Whenever I inherit a clients PPC account that has already been setup by usually another Internet Marketing company, I will go through a mental checklist of important factors that go into the overall performance of the campaigns. Usually you can find some major...
It doesn’t matter if you are building a new website, conducting search engine optimization, PPC advertising, or a social media strategy, there are always going to be important questions that need to be answered by the client. Having detailed answers to these...
Over the last few weeks, Google has rolled out a feature I have been waiting for FOREVER. For anyone that manages PPC campaigns with Google Adwords, you know that its annoying if you are trying to manage a monthly budget for a client. The reason being is that...
StayOnSearch Readers….I wanted to tell you about a little TREAT I have in store for all of you! At 9pm EST, I will be hosting a webinar with two of the most respected Informational Marketers in the industry. This content-packed webinar is going to be chalked...
In 2011, in a world where online media dominates our culture, most business owners are aware of the impact that Google and other search engines have on their ability to attract customers. Through search engine optimization, search engine marketing and more,...
No matter if you are new to Internet Marketing or have been in the industry for years, Internet Marketing forums are extremely useful. Depending on your specific goals, you can engage with a targeted audience that can help drive traffic, improve lead generation, and...
I am extremely excited for next week, as it marks the date of my first REAL product launch. As many of you know, I have been working on a WordPress plugin called List Eruption that I anticipate will make a huge impact on the industry. This WordPress plugin has been...
I love when readers, clients and social media connections ask questions; the answers make great fuel for articles, so please keep them coming! Recently, a reader asked, “How do I know my web content is good enough or SEO’d well?” Thus, the topic of today’s blog. So...
Time, tide and now search engines wait for no man. A few years ago the notion of online branding was still alien to many. Sure, you’d secure your domain and talk about how great you are on every page of the site, but optimisation would revolve primarily around...
If you are just starting out with doing some paid search campaigns, it can be very frustrating when you keep seeing your ads get disapproved. That is why it is important to learn each of the advertising editorial guidelines, so you reduce the chance of getting your...
For those adept at internet marketing, you may have heard of product recommendation engines before. For those who haven’t, you’ve likely stumbled upon one in your internet browsing experience before and weren’t aware of it. What is a Product Recommendation Engine? A...
If you think Internet Marketers are just people who add “keywords” into a website for “search engines” to see, there is nothing further from the truth. Internet Marketing as a whole, involves a wide range of skills that can take years or even...
Public Relations is all about creating buzz and/or exposure around a brand or company to a target audience, through various offline and online engagements. However an offline and online PR marketing campaign have many differences that are important to understand....
More than a billion and half people use the Internet, and this has created plenty of opportunities for savvy Internet marketers. There will be a growing need for Internet marketing specialists as more businesses seek to create an Internet presence. One way to acquire...
With pay-per-click advertising becoming more and more expensive, it is important to understand how to make sure your campaigns perform to their full potential. There could be a number of things you are doing that are prohibiting the performance of your campaigns....
In my last post, I discussed how to create a Google AdWords campaign. Before purchasing keywords on Google AdWords, you may be curious to know how Google in fact ranks advertisements. Have you ever wondered how Google ranks advertisements when you perform a search on...
There are a lot of different companies out there that are taking on full time SEO’s (people skilled in the SEO biz) and handing them enormous paychecks. As you can see from this infographic, there are a lot of SEO jobs out there, and a lot of them are paying...
CTR is flagging, conversion are lagging and you’re in a funk. So what do to wake up your ad groups? Take one of these 5 tones for a test drive! Get your creative juices flowing, get the wheels turning and hey- you might even have some fun while you’re at...
For any Google Adwords advertiser, you know that having a great Quality Score is the key to running effective, low cost ad campaigns. However many advertisers are always wondering how they can improve on their QS. Well now, Wordstream has made it much easier, with...
What comes to your mind when you see, hear or read about photo books? The truth is we all tend to picture some personal mementos like books for weddings, birthday and other personal events. These are, of course, among the major matches for a photo book, but they are...
On Friday, Google officially announced an algorithm change that is one to pay attention to. Typically when Google updates their algorithm, it is something so minor that you wouldn’t really notice a huge increase/decrease in your traffic and organic rankings. ...
It’s amazing how fast the Internet is moving! I remember like it was yesterday when I had to use my obnoxiously loud 56k modem to dial into America Online. A welcome message would popup that gave me access to my email, “Channels” and buddy list. ...
Recently I wrote a post on how much knowledge a client should have, but along with knowledge also comes responsibility. For any internet marketing agency to work well with their clients, there must be a mutual understanding of the overall strategy, and most...
Google may have finally discovered a way to rid the internet once and for all from undesirable search results. The answer: Let its users handle it. The Official Google Blog on March 10 announced the debut of a new feature that allows you to block all results from any...
The connotations associated with the word online marketing include the processes of SEO and PPC. To most of the businesses in the market, the online marketing is either search engine optimization or Pay per click. Businesses are either oblivious of the rest of online...
Infographics tend to be extremely viral content that spread rapidly throughout various social networks and the blogosphere. Some recent examples of viral Infographics are By the Numbers: Facebook vs The United States, The Current State of Twitter, and Google Facts...
Like any company, you have a budget. So how do you know if you are putting your internet marketing dollars to good use? Unfortunately there is no secret formulate to follow that tells you what percentage of your budget you should be spending on each marketing...
I wanted to thank everyone who submitted their feedback on other “Making the Most Out of…” posts we should write about. Using your suggestions, I got a number of people requesting a post on how to better utilize your YouTube channel, so that’s...
The Third Tribe is a private membership community offering to help business owners and entrepreneurs the chance to learn how to make money online through online marketing without becoming one of those “obnoxious” Internet marketing types. Who’s...
Google has made some changes by officially retiring the Google Advertising Professionals program and changing it to the Google Adwords Certification Program. The new program provides agencies with comprehensive, strategy-focused training and certification on the...
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