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Entries from February 2008
Hitwise Google Gagdet
February 18th, 2008 · No Comments · Social Marketing
Average Cost Per Click (CPC) By Category
February 18th, 2008 · No Comments · Search Engine Marketing
Total finance 2.70
Credit 2.95
Mortgage 2.61
Auto finance 1.68
Travel 0.65
Automotive 0.57
Retail 0.36
Dating 0.40
Total finance” includes auto finance, banking, credit, financial information, insurance, lending, and mortgage. Each vertical contains data from multiple advertisers.
The data is from US search market. So, if you are from Asia, you should expect something lower than the one above.
via ClickZ
Tags:CPC·PPC·statistics
What Can You Do With Google Analytics?
February 17th, 2008 · No Comments · Analytics
In this post, I would introduce most Google Analytics features and so you know what you can do with this free tool.
Understand your website visitors.
For a specified period of time, how many visitors have visited your website? How many page views? What is the number of average page views every visitor has generated? What is [...]
I Won’t Lick It!
February 15th, 2008 · No Comments · Marketing Management
Yesterday I came across the lickable ads covered in WSJ. Very interesting! But…Sorry, I’m not going to lick any newspaper or magazine. Will you?
Aren’t scented ads on newspaper better?
Tags:advertising·innovation
Google AdWords Ad Formats And Options
February 15th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Search Engine Marketing
Asked again by an airline marketing manager about Google’s various ad formats, I sent his this very useful document Google AdWords Ad Formats And Options which might be helpful to you as well, it covers:
Guide to Google online ad formats
Guide to Google search & content network advertising options
Guide to Google online targeting options
Guide to Google [...]
Tags:AdWords·google·media·online advertising
Is Being Useful Always Good?
February 14th, 2008 · No Comments · Marketing Management
Is this book holder useful?
It could be. Especially when you drive on the express way. But, take a look at it again carefully? When I did, I couldn’t help to laugh at this brilliant idea, an idea to make me laugh. Even if I drove and even if I wanted this book holder, I really [...]
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Happy Valentine’s Day!
February 14th, 2008 · No Comments · Personal
What is Valentine’s Day? It’s all about “romance”. Just Googled “Valentine’s Day” and found this interesting piece:
I didn’t land directly on the right page, but it didn’t take me long to get this Singapore Flyer Valentine’s Day Package page:
Very interested! But not for Valentine’s Day. Why? Everyone knows it; as part of romance requires “surprise”, [...]
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Timing Is Crutial To Holiday Campaigns
February 14th, 2008 · No Comments · Email Marketing
Just received an OCBC valentine’s day campaign email; even if I like and want the offer, TODAY IS VALENTINE’S DAY! How am I going to get the gift for my darling in time? And, the truth is that I’ve already got one.
Campaigns for holidays like Valentine’s day must be carried out one month in advanced. [...]
Tags:holiday
How Many Internet Users In Asia Pacific
February 13th, 2008 · No Comments · Marketing Research
17.5% of the total world’s population, 1.15 billion people, were regular Internet users last year. In Asia Pacific region, the number was 476.6 million, which would top 500 million Internet users this year.
According to eMarketer, nearly half of the world’s Internet population will live in the Asia-Pacific region within 4 years. The share of the [...]
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PlayPumps: Life Changing Technology
February 13th, 2008 · No Comments · Technology
What a clever idea:
Tags:innovation·Technology