Marketing Sherpa just came out with the results of a new survey. They polled 2500 Search Engine marketers\/marketing firms and found that SEO and SEM ran neck and neck. At least with the marketers.<\/p>\n
This doesn’t surprise me. I’ve found that search advertising, such as Google Ads, is as profitable and beneficial to business as search optimization.<\/p>\n
Besides, as I’ve said before, the 2 can work together to create a dual front effort that can cross-pollinate. It’s win-win if you do it right.<\/p>\n
SEM has gotten a bad name with some businesses, unfortunately. Google’s limp response to the click fraud problem is at least partly responsible. At times they made Ford’s response to the Pinto look good.<\/p>\n
But there’s another factor in that perception – and it’s shortsightedness by the businesses themselves.<\/p>\n
I have heard businesses over and over talk about how they won’t use Google Ads or other search advertising because ‘you have to pay for it’.<\/p>\n
As if all the other advertising and marketing they do is free. And all the money they pay for organic search optimization is from their Monopoly game.<\/p>\n
SEO & SEM are both great tools and great ways to get business. Both cost money. Both will pay off.<\/p>\n
Why would you NOT take advantage of both?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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