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Search Engine Watch
April 19, 2005
Patricia Hursh |
Search Advertising that Makes the Phone Ring There's a new kid in town in the search advertising arena. No, it's not another search ad vendor, nor a new conversion tracking tool. This innovative pay-for-performance marketing technique brings together both the internet and the phone. Say hello to pay-per-call advertising.   |
Search Engine Watch
April 21, 2005
Chris Sherman |
A Closer Look at Pay-per-Call Search Marketing Pay-per-call is rapidly gaining traction among search marketers, especially those targeting a local audience, and if you're not familiar with the format, it's worth a look. |
Search Engine Watch
April 19, 2011
Melissa Mackey |
5 Often-Overlooked PPC Tips for Beginners If you're a PPC newbie, here are some basic strategies to get the best results from your PPC campaigns right away. |
Search Engine Watch
September 29, 2008
David Szetela |
Judging PPC Performance: Focus on Conversions Knowing how and when to make decisions about your PPC campaign's keyword and ad performance can make or break your campaign. Just remember that almost every action you take to improve your PPC ad campaign should be based on conversion data. |
The Motley Fool
January 25, 2005
Rich Duprey |
AOL Adds Pay-Per-Call Online giant adds local search advertising model that holds promise for small business. |
InternetNews
November 19, 2007
David Needle |
AT&T Buys Ingenio for Pay Per Call Technology AT&T on Monday announced the purchase of privately-held Ingenio and plans to integrate the company's pay-per-call advertising platform into its local directory search and Yellowpages.com network. |
Inc.
March 2006
Darren Dahl |
Why Pay for Ads That Don't Work? A host of technology entrepreneurs believe they have a better answer to pay-per-click ads on the Internet. |
Search Engine Watch
January 23, 2009
David Szetela |
Google Conversion Optimizer: The Best-Kept Secret in PPC? Google quietly added Conversion Optimizer to every advertiser's AdWords account a few months ago. In a nutshell, it regulates keyword-level bids, promising to deliver as many conversions as possible, at or below a cost-per-conversion you specify. |
Search Engine Watch
August 6, 2009
Melissa Mackey |
PPC Integration, Part 1: Integrating PPC with E-mail Integrated marketing is nothing new, but in online marketing we often find ourselves working in silos. Integrating PPC with other marketing will create efficiencies across channels and make your marketing dollars work smarter. |
Search Engine Watch
June 29, 2010
Eric Enge |
A Call for Call Tracking There are several compelling reasons to drive customers to their phones. Here's how to use it to drive your business via PPC and SEO, and some helpful tracking tools. |
Search Engine Watch
September 15, 2008
David Szetela |
Show Me the Money: Bidding for Profitability Setting ad group bid prices at the beginning of a campaign is one of the more challenging tasks for many PPC advertisers. The answers are a snap once you know the fundamentals. |
Search Engine Watch
March 23, 2011
Melissa Mackey |
A 12-Step Program to Improve Your CTR Before a PPC ad can generate a conversion, it needs to generate a click. If you want to improve your CTR, these steps will help you. |
Entrepreneur
June 2005
Catherine Seda |
It's Your Call With internet pay-per-call advertising, you can ring up additional sales by inviting potential customers to pick up the phone. |
Search Engine Watch
November 4, 2004
Dana Todd |
Search Marketing Beyond Google and Overture When most people talk about pay per click (PPC) search engine advertising, Google and Overture (Yahoo!) take center stage. But in reality, there are hundreds of smaller 'Tier Two' search engines that offer compelling PPC opportunities. |
The Motley Fool
November 30, 2005
Tom Taulli |
Google Picks Up the Phone The search king is using a new model to make money: pay-per-call. While Google is likely to be a beneficiary of this trend, it definitely will not get a free ride. |
Search Engine Watch
February 19, 2010
Michael Boland |
Mobile PPCall Simplified: A Conversation with Google Google's mobile pay-per-call program looks like a bargain for advertisers in verticals and large agencies alike. But will Google eventually decouple the call monetization from AdWords clicks? |
Search Engine Watch
July 9, 2009
Melissa Mackey |
Using Geo-Targeting to Boost Your PPC Results Increased pay-per-click competition combined with low consumer confidence and spending levels often leads to higher cost-per-conversion for advertisers. One way to find new pockets of opportunity is by making use of geo-targeted PPC campaigns. |
Search Engine Watch
August 25, 2008
David Szetela |
Killer PPC Ads: The Fundamentals Writing small, punchy ads requires plenty of art and science. These guidelines will help get more clicks and stymie your competitors. |
Search Engine Watch
April 1, 2011
John Lee |
5 Ways to Push Through the Proverbial PPC Wall Ideas for how you can press on and find new and exciting ways to maximize your PPC performance when you feel there is nowhere else to go. |
The Motley Fool
December 21, 2004
Rich Duprey |
Will FindWhat.com's Calls Trump Clicks? New pay-per-call paid-search engine model has potential for luring new ad business. |
Pharmaceutical Executive
March 1, 2007
Alex Porter |
Alternative Media: Search-Engine Marketing: Click, Click ... Are You There? Pharma marketers turn to pay-per-click advertising to boost their product's reach. |
Search Engine Watch
September 8, 2008
David Szetela |
Killer PPC Ads: The Final Word These simple guidelines will pave the way to pay-per-click nirvana: double-digit click-through-rates. |
Search Engine Watch
October 29, 2009
Melissa Mackey |
Popular PPC Pitfalls, and How to Prevent Them Three of the most common search advertising pitfalls can be avoided. Here's how. |
Entrepreneur
June 2006
Catherine Seda |
Keyword to the Wise Pay-per-click advertising can bring a stampede of shoppers to your site, but make sure your keyword performance is profitable. |
Search Engine Watch
October 1, 2009
Melissa Mackey |
PPC Integration: Integrating PPC with Offline Marketing, Part 3 Make the most of those offline marketing dollars by including PPC in your marketing mix. You may not be able to match your offline message exactly in PPC, but there are some best practices. |
Search Engine Watch
September 3, 2009
Melissa Mackey |
PPC Integration: Integrating PPC with SEO, Part 2 Marketing silos aren't inherently bad, as long as there is communication. Sharing research and results between PPC and SEO teams will help improve both channels. |
Inc.
March 2006 |
How Pay Per Action Works It's a lot like regular keyword advertising -- only better: you're charged only when a customer actually makes a call or orders something. |
Search Engine Watch
July 16, 2010
Frank Watson |
Paid Search Success Needs Great E-mail Marketing When developing your PPC strategy, don't forget about e-mail. Use your keyword, ad, and landing page data to improve conversions. |
Search Engine Watch
March 30, 2010
Jeremy Hull |
The 4 Keys to Writing a Paid Search Masterpiece How to draft effective paid search ad copy in 70 characters or less. |
Search Engine Watch
December 9, 2008
Carrie Hill |
PPC & SEO -- Two Great Tastes that Taste Great Together Put peanut butter and chocolate together and you get something that transcends each of the individual ingredients. The same effect can be had when you combine paid search advertising with search engine optimization efforts. |
Search Engine Watch
November 13, 2008
David Szetela |
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Click-Through and Conversion Rates What's a good click-through rate? What's a good conversion rate? That's not an easy question to generalize on, but there are some guidelines that can help you see if yours is acceptable. |
Search Engine Watch
December 4, 2008
David Szetela |
PPC Landing Pages: The End of the Line -- Or the Beginning? Expert PPC advertisers realize that PPC landing pages have more impact on conversion rates and ROI than anything else they can do. |
Search Engine Watch
October 27, 2008
David Szetela |
Those Mysterious Quality Scores: Fundamentally Simple If you're aware of quality scores at all, you may have a vague notion that the search engines "grade" the "goodness" of your PPC campaigns |
Search Engine Watch
January 5, 2011
John Lee |
What You Can Expect From the World of PPC in 2011 Display advertising, actionable attribution, and Facebook PPC are just a few of the things we can look forward to in paid search advertising this year. |
Search Engine Watch
February 12, 2009
David Szetela |
One PPC Landing Page, Infinite Faces Creating custom landing pages for PPC ads can help boost your conversion rates by percentage points. |
Search Engine Watch
June 30, 2009
Eric Enge |
Selling SEO Projects Against PPC Campaigns Search advertising is familiar and attractive to budget managers, like a trusted old friend. So how are you going to get some of that PPC budget for your SEO proposal? |
Search Engine Watch
March 16, 2009
Ron Jones |
Setting up PPC Campaigns 101, Part 1 Are you starting a pay-per-click search advertising campaign and want to get everything set up for optimal efficiency? Or have you started a PPC campaign and realized that you're in over your head? Here's a step-by-step process for setting up PPC campaigns. |
Search Engine Watch
January 21, 2010
Melissa Mackey |
Put your PPC on a Diet Small changes over time make the difference, not a bunch of big changes all at once. If you're looking for long-term, sustained paid search success, here's what you need to do. |
Search Engine Watch
July 14, 2008
David Szetela |
Creating PPC Campaigns: the 'Live or Die' Settings Think you know the right way to set up a new PPC campaign? Paying close attention to the details many advertisers miss can position you for success and help you avoid common pitfalls. |
Search Engine Watch
September 2, 2010
Melissa Mackey |
PPC August Roundup: 3 New Features Every PPC Manager Should Try Now Catch up on the latest: Google Reports, Google Campaign Experiments, and Facebook's "Broad Match Targeting." |
Inc.
January 2005
Jess McCuan |
Five Ideas to Watch A hotel for snowboarders... Legal hemp-based foods... A pay-per-call policy for on-line ads... Identifying and keeping workers with "deep smarts"... A remote control on a key ring... |
