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How To Find Cheap Keywords for Your AdWords Campaigns

Pay per click marketing campaigns include not only landing pages, ad copy, offers and designs, but also CPC and bidding strategies. Before you assume PPC ads will bring you a fast ROI and monitor their effectiveness in your AdWords account, you should make sure they won‘t eat up your ad budget too quickly.

Elena DryaminaOct 07, 2014

General Marketing

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5 Ways To Use Semrush for Your Business

Semrush might be your favorite spy tool, but it‘s much more than that. You can also use Semrush to make better strategic decisions for your business. Here are five ways you can use Semrush to boost the performance of your AdWords.

Rocco Alberto BaldassarreSep 19, 2014

Paid Advertising

4 min read

10 Don'ts for Google AdWords

Last month, we shared “10 Dos for Google AdWords“ on the blog. That list wouldn‘t be complete without a list of “don‘ts“ to match! See the list after the jump. Let us know if you agree or disagree in the comments.

Rocco Alberto BaldassarreAug 08, 2014

5 Advantages to Yandex over Google in Russia

General SEO

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5 Advantages to Yandex over Google in Russia

Before Larry Page and Sergey Brin ever founded Google, Ilya Segalovich and Arkady Volozh had already created Yandex, currently Russia’s largest search engine. Learn about Yandex‘s reach, and its advantages over Google.

Eli SchwartzAug 06, 2014

General Marketing

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How To Use Excel To Create a Keyword Strategy

Everyone knows keywords are a big part of SEO, but I feel most people don’t really appreciate the work that goes behind setting up a strategy that is based on keyword performance. Maybe it’s because most people don’t understand what measures are taken to create large SEM campaigns with thousands of keywords that need to be strategically selected.

Sergio AicardiJun 19, 2014

Paid Advertising

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RDSA: A Powerful New Google AdWords Campaign

Over the last couple of years Google AdWords has given ecommerce advertisers strong options for both dynamic advertising and remarketing. These options have proved invaluable for showcasing highly relevant, tailored ads to searchers, specifically for advertisers with thousands of products.

Matthew UmbroMay 26, 2014

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Semrush Copilot: Your AI Assistant for Faster SEO Insights

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Ecommerce is selling products and/or services online via websites and apps instead of in physical stores.

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How to Find YouTube Influencers

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Content

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The Ultimate Guide to Creating a Content Marketing Strategy

This step-by-step guide teaches you how to build a content marketing strategy for your business.

Tushar PolMar 19, 2024

Original Research & Studies

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10 Small Business Trends for 2024

Learn the top small business trends for 2024 to stay ahead of the competition and keep employees happy.

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Major 2023 Semrush Updates: Get Results with the Help of New Features

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Major 2023 Semrush Updates: Get Results with the Help of New Features

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Original Research & Studies

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Average CPM for Display Ads: Benchmarks by Industry [Study]

If you‘re looking for CPM benchmarks for digital ads in your industry, this study is for you.

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Original Research & Studies

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By partnering with AdClarity, we’ve investigated ad types, ad channels and ad spend so you can plan and strategize with the kind of competitive edge that other players don’t have in your industry.

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