I gave a talk on how to use the keyword and search engine insights for your website to build a community at FOLIO:SHOW 2011 earlier this month. The great thing about digital content is that we have so much data about how people are getting to it, sharing it and using it. We can use this data to create content & products that our audience actually wants, leading to higher revenue streams.
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Benchmark AdWords Campaigns Against PPC Best Practices with WordStream’s New Free Tool
WordStream’s new AdWords Performance Grader helps marketers evaluate how their AdWords campaigns are performing and identify where to make improvements. Marketers are also provided with benchmark data as to how their campaigns perform in comparison to companies with similar budgets. “At WordStream, we have worked with thousands of small and medium-sized businesses to build out keywords for their AdWords campaigns. We’ve witnessed how many hands-on marketers have not yet mastered fundamental best practices of PPC ad campaigns,” said Larry Kim, WordStream Founder and Chief Technology Officer. “We built this free tool to provide advertisers with an easy to digest snapshot of how their ad campaigns are performing and to tutor them on how to make changes that will boost their performance and save money.” WordStream’s AdWords Performance Grader is available to use free at:
The “ME” in Social Media is not about You
While social media may give power into the hands of individuals so everyone is a publisher, businesses often forget that social media is not about them. The “ME” in social media refers to individual consumers, not to you personally. Social media allows every consumer to have a voice, to tell their story, to be heard. By respecting the “me” in social media to be individual consumers, companies are more likely to be a part of an engaged and interactive community.
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