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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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SEM for B2B – Best Practices and Ad Types to Use in SEM for B2B

QuanticMind

?SEM for B2B is a different space than consumer marketing. Here, we’ll discuss some of the tactics and ad types you can use today in SEM for B2B. SEM for B2B (business-to-business companies) is a bit different than what marketers normally think about when they discuss search engine marketing. Let’s get started.

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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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SEO vs. SEM: This is a Silly Fight. They Are Both Amazing

Conductor

SEM is also… amazing. What is SEM? SEM stands for search engine marketing. SEM includes paid search and organic search. Traditionally, an SEM team may include experts in both paid search and SEO However, SEM is more heavily associated with paid search, and many SEM services only cover paid search.

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Sizzling Search Strategy: How Demandbase optimized SEM for Account-Based Marketing

DemandBase

Can search engine marketing (SEM) target specific accounts and minimize waste from unqualified respondents? SEM by definition is a top-of-funnel, quantity-focused channel. No technology currently exists that uses SEM to target accounts. How can you leverage SEM to aid and abet Account-Based Marketing? It can be done.

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Having Trouble Optimizing Your Seasonal and Promotional SEM Performance?

QuanticMind

In the world of SEM, your campaign strategy doesn’t stay the same from quarter to quarter, month to month or even week to week. And as a Paid Search Marketer who has lived through numerous Black Fridays — and countless promotional SEM campaigns — you know that some seasons are, well, busier than others. To your success!

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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. 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. Numerous factors can contribute to poor SEM budget spend.

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