Top 10 PPC Questions You Must Ask A Potential Prospect

October 24, 2010
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Top 10 PPC Questions You Must Ask A Potential Prospect

In a previous post on Semgeek.com entitled “Why The Client Discovery Phase Is Most Important for PPC Marketers” I talked about the importance of the discovery phase and how the agency needs to understand of everything there is to know about the client in order for the client-agency relationship to get off on the...

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Goo Goo Dolls New Album Not A Priority for PPC Advertisers

October 24, 2010
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Goo Goo Dolls New Album Not A Priority for PPC Advertisers

In sort of an “Off Topic” blog post for this Semgeek, for all of those who love the music of the Rock Band Goo Goo Dolls, you probably already know that today is the day of the new released album entitled ‘Something For The Rest Of Us‘. Furthermore, as I put on my PPC...

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Why PPC Marketers Should Adopt A More “Stock Portfolio Approach” To Their Strategies

October 24, 2010
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Why PPC Marketers Should Adopt A More “Stock Portfolio Approach” To Their Strategies

With the latest Buzz about the return of Gordon Gekko on the Big Screen with the Latest Movie “WALL STREET: Money Never Sleeps“, I figured it was the right time to write a post about how some of the smaller Search Engine Advertising Platforms, such as Looksmart, who have been evangelizing their “Stock Portfolio”...

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What’s In Your PPC “Pre-Flight” Checklist?

October 24, 2010
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What’s In Your PPC “Pre-Flight” Checklist?

When launching a new PPC Campaign on Google or any other Search Engine, there’s an audit that MUST be done in order to ensure that every click and dollar spent is where it needs to be. Because if you forget something or notice any missing traffic metrics, conversions, disapproved Ads, etc… it’s your mess...

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Exclusive Interview With Trellian’s Direct Search Network

October 24, 2010
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Exclusive Interview With Trellian’s Direct Search Network

SemGeek is proud to present an exclusive online interview with the team at Trellian about their New and Exciting Direct Search Network. —————————————————————————————————————————————————– Question #1: Can you tell us a little more about the new Trellian Direct Search Network as well as the benefit it provides for the typical advertiser who is already using...

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Reasons Why PPC Marketers Need To Be More Than Just PPC Marketers

October 24, 2010
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Reasons Why PPC Marketers Need To Be More Than Just PPC Marketers

Have you ever created a well thought out PPC Strategy supported by a strong foundation of relevancy from the campaign level down to the landing page level and you are finding yourself grasping at straws to increase conversions so that the client doesn’t think that their investment in you was not a waste? Well,...

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Blockbuster Shows Lackluster PPC Strategy To Compete With Gamefly

October 24, 2010
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Blockbuster Shows Lackluster PPC Strategy To Compete With Gamefly

Whether you are a Netflix junkie like myself, or a past loyal customer of Blockbuster, I was quite surprised to see a very “Non-Holistic” online strategy. For example, Blockbuster has a Display Ad on Yahoo promoting their Blockbuster by Mail service, to ultimately compete with NetFlix and Gamefly. For example, if you read this...

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PPC News Roundup for October 22, 2010

October 24, 2010
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PPC News Roundup for October 22, 2010

During an economic downturn many business choose to save many by moving previously out-sourced services back in-house. In the PPC world many companies are choosing to take back management of their Internet marketing campaigns and turn them over to their traditional marketing team.  If you’re a business thinking about having your marketing team manage...

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Yahoo! To Microsoft Transition Survival Guide

October 24, 2010
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Yahoo! To Microsoft Transition Survival Guide

The countdown to the Yahoo! And Microsoft integration has begun, and could be in full effect for PPC advertising as soon as November 1st. The transition from Yahoo! Search Marketing to Microsoft adCenter has filled our office with a mixture of excitement and nerves. As campaign managers, we have many questions about the impending...

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Google AdWords Reporting: An Update Since Summer Changes

October 24, 2010
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Google AdWords Reporting: An Update Since Summer Changes

As you may have noticed, Google has slowly rearranged several of the reports in AdWords this summer. For those who are new to PPC, or are trying to catch up on all of the changes, I am going to rundown some of the common reports we use with information on where they are now...

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