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What percentage of my marketing budget should I allocate for online marketing?

Monday, March 22nd, 2010

I have a writing and editing services company, and we currently have $4500 of our operating budget. We are planning to do direct mail marketing, advertisements in trade journals, and online marketing (pay-per-click, e-newsletters, etc). How much of my marketing budget should I allocate for online marketing?

You can test how well PPC works for you with a very short test, $100-$200.

I recommend going with Google/Yahoo Paid advertising for it’s wider audiences.

Create your most compelling ad copy and target popular keywords in your space.

Implement the conversion tracking code provided by Google / Yahoo on your "thank you" / sales lead page.

You’ll be able to determine the ROI of PPC within a short time, and short spend.

Hope this helps!

Seth Godin: Sliced bread and other marketing delights

Monday, March 22nd, 2010

http://www.ted.com In a world of too many options and too little time, our obvious choice is to just ignore the ordinary stuff. Marketing guru Seth Godin spells out why, when it comes to getting our attention, bad or bizarre ideas are more successful than boring ones.

TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world’s leading thinkers and doers are invited to give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes — including speakers such as Jill Bolte Taylor, Sir Ken Robinson, Hans Rosling, Al Gore and Arthur Benjamin. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, and Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, politics and the arts. Watch the Top 10 TEDTalks on TED.com, at
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/top10

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