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The Best Books for Marketers (New and Old)

ConversionXL

Unconscious Branding by Douglas Van Praet (2012). On marketing and advertising. Ponderings of a PPC Professional by Kirk Williams (2020). More than a book of PPC tactics, Kirk Williams explores the thinking and strategy behind essential digital components that affect every facet of your work. “Be interesting!

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How To Prepare Your Business For Black Friday

YoungUpstarts

The history of Black Friday dates back to the early 20th century, when department stores in New York City hosted Christmas parades, ran advertisements in newspapers, and promoted the holiday season with special events. The Role of Advertising. There were 89 million shoppers on Black Friday in 2012, and 86 million in 2011.

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How Can We Really Measure The ROI of Optimization?

ConversionXL

In 2012, MarketingSherpa posed the question , “Did optimization or testing demonstrate ROI in 2011?” Whether because of seasonality, day of week, external factors, press, advertising, etc, data just fluctuates. However, you have to have a predictable traffic stream (ie PPC) and even then it is rough. Word-of-Mouth.

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Recruiting: 12 Questions For Uncomfortably Hands-On SEO Interviews

searchengineland.com

May 30, 2012 at 1:06pm ET by Conrad Saam. For anyone with any PPC in their background, I’d expect some discussion around Quality Scores and landing page optimization testing. We’re testing television advertising to evaluate our ability to extend our brand from a directory to a reservations destination. Advertise With Us.

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2012 Predictions

Venture Chronicles

The Business of Social Networks: We have seen a coalescing of business models form around social networks and not surprisingly the vast majority of them are evolutions of advertising models. Brand Marketing Meets PPC: In most companies marketing exists in two forms, brand management and promotional marketing.

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Stop Chasing Clients Once And for All: A Five-Day Plan To Bring Them To Your Doorstep

YoungUpstarts

In 2009, Matt Sonnhalter switched the focus of his advertising and marketing agency from B2B industrial manufacturing accounts to working only with companies that sell products to professional tradesmen. One of the fastest ways to attract new qualified prospects is by using “pay-per-click” (PPC) advertising.

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Why My Search Engine Use Is Dwindling and Why Yours Will Too

Duct Tape Marketing

This trend highlights the marketers need to go beyond SEO and PPC and move even deeper into the worlds of social networks, mobile marketing and app based local marketplaces. What does this trend suggest for you in 2012? Apps inside social networks are providing answers. What does this mean for your business?