What is PPC? A starter guide to pay-per-click advertising
Learn what PPC marketing is, how it works, and how to set up your first pay-per-click campaign.
General Marketing
Whether you‘re new to marketing or a seasoned pro, our General Marketing category offers tips, tools, and expert advice to boost your marketing efforts. Learn from top experts and enhance your marketing skills.
What is a lead generation funnel? And how to build one
Learn what a lead generation funnel is and how to build one that drives qualified leads.
ToFu, MoFu, BoFu: A practical guide to the conversion funnel
Learn tactics + content suitable for each stage, including how to reverse engineer your competitors’ conversion funnels.
10 Best PR Tools for Outreach, Distribution & Monitoring
The best PR tools include Semrush‘s AI PR Toolkit, PitchFriendly, GlobeNewswire, and Media Monitoring.
4 Reasons Why Google's Firebase Is Essential if You Have a Business App
Having an app for your business is becoming more important, especially depending on your industry. The fact is that many users like to know that they can gain access to everything they need to interact with your business on a mobile app rather than having to use a mobile page on their smartphone or tablet. If you have designed a business app, or are looking to design one, then Google’s Firebase is absolutely essential, and in our opinion as a marketing agency, the best out there.
How To Create Detailed Client Proposals That Win Business (In Half the Time)
Detailed and highly customized proposals have been a big factor in my agency‘s success since I was a one-man operation back in 2001. A well-thought-out, custom proposal can bring in high-value clients you actually want to work with. The problem is, a great proposal can require serious time and effort to compile. Back in the day when I was doing these by myself (in addition to many other things) a good proposal would easily take 6-12 solid hours. That meant a constant back-and-forth battle between trying to grow my business and trying to service the clients I had. If I was going to grow my business and eventually let others create proposals to my standards I had to make this process more efficient.
Creating a Udemy Course: It’s More Than Just a Powerful Backlink
In 2015 I made it a goal to build a comprehensive learning course on Udemy. The course was intended to teach individuals how to setup and manage an AdWords account professionally and has turned out so well that my business partner Jason Hawkins is in the process of building a second one for local SEO strategies.
6 Tips: How To Pass the Google Partners Certifications
The Google Partners platform allows individuals to become certified, recognizes excelling companies and helps businesses find digital marketers. Since 2013, the platform has been slowly rolling out the Google AdWords and Analytics exams to digital marketers. The latest AdWords examination certification added was the mobile advertising certification in July. Why Should You Take Google Partners Certification Exams?
Cheat Sheet: Use Semrush Overview Reports To Your Advantage
Welcome to the first edition of Semrush Cheat Sheet, a blog series where you will find secrets to obtaining the information you need quickly and efficiently. In this edition, we will focus on the Overview reports and how you can use them to your advantage. When you first get into Semrush, you will be redirected to the dashboard. This screen will always be the first thing you see when you sign in. The search bar at the top will be your best friend. This is where you will search for any domain, keyword or URL. Once you search for one of these things you will be brought to that overview page.
10 Surprisingly Successful USPs for Marketing Companies
Marketing is a huge industry (and a great career), but it can be challenging for a smaller agency to attract clients. In practice, marketing does not lend itself well to discount pricing, and traditional advertising tactics used to market a marketing agency can be downright confusing. So how can your business stand out? For many successful marketing ventures, the answer is a unique selling proposition (USP). Something specific that makes your company stand out from the competition. Your USP might relate to who you are as a company, who you serve, or what services you offer. Here are 10 ways marketing companies can earn business with standout USPs.