8 Tips to Optimize your Paid Search

September 5th, 2011 by Lowell D'Souza No comments »

Paid Search advertising can be challenging especially if you’re trying to get the best bang for your buck across various platforms.

Here are 8 Optimization tips that you can use while managing your Paid Search advertising. » Read more: 8 Tips to Optimize your Paid Search

4 Crazy Marketing Ideas that worked

September 1st, 2011 by Lowell D'Souza No comments »

crazy marketing ideasI recently came across this neat article on all business.com about 10 crazy marketing ideas that worked and achieved their objectives.

I was impressed with four of them and have provided details of the same in this post.

Enjoy! » Read more: 4 Crazy Marketing Ideas that worked

How to use Google +

August 16th, 2011 by Lowell D'Souza No comments »

Google PlusGoogle launched Google+ a few months ago and while they had about 10 million signups in their first month with a slump the next couple of months, I think that Google + is still a viable option.

It’s still not recommended for businesses as Google has indicated that it’s for individuals only. However, that doesn’t mean you can’t get in there, create a personal account, and begin using it enhance your personal brand as it affects your business or career.

Here’s are the steps on how you can use Google +:

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5 Creative Link Building Strategies – Part II

August 4th, 2011 by Lowell D'Souza No comments »

Creative link buildingHope you enjoyed reading about the first two creative things you can do to obtain links from other folks.

Here are three other tips in Part II of the article: 5 Creative Link Building Strategies.

Enjoy! » Read more: 5 Creative Link Building Strategies – Part II

5 Creative Link Building Strategies – Part I

August 1st, 2011 by Lowell D'Souza No comments »

Link building techniquesEvery SEO (Search Engine Optimizer) has a mandate to get his/her site to rank on Page 1 and further on be placed in positions 1-5 of the Google search engine results pages (SERPs). Link building is a critical activity that these SEOs must pursue with a vengeance, in order to achieve their ranking objectives.

Here are 5 tips to help SEOs creatively execute on their link building strategies. » Read more: 5 Creative Link Building Strategies – Part I

5 PPC Metrics every SEM should know

July 1st, 2011 by Lowell D'Souza No comments »

5 PPC SEM metricsPPC is the only advertising medium that can give you an accurate representation of how many people view your advertising  via impressions, and how many people actually act on that advertising via clicks.

It’s the only form of advertising that can clearly associate user behavior with an advertising placement. We cannot do this with traditional advertising channels like television, radio or print.

Here are some critical metrics that every SEM manager should know about when running a paid search campaign.

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How Apple makes >$200 on each iPad

June 27th, 2011 by Lowell D'Souza No comments »

According to a bill of materials (BOM) analysis by Brian Marshall, an analyst with BroadPoint AmTech, the cost of goods inside Apple‘s 16GB Wi-Fi-only iPad totals $270.50.

That figure includes a $10 line item dedicated to manufacturing, but doesn’t include another $20 set aside for under-warranty service costs. Adding the latter makes Marshall’s bottom-line total $290.50. Let’s explore this further. » Read more: How Apple makes >$200 on each iPad

How to Manage Client Expectations

June 10th, 2011 by Lowell D'Souza No comments »

Manage client expectationsManaging client expectations before, during and after a project is something that needs to be done deftly in an agency-client relationship. Clients vary – there are clients who provide clear briefs and know what they want and appreciate the work involved. There are clients who don’t know what they want, take time over decisions and under-appreciate and undervalue the costs.

And, then there are the clients who sign on the dotted line and then vanish for the better  half of the year only to surface when an annual marketing review is up or a strategy planning session is due.

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