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Archive for December, 2009

SES Chicago – Search: Where to Next?

Moderated by Simon Heseltine, Senior Marketing Manager for AOL with panelists including: Eli Goodman from comScore, Justin Merickel of Efficient Frontier and Doug McMillen from Microsoft Advertising. First up is Justin Merickel from Efficient Frontier, which runs about $180m in PPC through their platform. Justin talked about two main trends: The changing SERP. Data comes front and [...]

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Be the first to comment - What do you think?  Posted by Lee Odden - December 7, 2009 at 6:55 pm

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5 Must-Read Tips for B2B Search Marketing

[Note from Lee: A few weeks ago, Michelle wrote a great post on Retail SEO tips and this week, I've asked her to tackle B2B SEO and general search marketing tips, since one-size SEO does not fit all programs. Enjoy!] Search marketing should be a top priority for organizations in any industry. But B2B search marketing [...]

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Be the first to comment - What do you think?  Posted by Michelle Bowles - December 4, 2009 at 3:39 pm

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March-maddening people strategery and other habits I learned while trying to use Salesforce.com

ummm…. so March sales? Please stop telling me about your stupid pipeline.  I know you have all the answers teed up for me.  I don’t give a @#$%… I’m not your mom or you sales manager so stop pitching me on how amazing your three month selling cycle is.  Frankly I don’t care. I am sure your pipeline [...]

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Why Your March Sales Suck

Journal entry: December 3, 2009 “My calendar is full and my sales are on track. Looks like I’ll end the year ahead of target. This means my boss will finally stop bugging me to get my sales on track. After several years of developing my client base, I’m making headway. That means I can finally relax [...]

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Be the first to comment - What do you think?  Posted by Kelley Robertson - December 3, 2009 at 2:32 pm

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MiNterview: Rick Mahn Land O’Lakes & SMBMSP

Minnesota is home to a tremendous amount of digital marketing and social media talent. The local Social Media Breakfast events are notorious for “selling out” in minutes and attracting upwards of 300 – 350 attendees.  There are over 1,200 members of the group’s SMBMSP social network. The founder of this group is none other than Rick [...]

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Be the first to comment - What do you think?  Posted by Lee Odden - at 12:00 pm

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IABC event: Why you want a digital profile

If you're a communicator, you need a digital profile. As far as I'm concerned, this is true whether you're an independent, an agency employee, or work on the client side. If you’re a Toronto-area communicator and you’re not satisfied with...

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Be the first to comment - What do you think?  Posted by Donna Papacosta - December 2, 2009 at 5:51 pm

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SES Chicago: 5 Ways to Multiply Conference ROI

Next week is the final search marketing conference of the year for me and most others in the SEM industry: Search Engine Strategies Chicago is a MidWest focused event that will offer keynotes from the likes of Jeff Jarvis, Author of What WouldGoogle Do? and a multitude of Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced breakout sessions covering SEO, [...]

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Be the first to comment - What do you think?  Posted by Lee Odden - at 1:49 pm

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SEO Case Study: PRSA Jobcenter

From time to time I like to post a case study as an example of the implementation of all the good advice we’ve been giving the past 6 years. Tips and how to’s are great, but stories of implementation are like a picture being worth a 1,000 words. The following is a basic case study [...]

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Be the first to comment - What do you think?  Posted by Lee Odden - December 1, 2009 at 12:00 pm

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