Happy Thanksgiving everyone, I am posting the video early in celebration of the special weekend. I spoke for a while on why SEO’s should be careful when using a site command. I also spoke a while about link building companies and how they are being perceived these days. Google is allowing some advertisers the ability to show ads based on mobile devices or desktop devices. Yahoo had a search update. Live Search added malware reporting to Webmaster Tools. Google improved Street Views in Maps. Google is cutting on contractors. Will Google give out holiday gifts this year? SEMPO will be ringing the bell at the NASDAQ. Learn how to save on this year’s holiday gifts with Live Search Cashback!
Search Engine Roundtable: November 2008 Archives
More Customers, Fewer Costs: Why Marketing to the “Long Tail” Makes Sense
Posted on 18 August 2008 by Jeremy Hermanns
More Customers, Fewer Costs: Why Marketing to the “Long Tail” Makes Sense
This session will address how marketers utilize the long tail of the Internet and search engine marketing to identify and reach consumers who are interested in what a company has to offer, but don’t fit the traditional definition of the demographic audience. The end result is a more strategic, cost-effective search marketing campaign. We’ll discuss the “long tail approach” from a tactical standpoint, including strategies that fit the users of this emerging market, as well as examples of why this works in terms of increasing sales.
Highlights of the presentation include:
* Keywords: Capturing consumers with tail
* The power of secondary search engines
* Case study examples of the concept “in action”
Create Targeted Traffic Through PPC
Posted on 21 November 2007 by Jeremy Hermanns
Pay Per Click could mean a lot to your business – we mean Cash money! With Pay Per Click or PPC, advertisers only pay for users who click through their website, this makes PPC the cheapest and most effective way to advertise in the Internet (vs. CPM advertising). Not only that, PPC is by far the safest way to generate traffic for your site, and the most effective method in bringing in a truly targeted audience. With PPC, advertisers easily reach out to their target market in an instant. Moreover, advertisers would have a global market once their campaign starts.
To have a successful and profitable Pay Per Click campaign that can create traffic and revenue to your site, you need to keep these simple tips in mind.
First step is to do intensive research on relevant keywords for your product – I cannot stress enough the importance of finding GOOD keywords in the beginning. Then find additional words or phrases that could lure targeted traffic to the site, use PPC Experts call this “concatenation” sets/exercises. Good keywords are usually the name of the product, question-type phrases or the URL of the website.
To generate the FASTEST return on investment (ROI), you must work on a tight budget and track EVERYTHING (Don’t spend one dime until the tracking is right!). Bid on a keyword that you think would best be beneficial and what your consumer is looking for in the long run. Some keywords have high demand (more query volume) so as a result they will demand a much higher bid price. Look for keywords on a lower price range but you think could be serve a similar or same purpose – we call this the LongTail.
After selecting a good set of relevant keywords, the advertiser must create an advertising campaign that contains the Ads which are well written. The Ads are made up from Titles and Description (T&D’s), these should immediately catch the attention of the product or sites target audience. The Title should be catchy as to arouse the curiosity of the audience thus making them click the ad (CTR). The ad should contain the keyword so that precisely the potential client could search it thus has a high chance of ranking high among other ads.
Negative keywords also help “trim” out unwanted users (i.e.: unsecured vs. secured borrowers) and help you really bring in genuine targeted traffic to your site. You could select keywords, when searched, so your ads wont’ be displayed. By using negative keywords, your campaigns will be more targeted thus giving a faster return of investment for you would not be paying for unnecessary clicks on your ads.
The last step is to launch your campaign and test out all your hard work – YAY! But remember the work does not end here, after launching, you must continuously monitor your PPC campaign. PPC providers can send you reports as to what keywords get the most clicks through.
With Pay Per Click, your ads will only be shown to users who are looking for what you offering therefore each click on your ad could be a potential client.
Good luck and drop me a email if you have any questions. Cheers!
