Martech

JANUARY 23, 2023

Search marketing is a very big deal. Any way you slice it, it amounts to millions of searches per minute , all day, every day. Search is a huge component of digital marketing and ecommerce. We’ll look at challenges facing marketers and best practices to meet them and the future of search marketing.

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Search Engine Journal

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Beware of industry hacks and find the best search marketers for your type of business with this list of dos and don'ts. The post Picking The Right SEM Operation: Legits Vs. Hacks appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

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Search Engine Journal

JUNE 23, 2022

Follow the best practices outlined in this article to maximize the reach, impact, and value of your paid search campaigns. The post 6 SEM Best Practices Growth Marketers Need To Master appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

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Spiralytics

AUGUST 29, 2019

If you're looking to learn more about Search Engine Marketing (SEM) or paid search, you've come to the right place! Jump to a section: What is SEM? A Brief History of Search Ads. Why SEM Works for Businesses. Search Advertising Platforms. Search Advertising Trends & Statistics.

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Ahrefs

AUGUST 24, 2023

There are two ways to do SEM. You can pay for ads to show up in the search engine’s paid results or optimize your pages to show up in organic results. And you can do both too. That said, there’s … Read more ›

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ClearVoice

JUNE 28, 2021

As you build your career in content marketing, you should challenge yourself to create new desirable skill sets. Over the past several years, becoming SEO and SEM savvy has grown in importance to remain relevant and build a lucrative career. But if you’re a little confused about the differences between SEO and SEM, don’t sweat it.

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ClearVoice

JUNE 27, 2022

This is why strategies like search engine optimization (SEO) and search engine marketing (SEM) play such an important role in digital marketing. To figure out how to make SEO, SEM, and content marketing work together, you must first understand how each one works.

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The Point

JANUARY 13, 2017

This is especially true for technology marketers, and doubly true for those in nascent or emerging categories, when much of the marketing challenge may consist of convincing buyers that they have a problem to solve in the first place. The post Expand your Offer Strategy to Increase SEM Performance appeared first on The Point.

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DemandBase

JANUARY 8, 2019

Can search engine marketing (SEM) target specific accounts and minimize waste from unqualified respondents? SEM by definition is a top-of-funnel, quantity-focused channel. No technology currently exists that uses SEM to target accounts. How can you leverage SEM to aid and abet Account-Based Marketing?

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Brightedge

MAY 7, 2021

Using SEM and SEO together will drive traffic using both organic and paid strategies. While keyword research and implementation are still a ranking factor, search engines are ranking content more predominantly based on the information provided to a user and the user experience. What is SEM? What does SEM stand for?

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Webbiquity

MARCH 1, 2016

Search remains the cornerstone of digital and content marketing efforts. The average B2B website gets 40% or more of all visits from organic search, and 81% of B2B purchase cycles start with a web search. Of course, search, like all other digital marketing tactics, continues to evolve. Internet users.

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Spiralytics

MAY 6, 2018

Due to the rapid changes in digital marketing trends, businesses must think of better strategies to outweigh their competitors online. According to studies , SEM has proven to be a highly-effective marketing channel, especially since consumers rely heavily on search engines when seeking or gathering information online.

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Webbiquity

FEBRUARY 7, 2010

Search engine marketing (SEM) can be a powerful lead generation source, or a complete waste of money. B2B marketers often get less from their SEM programs than possible by overlooking basic but critical steps. Here are some best practices to optimize your results from SEM campaigns: 1.

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Navigate the Channel

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

The world of search marketing is constantly evolving, and 2023 promises to be an exciting year for digital marketers. In this article, we will delve into the trends and strategies that will define search marketing in the coming year. This includes managing Google My Business profiles and garnering positive reviews.

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Spiralytics

MAY 31, 2018

Your digital marketing campaign can never be complete without search engine marketing (SEM) in your playbook. SEM can help achieve goals that other strategies such as content marketing and email marketing can't meet on their own. The reason is simple.

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Spiralytics

MARCH 27, 2018

People are searching the internet by the second. billion searches every day. Meanwhile, marketers and advertisers can leverage search to get their messages in front of consumers through search engine marketing (SEM). Statistics say that Google alone processes about 3.5

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QuanticMind

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Returning to a degree of normality might be possible in 2021, but SEM may never go back to business as usual. Here are 9 SEM trends for 2021.

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Spiralytics

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Search engine marketing (SEM) can be a pretty daunting task. The level and amount of competition in online advertising can be overwhelming, not to mention frustrating, especially if you think you’re doing everything right but you’re still not getting the traffic or conversion results you want.

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Conductor

OCTOBER 28, 2019

SEM is also… amazing. What can they help you achieve with your marketing? SEO stands for search engine optimization. The ultimate goal of search engine optimization is to create a consistent flow of traffic from searchers to the pages that address their queries. What is SEM? What are the pros of paid search?

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Spiralytics

MARCH 24, 2019

Nowadays, digital marketing is something you really should explore to achieve your bottom line, and a channel that you may consider utilizing is Search Engine Marketing (SEM) or search advertising. It takes a solid strategy to grow your small business.

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QuanticMind

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

?SEM for B2B is a different space than consumer marketing. Here, we’ll discuss some of the tactics and ad types you can use today in SEM for B2B. SEM for B2B (business-to-business companies) is a bit different than what marketers normally think about when they discuss search engine marketing.

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QuanticMind

OCTOBER 9, 2018

For the past decade or more, in-house SEM campaigns have taken a back seat to SEM agencies for most small, medium and large businesses. Today, there are a myriad reasons why it’s not only beneficial, but even strategic to your digital marketing objectives to build and manage your own online advertising using smart tools.

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Biznology

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

I just discovered that Search Engine Marketing (SEM) isn’t just a rebrand of Search Engine Optimization (SEO), a marketing discipline that is almost universally damned as being shifty, black-hat, and more than just a little shady. How do I suddenly know all of this?

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The Point

APRIL 16, 2019

Because costs per click in B2B search campaigns can often be extremely high when companies compete the for same keywords, Search Engine Marketing (SEM) for B2B advertisers offers its own very unique challenges. Here are the five most common “fails” we see in B2B search campaigns: Not Bidding on the Correct Keywords.

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Navigate the Channel

JANUARY 8, 2024

The last time you took an objective look at your company’s business marketing strategy, what was your takeaway? If using micro-moments, storytelling and video aren’t part of your plan, let’s re-visit these digital marketing trends and their importance in every business strategy now. What’s working?

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Digilant

MARCH 7, 2023

We’re in the midst of a revolution in how we search for information. Rather than typing out a question, people are turning more and more to voice searches. This new trend stems from three primary sources: Voice search is faster than typing. Surprisingly, even voice search results might be faster than typed searches.

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Spiralytics

FEBRUARY 19, 2017

Search engine marketing is relatively easier to set-up compared to other online marketing techniques, which makes it a natural choice for businesses who want instant results. On the other hand, this same reason is why SEM can be detrimental to any marketing initiative.

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QuanticMind

AUGUST 22, 2018

Financial services businesses have many opportunities to build brand awareness and attract new clients through search engine marketing (SEM). But search engines are constantly changing, making it difficult to keep up with the best optimization tactics without enlisting professional help. . What Is SEM?

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SEMrush

DECEMBER 31, 1969

To boost your website traffic, a good SEM strategy is what you need. Learn how to plan a campaign and monitor your competitors with the help of Semrush!

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QuanticMind

MAY 14, 2019

In paid search programs, the levers you can pull to improve results come in many forms: landing page optimization , ad copy testing , program structure efficiency, automated workflow, and reporting functionality. SEM bidding optimization is the most significant way to achieve peak performance in paid search.

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QuanticMind

JANUARY 3, 2019

Without a doubt, 2018 has been quite a year for PPC advertisers and the SEM industry as a whole. Or that voice capabilities are well on their way to becoming a mainstay of paid search. According to HubSpot, 36% of marketers hadn’t even heard of it as of November 2017, while only 15% of companies have taken steps to become compliant.)

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QuanticMind

MAY 8, 2019

Balancing your SEM budget is one of the major challenges of marketing management today. It can also frustrate the leaders who put you in charge of SEM in the first place. It can also frustrate the leaders who put you in charge of SEM in the first place. Numerous factors can contribute to poor SEM budget spend.

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QuanticMind

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

In the first of our new Enterprise Paid Search Pains series, we examine the biggest data challenges behind sub-standard SEM performance. Let’s face it, these days, the success of your PPC program — and your SEM performance and strategy as a whole — is contingent upon data. Accurate, reliable and applicable data.

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QuanticMind

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

In the world of SEM, your campaign strategy doesn’t stay the same from quarter to quarter, month to month or even week to week. Like the weather and tide schedules, your paid search campaigns change with the seasons. To say the least, this can be exhausting, labor-intensive and mentally draining for your Paid Search team.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 7, 2016

Search marketing done right lands your site the first listing on Google or Bing results, but the consequences of search done wrong are much, much worse: In January 2016, the founder of a search agency in Texas was sentenced to 37 months in federal prison for his shady practices. The search industry changes quickly.

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QuanticMind

MARCH 27, 2019

Search Engine Marketing is a complex strategy that will only grow more challenging in the future. This approach, though, comes with some major drawbacks that make it difficult for SEM programs to scale beyond their initial capacity. As a result, SEM programs that rely on manual optimization find themselves at-scale very quickly.

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QuanticMind

MAY 20, 2019

If you are a performance marketer (like me) you would agree that we often pay too much attention to our set of top keywords. However, many marketers are still relying on the bid optimization tools that Google and Bing provide, even those with decent SEM budgets (~$50k). The good news, though, is that marketers have options now.

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