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How to Optimize your Paid Search with Social Media

Buzz Marketing for Technology

The search process has become broken because the data landscape has become more fragmented and complex. We used to learn about who our audience was by putting cookies on our website and waiting for traffic to come so we could learn more about our visitors. For example, before people visited our site, perhaps they visited espn.com.

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Paid Social Campaigns vs Paid Search

Small Business Mavericks

One of the questions asked on Search Engine Journal in the interview between Kelsey Jones and Pamela Lund, a well-known PPC marketing specialist, is which companies would do better with paid social campaigns rather than paid search. Social Media paid search paid social advertising PPC'

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Forrester: Email and search drive online sales, not social

Dave Fleet

Research recently released by Forrester entitled “ The Purchase Path of Online Buyers in 2012 ” indicates that email and search dominate the online space in driving online sales. As reported by Marketing Pilgrim : Paid search matters most for new customers. Email matters most for repeat customers.

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Social Media Does Not Exist

Adam Cohen

Take these examples: 50% click through rate increase in paid search when consumers were exposed to influenced social media and paid search ( comScore & GroupM study ). The technologies that are available influence traditional marketing tactics already. In some cases, they magnify each other.

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The Importance of Search Engine Optimization

Jason Yormark

About 80% of all searches come from the organic search engines and not the paid search listings. As a reference, paid search listings are searches that are actually paid for by the companies being found (typically found at the top and right hand side they will say “sponsored listings).

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Facebook Brand Engagement Grows 896% Year-Over-Year

The Realtime Report

Mobile growth is also having a significant effect on paid search – as mobile traffic rises, one in five paid search clicks will originate from smartphones or tablets. Adobe’s 2012 Global Digital Advertising Update offers three reasons: format changes made in the last three quarters (Facebook Timeline).

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Micro Targeting your Online Media

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Related posts: How to Optimize your Paid Search with Social Media We used to learn about who our audience was. By using social data analysis, including topic discovery, you’re likely to have a much more efficient media plan. Social Media – the Next Frontier! Many BtoB organizations these days are spending time and money.

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