Tools for Web Analytics
January 27th, 2009
You have to be careful when engaging in web analytics not to get caught up in all the numbers and statistics and lose sight of the real goal. You want the data required to make effective adjustments to your website, and to develop online marketing strategies to increase your ROI. What is the point of [...]
When To Increase Ad Spend
December 6th, 2008
Ad spend is a portion of your budget that should be considered fluid. Lock yourself in to one flat rate, and you might not be doing yourself any favors. You need to be sure that you strike when the iron is hot, and utilize your advertising budget in the most efficient way possible. When the [...]
Feeling the Pinch – How to Manage An Advertising Budget
October 13th, 2008
With the global economy struggling and budgets tight, it may seem hard to keep a solid campaign going when it comes to advertising. The temptation to cut your ad budget to the bone may be strong, but you should carefully consider all of your options before shutting down what might be your main source of [...]
ROI – How it Works
September 2nd, 2008
Return on investment is commonly referred to as ROI. In internet marketing, it describes the relationship between how much money you spend on advertising versus how much money you end up making as a direct result of that advertising. There are several different types of campaigns you can run when you are running a sales [...]
Synchronicity – When Paid and Organic Search Meet
July 20th, 2008
We all know the trick of SEO is in the keywords, right? Well, half of it anyway. The other half is in your content, your links, and a billion other things. If you do all these right, your organic search results will be near the top of page one. But what about paid search? You [...]
When Ten is More Than a Hundred – Playing the Odds
July 3rd, 2008
SEO is a tricky game, and climbing up the SERPS for your keywords can be exhausting. A good way to cut down on stress and get the most of your efforts is to find and exploit keywords that are being undervalued. We are taught to find highly searched keywords and pay top dollar for clicks. [...]
Google AdWords: How to Write Effective Ads
July 1st, 2008
There are many things you can do to make sure your ads target the correct demographic. Ads don’t do you much good if people don’t click on them and clicks don’t do you much good if you get no conversions. Target your audience. Exclude sectors of the population based on language, location and even weather [...]
Niche Marketing Part Two : The Hoodie Plan
June 13th, 2008
Yesterday I went looking for a niche to fill with advertising for my fictitious pet clothing website. I found out that while there is a decent amount of search for the term ‘pet hoodies’, ‘puppy hoodie’ and ‘pet sweatshirts’, there is not any advertiser competition at all. I carry pet hoodies and sweatshirts on [...]
The Future of SEO as a ROI Tool
May 10th, 2008
There has been a bit of a debate lately as to whether the era of search engine optimization is at an end. With the advent of social networking, and the various ways to drive traffic to your site outside of the search engines, some web entrepreneurs are considering whether their dollars would be better spent [...]













