Attention Large Advertisers, You Are Getting Ripped Off!

The Problems with the current Pay Per Click Management Industry.

Paid Search

The PPC management companies need to start making a change. There is very little relation between amount of spend on a campaign and amount of work needed to run the most efficient and ROI producing search campaign. If this is widely known then why on earth are all of the companies charging this way? Paid search (PPC) adopted the business model from the traditional Ad Agency. Why would we adopt the business model that started 70 years ago? It just makes no sense at all.

The eVisibility difference -

eVisibility has made a bold step to start the migration of how companies pay for PPC Campaign Management. We are now offering flat rate, hourly pricing on all campaigns. Why is this better?

The answer is below:

eVisibility is exposing the Paid Search Industry’s dirty little secret:

Companies who are paid a percentage of ad spend are only motivated to spend as much as possible. They are only motivated to optimize your PPC campaign to the extent that you still spend as much as possible. They let thousands of keywords run and spend millions of dollars with absolutely zero ROI. These poor performing keywords are offset by the 10%-20% of keywords that actually turn a hefty profit. If the compensation structure is flawed, then the whole relationship is flawed. The ideal structure is an agency that is compensated by the hours that they dedicate to your PPC Campaign Management. Their ONE GOAL should be achieving the VERY BEST ROI possible based on your unique business needs. Too many times we have seen clients who came from other Pay Per Click Management Agencies who charge a 15% management fee on a $100K budget, who are throwing $50+K down the drain every month because it would have meant a huge pay cut for the old agency to trim the fat. If you pay a percentage of spend, you are literally paying someone to lie to you.

If we tell you that you can spend more, we are not doing so to get paid more. If we cut your spend in half and provide the same amount of business to you, then we still get paid the same level.

There are two types of advertiser who would benefit from this pricing model:

Large Budget Accounts ($20,000+) - Just because you have a large budget does not necessarily mean that your campaign is going to take longer to manage Why would you have to pay us more every time you wanted to increase your budget? We feel that maintaining a large campaign should simply be broken down into how many hours we work. You will get exactly what you pay for.

Small Budget Accounts – Being veterans in the search marketing industry, we can tell you that you get what you pay for. If you have a $2,000 a month budget and you are paying an agency 15% of your budget ($300), you are going to get 2-3 hours a month dedicated to your account. With the traditional percentage based model, you will not be treated as an equal to a large account. Take the cost of management versus spend out of the equation. I have seen $2,000 campaigns produce $3000 in revenue and I have seen them produce $50,000 in revenue for a business each month. Ask yourself what the opportunity cost of an improperly managed campaign. Managing your Paid search campaign should not be any different from a pricing standpoint in an SEO campaign.

Unique value in eVisibility Hourly Priced Model:

  • Know that when we suggest you spend more, it’s not for our benefit
  • Know that we will only spend dollars that make you money, not us
  • We will shave all the fat from your account instantly, instead of keeping it there to get paid.
  • Rest easy knowing that everything that can be done is being done despite budget size.

At eVisibility we are passionate about results. We see a large hole in logic of the majority of Paid Search Agencies. We would rather provide a benefit to both the advertiser and our business. In paid search the money doesn’t have to be in the medicine, it can be in the cure.

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Optamasized Weekly Insider 8-4-08 to 8-08-08

This is what we found this week!

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Where is eVisibility positioned in the world of social media advertising?

Have you ever wondered (as I commonly do): where is eVisibility positioned in the world of social Social Mediamedia advertising? That long awaited answer that many of us have lost precious sleep trying to figure out has now been resolved; and let me tell you the wait has been worth every minute of tossing and turning. The largest and most reputable network of bloggers the internet has ever known, has named eVisibility its advertiser of the month. This should come as no surprise, as we have been publishing more blogs by volume than any other subscribing agency.

This recognition has been some time coming, as our media campaigns have been hitting the Web in full force. Within the last month, we have launched social media campaigns with several reputable and household name brands. In addition to these successful social media campaigns, eVisibility is proud to announce a new offer of Social Media Consulting, where clients can learn the latest tricks in running and managing their own campaign.

If your prospects or clients are considering an advertiser to take them into the world of social media, which other internet marketing company could they possibly choose?

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eVisibility Ranked One of the Ten Most Dependable Search Engine Marketing Firms in the US

Wow, we are extremely honored to have been recognized as one of the nation’s top ten most dependable search engine marketing firms in Inc. Magazine. The study was conducted by Goldline Research and published in this month’s issue of Inc. We have worked very hard to create a company that delivers quality and results for our clients. We also pride ourselves on providing the best workplace in our industry. We believe that if we bring good people in and take good care of them that the work we put out will speak for itself. And it seems like that strategy has come full circle.

eVisibility truly distinguished itself during our evaluation of the industry, said Allen Scott, Research Director of Goldline Research. The firm met or exceeded every expectation we have for holistic, client-centric firms.

Ten Most Dependable Search Engine Marketing Firms 2008 We take great pride in this award and want to thank all of our wonderful team members because without such a hard working, fun-loving, knowledgeable, and passionate staff none of this would be possible. It really does take all of us pulling together in the same direction to keep eVisibility on this tremendous trajectory of success.

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Second Annual eVisibility Opening Day at the Del Mar Races

We had SO much fun at the First Annual, yes I said annual because this will be a yearly event, eVisibility Opening Day at the Del Mar Races that we decided to do it again! Yes, once again, eVisibility has proven itself as the best online marketing company that one could ever hope to work at. Heck we are the best company to work at no matter what field you are in! Sure we have the first of its kind gas subsidy program for our employees that commute, cool t-shirts, and events like music in the park that we attend in the summer. But opening day at the races (horse races) is a HUGE event. We reserved our own area (jeeze we have grown a ton in the last year!) this year, had it catered, and had a super time!

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Fight Fire With Fire - Track Official Google Responses

I always love finding official Google responses to various questions posed to them about search engine optimization. Most of the time they are pretty generic responses, but once in awhile you find a gem.

I have discovered a very simple way to track official Google responses by using their own tool against them. Sometimes you have to fight fire with fire.

All you have to do is use Google Alerts and setup a Group alert for various Google employee handles.

By setting this type of alert up you will be able to track all official Google responses and advice in Google Groups.

Google Alerts

So far I only know of three Google handles:

  • Adam Lasnik
  • JohnMu
  • Jonathan Simon
  • Reid
  • *Update thanks to John Honeck

  • Amanda Camp
  • Andrey Stroilov
  • Berghausen “Bergy”
  • Chark
  • Evan T
  • Jessica W.
  • John Mueller
  • Jonathan Simon
  • Maile Ohye
  • Mariya
  • Matt Cutts *Doh can’t believe I missed that one
  • Matt D
  • Nathan Johns
  • Nelson
  • Patrick
  • Rebecca
  • Riona MacNamara
  • Sahala
  • Susan Moskwa
  • Thu Tu
  • Wysz

Make sure to use quotes so you get exact match search phrase or you will get some funky alerts.

If you know more Google handles let me know and I will update the post!

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