Tag Archives: SEM

Free Internet Advertising

Free Internet Advertising

Everyone loves free stuff and internet advertising is no exception.  Free internet advertising can come in the form of blogs, directories and classified ads.  Most of these free services need to be implemented manually so it can take a lot of time; but it’s free!  Exposure for free; you put a bit of work into it but you are getting honest to goodness online visibility.  While paid methods can be more effective, it isn’t necessarily so as it still needs to be supported by a sensible and targeted strategy.

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Organic Search Engine Rankings

Organic Search Engine Rankings

Wikipedia defines Search Engine Optimization (SEO) as the process of improving the volume or quality of traffic to a web site from search engines via “natural” (“organic” or “algorithmic”) search results. Typically, the earlier a site appears in the search results list, the more visitors it will receive from the search engine. SEO may target different kinds of search, including image search, local search, and industry-specific vertical search engines.

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Improve Web Site Search Engine Rankings

Improve Web Site Search Engine Rankings

If you have a website and you are either not ranking for what you believe to be your most important keywords or terms or you just aren’t getting the amount of traffic you are seeking, you need to Improve your Website’s Search Engine Rankings for your most relevant keywords. Here is a brief outline of our processes that we use so successfully for ourselves and for Optimum7 clients.

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Knoxville Web Development

Knoxville Web DevelopmentLooking for web programming in Knoxville? Consider looking outside of Knoxville for excellent web programming talent that is worthy of creating, maintaining, and marketing your website. Fortunately the progression of computer technology has allowed us to seek products and services from anywhere in the world that could better fit our needs and satisfy our visions and expectations of what a successful site should be.

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Website Marketing

website marketingMarketing your website is a marathon, not a sprint. It requires many personal and corporate traits including commitment, conviction, discipline and patience. In this writing, let’s review the areas that you need to pay the most attention to.

Corporate Signature

This is the most basic form of website marketing. Your URL must appear on every corporate document and traditional marketing materials. These include your business card, stationery, all printed sales documents and presentation materials, your print ads, your TV ads, your radio ads, billboards, your video presentations and demos, your phone book listing, your newsletter and your direct mail. Is your URL, with an active link, included in the signature section of every email you send out? It must be if you are serious about marketing your website.

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Search Engine Marketing

Search Engine MarketingSearch Engine Marketing (SEM) is a term that has created some confusion over the years. It is used by some Internet Marketers and Online Advertisers for what is commonly referred to as Paid Search or Pay per Click (PPC) vs. Search Engine Optimization which always refers to Organic Search Results. Optimum7 and many others use Search Engine Marketing to refer to all marketing methods and processes involving both organic and paid search results.

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A Quick Start Guide to Google Ad Text

adwordsWhen you enter a search query on Google and the indexed results appear, where do you notice your eyes going first? For some reason, my eyes just seem to go to the left instead of the right. Perhaps it’s because many of the ads used in Google Ad Text (the ones that pop up on the right) always seem a bit spam-like and irrelevant to my search. Once in a while I’ll run into a relevant and appealing ad that I’ll click on (which usually leads to a conversion) but those times are few and far between. This doesn’t mean that Google Ad Texts ads aren’t effective or beneficial to your Ad Campaign; it means that you have to create a better Google Ad Text ad to trigger a click and attract visitors to your site.

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Internet Marketing Services – 6-Point Checklist

Whether you are looking for Internet Marketing, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Search Engine Marketing (SEM), Paid Search Management (Pay per Click or PPC), you need to make certain that the Internet Marketing Company you are interviewing includes or excludes the following:

I.    Extensive Keyword Research – this is absolutely essential.  If you don’t know which keywords have the best potential and have the greatest relevance, you will begin your internet marketing with a shaky foundation at best.  Many think they know their keywords and they are almost always wrong.  Few recognize how many variations of words and phrases are actually used by real people who are searching for their products and services.  It is only through extensive research, using sophisticated tools and methods, can all keywords of value truly be identified and included in the online marketing plan, while those keywords with poor potential can be eliminated or deemphasized from the thrust of the plan.

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Fundamentals of Search Engine Marketing (SEM)

SEM is no easy task. It requires a thoroughly planned execution strategy    and a flawless process to be successful.  Depending on the competitiveness of the industry, it might take 6 months to years to achieve substantial results. There are no tricks or magic involved here, just hard work and dedication. There are a lot of roads to take and strategies to implement. However, marketers should not forget the fundamentals of SEM.

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Search Engine Advertising

by Arthur Cooper

Search Engine Advertising is a term that is inherently confusing.  Some use this term interchangeably with Sponsored Search or Pay Per Click Advertising as in Google Adwords.  Of course, these are actual advertisements that are tied to specific keyword phrases.  As such they are targeted advertisements because they are only viewed based on the keyword itself.  Others use this term to mean Organic Search Engine Optimization or SEO which in fact are not advertisements.  Rather, these are listings based strictly on relevance as rated by the search engines themselves.  These listings are not purchased or bid upon like PPC; they are earned through highly sophisticated optimization techniques.  Successful Organic Optimization results in highly visible listings with no cost to the website owner no matter how many times the listing is displayed or clicked.

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Search Engine Marketing Consultants

Search Engine Marketing Consultants, as the term “consultant” implies, provide analysis, guidance and usually implementation of Search Engine Marketing strategies and procedures. However, the definition by itself does little justice to the important areas of emphasis that you must look for in a true SEM Consultant.

Have you ever asked for and received a quote for SEM services? If so, you probably were not dealing with a true SEM consultant who is driven by results … your results. Providing a quote for SEO or SEM services truly cannot be provided as if you were looking to buy a car or an HDTV or even a service like a Doctor or Lawyer. There are many questions you have to ask the prospective SEM Consultant before you can ask about cost and really understand what it is in fact you are getting.

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E-Commerce … Design Matters for Increasing Sales

While Search Engine Marketing (SEM) is very important so that you are found by those seeking your products, you still need to convert that visitor to being a buyer.  If you are selling through an online store, conversion is easily measured … SALES.

How do you know that your e-commerce site is generating all of the sales that it can?  The answer lies in the statistics.  Monitoring and analyzing your stats is absolutely critical towards the ultimate goal of maximized sales for your online business.  You can almost count on, in every case, that you will find things in the stats that will indicate issues that are preventing you from achieving the best performance.

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