We have made it to the big game, ladies and gents! Congratulations to Fathom Online and Mashable for outlasting the blog competition and making it this far! So, one last time...please vote in the survey below to determine the 2012 Search Marketing Madness Champion! Voting will be open until noon on Monday, and the winner will be announced Monday afternoon! And, don't forget, … [Read more...] about SMM: Championship!
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Paid Search Haiku Contest!
Only the best Search Marketers know how to write PPC haikus. To become a Search Marketing master you must First write a haiku. There is no art form Like a PPC haiku. Optimization! PPC Hero, Looking for a great haiku, Offering a prize. What is it? In honor of National Poetry Month, PPC Hero is holding a PPC Poetry Slam for the month of April. We want you to create your own … [Read more...] about Paid Search Haiku Contest!
SMM Final 4!
The best in each category have been selected! Congrats to our Final 4 who will each receive a $50 gift card. But, we're not done yet! Please vote in the below survey to select the blogs who will go head-to-head in our Search Marketing Madness championship. We have SEO vs PPC and Social Media vs Blogging, where Mashable and Copy Blogger are making their second straight Final 4 … [Read more...] about SMM Final 4!
SMM Elite 8!
With only 8 blogs remaining, the time has come to determine the top blog in each region. Select your pick for regional champ in the survey below. Remember, the winning blog will receive a $200 Amazon giftcard and the other Final Four will receive $50 giftcards so vote now to move your favorite blogs into the Final Four. … [Read more...] about SMM Elite 8!
SMM Sweet 16!
The votes have been tallied and below are the Sweet 16 search marketing blogs as determined by you! The competition is getting more intense as there are only 4 teams remaining in each region. Vote for up to 2 of your favorite blogs in each region in the survey below to help them move on to the Elite 8. The overall Search Marketing Champion will receive a $200 Amazon giftcard! … [Read more...] about SMM Sweet 16!
Reach Expansion Final Four Series Wrap Up
It’s been a long road to the final four for our marketing tools this year. Some have been instant game changers for clients while some have adopted the “better luck next season” philosophy. But we carry on! We extend our reach with these tools and not only continue shooting the easy lay ups but push harder for the amazing half court shots. Hopefully you will draft some of … [Read more...] about Reach Expansion Final Four Series Wrap Up
LinkedIn…from Downtown!
The third bracket in our Reach Expansion Final Four is going to cover a new(er) player in the dance: LinkedIn. Just how beneficial is LinkedIn in the pay per click world? I would be lying if I said LinkedIn was a Cinderella story. However, there are some seriously legit stats when it comes to LinkedIn’s game. Ignoring its possibilities, for future seasons especially, would be … [Read more...] about LinkedIn…from Downtown!
Reach Expansion Final Four
March is the month for brackets and more brackets on top of other brackets. I usually have 3 or 4 every year, myself. We’re running our second annual Search Marketing Madness competition on the blog this month, but we wanted to spread the bracket love to some lesser-known engines, too! The Final Four we’ve selected are not necessarily paid search options, but they are all … [Read more...] about Reach Expansion Final Four
PPC Hero’s 2nd Annual Search Marketing Madness!
It's that time of year again that all Search Marketing professionals wait in anticipation for, Search Marketing Madness! Last year, PPC Prospector came out on top and won a Kindle 3G. Will they be able to defend the title? How It Works Sixty-four Search Marketing blogs will compete in one of four “regions” of expertise: PPC, SEO, Social Media, and Blogging. The 16 teams in … [Read more...] about PPC Hero’s 2nd Annual Search Marketing Madness!
Interview with Brad Geddes
This week's Hero Conf speaker interview is with Brad Geddes, Founder of Certified Knowledge, an online paid search training and toolset provider. Brad has a lot of experience in the PPC industry, and we are looking forward to hearing him speak about retargeting and quality score at Hero Conf. Hero Conf is a paid search conference being held on April 16-17, 2012, in … [Read more...] about Interview with Brad Geddes
Delivering on the Look After the Leap
Back when e-commerce was relatively new, one of the go-to best practices for improving usability and conversion was to consistently tell visitors what would happen next. So you would: write embedded links so that visitors could reliably tell where they would land after the jump explicitly state what would happen as a result of filling out and submitting a lead form (we'll … [Read more...] about Delivering on the Look After the Leap
SOPA: Rogue Websites vs. Censorship
The Stop Online Piracy Act or SOPA was introduced to the U.S. House on October 26. You’ve probably been following the bill through the news and recent hearings on November 16 and December 15 regarding details to the bill, but if you haven’t, I’d like to give a general overview of what SOPA is, what supporters and opponents of this bill are saying, and how it could potentially … [Read more...] about SOPA: Rogue Websites vs. Censorship
