Search Engine Marketing (SEM) – A Quick Overview

September 14th, 2009

Search Engine Marketing (SEM) is the practice of achieving traffic to your website through search engines by methods including: Pay-Per-Click (PPC), Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Social Media Marketing (SMM), Blogging, Affiliate programs, Email, and link-building, to name a few.

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Usability and Your Internet Marketing Strategy

May 22nd, 2009

Website owners know the importance of marketing their website online in order to receive more targeted traffic through Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Search Engine Marketing (SEM), but oftentimes, usability is not even factored in to the equation.
Unfortunately, when all of your internet marketing efforts still don’t seem to be increasing sales or leads, or [...]

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5 Great Resources for Learning SEO

May 11th, 2009

There are a good number of resources available to learn SEO, both free, and paid. These resources can help you to find information about how to optimize your website to running PPC programs.
Learning SEO is helpful if you want to achieve higher search engine rankings for your website or blog, or if you happen [...]

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Keyword Research – Essential for Search Engine Marketing

April 28th, 2009

Keyword research is probably the single-most important aspect of achieving successful results in Search Engine Marketing (SEM) and Search Engine Optimization (SEO) campaigns. Whether your keyword research will be used for your organic SEO efforts, or for PPC campaigns, the keywords you choose to try to win will determine the base starting point for optimization.
While [...]

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Introduction to Pay-Per-Click (PPC) Advertising

April 26th, 2009

Pay Per Click, or PPC Advertising can be a very quick way to drive targeted search engine traffic to your website. Basically, the PPC model involves choosing an PPC search engine, such as Google Adwords, starting an account, and start receiving traffic to your website. Simple enough, right? Yes, and no.
Although you can quickly setup [...]

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What is Internet Marketing?

April 26th, 2009

If you are new to Internet Marketing, heard some buzz about it, or have been told that it is something that you should be doing, here is an overview to help you understand a little more about marketing your website online.
Internet Marketing is, in a nutshell, the practice of gaining visibility of your website or [...]

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April 25th, 2009

Holistic Internet Marketing is a resource for gaining insight to Internet Marketing strategies, techniques and tactics. As a resource for businesses who wish to learn more about Search engine Optimization (SEO), Social Media Marketing (SMM), and Pay-per-click Marketing (PPC), my objective is to provide valuable information to businesses, or anyone learning about Search Engine Marketing [...]

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