KoMarketing Associates

DECEMBER 5, 2017

Instead of planning for 2018 when you’re already starting it in January, the most prepared B2B marketers already have priorities identified and plans for execution come January 1. We reached out to B2B marketers across different industries and asked them the following question: What are B2B marketers prioritizing in their 2018 budget?

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KoMarketing Associates

JUNE 1, 2016

On May 24, Chinese search engine Baidu made significant changes to the configuration of its paid advertising, including limiting the amount of ads that appear on the search engine results page. These changes will have lasting implications for B2B marketers. The advertising on the right has been eliminated.

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Spiralytics

AUGUST 29, 2019

If you're looking to learn more about Search Engine Marketing (SEM) or paid search, you've come to the right place! Jump to a section: What is SEM? A Brief History of Search Ads. Why SEM Works for Businesses. Search Advertising Platforms. SEM Mistakes to Avoid.

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Webbiquity

MARCH 1, 2016

Search remains the cornerstone of digital and content marketing efforts. The average B2B website gets 40% or more of all visits from organic search, and 81% of B2B purchase cycles start with a web search. Of course, search, like all other digital marketing tactics, continues to evolve. Internet users.

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Oktopost

JULY 27, 2021

If you’ve ever gone searching for information on the internet about a product you were interested in buying, you’ve replicated one of the critical parts of the B2B customer purchasing journey. Search marketing allows a business to capture valuable leads from buyers researching a purchase. Google, Bing, and Yahoo).

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SmartBug Media

AUGUST 27, 2021

There are three distinct types of media that make up any digital marketing mix: earned, owned, and paid media. Inbound marketing traditionally couples the latter two; it’s a method to draw in your audience with stellar website content, blog articles, premium content, and social media engagement.

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Martech

JANUARY 23, 2023

Search marketing is a very big deal. Any way you slice it, it amounts to millions of searches per minute , all day, every day. Search is a huge component of digital marketing and ecommerce. pay-per-click or PPC) sit. pay-per-click or PPC) sit. Table of contents What is search marketing?

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Brandpoint

JANUARY 23, 2020

Google AdWords – now named Google Ads – is one of the most useful methods out there for getting traffic to your website. It’s also a great investment for researching the keywords you can use to enhance and inform your traditional content marketing efforts. She regularly contributes posts for Search Engine Watch and The SEM Post.

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Hubspot

APRIL 4, 2019

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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Webbiquity

JUNE 23, 2015

Social may be sexy, but search still pays the bills. As reported below, organic search drives 51% of all visitors to both B2B and and B2C Web sites, while paid-search drives 10% (and social 5%, on average). 89% of customers begin their buying process with a search engine. print industry. • Be like Avis.

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Webbiquity

APRIL 7, 2010

While more than 80% of companies now use paid search in some form (primarily AdWords), many of these programs are under-optimized and not delivering the results they could be. How can search marketers use techniques like testing and keyword match types to improve results? How important are branded terms in paid search?

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Hubspot

DECEMBER 22, 2020

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. Avoid paid keyword traps.

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The Point

JUNE 3, 2009

A client writes: “If we include our company and product names as keywords in our PPC (paid search) campaign, won’t we simply be cannibalizing our SEO effort, i.e. paying for clicks that we otherwise would have generated for free?”

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Webbiquity

JULY 19, 2016

Despite some misleading chatter to the contrary, SEO is not dead , and keywords still matter. What is true is that search engines have improved their semantic capabilities, meaning they look for the meaning in each block of text rather than just specific phrases. And of course, keyword stuffing, as an SEO tactic, is long dead.

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ClearVoice

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Content marketing, inbound marketing and digital marketing: These three phrases are often used interchangeably, but they don’t refer to the same thing. This can create confusion when implementing your brand’s marketing plan. Here’s how they work together to cover all your online marketing basics.

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Webbiquity

MARCH 14, 2012

Paid search sometimes gets a bad rap, as various studies have shown that (depending on whose numbers you believe), anywhere from 75% to 85% of all clicks are on organic, rather than paid, links. Consider just one category of searches: students conducting research projects. That high-level analysis is misleading, however.

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Webbiquity

JANUARY 10, 2010

What’s the real 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 of last year. Finding The Optimal Cost-Per-Lead by Search Engine Land.

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Webbiquity

MAY 6, 2013

With all of the hype surrounding inbound and content marketing, it’s easy to underrate the continued importance of pay-per-click (PPC) advertising, a.k.a. search engine marketing. Organic search experiments can take weeks to show results. SEM changes take effect in a matter of minutes. •

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ClearVoice

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

As a brand marketer, you might wonder, “Are content marketing and digital marketing the same thing?” Though novice brand marketers think they’re interchangeable, they cannot be compared like apples and oranges. Let’s dig in… Definition of Content Marketing. Confused yet?

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Brandpoint

JUNE 24, 2021

So go ahead and Ctrl + F or Command-F and search the acronym you’re looking for. AVE: Ad-value equivalency. Ad-value equivalency, or AVE, is a PR tool for measuring the success of a given earned media campaign or placement. If you spent $1000 in a year on marketing efforts and acquired 500 customers, the CAC is $2.

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Circle Studio

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

As we approach the end of 2020, it’s time to take a look at key 2021 B2B marketing trends that will emerge in the year ahead. Continuing a pattern from previous years, 2021 will see the ongoing evolution of many B2B marketing trends from recent years, and the increasing influence of B2C marketing will make a big impact.

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Webbiquity

FEBRUARY 25, 2011

Done properly, search engine marketing (a.k.a. SEM, paid search, PPC) is a powerful complement to SEO and an effective tactic on its own. How can you improve quality scores to get a higher ad position at a lower cost? Paid Search Ad Copy: Five Things Newbies Don’t Know by ClickZ.

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Search Engine Journal

MARCH 1, 2023

Learn how organic strategies can help drive paid marketing strategies that will boost your overall ROI. The post 5 Ways To Combine SEO & SEM For More Effective Marketing ROI appeared first on Search Engine Journal. And vice versa.

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Hinge Marketing

JULY 21, 2022

Improving your website’s search engine ranking has become more challenging than ever. Each time search engines update their algorithms, website traffic experiences a drop. Ads now dominate search engine results pages and offer higher click-through rates. The marketplace of digital content is more crowded than ever.

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Webbiquity

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

Search engine marketing (SEM) accounts for roughly three out of every eight dollars spent on digital advertising , with Google alone commanding 31% of the market. So how can search engine marketers maximize their click-through rate (CTR) and conversions from paid search?

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QuanticMind

MARCH 5, 2020

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? Does SEO help PPC? Does it matter?

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Hubspot

JULY 18, 2019

There are two popular search strategies by which organizations solve this problem -- Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Pay-Per-Click (PPC). What is SEO? Just as you turn to your favorite search engine to look up a new marketing acronym or where to get good pizza, so do your consumers. What is PPC?

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Search Engine Journal

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

SEO & SEM teams can make a large impact – together. The post Boost Organic & Paid Traffic: How To Bring Your SEO & SEM Teams Together appeared first on Search Engine Journal. For your organization to work better, you'll need to combine forces.

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Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 14, 2010

Skip to content Home About Michael Brenner Appearances B2B Marketing Insider Michael Brenner's Blog on B2B Marketing Content Marketing Demand Generation Mobile Sales Alignment Search Marketing Social Media Strategy October 14, 2010 16 Subscribe Why Is Search…So…Darn…Hard?!

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ConvertKit

AUGUST 14, 2018

How many times a day do you search for an answer on Google? Knowing this causes us to trust Google and come back to its search engine again and again. Knowing this causes us to trust Google and come back to its search engine again and again. What is SEM (search engine marketing)? SEO vs PPC.

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Martech Advisor

MARCH 30, 2020

Digital marketing books are the base that can accelerate your understanding of the industry and give you with the knowledge required to succeed as a marketer. Digital marketing is an evolving field with emerging trends constantly making headways. Digital Marketing For Dummies.

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Brightedge

MAY 7, 2021

Using SEM and SEO together will drive traffic using both organic and paid strategies. What is SEO? SEO is the process of improving your website to enhance the user experience and to increase quality traffic to your site. SEO includes both on and off-page elements. What is SEM? What does SEM stand for?

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Content Standard

MARCH 7, 2023

Search engines are one of the rare online tools that appeal to virtually all demographics, and they’re firmly cemented into our digitally connected culture. So, you better believe that the advent of generative AI-powered search engines has materialized a hype train of unprecedented proportions. Not to mention paid search ads.

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Webbiquity

APRIL 29, 2014

Given all of the changes Google has made affecting organic ranking factors (asking webmasters to disavow low-quality links, reducing the value of guest blogging , ignoring links in press releases , etc.), the practice of SEO—optimizing owned content for search—is no longer sufficient for maximizing a brand’s online visibility.

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Brightedge

JANUARY 13, 2020

In doing my research for this post, I found fewer digital marketing books than I expected on each of the topics I wanted to cover. However, if you are reading this post then you, like me, prefer good old books over digital marketing books for self-education. Digital Marketing for Dummies. rating on Amazon, #53 in web marketing.

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Hubspot

AUGUST 8, 2019

Marketers, can we be honest with each other for a second? On a scale of 1-10, how much do you really understand the world of paid advertising? Despite the fact that 45% of small businesses use paid ads , pay-per-click is still a concept that eludes many of us. When done right, PPC can earn you quality leads.

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Directive Agency

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Internet marketing can be a tricky business. It takes an incredible amount of data and customization of your content and pages to truly optimize any online marketing campaign. How do you identify the right recipe for your SEM campaign? So what is the right balance? We are all Google’s children.”.

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