Curious to know how your company is doing compared to your industry at large? Google Analytics now offers a “benchmarking” report. According to the Google FAQ, the new benchmarking feature is an optional Google Analytics service that shows how your site’s stats compare against other industry verticals. Once you opt in to ‘share’ your data you will be able to compare your site’s visits, pageviews, pages per visit, bounce rate, average time on site, and number of …

• When it comes to successful paid search marketing, we can’t emphasize account structure enough. A well-planned, calculated account structure will allow you to manage your campaigns faster & easier as there will be less clutter, and when your account is structured properly this will aid your quality score as well. Joy Brazelle at Serengeti Communication has written a good, straight-to-the-point article about successful ad group structure, which is one part of a well-structured account.
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Last Friday I had the opportunity to participate in a webinar sponsored by Enquiro titled “Coaxing the Conversion.” This was the first in their new B2B Expert Series. Recently, I’ve been racking my brain on strategies for a particular B2B client of mine so the prospect of getting some research-based landing page suggestions had me quite excited. The webinar promised to present “what the latest research tells us about landing page content and layout.” Here are …

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For many PPC managers the Google AdWords’ content network is still a scary place. Much like a horror movie, the monster is always scarier when you can’t see it. But once it’s within sight, it’s not so bad - much like Cloverfield. Okay, maybe the content network isn’t scary in a giant-monster-sort-of-way, but it can be frightening in regards to your ROI. And rightfully so. In the past, the major roadblock for a successful content network …