Articles Written by:    PATRICIA HURSH     

« Previous  |  Next »

Marketing Insights From Search Funnels

As explained in my last article, search engines can tell you a lot about your customers. Specifically, I shared a few tools that enable marketers to identify buyer needs, emerging market trends, and competitive threats. Today, I’ll cover another (free) ...

From PATRICIA HURSH, Search Engine Land,  21 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Microsoft Corporation,  Office Depot, Inc.

Valuable Customer Insights Via Search Engine Tools

Forget about your SEO investment. Disregard your PPC budget. B2B marketers should be asking themselves, “Am I getting all I can from search engines... for free?” Consider this: searching is the second most popular online activity today — second only to ...

From PATRICIA HURSH, Search Engine Land,  23 Sep 2009
Related Topics: Google Inc.,  Microsoft Corporation

Finding The Optimal Cost-Per-Lead

It’s amazing how few companies can tell you what an online lead is really worth. I’ve found that most marketers embrace the lower is better philosophy. But, is a low-cost lead generation strategy always the best choice? I contend that there is an ...

From PATRICIA HURSH, Search Engine Land,  21 Jan 2009

Measuring the Effectiveness of B2B SEO

Many B2B marketers have difficulty justifying the value of search engine optimization (SEO) to senior level executives. Since SEO is a highly-efficient marketing channel with longer-lasting results than most mediums, establishing ROI is challenging yet ...

From PATRICIA HURSH, Search Engine Land,  26 Nov 2008
Related Topics: Google Inc.,  Technorati

B2B Search Marketing: The Cost of NOT Showing Up

Much has been written about B2B search marketing programs designed for lead generation and customer acquisition purposes. For lead gen efforts, success metrics typically focus on volume of leads, cost per lead, and quality of lead. Many B2B marketers ...

From PATRICIA HURSH, Search Engine Land,  1 Oct 2008

B2B Lead Generation Tips

The goal of many B2B search marketing programs is to generate online inquiries and leads. Search engine optimization (SEO) and pay-per-click (PPC) programs are designed to find highly-qualified prospects and drive them to targeted landing pages where ...

From PATRICIA HURSH, Search Engine Land,  3 Sep 2008

Using Search Engines To Reach Business Executives

Many B2B marketers are frustrated by their inability to reach executive-level decision makers. Recent research indicates they needn't look further than the internet. Let's explore how marketers can utilize search engines to easily and cost-effectively ...

From PATRICIA HURSH, Search Engine Land,  6 Aug 2008
Related Topics: Google Inc.,  Gartner, Inc.

Invest First In Conversions, Then In Driving Traffic

Much time and energy has been devoted to improving PPC campaigns and SEO programs for B2B websites. The basic premise of advertising and optimization is to improve visibility and response. i.e. get that click! But, I've noticed recently that many ...

From PATRICIA HURSH, Search Engine Land,  11 Jun 2008

Increase Online Registrations By Improving Downloadable Assets

Many B2B search marketing programs are designed to generate online registrations, inquiries and leads. Typically, something of value (such as a white paper, product demo, or presentation) is offered in exchange for personal contact information. Today ...

From PATRICIA HURSH, Search Engine Land,  14 May 2008

B2B Marketers Should Embrace "Tire Kickers"

Should marketers avoid paying for prospects who are early in the buying process and not ready to submit personal information or be contacted by a sales person? Should these "tire kickers" be avoided so that marketers can focus their attention on ...

From PATRICIA HURSH, Search Engine Land,  16 Apr 2008
Related Topics: Jon Miller

« Previous  |  Next »

Who is This?

Help us add to our database, by linking this writer their entry in Wikipedia or Source Watch, or by suggesting that we remove it from our index.

Suggest an Entry

Enter a url from sourcewatch.org or wikipedia.org:


recommend removal

close