Archive for the ‘Professional SEO Services’ Category

Why Your PPC Management Is More Than a Mouse Click

Tuesday, May 19th, 2009

A new article from eMarketer hit home the point that PPC (pay per click) advertising and PPC management is much more than meets the eye.

In a recent survey, though many people admitted they don’t necessarily click on a banner ad, they may be inclined to type the name of the company in their browser and simply visit the business’s website without clicking through to it.  Thus, the ad worked, though not in the manner originally expected.

In the piece, one quote really stood out:

“Online display advertising is far from dead,” said Robert Murray of iProspect.

“In essence, search is an alternative mechanism for Internet users to respond to online display,” he added. “If marketers are going to invest in display then they should leverage search marketing.”

So what’s the verdict?  Clicks are great, but they aren’t the only measure of success when it comes to PPC management and measure.

Trust the Management of Social Media with SEO Experts

Tuesday, May 12th, 2009

Harry Gold of ClickZ.com states, “Online marketing firms who have search, online media, creative development and tracking technology under one roof are the only entities really qualified to deploy and manage a robust social media channel alive with good content, creative and interactive applications.”

Why?
 
Consider this: With the numerous applications, technology know-how and research that social media platforms need to promote your company and brand, why would you make your PR or HR department responsible? Trust SEO experts who have the knowledge, research skills and familiarity with your company to provide the best management of your social networking sites. Would you trust your research and development department to design your Website? Probably not, although R & D may provide design insight and suggestions.
 
A comprehensive SEO company, which provides not only on site search engine optimization, but also integrates analytics and tracking, creativity both in text and visual design, and is knowledgeable about the workings of social media platforms will benefit your company the most. It may be difficult to release the control of branding to SEO experts, but they do have a vested interest in your business and will want to continue working with you.

Here are 5 components that a SEO firm and SEO experts should do to ensure your brand identity is being promoted throughout social media networks:

  1. SEO experts should have a strong grasp and understanding of social media and how to use them with specific markets as well as how to target specific audiences. SEO experts must be actively involved in more than one social network, so they can accurately and effectively manage your social media campaign.
  2. SEO experts should be able to attract and find friends and contacts across your social networks to build on-going relationships and brand identity, trust and expertise. SEO experts should be able to show you their active social networks and explain how to use each platform for your targeted audience and how your goals can be accomplished through social media.
  3. SEO experts should be expert bloggers in their fields as well as have the research knowledge to blog about your industry. Comprehensive SEO firms know how to track blogs, utilize blogs and communicate with bloggers.
  4. SEO experts know how to effectively manage and combine SEO and social media with other off site platforms including paid search to maximize your brand identity and expertise. SEO experts should also be ethical, so that you can reach the top of the search engines without negative consequences from the search engines.
  5. SEO experts should be knowledgeable and effectively manage Web analytics to track, report and respond to actions and events regarding your Website and social media campaigns

The SEO experts at SearchCircus.com are actively involved with several social media platforms including LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, Squidoo, YouTube, and FastPitchNetworking.  Ask the SEO experts about managing your social media campaign today!

Internet Marketing Tips: Search Within Sites for Faster Research

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009

Ever wanted to find this one particular page within a huge, sprawling Website—like Amazon or the BBC—but couldn’t for the life of you remember what the page was called? We have that and some other research and Internet marketing tips for anyone who wants to find things, fast.

If you’re like most of us, you’ve probably had a similar frustrating experience. Whether it was a story on CNN.com that you wanted to bring up to show someone or a cheap computer monitor you found on Newegg.com, and you just couldn’t remember that URL, there’s hope: Yahoo and Google have made targeted searching now easier than ever.

For example, say you really want to show a friend that story on CNN about a planned horse statue in the England that will be taller that the Statue of Liberty. But when you use the CNN search function, and type something like “England horse,” you only get horseback riding stories. Don’t worry. While large news site search functions are adequate, they still can’t match the sophistication of Google and Yahoo’s algorithms. So search CNN with Google or Yahoo instead. Here’s how: in the search box, type “Site:cnn.com England horse.” That “site:” command tells the search engine to look only within CNN.com for the story.

But that’s not all you can do. This handy guide lets you in on all the special tricks that you can apply to Google and Yahoo’s search engines that will make your Internet searching more targeted than ever. For budding Web content developers and SEO copywriters, the option to search exclusively within Website title meta tags could be extremely helpful. Just start off a search with “intitle:” as in “intitle: giant horse statue.”

There are also other Internet marketing tips, tricks and hacks available. There’s no telling how many ways these tricks could be useful. Have you found a unique use for these search terms? Let us know.