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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. Increasing the number of negative keywords to reduce consumer impressions and unqualified clicks. Aggressive testing of ad copy.

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The 17 Best Keyword Research Tools for SEO and SEM

Webbiquity

Despite some misleading chatter to the contrary, SEO is not dead , and keywords still matter. And of course, keyword stuffing, as an SEO tactic, is long dead. But keywords (more precisely, keyword phrases) still matter in the sense they reveal searcher intent. That’s where keyword research comes in.

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Exploring the SEO vs. SEM vs. Content Marketing Relationship

ClearVoice

This is why strategies like search engine optimization (SEO) and search engine marketing (SEM) play such an important role in digital marketing. To figure out how to make SEO, SEM, and content marketing work together, you must first understand how each one works. What’s the difference between SEO and SEM?

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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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5 Most Common Fails in B2B Search Campaigns

The Point

Because costs per click in B2B search campaigns can often be extremely high when companies compete the for same keywords, Search Engine Marketing (SEM) for B2B advertisers offers its own very unique challenges. Here are the five most common “fails” we see in B2B search campaigns: Not Bidding on the Correct Keywords.

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How to Practice SEO and Accomplish a Strong ROI

Golden Spiral

How well are you measuring and reporting on the Return on Investment (ROI) from all of your digital marketing efforts? Often CMOs work closely with CIOs and other analysts to support demand generation programs with data and insights, both of which inform ROI. Making ROI Easier to Measure. If you’re struggling, you’re not alone.

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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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