September 28, 2011

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Even in marketing departments that value the power of search visibility, most of the search marketing dollars are diverted to SEO campaigns, leaving the PPC ones too often underfunded. If your budget is frankly less than what you need, there are... Read More »
All too often, businesses start advertising using paid search with the intention of growing sales, only to be distracted by flashy things like impressions and clicks. Although their campaigns may be sucking wind from a conversion standpoint, they find it difficult to pull back from...
Posted in Search Marketing | Tags: best practices, customer experience, Email Marketing, inbound marketing, landing pages, lead generation, Online Advertising, ppc, sem, seo, web design, | 9 Comments »
September 21, 2011

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Even the most promising lead has little value unless it actually converts, making that eventual transformation one of the top considerations of any lead generation program. Whether too many of your leads sit idly in your database, or your... Read More »
This a guest post written by Greg Alexander CEO at Sales Benchmark Index. SBI is a sales consulting firm who helps companies grow revenue by improving the productivity of their sales forces. Greg is the author of Making the Number: How to Use Sales Benchmarking to Drive...
Posted in Best of Online Marketing, Demand Generation | Tags: best practices, customer experience, Email Marketing, inbound marketing, landing pages, lead generation, Online Advertising, ppc, sem, seo, web design, | 6 Comments »
September 21, 2011

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Although not traditional social networks, location-based services have all the positive qualities of them, and they're rapidly connecting brands and consumers in a way that drives word-of-mouth referrals like we've never seen before. If your... Read More »
Note from Lee: When I heard from Aaron Strout that he and Mike Schneider were writing a book, Location-Based Marketing for Dummies, I knew it would be a great resource. We often do book reviews here on Online Marketing Blog but Aaron and I decided on this format instead, focusing on...
Posted in Social Media | Tags: b2b, blogging, contextual advertising, copywriting, digital technology, Email Marketing, interactive marketing, ppc, public relations, seo, viral marketing, Web Analytics, | No Comments »
September 21, 2011

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More than ever before, prospects are turning to the major search engines before purchasing, and how well your pages rank will determine how many of them buy from you. In the interest of driving your site's organic visibility with a full range of... Read More »
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This post was originally in YOUmoz, and was promoted to the main blog because it provides great value and interest to our community. The author’s views are entirely his or her own and may not reflect the views of SEOmoz, Inc.
In my last post I explained...
Posted in Best of Online Marketing, Search Marketing | Tags: blogging, brand marketing, contextual ads, inbound marketing, keyword research, link building, ppc, reputation management, seo, seo tools, viral marketing, web 2.0, web development, | No Comments »
September 15, 2011

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In online marketing, content is one of the universal elements you'll encounter, which makes identifying content opportunities a constant job. If your content marketing hasn't yielded the return you know it should, consider the multiple options here... Read More »
Once you’ve created and optimized that great video, blog post, or infographic, you want it to get some attention. It’s time to put the marketing in content marketing, and that’s where the power of social media really kicks in. By leveraging social media interactions, you can...
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September 8, 2011

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If social marketing has a universally recognized problem, it's that measuring the results can often be very hard. More than a few organizations have stayed away from social for this very reason, but new metrics and tools are surfacing every day... Read More »
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Social media receives a massive amount of attention on the web and attracts a great deal of interest from marketers, too. The primary complaint of those who invest seems to be consistent: it’s hard to measure the impact to the bottom line. On this point, I...
Posted in Best of Online Marketing, Social Media | Tags: blogging, brand marketing, contextual ads, inbound marketing, keyword research, link building, ppc, reputation management, seo, seo tools, viral marketing, web 2.0, web development, | 4 Comments »
August 30, 2011

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Whatever your industry happens to be, taking advice from the leading professionals is always a strategy worth considering. In the interest of enabling social marketers of every skill level to really achieve something remarkable with their Facebook... Read More »
Cindy King of Social Media Examiner put together a great list of the 13 Hot Marketing Tips from the Top Pros. We decided to share it with our readers, too. Enjoy! Facebook continues to be the most powerful social network on the planet with over 750 million active users. Businesses...
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August 30, 2011

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Although not treated with the same mania the other major social networks are, LinkedIn remains the premier network for business professionals, offering marketers countless opportunities to advertise, sell, and build lasting, ROI-driving... Read More »
With more than 100 million users, LinkedIn is the most popular social network for professionals as well as one of the top social networks overall. Are you using it to its fullest potential? While Facebook, Twitter, and now Google+ have been generating the most buzz lately in the...
Posted in Best of Social Media, Social Media | Tags: best practices, customer experience, Email Marketing, inbound marketing, landing pages, lead generation, Online Advertising, ppc, sem, seo, web design, | 1 Comment »
August 24, 2011

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Increasingly, your prospects are finding your company - or your competitors - through the major search engines, and this figure is only projected to rise, making organic visibility a business advantage that absolutely can't afford to miss. Here are... Read More »
When speaking to small business owners, I often find myself being told that SEO isn’t right for them. Unsurprisingly, I rarely agree. So I thought I’d write about the five …
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Posted in Search Marketing | Tags: blogging, google adwords, google analytics, link building, local search, ppc, seo, | No Comments »
August 24, 2011

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More shoppers than ever before are discovering new businesses through Google Places, and in many industries a well-conceived, highly rated Google Places profile is critical to attracting these prospects. This post centers on the absolute best... Read More »
Google Places page. Formally known as Google Maps. This little profile can do wonders for you on many different levels in the internet marketing world. As an account coordinator at Search Engine People, part of my job is to make sure our clients have a fully optimized profile....
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