Cross-Pollinate Search and Email
Email marketing and search marketing have often been looked at as being at opposite ends of the digital marketing spectrum. Email used as a loyalty and retention tool, with search used as an acquisition tactic.
But that thinking prevents the results from those marketing efforts informing and improving one another, and the opportunities in that regard [...]
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Why PPC is about to skyrocket – and then CRASH
Times are tough.
But one area that is ready to soar is pay-per-click search marketing (PPC). That most measurable and controllable of digital marketing opportunities, PPC looks like a no-brainer in this economy.
Have you called a newspaper lately and asked them if they’ll charge you per phone call generated? Even with ad sales down 14% year [...]
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5 Reasons Why Digital Marketing Will Thrive in the Recession
From Dot Bomb to Dot Boom
Let’s face it. The economy is taking on the distinctive, sickly pallor of a post Mardi Gras Keith Richards.
Generally, recessions hit the advertising business with the ferocity of a rabid wolverine, and the last one trimmed overall ad spending by 9% according to market researchers Veronis Suhler Stevenson. The wolverine [...]
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5 Memorable Lessons from my Sarah Palin PPC Campaign
Thanks to everyone for participating in my “Are you man enough to write a PPC ad about a woman VP” contest. Many excellent entries (see original post). Here are the results:
McCain is 72 years old
Avg US life expectancy is 78 years
Is Palin qualified? Read This
DailyKos.com 1.31% Click-through rate
Sarah Palin’s Secrets
What the GOP doesn’t want you to
know about [...]
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And They’re Off…Palin PPC Finalists Selected…Ads Live on Google
Thanks to everyone who participated in the Palin PPC contest (see post below).
It was difficult to select 4 ads to test live on Google, but ultimately I choose these:
Sarah Palin’s Secrets
What the GOP doesn’t want you to
know about McCain’s running mate
from James Archer (@jamesarcher)
I like this one because it’s a solid tease with a lefty [...]
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Win $200 in the Palin on PPC Contest
Are You Man Enough to Write a Great PPC Ad About a Woman VP?
I’m using the puzzling choice of Sarah Palin as McCain’s VP pick to engage in a crowd-sourced search marketing experiment. Namely, who among you can write the most effective Google PPC ad featuring her?
The winner will receive $200 cash from the gilded [...]
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7 Critical Questions When Outsourcing SEO
Many agencies without full service digital marketing departments choose to outsource any SEO work to a specialist. While I believe that the present focus on good content makes SEO easier, not harder for traditional agencies (especially PR) to handle in-house, many will continue outsourcing this critical service (or at least until I launch a “How [...]
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