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B-Man replied to the thread Can Search Engine Marketing Destroy Your Dealers Budget?.
"They get at least 3 clicks a month from me - it is my favorite way to check their sites out! They get a few more from people I've...
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Ken H. replied to the thread Can Search Engine Marketing Destroy Your Dealers Budget?.
"Meaning, Reach Local has patented technology that is supposed to be more advanced than anything else out there." - regarding this line...
Alex Jefferson replied to the thread Can Search Engine Marketing Destroy Your Dealers Budget?.
Jamie,
I have been contacted several times by a Reach Local representative and I assure you I understand the basics of SEO and SEM. The...
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Joe Pistell replied to the thread Can Search Engine Marketing Destroy Your Dealers Budget?.
IMO, the Internet Manager is too busy to learn and execute SEO and PPC.
List all the tasks that an Internet Manager (IM) has. Lil'...
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Jamie Adams replied to the thread Can Search Engine Marketing Destroy Your Dealers Budget?.
Alex,
I run the automotive division of ReachLocal and as Umer pointed out - there is no bulk discount from Google, Yahoo, MSN - or any...
umer.autojini replied to the thread Can Search Engine Marketing Destroy Your Dealers Budget?.
Hmm... you can still do broad keywords and Geo Target. Why shouldn't my dealership come up when someone types in "Honda Accord" in my...
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Jake replied to the thread Can Search Engine Marketing Destroy Your Dealers Budget?.
@alex
Never heard of Reach Local, but they sound like another company I spoke with on behalf of a client last year. Dealers really need...
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Mark Bonfigli replied to the thread Can Search Engine Marketing Destroy Your Dealers Budget?.
Very interesting comments everyone. I am surprised to not hear too much about systems or solutions that are auto specific and that allow...
Alex Jefferson replied to the thread Can Search Engine Marketing Destroy Your Dealers Budget?.
Is anyone familiar with the company Reach Local. They claim not to charge any monthly management fees. They say they are able to buy...
Alex Jefferson replied to the thread Can Search Engine Marketing Destroy Your Dealers Budget?.
Is anyone familiar with the company Reach Local. They claim not to charge any monthly management fees. They say they are able to buy...
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Billy replied to the thread Can Search Engine Marketing Destroy Your Dealers Budget?.
I sincerely hope you guys that are so stuck in the SEO whirlpool are in my market area.
If you pay attention to your keyword and phrase...
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JL replied to the thread Can Search Engine Marketing Destroy Your Dealers Budget?.
With all the hype about SEM in nearly every publication I've read as of late, I have a few questions. What is a good percentage of...
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Alex Snyder (blog) replied to the thread Can Search Engine Marketing Destroy Your Dealers Budget?.
If you do it all the time, yes. If you keep it to a minimum, then no.
Minimums can be rather large.
Chip Grueter replied to the thread Can Search Engine Marketing Destroy Your Dealers Budget?.
Alex, I'm sure at this point, those clicks are getting discredited (or credited?) if they're coming from the same places click after click.
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Alex Snyder (blog) replied to the thread Can Search Engine Marketing Destroy Your Dealers Budget?.
I'm glad he brought up something on buying competitors' names. I used to do this before I realized it was converting at almost 100%...
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Mitch replied to the thread Can Search Engine Marketing Destroy Your Dealers Budget?.
I'm getting a "2003-ish" vibe from this article. Too bad we're in 2008.
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Steve (blog) replied to the thread Can Search Engine Marketing Destroy Your Dealers Budget?.
Hhhhhmmmmmmmmm! Search traffic without conversion. The number one concern for every dealer should be "how am I going to convert this...
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B-Man replied to the thread Can Search Engine Marketing Destroy Your Dealers Budget?.
This article is so far off track of what is actually true that its bordering on just plain stupid.
"“One example is ‘Honda Accord,’” he...
Chip Grueter replied to the thread Can Search Engine Marketing Destroy Your Dealers Budget?.
CPC is good for new sites, promotions, and arbitrage. What it is REALLY good for, is reaffirming your good organic positioning. So...
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Ben replied to the thread Can Search Engine Marketing Destroy Your Dealers Budget?.
Ken H - I'll tell you why people still focus on PPC. All research concerning Search Marketing, public and private that I have seen...
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Ken H. replied to the thread Can Search Engine Marketing Destroy Your Dealers Budget?.
Dealers should be concentrating efforts on the organic search side of the equation in which 75 to 80% of all searches occur at no fixed...
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Jake replied to the thread What is web SPAM?.
Any of the reputable web development companies will have measures against spam. We began adding captcha images to our client contact...
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Ben replied to the thread What is web SPAM?.
Heres somne places for CAPTCHAs
http://www.softplatz.com/shareware/aspnet-captcha/
http://shareme.com/showall/Aspnet-Captcha.html...
andwrig replied to the thread What is web SPAM?.
Good stuff. Does anyone know of a dealer website company that offers the type of spam fighting applications that Cutts discussed in...
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Chris (blog) replied to the thread Snail Mail - is it worth it anymore?.
Sending THANK YOU cards immediately after someone has left the dealership has some rewarding results. You may ask yourself if it's worth...