Arghh…eventually, depends how long you want to wait before the sales manager, financial controller, directors or shareholders start asking ‘uncomfortable’ questions about the ‘talked-up’ benefits of a website presence or the return on this seemingly nebulous investment.
MANY YEARS AGO WE realised that one of our company’s key strategic goals was to find ways to convince prospects and clients that they should be moving some of their existing Web site marketing budget away from tactics like banner ads and TV and towards more effective contemporary marketing campaigns like search engine optimisation and search engine advertising.
Sourced From eMarketerOnline ads are winning more ad spending dollars, according to a new report from Forrester Research.
On the heels of last week’s IAB 2004 online advertising numbers, which showed that US online advertising grew 32.5% in 2004, followed by eMarketer’s prediction that online advertising will rise by nearly 34% in 2005 to about US$13 billion, Forrester upped the ante, estimating that total US online advertising and marketing spending this year will reach US$14.7 billion.
Sourced from SearchDay
Worthless. Shady. Criminals. That’s how we’re being described. Those characterizing search engine optimization this way are unfairly defining an entire industry, often ignorant of SEO issues, definitely stereotyping and shortsighted in not realizing the value SEO offers to every site.
Jon Ostler, the founder of First Rate, will be speaking at the Search Engine Room – Search Engine Marketing Conference in Sydney on Tuesday April 12th 2005.
This one-day conference will cover the latest developments in Australasia’s booming Search Engine Marketing industry, the fastest-growing digital marketing sector.
Sourced from Search Day
Total marketing spend is not growing at most companies, and marketers are working hard for every dime in their budget. To accommodate new ideas, most have to reallocate money from other programs, going through a justification and lobbying process that can seem more like high level diplomacy than marketing.
What are some effective strategies to help you lobby for your search marketing budget?