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Billy replied to the thread Search Engine Marketing has reached Stage 3.
Mike,
Had a rep for ReachLocal in my office today trying to sell me (someone did try to warn him)
Nothing he said to me today was very...
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mikedececco replied to the thread Search Engine Marketing has reached Stage 3.
Hey guys:
All great stuff! This is why these sites are so fantastic because we can all learn all the time from eachother.
Mike...
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Brian in Etown replied to the thread Search Engine Marketing has reached Stage 3.
I thought Hal 9000 was burned up by the sun?
all kidding aside wouldn't you need a dealer group such as carmax to make something like...
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Mike (blog) replied to the thread Search Engine Marketing has reached Stage 3.
Mike, I know of at least 7 to 8 similar platforms/systems, but then that's my job. None of them are exactly the same, all are very...
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Albert replied to the thread Search Engine Marketing has reached Stage 3.
Alex,
To me the Stages of Search would more accurately be described as:
Stage 1 - Self managed through the engine back-end tools
Stage...
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mikedececco replied to the thread Search Engine Marketing has reached Stage 3.
Albert:
Would love to hear about what you're talking about including what business what you speak of fits into and the application name...
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Alex Snyder (blog) replied to the thread Search Engine Marketing has reached Stage 3.
Albert - care to explain a little more. Please define stage 4 for us.
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Albert replied to the thread Search Engine Marketing has reached Stage 3.
Trouble is that SEM is already in Stage 4, it's just that there is hardly anyone in the auto industry that knows it yet.
The other blog...
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Richard Valenta (blog) replied to the thread Search Engine Marketing has reached Stage 3.
Got that one Brian. Funny stuff.
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Brian in Etown replied to the thread Search Engine Marketing has reached Stage 3.
I had to check my GPS I thought I was in New Orleans for a second :)
great post and very informative guys!
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mikedececco replied to the thread Search Engine Marketing has reached Stage 3.
Ha! Nice one Richard...as you're well aware....sometimes it's hard not to fall into "sales mode" when you're so excited about, and...
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Richard Valenta (blog) replied to the thread Search Engine Marketing has reached Stage 3.
Mike,
The post was already a pretty good sales pitch. I don't have a problem with it in the least bit and kudos to Dealer.com for the...
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mikedececco replied to the thread Search Engine Marketing has reached Stage 3.
Joe:
TCD does both the things you mentioned in your earlier post and much more. In the interest of the spirit of this site, and not to...
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mikedececco replied to the thread Search Engine Marketing has reached Stage 3.
Tom: Great points in your post. If you want to do PPC yourself and be able to accurately measure your results, you should check out...
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CS replied to the thread Search Engine Marketing has reached Stage 3.
Pay out, pay out, pay out. It's like changing your oil every 3,000 miles because Castrol told you to.
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Joe Pistell replied to the thread Search Engine Marketing has reached Stage 3.
Paul,
Toss me an email or a phone call when time allows. I need to get out of the SEM Stage1 dungeon.
thnx,
Joe
Paul Rushing replied to the thread Search Engine Marketing has reached Stage 3.
@Joe
There are plenty of tools out there that will let you do that without having to pay a monthly fee for them. I have one that I use...
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Joe Pistell replied to the thread Search Engine Marketing has reached Stage 3.
I am in SEM early phase 1. Doing SEM is easy, doing SEM right is NOT EASY. I have so many irons in the fire I can't find the time to get...
tomwhitejr replied to the thread Search Engine Marketing has reached Stage 3.
I should probably just write my own blog post about this subject, but here are my "two cents."
First some caveats:
1. I don't work for...
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mikedececco replied to the thread Search Engine Marketing has reached Stage 3.
Thanks for the stunning article Alex. You're right, we are the first to pioneer this type of ad buying in force. It really is a...
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Billy replied to the thread Search Engine Marketing has reached Stage 3.
It's funny you used 2 companies I've researched recently. I certainly have my opinions of both.
Will address Total Control first. IMO...
Alex Snyder posted the thread Search Engine Marketing has reached Stage 3 in Websites, SEO, SEM, Display, Social, Marketing.
Search Engine Marketing has been around since the early 2000s and has quickly become a billion dollar advertising system for eCommerce. ...
DigitalRalph.com replied to the thread Jim Ziegler threatens to sue fellow industry blogger Paul Rushing.
Jeff,
Well, at the very least there was one positive outcome... We changed the member profile set up and email display policies at...
Paul Rushing replied to the thread Jim Ziegler threatens to sue fellow industry blogger Paul Rushing.
Thanks Jeff for doing what you do. I too have made some edits and realized where to draw some lines in the sand.
It has been a...
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Mark Dubis (blog) replied to the thread Jim Ziegler threatens to sue fellow industry blogger Paul Rushing.
Jeff
Thanks for highlighting the issue and for the sensitivity shown to all the parties involved and commenting on the email marketing...