SEM stands for Search Engine Marketing, a variety of strategies used to marketing your website with a view to getting more traffic to it. Strategies include PPC (Pay Per Click), CPA networks (Cost Per Acquisition) banner ads and other forms or advertising. PPC is very common for both large and small companies, and is a rapid way of getting targeted traffic to your site. Banner ads are very common, but the campaigns are not very targeted and can be very expensive.
SEM stands for Search Engine Marketing, a variety of strategies used to marketing your website with a view to getting more traffic to it. Strategies include PPC (Pay Per Click), CPA networks (Cost Per Acquisition) banner ads and other forms or advertising. PPC is very common for both large and small companies, and is a rapid way of getting targeted traffic to your site. Banner ads are very common, but the campaigns are not very targeted and can be very expensive.
PPC is relatively inexpensive, you don’t pay for just the banner being shown, (per impression), and the traffic is highly targeted because you write your own ads, which should be based around your niche keywords.
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Joan Mullally has been doing business online for more than 20 years and is a pioneer in the fields of online publishing, marketing, and ecommerce. She is the author of more than 200 guides and courses designed to help beginner and intermediate marketers make the most of the opportunities the Internet offers for running a successful business.
A student and later teacher trainee of Frank McCourt’s, she has always appreciated the power of the word, and has used her knowledge for successful SEO and PPC campaigns, and powerful marketing copy.
One computer science class at NYU was enough to spark her fascination with all things digital. In her spare time, she works with adult literacy, animal fostering and rescue, and teaching computer skills to women. View all posts by jm
