Social and Search KPIs To Start Tracking Right Now

If you don’t measure what you’re doing in search and social media, how do you know if what you’re doing is working? How do you know if you’re helping or hurting your business—or having no effect whatsoever? How do you know that all those hours and/or wages aren’t being wasted? How do you know you’re getting positive results? At the end of the day, how do you know what you’re doing is worth it? Answer: you don’t! Measuring your SEO/social media successes and failures are the only...

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How Your SEO Problems Impact Dynamic Search Ads (DSA) in Google AdWords SEM Campaigns

Dynamic Search Ads (DSA) in Google AdWords – How Your Technical SEO Problems Just Impacted Your SEM Campaigns In October of 2011, Google began testing Dynamic Search Ads (DSA) in AdWords.  It was a bold move and signaled a change in how paid search could operate in the future.  Using dynamic search ads, advertisers could greatly expand their reach by enabling AdWords to match queries with content in Google’s organic index.  Instead of simply setting up keyword-based campaigns,...

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Design Elements of a Landing Page

The following elements are always need to be on a page to create an effective landing page. However, there are several elements that are essential to your success. Logo: The visitor needs some way to identify who they are potentially doing business with. A logo won’t make your sale, but a poor one can lose your sale. A professionally designed logo always helps establish some bit of credibility. Most sites have this in the upper left hand part of the page; some have it on the upper right. UVP or UCP: Once the visitor knows who you...

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How to Build Awesome SEO Keyword List - Keyword Research Tips for a Standard Website

How do you build a keyword list for a relatively normal site with limited amounts of template content? In these engagements you build a keyword list and then optimize individual pages for individual terms. Brand websites are a good candidate for this kind of keyword research. But First, a Note on Search Volume Search volume data from the Google keyword tool is bullshit. You know it, I know it, the whole industry knows it. You look up the search volume for a term, then log in to the tool and do the same thing again – the search volume is completely...

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