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Best of 2009 (So Far): Search Engine Marketing

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What's the real the optimal cost per lead for your SEM program? Keep your search marketing program growing? Discover the answers to these questions and others here in some of the best posts on search engine marketing (so far) this year. How can you improve conversion rates?

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Search Engine Marketing Benchmarks: Latest Research from Marketing Sherpa

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MarketingSherpa just released its new search marketing benchmark report ($447) and companion executive summary (free PDF). Wherever consumers are clicking, search marketers and PPC ad buyers are at work. With a tough economy, people are searching online for good deals. And people won't search for what they have no budget to buy.

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Best of 2008 (So Far) - Search Engine Marketing, Part 1

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In my continuing effort to clean out my bookmarks and stay ahead of the game for the Best of 2008 series in January, here are a dozen of the most linkworthy articles and posts on search engine marketing so far this year. Whats the best keyword match type? This brief yet helpful post provides some answers.

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The Case of the Missing Leads: An SEM Mystery

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No problem, I thought; knock out a keyword list, crank out a few ads, test a couple of different landing pages, keep an eye on things to weed out the bum search phrases and keep bids in line, piece of cake. Once I'd cleaned out the unsuitable search terms, the campaign started humming like the V8 in my `66 Ford. Leave everything to me."

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What Works Now in B2B Lead Generation, Part 1

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MarketingSherpa has just released its 2008 B2B Lead Generation Handbook (that's a link to the free executive summary PDF; the complete report will run you a cool $500). Finally, getting SEO and marketing assistance from different providers can lead to inefficient duplication of effort.

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TechTarget Acquires KnowledgeStorm: The Impact on B2B Lead Generation

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Around the blogosphere, Barry Graubart at Content Matters argues that "TechTarget had previously acquired KnowledgeStorm competitor BitPipe, so they now have a solid lock on the IT white paper and lead gen market." (I I suspect the folks at ITToolbox would disagree.)

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What Works Now in B2B Lead Generation, Part 2

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This is because, as the report notes, it takes time to build external links and a significant body of content, which are critical to establishing credibility with both search engine spiders and human readers (and why persistence is one of the most vital components of effective business blogging ).