Breaking Free – Marketing Automation that stops the clock

Small teams in sales and marketing have limited resources. Market automation changes that by focusing labor and highlighting leads that are easy conversions. The result for businesses in increased revenue that follows a predictable pathway. That alone is a reason to employ marketing and sales automation. Predictable revenue is a key element of business development. Grow [&hellip

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Sometimes your lead and sometimes you Thumbtack?

I just heard about Thumbtack the service that makes it easy for consumers to find and hire local businesses. I never would have heard about them, or even considered using them had it not been for the massive investment and funding round that they went through. But I have created the WebHeat Thumbtack Profile so [&hellip

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5 Tips for Diversifying Your Google AdWords Account

The famous 80/20 ratio applies in business and sales: 20% of clients tend to make up 80% of revenues. This ratio also applies in Google AdWords and other PPC campaigns, according to Jospeh Kerschbaum. While many campaign managers are happy to rest on their laurels with 80/20, this strategy is not without risk. What works [&hellip

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Does Google Behave Like Microsoft?

We are really involved with our AdWords clients, and our goal is to make them profitable and successful using online advertising. Part of our on-boarding process is to make sure that goal and conversions are setup and tracked appropriately in their analytics and AdWords accounts. Which means that form fills, contact us pages, e-commerce pages and phone calls [&hellip

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Google Offers Valuable New Way to Track Calls from Ads

Google has always been known as a leading major search engine that strives to help businesses advertise their products and services. Via Google’s AdWords, many businesses have found much success in carrying out effective marketing campaigns. And best of all, AdWords easily allows these businesses to track which ads are working and which ones aren’t, [&hellip

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Google Adwords Removing Ability to Specify Exact Match Types

On the list of news items that web advertisers absolutely need to know: no more exact matches on Google Ad Words. This isn’t going to “change everything” about web marketing, but it will demand a switch in tactics for many advertisers. Taking advantage of exact match in search engine optimization means that you command a [&hellip

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Testing Your AdWords Asssumptions

Advertising is a tricky field. Just when you think that you know which ads customers and prospects will respond to, they turn on a dime. If you assume that people will act in any specific manner, it is best to test your theory with real data. And then constantly revisit your initial assumptions. Before you [&hellip

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