Want Solid SEM Benchmarks? This Report Has Them By The Boatload
Jul 31, 2009 at 1:38pm ET by Chris Sherman
Each year, Marketing Sherpa compiles an exhaustive look at the state of search marketing. Each year, these reports grow more comprehensive, reflecting the continuous change and evolution of our industry as it grows up. This year's report is no exception.
The Marketing Sherpa 2009-10 Search Marketing Benchmark Report is 213 pages, and is divided into five major sections, including:
The business of search. There's been a lot of talk about how search marketing budgets have been affected by the tumultuous economy, and this section of the report offers some interesting data on what's really g [...]
Filed in: Bookshelf, SEM Industry: Stats
How To Make Your Web Site Really Pay Off
Mar 19, 2009 at 8:00am ET by Chris Sherman
Most books on search marketing focus on either the technical aspects of SEO or paid search, or on how to adapt traditional marketing strategies to the web. Web Design For ROI, by Lance Loveday and Sandra Niehaus, is unique in its sharp focus on making your web site accomplish what should be its primary goal: conversion.
Conversion can mean many things, depending on the purpose of your web site. Conversion can mean getting people to buy, getting leads to provide contact information, recruiting subscribers for an email list—even getting site visitors to spend more time on your site and [...]
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The Complete Guide To Google’s Website Optimizer
Nov 24, 2008 at 1:31pm ET by Chris Sherman
Why is it that some web sites are golden, compelling visitors to buy while similar web sites, perhaps even offering the same products at similar prices, fail to make the grade? It may be dumb luck on the owner's part, but a more likely explanation is that the golden site is the result of careful design, testing, tweaking and testing yet again. Testing has grown into a core search marketing activity, but strangely, it's also an activity that many search marketers either choose to avoid or don't even consider at all.
And that's a mistake. Good testing can not only help you get rid of stinker [...]
Filed in: Bookshelf, Google: Website Optimizer
What’s Ahead For Search Marketing In 2009
Oct 30, 2008 at 1:52pm ET by Chris Sherman
It's an understatement to say that we live in uncertain times, and that any data that can help us strategize, plan or even to some extent predict what's ahead is worth its weight in... well, let's just say this kind of information is invaluable. That makes the Marketing Sherpa 2009 Search Marketing Benchmark Guide very timely for just about everyone involved in our industry. The Guide is packed with data, analysis, charts, graphs and all manner of other useful info.
This is the fifth annual Search Marketing Benchmark Guide that Marketing Sherpa has produced, but its unlike any of the others [...]
Filed in: Bookshelf, Stats: General
The “Bible” Of Search Engine Marketing
Oct 29, 2008 at 3:10pm ET by Chris Sherman
It's common for comprehensive books written by respected authorities to be tagged as the "bible" of a particular topic or industry. My vote for that distinctive title in our industry goes to Search Engine Marketing, Inc. by Mike Moran and Bill Hunt. Both Mike and Bill are longtime search marketing veterans who were responsible for the search marketing strategy and implementation for IBM.com's massive global network of web sites. They're both currently active marketers who work with a wide variety of well-known organizations and brands, primarily now at the strategic level.
The hefty 626 pag [...]
Filed in: Bookshelf
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