Archive for February, 2007

Will Manufacturers Show Product Reviews?

February 27, 2007

Last year I talked about the Three R’s of Web Marketing, to be real, relevant, and responsive. But the truth is that being real is challenging. Let’s take a real-life example—do you expect product manufacturers to post product reviews?

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Remember Search Marketing is Marketing

February 26, 2007

I enjoyed my appearance at the ExL Pharma Search Engine Marketing for Pharmaceutical Companies conference today in Princeton, New Jersey. We had a sudden snowstorm yesterday, so you know that the folks who were able to make it really wanted to be there. My pitch, called Remember Search Marketing is Marketing, talked about how you can use search marketing to raise brand awareness and conversions, but my favorite part of the day was listening to Eric Papczun of Performics.

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What Makes Searchers Click?

February 25, 2007

We’ve explored what catches searchers’ eyes on the search results page. The next step is the click.

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Speedy in Any Language

February 23, 2007

In the past, we’ve urged marketers to do it wrong quickly. But how can you make quick content changes when you have to translate into other languages? For global companies, translating their content into other languages can be a time-consuming process that delays the launch of new pages and campaigns. So, exactly how do you speed up your ability to change content when you have to do all that translating at the end?

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How Can I Check My Navigation?

February 22, 2007

If you’re like most companies, you spend a lot of time obsessing over your home page, but maybe not enough time on your destination pages. As a proponent of doing things wrong quickly, I don’t recommend spending hours on each page trying to make it perfect. So, instead, what’s a quick way to check out the information architecture of those pages?

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