Don’t pay for bad clicks! - Part 4: Job Seekers

August 27th, 2008

Job seekers, or anyone seeking employment opportunities, are very active in search engines. With a little care, you can ensure they don’t use up part of your advertising budget.

Don’t pay for bad clicks! - Part 3: Researchers

August 22nd, 2008

There are a lot of people out there looking to research your business, market or industry. It’s a fact of life, but don’t let them empty your bank account in the process.

Video: 10 Myths About SEO, Part 10: SEO is not a Marketing Strategy

August 20th, 2008

The internet marketing industry often separates SEO and SEM, implying that SEO itself is not a marketing strategy. But this is not the case — we’ll show a few examples of how SEO criteria dictate nuances of buying cycles and customer engagement.

This is Part 10 of a 10-part series entitled “10 Myths About SEO.” [...]

Video: 10 Myths About SEO, Part 2: Keyword Research

July 9th, 2008

You may be tempted to choose your keywords and bid heavily without researching them first. Doing so creates inflation in the click microeconomy — it’s in the second tier where the real opportunities lie.

Video: 10 Myths About SEO, Part 1: Meta Keywords

July 6th, 2008

There was a time when you could stuff all your important keywords into the Meta Keywords tag of your home page, and you’d get good rankings in search engines. Times have changed.

Meta Description Tag: SEO’s dark horse money tree

June 29th, 2008

The Meta Description tag is a one-two SEO punch: the jab is search engine rankings, but the uppercut is that this is one of your best tools to maximize clickthrough.

Meta Keywords: The wishing well of SEO

June 23rd, 2008

If content is the currency in SEO and SEM, then keywords are the loose change. So watch where you throw your loose change; it might be a wishing well.

Metrics That Matter: Organic Keywords - Part 2

June 10th, 2008

Organic keyword research provides a variety of insights essential to your marketing campaigns. Often times, it’s the best way to qualify marketing ROI in a low-risk environment, before you’re ready for the main stage.

The risks of a home-brewed PPC advertising campaign

April 18th, 2008

“There are certain people you call to do the jobs you won’t touch. What about those that could bankrupt you?”

Spring break and smart bidding: two ways to steer clear of all the noise.

April 1st, 2008

“In the digital space, as in all marketing walks of life, the winners are often the ones who see value where everyone else overlooked.”