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The Beginner’s Guide to Developing a Paid Search Strategy in 2023

SmartBug Media

As a business owner or marketer, you know that paid search advertising has the power to drive targeted traffic to your website. In this blog post, we will explore the key steps and best practices for creating an effective paid search strategy that maximizes your ROI and helps you achieve your business goals.

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Improve Paid Search Results Through Routine, Scheduled Maintenance

Navigate the Channel

In the fast-paced world of digital marketing, it’s easy to get caught up in the day-to-day tasks of optimizing paid search campaigns. From keyword sweeps and bid adjustments to audience targeting and ad refreshes, there’s always something demanding your attention. Should we be running brand campaigns?

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How to Determine Your Paid Media Budget

SmartBug Media

Paid media is a great way to supplement your inbound marketing efforts. Whether you’re in the beginning phases of your strategy or you’ve been executing a plan for some time, paid media can help you generate qualified leads quickly for your organization. What's the point of having a paid media budget?

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3 Ways of Lowering CPC in Google Ads

SmartBug Media

Your Google Ads CPC is dependent on multiple factors, including the industry you’re advertising in, how competitive it is, and how robust your keyword list is. Industries like law and real estate have historically had much higher CPCs, at times ranging between $150–$300.). You want to be as specific as possible.

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7 Proven Strategies to Boost Social Media SEO in 2024

Convince & Convert

User behavior is changing, and studies show that around 31% of consumers use social media channels to find answers to their queries. If you’re growing your business and footprint online, this is the best time to understand social media SEO. What is social media SEO?

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Use Your Unspent Marketing Budget On Content Marketing For Next Year

Marketing Insider Group

When the pandemic started, our content marketing agency actually gained customers. The reason was mainly due to unspent marketing budget. Marketers, SaaS founders and startup CEOs were pulling their money from ads and events and doubling down on content marketing. Now we ARE a little biased.

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Paid Search Platforms: Are Bing and Yahoo (Oath Platform) Worth it?

NuSpark Consulting

The name of Google is practically synonymous with search, to the point that few people even realize alternatives exist for paid search in places other than Google. While Google Ads struggled to regain the 11% that search clicks were down in 2017 over 2016, Yahoo grew by 10% in paid clicks and Bing grew by 19.7%