Apr 24, 2008 | internet marketing, landing page, paid search, pay-per-click, PPC, search engine marketing, sem
The topic of today’s post may seem obvious. I mean, who wouldn’t make sure their landing pages work before launching a pay per click campaign? Well, we do make the assumption that you would test your pages before launching the campaign…but what about...
Apr 14, 2008 | bid management, Kelly formula, paid search, pay per click management, pay-per-click, PPC, search engine marketing, sem
Today we’re going deep. We’re going to examine a mathematical equation created years ago by a guy named J. L. Kelly. Kelly was a brilliant man who devised a formula that is so rudimentary, yet so critical, it is the foundation for many systems in the world...
Apr 8, 2008 | bid management, internet marketing, keywords, paid search, pay per click management, pay-per-click, PPC, search engine marketing, sem, web site marketing
In the course of working on our latest book, I have put a lot of thought into the concept of a trading-style system for managing a paid search campaign. There is definitely a correlation between investing in securities and investing in paid search. Every keyword you...
Mar 24, 2008 | bid management, internet marketing, paid search, pay per click management, pay-per-click, PPC, search engine marketing, sem, web site marketing
I’ve been reading a lot lately about trading systems – that is, rules-based strategies for making short-term investments in stocks or other securities. So far, most of my personal stock purchases have been made in more of an “investing” mode,...
Mar 19, 2008 | google, Google Adwords, internet marketing, paid search, pay per click management, pay-per-click, PPC, sponsored search, TV advertising
Here are a couple of items of news from the Google camp that we thought were interesting, and that you should know about.First off, Google now takes the loading time of your landing pages into consideration when determining relevance for AdWords ads. Google requires...
Mar 17, 2008 | internet marketing, paid search, pay per click management, pay-per-click, PPC, roas, roi, search engine marketing, sem
The mark of an exceptional company is the ability to generate ever greater returns on equity. For instance, if your company has $1 million of accounting equity, and you generate $200 thousand in earnings (profit), then your return on equity is 20%. Your goal for next...
