2017 growth hacks: Increase CTR by monitoring competitive offers
Are you showcasing your offers in your paid search and shopping ads? Columnist Lori Weiman explains why she believes this is a huge area of opportunity for paid search marketers.
Lori Weiman is CEO and co-founder of The Search Monitor. The Search Monitor provides marketing intelligence to SEM, SEO, and Affiliate Marketers. Prior to TSM, Lori developed real-time bidding and tracking products for paid search and affiliate marketing. Lori is a frequent speaker at conferences such as SES, SMX, Search Insider Summit, and Affiliate Summit.
2017 growth hacks: Use affiliates to improve PPC reach
In this month's installment of her series on SEM growth hacks, columnist Lori Weiman explains how advertisers can utilize their affiliates to dominate the SERPs and increase the bottom line.
SEM growth hack #4: Grow ROI with cross-channel optimization
Columnist Lori Weiman explains how a holistic, cross-channel strategy can help search marketers direct their efforts towards the channel where they will have the greatest impact.
2017 growth hacks: Optimizing organic market share
Columnist Lori Weiman continues her series on search marketing growth hacks with an installment on improving organic search performance.
2017 SEM growth hacks: Gain monster paid search growth using competitive data
How can you use competitive data to improve your paid search campaigns? In Part 2 of her multipart series on SEM growth hacks, columnist Lori Weiman explains how competitive ad monitoring helps marketers make more informed strategic decisions.
2017 SEM growth hacks: Monster growth from brand protection
Are your competitors bidding on your branded terms and driving up your CPCs? If so, what can you do? In part 1 of her multi-part series on brand protection, columnist Lori Weiman provides some advice on how to make your brand terms work for you, even when the competition is fierce.
Using PPC brand protection to decrease campaign costs by 51%
Columnist Lori Weiman makes the case for why it's worth seriously focusing on -- and defending -- your own branded terms in paid search.
How to manage ad partners in regulated industries: Pharma (part 5 of 5)
In the last of her five-part series, contributor Lori Weiman takes a deep dive into FDA guidelines and explains how pharmaceutical advertisers and their partners can avoid costly violations.
How to manage ad partners in regulated industries: Education (Part 4 of 5)
Columnist Lori Weiman takes a look at several recent lawsuits against educational advertisers and offers tips on how you and your affiliates can operate safely in this highly scrutinized industry.
How to manage ad partners in regulated industries: Retail (Part 3 of 5)
Retail marketers must tread carefully to avoid running afoul of the Federal Trade Commission. Columnist Lori Weiman lays out the relevant considerations so marketers may move forward with confidence.
How to manage your ad partners in regulated industries: Finance (part 2 of 5)
In part 2 of her five-part series, contributor Lori Weiman looks at how advertisers in the finance industry can monitor their affiliates to boost ad performance while staying on the government's good side.
How to manage your ad partners in regulated industries (part 1 of 5)
Digital marketing is more complicated in some industries than in others, as anyone who works finance, retail, education or pharmaceuticals knows. In her five-part series, contributor Lori Weiman will explain how advertisers can thrive in these highly regulated industries.
Brand bidding & PPC optimization: future of brand protection (part 8)
What's on the horizon for brand bidding in PPC? Columnist Lori Weiman wraps up her 8-part series on brand bidding by looking to the near future and discussing trends that search marketers can capitalize on.
Brand bidding & PPC optimization: effective bidding techniques (part 7 of 8)
How do you deal with a rival trying to steal a SERP spot where your brand belongs? In part 7 of her 8-part series on brand bidding, Lori Weiman shows some examples of companies who are doing it right.
Brand bidding & PPC optimization: enforcement options (Part 6 of 8)
In part 6 of her multi-part series on brand bidding for paid search, columnist Lori Weiman breaks down the legal issues surrounding trademark infringement in paid search ads.
Brand bidding & PPC optimization: Reducing your competition (Part 5 of 8)
In Part 5 of an 8-part series on PPC brand bidding, columnist Lori Weiman shares her tips on how to deal with competitors who are bidding on your brand name.
Brand Bidding & PPC Optimization: Partner Relationships (Part 4 of 8)
In this installment of her multi-part series on brand bidding, columnist Lori Weiman discusses how to use strategic partnerships to increase paid search performance.
Brand Bidding & PPC Optimization: Best Practices For Brand Bidding (Part 3 of 8)
Columnist Lori Weiman continues her series on brand bidding by discussing best practices for creating and optimizing successful branded PPC campaigns.
Brand Bidding & PPC Optimization: The Value Of Brand Keywords (Part 2 of 8)
Columnist Lori Weiman continues her series on brand bidding for PPC by discussing how brand terms improve the bottom line for advertisers.
Brand Bidding & PPC Optimization: How We Got Here (Part 1 of 8)
The biggest question facing paid search advertisers is how to get meaningful growth numbers out of PPC. Columnist Lori Weiman believes the answer lies with brand bidding.
Affiliate Marketing Is Booming On Twitter
Affiliates are using Twitter to promote offers from merchants. Yes I am stating the obvious. What most of us don’t realize is how often this occurs, the tactics used by affiliates, and why it’s important to monitor the tweet content. Frequency Of Affiliate Tweets Affiliates tweet a lot. Affiliates tweet an average of 120,000 times […]