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Video Tech Company Leverages SEM to Drive Enterprise Leads

The Point

In 2015, JW Player piloted a small-scale, in-house SEM program on Google AdWords to gauge the potential efficacy of using search advertising to drive qualified leads for its enterprise video platform. Almost all our SEM engagements begin with some kind of audit and assessment,” commented Howard J. Aggressive testing of ad copy.

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Expand your Offer Strategy to Increase SEM Performance

The Point

It’s puzzling, therefore, why so many SEM campaigns in the high tech space focus exclusively on late-stage offers, namely trials and demos. One reason is a general (short-sighted, in my view) opinion of SEM as merely a tool to find prospects who are ready to buy. Actually, I know why it is. There’s also a smart way to do it.

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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. Poor Adwords budget management can lead to missed performance targets. 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.

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Five Reasons Why Sales Strategy Doesn’t Work for Many Small Businesses

Webbiquity

For instance, with a $4,000 budget, it is wise to spread the campaign over few months invest in one channel at a time (spend first $1000 on Adwords in the first month, next $1000 on FB ads in next month and so on) and squeeze the channel altogether. For example, many businesses spend thousands of advertising dollars on Google Adwords.

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The 17 Best Keyword Research Tools for SEO and SEM

Webbiquity

Pricing: free (but requires an active Google AdWords account). Search for any domain and see every place they’ve shown up on Google: every keyword bought on Adwords, every organic rank, and every ad variation in the last 9 years. Also find contact information for domains, successful AdWords ad texts, and negative keywords.

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SEM Mystery: The Case of the Missing Leads

Webbiquity

Government stuff, on AdWords. Door-busting CTRs, conversion rates as respectable as that lady always sitting in the front row at church, nice ROI. Two months down the road, the AdWords campaign was in trouble. I know how to play good cop / bad cop with an AdWords report. I had figured as much. Went great. Tweet This!

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Search Engine Marketing (SEM) Best Practices

Webbiquity

Search engine marketing (SEM) can be a powerful lead generation source, or a complete waste of money. B2B marketers often get less from their SEM programs than possible by overlooking basic but critical steps. Here are some best practices to optimize your results from SEM campaigns: 1. Test alternative ad copy.