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March 29, 2009 0789738325 978-0789738325 1

Everything you must know to optimize your search ads, increase your profits, and help customers find exactly what they’re searching for

 

•    The truth about the search tax

•    The truth about competitive and network click fraud

•    The truth about testing and expansion

 

The Truth About Pay-Per-Click Search Advertising is a valuable resource for Internet marketers at both the tactical and strategic level regardless of company size. While PPC search engine advertising in Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, and other engines looks easy, competing successfully against competitors in a real-time auction for consumer's attention, clicks and dollars is no simple task. There are two kinds of PPC search marketers at the top of the paid placement results: brilliant marketers and irrational clueless amateurs. This book is designed to make sure that the reader becomes one of the brilliant marketers and learns how outmaneuver the competition. This book arms the reader with proven tactics and strategies that ensure success.

 

This book provides concrete, easy-to-grasp concepts, strategies, and tactics designed for both the hands-on search marketer as well as the supervisor focused on strategy. However, a basic understanding of some key search marketing and Internet marketing fundamentals will be helpful, though not essential, to the reader. To empower readers of all levels, the book contains a basic glossary of often-used terms (CPC, CPM, MaxBid, SERP) to ensure accessibility to all readers. Conversely, even the most seasoned paid search marketing professional will learn a great deal from this book.

 

To win in today's SEM PPC auctions and to continue to thrive, marketers need to figure out how to allocate budgets effectively and efficiently. The future of their business may depend on a good understanding of paid search and auction-based keyword-targeted media.

 

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About the Author

Kevin Lee, Didit Founder, Chairman, and CEO, has been an acknowledged Search Engine Marketing (SEM) expert since 1995. Kevin’s years of SEM expertise provide the foundation for Didit’s proprietary Maestro search campaign technology. Didit’s unparalleled results and client growth have earned Didit recognition not only among marketers, but also as part of the 2007 Inc 500 (#137), as well as a #12 position on Deloitte’s Fast 500. Kevin’s “Paid Search Strategies” column for ClickZ is read by thousands, and his book, The Eyes Have It: How to Market in an Age of Divergent Consumers, Media Chaos, and Advertising Anarchy, has been widely praised. A founding board member of SEMPO and its first elected chairman, Kevin is also active on DMA and IAB committees.

 

The Wall Street Journal, Business Week, The New York Times, Bloomberg, CNET, USA Today, San Jose Mercury News, and other press quote Kevin regularly. Kevin lectures at leading industry conferences, as well as at NYU, Columbia, Fordham, and Pace Universities. Kevin’s expertise is also valued by Wall Street; he has briefed analysts and clients of JP Morgan, RBC, UBS, Piper Jaffray, Goldman Sachs, Citicorp, and others. Kevin earned his MBA from Yale School of Management in 1992 and lives in Manhattan. Kevin was recognized as an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2008 Award Finalist in Metro New York Area and received the 2008 Direct Marketing Club of New York, Mal Dunn Leadership Award.

 

In addition, in 2008, Kevin and partner David Pasternack launched a social entrepreneurship venture, www.We-Care.com, a web technology that generates passive donation revenue for nonprofit causes, including schools, universities, associations, clubs, and houses of worship.

 


Product Details

  • Paperback: 224 pages
  • Publisher: FT Press; 1 edition (March 29, 2009)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0789738325
  • ISBN-13: 978-0789738325
  • Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.6 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #873,199 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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New media offers new avenues of advertising. "The Truth About Pay Per Click Search Advertising", another entry into the 'The Truth About' series, is an advice manual for those who want to maximize their use of pay per click search advertising, where one can advertise their business through search engines such as Google. Wise and cautious, "The Truth About Pay Per Click Search Advertising" also warns of fraud that occurs in this field, and where it will go in the future, and how effective the process really is. "The Truth About Pay Per Click Search Advertising" is a must for anyone looking to expand their internet advertising domain.
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Worthless January 13, 2010
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If I had a chance to read the first three chapters of this book I would have moved along to the next one. I had a hard time reading the author's prose because as it is written for a graduate major in marketing and not the 'in the trenches' PPC guy who is trying to tune his Google and Yahoo campaigns. The chapters are 2-3 pages in length and offered now real workable solutions for me because I couldn't get past the densely written and compact prose. I wouldn't say it's worthless since no book is totally worthless, but I wouldn't recommended it to anyone.
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Good Material May 9, 2012
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I use bestsqueezepages.com to create lead generating websites for over 50 different niches. One of the keys to a successful lead generating website (or squeeze page) is highly targeted traffic. I used a lot of the info in this book to help generate more traffic to my squeeze pages with PPC. For newcomers to PPC this book covers all of the basics. Its certainly worth the low cost to pick up the Kindle version.
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I bought this book because it sounded like the perfect combination. The book plus $200 in Adcenter advertising on Yahoo, Bing .... Read more
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Great book to review the fundamentals of PPC
I've taken a long break from PPC advertising to focus on SEO and Social Media marketing, but I've always had a love for PPC. Read more
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A Real-World Guide To Pay-Per-Click as a Whole!
Kevin over-delivers in this invaluable book that should be on any marketers bookshelf. This book is great for someone trying to get a whole-scope view on the world of pay-per-click... Read more
Published on February 13, 2010 by C. Kendall
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The word "guru" is bandied around a lot in digital marketing but Kevin Lee is one of the few actually deserving of the title - and his expertise falls squarely into paid search... Read more
Published on May 13, 2009 by Rebecca Lieb
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Published on April 15, 2009 by Jim Kukral
Kevin Lee is a PPC master
I've had the pleasure of meeting Kevin Lee once as well as seen him speak at several conferences. I highly recommend his 300+ ClickZ articles, as well as this book.
Published on April 11, 2009 by Dennis S. Yu
This is a book that says little or nothing!
I had high hopes for this book. They were dashed. I could not even find one useful sentence.
Published on April 10, 2009 by James H. Johnson
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