How many stages are in the buying/purchase cycle - Three, seven, 975? You can make it as easy or as complicated as you want, but I like to think of the purchase funnel in four simple easy steps. 1. Awareness 2. Interest 3. Engagement 4. Conversion / Sale 1. Awareness:…
If you already have the Google Analytics tracking code installed on your site, before you assume what works for AdWords will work for AdCenter, take a look at the organic Bing data. Google Analytics may no longer report organic search term queries for Google search, but it does for Bing!…
The combined Bing/Yahoo organic traffic is not even close to the Google traffic numbers, only 17%. The initial engagement metrics are a little better for Bing/Yahoo than Google, however the goal completion numbers present are far greater contrast.
For most of my clients I fill the role of AdWords Manager as opposed to AdWords Consultant. But I can see that shifting some in 2009. The role of consultant to those larger businesses that do their AdWords in-house is obvious. They want the control of in-house management but realize…
Below is a slightly revised edition, of the second half, of a client newsletter I sent out about a week ago. The first half consisted of me outlining some of the general benefits of my services as an AdWords Manager and Consultant. I'll post the first half, second - of…
