAL | TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 2009
- Best of 2008: SEO Link Building WEBMARKETCENTRAL | MONDAY, MARCH 2, 2009
- Best of 2008: SEO Keyword Tips & Tools WEBMARKETCENTRAL | FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2009
- 3 Tips for Optimizing SEM Campaigns WEBMARKETCENTRAL | MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2009
- Best of 2008: Web Analytics WEBMARKETCENTRAL | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2009
- What's Next for B2B Social Media? FYIndOut Now WEBMARKETCENTRAL | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28, 2009
- Best of 2008 - SEO Tools, Part 1 WEBMARKETCENTRAL | MONDAY, JANUARY 26, 2009
- Book Review: Website Optimization WEBMARKETCENTRAL | FRIDAY, JANUARY 23, 2009
- Don't They Know Who You Are? Why Reputation Management is Critical WEBMARKETCENTRAL | MONDAY, JANUARY 5, 2009
- The Case of the Missing Leads: An SEM Mystery WEBMARKETCENTRAL | MONDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2008
- Best of 2008 (So Far) - Web Marketing Research, Part 2 WEBMARKETCENTRAL | THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2008
- SEO Is Not Dead, Just Changing: What This Means WEBMARKETCENTRAL | MONDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2008
- What Aaron Goldman is Thankful For WEBMARKETCENTRAL | WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2008
- Looking Back at 300: Top 10 Posts WEBMARKETCENTRAL | MONDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2008
- Twitter Twaddle, Part 2: Best Practices, Tools and The Future of Twitter WEBMARKETCENTRAL | WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2008
- Selecting an Advertising Agency WEBMARKETCENTRAL | TUESDAY, JUNE 7, 2005
- Backflip: A Dot-Com Survivor Story WEBMARKETCENTRAL | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29, 2005
- Search Engine Optimization 101 WEBMARKETCENTRAL | FRIDAY, JULY 29, 2005
- Google Notes, Good People WEBMARKETCENTRAL | TUESDAY, AUGUST 2, 2005
- A Cluetrain Moment WEBMARKETCENTRAL | MONDAY, AUGUST 29, 2005
- Blogging for Business WEBMARKETCENTRAL | THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2005
- The Age of the Micromarket? WEBMARKETCENTRAL | SATURDAY, JANUARY 21, 2006
- Web Marketing Tools and Wisdom WEBMARKETCENTRAL | MONDAY, MARCH 13, 2006
- WMC Interviews: Mike Schultz WEBMARKETCENTRAL | SATURDAY, APRIL 1, 2006
- Everybody's Watching.You WEBMARKETCENTRAL | SATURDAY, MAY 20, 2006
- Generating Relevant Links WEBMARKETCENTRAL | SATURDAY, JUNE 17, 2006
- Choices Expand for Customized Start Pages WEBMARKETCENTRAL | MONDAY, JULY 24, 2006
- A Consensus for Inconsistency WEBMARKETCENTRAL | MONDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2006
- The Last Word on E-Words and Ewords WEBMARKETCENTRAL | WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2006
- Business Blogs: PR Tool or Marketing Tool? WEBMARKETCENTRAL | THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2006
- More of the Best Website Marketing Tools WEBMARKETCENTRAL | MONDAY, JANUARY 15, 2007
- Top Internet Advertising Networks WEBMARKETCENTRAL | MONDAY, JANUARY 29, 2007
- Executive-Level Web Analytics WEBMARKETCENTRAL | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2007
- How to Write a Web Marketing Plan - Part 1 WEBMARKETCENTRAL | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 2007
- Looking Back at 100: Top 10 Posts WEBMARKETCENTRAL | TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 2007
- 7 Essential Tools for Business Blogs WEBMARKETCENTRAL | SUNDAY, APRIL 22, 2007
- Web 2.0 Social Tagging Sites, Part 4: B2B Traffic Building WEBMARKETCENTRAL | TUESDAY, MAY 15, 2007
- The Right Kind of Behavioral Targeting WEBMARKETCENTRAL | MONDAY, JUNE 4, 2007
- More on (Moron?) Behavioral Targeting WEBMARKETCENTRAL | FRIDAY, JUNE 15, 2007
- Web 2.0 Social Tagging Sites, Part 7: The Best WEBMARKETCENTRAL | TUESDAY, JUNE 26, 2007
- MarketingSherpa Releases 2008 Search Marketing Benchmark Guide WEBMARKETCENTRAL | FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2007
- How to Improve SEM Conversion Rates WEBMARKETCENTRAL | TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2007
- The TruthLaidBear Comes Out of Hiding WEBMARKETCENTRAL | FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2007
- What is the True State of Search Marketing? WEBMARKETCENTRAL | FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2007
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