Welcome to Idea Exchange, where we share our latest thinking about how marketers of highly engineered products and services can design better interactions along the Buyer Experience Value Chain

IDEA EXCHANGE

Welcome to Idea Exchange, where we share our latest thinking about how marketers of highly engineered products and services can design better interactions along the Buyer Experience Value Chain®. At Quarry, we believe a strong brand is just the beginning — which is why we focus on converting branding to buying.

Content Experiments from Google Makes Optimizing Your Website Easier

Your website could be better. You know that quick, incremental changes could dramatically improve the effectiveness and buyer experience of your website. But where to start? Luckily, identifying, prioritizing and implementing those changes just got easier. Read more

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The Mystery Behind the AdWords Auction [Infographic]

Without a doubt, pay-per-click (PPC) search advertising – or search engine marketing (SEM) – is complex. We struggle regularly to explain the mechanics of SEM and the auction system to clients and peers, without overwhelming them with information and new terminology. It’s not the easiest thing to do. Read more

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Organic SEO: Money for “Nothing” and Your Clicks for “Free”

Consider this: 93% of all B2B buying decisions today start with an online search. And, your position in organic search engine results matters: 89.71% of all click-through traffic—those search engine results listings that are actively clicked—comes from the first 10… Read more

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A Keyword Research “Crisis” with few Champions

Does your company monitor search phrase/keyword trends in your industry? One of the most under-used sources of customer insight available today, right now — for free — is search phrases. If your company is not seeking and using this information,… Read more

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The “Media 2.0” issue

In the face of present economic uncertainty, we can predict that some media plans will be slashed to cut cost, some will be scaled up to grab share of voice, and some will be refurbished to cut waste and improve… Read more

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Useful Tips for online advertising

Consider the entire purchase cycle for your target audience. Getting their interest through a search engine advertisement is a good first step, but what do you have waiting for them on the landing page that is designed to meet their… Read more

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Interview: A Word on Keywords

Dan Skeen interviewed Patrick Norman, co-founder and vice president of Bomgar, and Karen Jensen, director of eBusiness at Printronix, to discuss the implications of the keywords chosen to trigger pay-per-click (PPC) advertising.  The contextual advertising that emerged in 2003 has… Read more

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