I don’t have any real data on this, but I figure just about anyone who owns an iPhone or an Android or even a Blackberry has used the device to access a website or search engine. That’s a lot of people. Google sees enough mobile traffic to have invested heavily in making it easy for [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Pay-per-click advertising is an awesome marketing tactic for some companies. For others it’s a total waste of time and money.
Last month I mentioned our soon-to-be-published free report called Will PPC Work for Me? I’m happy to tell you it’s now available.
The report gives you a proven formula for deciding whether or not PPC can work [...]
Friday, January 29, 2010
PPC: the Times They Are a Changin’
As I look today at what it takes to succeed in Pay-per-click advertising and compare it to requirements of the past, I have but one response – Whoa! That’s not my actual response but I never know who’s reading this.
Anyway as Bob Dylan noted many decades ago – the [...]
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Website visitor conversion – where to start
“The best thing is to do the right thing. The next best thing is to do the wrong thing. The worst is to do nothing.”
I have no idea who originally said that. I once had a boss who used it frequently. And boy is it true with conversion optimization.
Since [...]
Friday, January 8, 2010
News You Might Use – January 8, 2010
From the week of January 4, 2010
2010 Outlook projects increase in tech buying
InformationWeek’s recently published Outlook 2010 indicates good potential for growth in spending on customer-facing projects (45%), apps to support sales (31%), apps or systems to support new or expanded product lines (31%), apps or systems to [...]
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Will Pay-Per Click work for you?
Happy New Year everyone!
In the 4th quarter of last year we began getting more than the usual amount of contact from companies interested in trying pay per click – whether for the first time or after a less-than-successful previous attempt. This increased interest is not terribly surprising given a number [...]
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
The Secret to Action-Oriented Marketing Measurement
Last week I wrote about the marketing metrics we track at Clicks ‘n Conversions and I promised to share the secret to developing a tracking system that drives change. Well, here it is: to be truly useful, a marketing measurement system must do more than just track where you are [...]
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Measure Your Marketing for Big Improvements in 2010
If I could get you to do one single marketing-related thing in 2010 it would be to start actively measuring – and acting on – the performance of your marketing program. If you’re already measuring, start holding people accountable. And if you’re already doing that, call me. We [...]
Friday, December 11, 2009
From the Week of December 7, 2009
Search Engine Marketing Most Important Tool for Small Businesses in 2010
According to a recent study of businesses with fewer than 500 employees conducted by VerticalResponse, the most important tool for small businesses to succeed in 2010 is search engine marketing. These businesses also consider email marketing, public relations and [...]
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Are you getting enough?
This may not be the most startling statement you read today, but it’s still worth making:
The number of people who buy your product is mathematically
related to the number of people who visit your website.
More visitors = more sales.
Well maybe it’s not entirely that simple. You could drive junk traffic to your site [...]
Thursday, March 4, 2010
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