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Build or Buy? SEM Agencies vs. In-House SEM Campaigns

QuanticMind

For the past decade or more, in-house SEM campaigns have taken a back seat to SEM agencies for most small, medium and large businesses. A Common Misconception: SEM Is Where the Customer Experience Lies. Within SEM, most of the opportunity to iterate on the customer’s experience lies deeper in the funnel.

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7 Ways SEO & PPC Can Work Together in 2021

Hubspot

If your SEO (search engine optimization) and PPC (pay per click) teams exist in complete silos, it's time to change that. Commonly held opposing viewpoints are: PPC is too complex, and SEO is too slow. PPC is one of SEO's most powerful tools — and vice versa. Here are seven ways to thrive in both SEO and PPC.

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Expand your Offer Strategy to Increase SEM Performance

The Point

In an era when the average business buyer only contacts a brand when he/she is 67 percent through the buying process , there’s every reason to make sure that you’re reaching prospective customers at every stage of their research, not just when they’re ready to buy. Actually, I know why it is.

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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. Here’s everything you need to know about the relationship between SEO and PPC. What is SEO and PPC? Think of it as buying visits to a website. Does SEO help PPC?

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14 Fortuitous SEO and SEM Stats and Facts

Webbiquity

Though many small businesses remain skeptical of AdWords, SEM still accounts for the largest share of online advertising budgets. 59% also use paid search / SEM. A mere 12% use PPC ads. ( Search engine marketing (SEM) will continue to capture the largest share of online spend at 47%, or about 14% of total marketing budgets.

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The Ultimate Guide to SEM (Search Engine Marketing)

Hubspot

Search Engine Marketing, or SEM, is one of the most effective ways to grow your business and reach new customers. While it's critical you employ organic strategies to attract traffic over the long-term, sometimes, you can't properly compete on the SERPs without putting money behind it -- and that's where SEM comes into play.

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SEO vs PPC: How to Prioritize Your SEM Strategies

QuanticMind

Prioritizing investment in SEO vs PPC is far from a new challenge for marketers today. If you want to start improving your SEM strategy overall, here’s everything you need to know about prioritizing SEO vs PPC in 2018. Unlike PPC advertising, where you have to pay for each click to your content, SEO is completely free.

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