Social media marketing is one of the most important search engine marketing strategies that you can make use of currently, and the outlook for the future is even bigger. If you have not been focusing efforts in large part, or even minimally, on social media marketing, it is high time that you started concentrating on [...]
Why You Need an SMM
December 30th, 2011Social Media Done RIGHT
December 7th, 2011Do you need to be a presence in social networking? Most small business owners think so, but aren’t quite sure how to go about doing it. If that sounds like you, it’s time to take a look at how to juggle all of your responsibilities as a website owner and businessperson to help decide how [...]
Social Media and Branding
January 21st, 2010Do you use social media? And if not, why not? Surely by now you know that social media is THE way to brand yourself in this brave new world of online marketing. When you have identified a niche market and positioned yourself to fill it, the next step is getting the word out – and [...]
Budgeting for SEM
November 8th, 2009Paid search accounts are becoming so highly optimized that there isn’t much wiggle room. This means if search volume dips, you may not see much you can do about it without blowing your budget. Seasonal shifts in search for any given niche can affect your traffic. This means you can manage budget allocation throughout the [...]
SEO and SEM – What’s the Difference?
October 28th, 2009SEO and SEM are inextricably linked – or should be, in any good campaign.So what is the difference? SEO, or Search Engine Optimization, is really just one part of SEM, or Search Engine Marketing. Search Engine Optimization generally referrs to the practice of optimizing your site with keywords to make you more visible to search [...]
SEM – Leveraging Paid Search
October 25th, 2009If SEO is the secret to organic search success, SEM is just as important to paid search results. Paid search accounts for nearly 50% of all online advertising budgets. Text ads are a huge part of SEM, and Google AdWords is the most commonly used online advertising venue. Tools to make SEM easier are the [...]
When You Can’t do it All Yourself
April 4th, 2009Top six questions about outsourcing Sometimes you don’t have the time or expertise to do it all yourself, especially when it comes to marketing and optimization. Here are the top questions about hiring out, and a few tips on making the process smoother. 1) Do you hire an SEO, or an SEM firm? Actually, most [...]
Pay Per Click Internet Advertising – The Four Cornerstones
March 29th, 2009Step One: Do your homework! Educate yourself – there are plenty of posts right here in this blog to explain the ins and outs of pay per click. There are also plenty of excellent programs out there (Google AdSense being only one of them) that can help you mock up an ad, choose keywords, and [...]
An Evenhanded Look at Search Tactics
March 5th, 2009There are many different aspects to search, ask any firm what search is, and you shouldn’t get a one sentence answer. There is paid search, organic search, vertical search, local search and social search. There are feeds, logrolls, links, and any amount of other avenues by which people can find your site. You have to [...]
SEM / SEO – What’s The Difference?
February 22nd, 2009What is the real difference between optimization and marketing? Only about a world. While these terms are often used interchangeably, there is a huge difference between the two methods. SEM is a broad concept and can be used to describe various aspects of website marketing as it relates to the search engines. SEO, however, is [...]













