Directive Agency

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Why You Should Spy on Your Competitor’s Keywords In PPC, you compete in keyword auctions to determine ad placement. At Directive, we rely on numerous tools to complete a competitive keyword analysis for PPC, like SEMrush, Ahrefs, and more. But our team’s favorite PPC competitive analysis tool is the site SpyFu.

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KoMarketing Associates

AUGUST 11, 2015

We often are presented with a range of unique challenges when trying to demonstrate the value and impact of our search engine advertising campaigns. The extended sales cycle we face in B2B online marketing adds to the confusion. Clicks to site measure how many visitors paid search drove to the client’s landing page.

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Directive Agency

APRIL 15, 2022

Too often, companies can get stuck in a sort of tunnel vision, focusing only on one digital marketing solution for their business, either SEO or PPC. This article will highlight each digital marketing component providing the unique benefits while also including the drawbacks of having tunnel vision in each. What is SEO?

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Choozle

AUGUST 20, 2019

a system used to set prices for online advertisements on a search engine or other website, by which the advertiser pays a small fee to the website publisher each time a user clicks on the advertisement. Search advertising, most prominently Google Ads, quickly became the preferred strategy.

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QuanticMind

JUNE 14, 2019

There are lots of ways to improve PPC campaign performance by changing your keyword targeting strategy. You could get results by optimizing bids and audience targeting for broad match search terms with a high search volume. Here’s everything you need to know about using long tail keywords effectively to improve PPC performance.

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BenchmarkONE

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Marketers have a million choices when it comes to online advertising. Arguably some of the most effective advertising happens right on a search engine results page (SERP). And display advertising can be found almost everywhere. Paid Search Advertising Basics. Pros of Paid Search Advertising.

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QuanticMind

JUNE 28, 2019

Paid search automation has become increasingly popular in the past few years, striking a huge debate over the merits of manual versus automated bidding in Google ads. Advertisers have managed PPC optimization manually since the beginning of Google Adwords. The Benefits of Automated Bidding in Paid Search.

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Envy

FEBRUARY 13, 2021

When you're working in B2B tech marketing agency, it can feel like you're drowning in a sea of TLAs (three-letter abbreviations) and technical B2B marketing terms. Marketing terms. Account Based Marketing ! Cost Per Click tells you how much it costs to get one person to click on your paid ad. Churn rate.

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Go Beyond SEO

AUGUST 16, 2018

Although PPC has been a very successful and profitable means of online marketing for a wide range of industries and business sizes, it can also be very costly and have zero results. Prior to beginning your first PPC campaign, here are a few things to help with your preparation: PPC Campaign Goals. Sufficient PPC Budget.

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Directive Agency

APRIL 21, 2023

However, when it comes to growth marketing, directories can often be a marketer’s afterthought to Google ads and paid social. Bottom-of-funnel advertising should focus on gaining a share of the search engine results pages (SERPs) for high-intent keywords. Still have more questions?

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Go Beyond SEO

AUGUST 16, 2018

Although PPC has been a very successful and profitable means of online marketing for a wide range of industries and business sizes, it can also be very costly and have zero results. Prior to beginning your first PPC campaign, here are a few things to help with your preparation: PPC Campaign Goals. Sufficient PPC Budget.

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QuanticMind

DECEMBER 13, 2017

The biggest paid search trends of 2017 include changes to AdWords budgets, attribution, expanded functionality for Google Shopping and Product Listing Ads (PLAs), enhanced audience targeting tools and more. The biggest paid search trends of 2017 made this an interesting year for paid search professionals, to say the least.

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Go Beyond SEO

AUGUST 16, 2018

Although PPC has been a very successful and profitable means of online marketing for a wide range of industries and business sizes, it can also be very costly and have zero results. Prior to beginning your first PPC campaign, here are a few things to help with your preparation: PPC Campaign Goals. Sufficient PPC Budget.

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PPC Lead Ranking Adwords Advertising Agencies 60

QuanticMind

MAY 23, 2019

Throughout the last decade, the rise of new technologies and the boundless growth of breakthrough solutions have together empowered digital marketers with a wealth of information at their fingertips that can be used to qualify the impact of marketing initiatives. If it’s lower, it can be weeded out or bid down to an appropriate CPC.

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QuanticMind

MAY 11, 2018

Okay, you’ve just landed your dream job as an SEM professional and your boss is now asking you to deliver your “PPC strategy” — you know that brilliant, airtight strategy you put together that’s going to help your boss (and your company) not only to meet their business objectives, but also exceed them? But there’s one small problem.

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Walker Sands

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Google Analytics 4 (GA4) introduced several big changes for B2B marketers who recently had to switch over to the analytics tool from Universal Analytics (UA) , including how GA4 tracks conversions, the shift to events instead of goals, and the implementation of predictive metrics and audiences. How is your team adapting to these changes?

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ClearVoice

JUNE 25, 2021

Landing pages and click funnels are two tools marketers use to help achieve that objective. How does a click funnel differ from a landing page? A landing page is a standalone web page where traffic is sent from various digital marketing channels such as online banner ads, social media sites, or email marketing campaigns.

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Convert

APRIL 19, 2021

Should you expose expensive paid traffic to a variant that may actually be worse than the control? But the soft “loss” of denied conversions hurts even more when the traffic in question is paid since you have well… spent actual money for the traffic. In particular, if your PPC is Google Ads. Here’s why.

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The ABM Agency

JANUARY 15, 2021

For some B2B companies, the 2021 marketing budget has increased due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. While there’s some level of uncertainty, the general consensus is there’s extra money that can be used on marketing, albeit in different ways than previous years. What are you looking for your next marketing campaign to achieve?

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NuSpark Consulting

JUNE 9, 2012

For lead generation, conversion optimization, and lead nurturing strategies, retargeting may be the overlooked child, but there’s no question it can be very effective and an efficient tactic to bring prospects back to your website or content. The idea here is to bring them back with an offer or alternative content.

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NuSpark Consulting

JUNE 9, 2012

For lead generation, conversion optimization, and lead nurturing strategies, retargeting may be the overlooked child, but there’s no question it can be very effective and an efficient tactic to bring prospects back to your website or content. The idea here is to bring them back with an offer or alternative content.

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Webbiquity

JANUARY 28, 2011

According to recent research from eConsultancy, “Paid search consumes the largest portion of online lead generation budgets, accounting for 28% of spending (in 2010), up from 22% in 2009.&# In addition, more than half of companies that use paid search increased their budgets for it last year.

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Outgrow

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

20 Effective Growth Hacking Strategies for the Growth Hacking Funnel. Or as he explained, “growth, not with traditional advertising but rather with programming smarts on a shoestring budget". Lo and behold, came growth hacking strategies that EVERY marketer started talking about. Growth Hacking Funnel.

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QuanticMind

MARCH 27, 2019

Search Engine Marketing is a complex strategy that will only grow more challenging in the future. Many PPC managers today prefer to use manual bidding because it’s highly customizable. Ignoring Deep Funnel Data. The Challenges of Manual Bidding. Making necessary adjustments based on daily trends within each geo.

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Directive Agency

MARCH 25, 2020

These giants continue to dominate the market share of revenue generated by the overall software industry. We coupled our insights generated from these companies and added our analysis of why your SaaS marketing team should be executing these pillars of demand generation on all cylinders. Organic Search. Activation.

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QuanticMind

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

If you have any kind of PPC advertising strategy in place, it’s likely you have the basics down. You probably have figured out how much money you can spend and determined the CPC range that falls within your budget. You’ve probably identified ads, ad groups and keywords. The same goes for keyword bid optimization.

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QuanticMind

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Sometimes you have to look far and wide for tools and resources that you need for your PPC campaigns to be successful and profitable. The majority of businesses use search engine marketing (SEM) to sell products or attract leads to their business. How well your inventory selection matches product search intent and volume.

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SnapApp

APRIL 4, 2018

Demonstrating the value of any marketing campaign is challenging. In fact, 43% of companies list it as the biggest marketing challenge: . . This is amplified in the B2B marketing arena where longer sales cycles and multiple touchpoints across a range of different channels make KPI selection and attribution much more complex. .

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QuanticMind

JUNE 20, 2017

What were the top search engine marketing takeways from the paid search experts at SMX Advanced 2017? SMX Advanced 2017 has come and gone, leaving paid search professionals with a wealth of new insights and best practices. Social and mobile behavior vs. Search. Let’s review.

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KoMarketing Associates

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

There are two main ways to approach LinkedIn — you can run paid advertising or you can post organic content from your LinkedIn company page. If you’ve considered LinkedIn ads before but aren’t sure where to start, this step-by-step guide is for you. How LinkedIn Ads Work — And Why You Should Use Them .

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QuanticMind

OCTOBER 24, 2017

QuanticMind is covering the latest trends and tactics in paid search and digital marketing at SMX East 2017 from search publishers and expert practitioners. Day 1 Keynote: “Google Unveils New Online-To-Offline Ads Innovations” by Kishore Kanakamedala. Featuring: Kishore Kanakamedala of @Google.

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Navigate the Channel

DECEMBER 6, 2022

If you’re searching for a way to drive traffic to your website and improve lead generation, paid advertising is an effective way to increase both traffic and leads. Here’s what to understand about incorporating Google Ads B2B targeting in your content marketing mix. Choose Keywords Carefully.

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Unbounce

JUNE 23, 2021

If you launch a pay-per-click (PPC) campaign using a bunch of random keywords you think might work, will anyone click on your ad? When you use the wrong keywords for your PPC campaign, people will see your ads—but not the folks you want to get to click on them. How to Do PPC Keyword Research. Technically, sure.

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The ABM Agency

JANUARY 8, 2021

Pay-per-click (PPC) advertising has become one of the most common B2B digital marketing channels due to the immense value it brings to the table—for every $1 spent on PPC advertising through Google Ads, there’s a return of almost $2. What Is B2B PPC? B2B PPC Terms to Know.

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Single Grain

APRIL 25, 2022

With so many PPC agencies claiming to be the best, finding an experienced, reputable, results-driven one for your business is always challenging. In this guide, I will not only provide a curated list of the top ten choices, but I will help you select the best paid search marketing agency for your business. Let's begin.

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Single Grain

JUNE 7, 2023

Staying ahead of the competition requires brands to consider a strategic approach to online advertising. One powerful tool to achieve this by building a strong and high-performing marketing plan is pay-per-click (PPC) advertising. Work With Us What Is PPC for Ecommerce?

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Single Grain

APRIL 13, 2023

Are you struggling to generate leads and increase revenue through your B2B PPC campaigns? With the digital landscape constantly evolving, it can be challenging to keep up with the latest trends and strategies for pay-per-click advertising in the business-to-business space.

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