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Sean Sherlock, SAmedia Website Solutions

Sean Sherlock, SAmedia Website Solutions

From small start-ups to seasoned soloists, SAmedia Website Solutions designs websites that enhance online position and improve new leads and recurr... Read more

Paula Durrant, Durrant’s Accounting Services Pty Ltd

Paula Durrant, Durrant’s Accounting Services Pty Ltd

Paula Durrant is a tax accountant for small to medium businesses, and high income individuals. Read more

Kalindi Chirmuley, Mulayam Products

Kalindi Chirmuley, Mulayam Products

Mulayam Products manufactures natural skin care products for all ages and all skin types. It helps to take care of the skin and enhance its beauty. Read more

Amy Barry, Pendle Party and Event Hire

Amy Barry, Pendle Party and Event Hire

Pendle Party and Event Hire is a family business that offers party and event equipment for hire to south east Queensland. Read more

Ann Nixon, Sydney Psych.

Ann Nixon, Sydney Psych.

Ann Nixon provides broad counselling and psychotherapy services to clients in the inner city and eastern suburbs of Sydney. Read more

Victoria Judge, Expert Agency

Victoria Judge, Expert Agency

Victoria Judge helps people build a successful business around their expertise, through a combination of one-on-one workshops and outsourced servic... Read more

Bob Jones, an SEO Company

Bob Jones, an SEO Company

'an SEO Company' provides authentic SEO services for small businesses in Australia. Read more

Donna Garrett-Young, Home Building Made Easy

Donna Garrett-Young, Home Building Made Easy

Donna Garrett-Young has been a passionate renovator and builder for nearly 20 years, and is the author of the book 'Home Building Made Easy - Five ... Read more

Paul Coelho, Slidemaster – Professional PowerPoint Design

Paul Coelho, Slidemaster – Professional PowerPoint Design

Slidemaster is a PowerPoint specialist company offering comprehensive PowerPoint Presentation designs and solutions, which leave lasting impression... Read more

Fiona Johnston, Peach Business Management

Fiona Johnston, Peach Business Management

Fiona works with small business owners getting started or growing an existing business. Her services include creating business plans, tax planning ... Read more

Monika Mundell, Copywriter

Monika Mundell, Copywriter

Monika Mundell, along with her husband John, provides a comprehensive suite of sizzling copywriting services to entrepreneurs, Internet marketers, ... Read more

Bree Cleal, Imageffect

Bree Cleal, Imageffect

Imageffect creates great branding solutions for small to medium sized businesses who care enough about themselves to realise that the way they pres... Read more

Sarah Jenkins, SignaturePhoto Photography Courses

Sarah Jenkins, SignaturePhoto Photography Courses

Sarah Jenkins teaches half-day and 1-day photography courses in Sydney to beginners who have just bought their first DSLR camera as well as more in... Read more

Tim Pacheco, Function5 Web Design

Tim Pacheco, Function5 Web Design

Function5 Web Design creates and manages an online presence for small businesses, from basic information websites through to feature rich shopping ... Read more

Sandy Naidu, OzKidsActivities Pty Ltd

Sandy Naidu, OzKidsActivities Pty Ltd

OzKidsActivities is an online directory for kids activities, classes, entertainment, events and birthday party venues. Read more

Jane Woolard, WordLaundry

Jane Woolard, WordLaundry

Specialising in editing, proofreading and copywriting, WordLaundry takes the froth and bubble from communications, leaving them crisp and squeaky c... Read more

Uri Maimon, Nominal Accounting

Uri Maimon, Nominal Accounting

Nominal Accounting Software develops, sell and supports a micro business management software. Read more

Stewart Marshall, Uncomplicating IT

Stewart Marshall, Uncomplicating IT

Uncomplicating IT provides impartial, independent IT advice in plain English. We help those who don't know that much about IT bridge the technology... Read more

Deb Pilgrim

Deb Pilgrim

Deb Pilgrim helps small business owners start, grow and lead their business, so that they can create the life they want. Read more

Terri Mitchell, The Profit Frog

Terri Mitchell, The Profit Frog

The Profit Frog is The ASSET and CASH FLOW MAXIMISER for SMEs, searching for cash flow problems at their source, helping create cash flow budgets a... Read more

Sean Sherlock, SAmedia Website Solutions
Paula Durrant, Durrant’s Accounting Services Pty Ltd
Kalindi Chirmuley, Mulayam Products
Amy Barry, Pendle Party and Event Hire
Ann Nixon, Sydney Psych.
Victoria Judge, Expert Agency
Bob Jones, an SEO Company
Donna Garrett-Young, Home Building Made Easy
Paul Coelho, Slidemaster – Professional PowerPoint Design
Fiona Johnston, Peach Business Management
Monika Mundell, Copywriter
Bree Cleal, Imageffect
Sarah Jenkins, SignaturePhoto Photography Courses
Tim Pacheco, Function5 Web Design
Sandy Naidu, OzKidsActivities Pty Ltd
Jane Woolard, WordLaundry
Uri Maimon, Nominal Accounting
Stewart Marshall, Uncomplicating IT
Deb Pilgrim
Terri Mitchell, The Profit Frog
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Search engine marketing (SEM) is a type of online marketing that seeks to increase the visibility of  your website in search engine results, generally through the use of paid advertising (such as Google Adwords). From choosing which keywords to target and getting started with pay-per-click (PPC) ads through to running an effective Google AdWords campaign and improving your Google AdWords quality score, you will find many useful tips here on how to run an effective search engine marketing (SEM) campaign.


Podcast: How to master Google Adwords locally

16 Apr 11 | Tim Reid and Luke Moulton

In this Small Business Big Marketing podcast, Tim Reid and Luke Moulton talk to Mike Rhodes about how to master Google Adwords. Read more

Comments: 2

Which keywords should I target?

10 Sep 10 | Aidan McCarthy

It can be challenging to work out which keywords to target in your search engine optimisation (SEO) and pay-per-click (PPC) marketing. Here’s what you need to know about selecting target keywords. Read more

Comments: 12

Improving your Google AdWords quality score

03 Jul 10 | Aidan McCarthy

When using the Google AdWords program it’s critical to consider the Google AdWords quality scores of your ads, as they may determine the success of your campaign. Read more

Comments: 1

Getting started with pay-per-click (PPC) ads

01 Apr 10 | Matthew Keath

If pay-per-click (PPC) advertising isn’t part of your online marketing strategy, you could be missing out on vital sales. Here’s what you need to know to get started with pay per click ads. Read more

Comments: 11

Running an effective Google AdWords campaign

25 Mar 10 | Aidan McCarthy

It’s easy to start using Google AdWords, but how do you run a Google AdWords campaign that’s cost-effective and successful? Here are some tips to start you off on the right foot. Read more

Comments: 7

Four quick fixes for Google AdWords ads

23 Feb 10 | Charles Cuninghame

Google AdWords is a popular and effective marketing tool for small business. Here are four small improvements you can make to your Google AdWords ads for a big improvement in your results. Read more

Comments: 13

Tips for successful Google AdWords campaigns

25 Sep 08 | Philip Shaw

Google AdWords can be the most profitable advertising you’ll ever do, provided you do it correctly. This article reviews three common mistakes businesses make when running their own Google AdWords campaigns. Read more

Comments: 18

Google: Organic versus AdWords

30 Jun 08 | David Lawrence

Everyone wants to rank well in Google. Did you know, though, that there is more than one way to get to the top of the pack? Read on to find out the difference between organic versus AdWords to ensure you don’t miss out on a very real opportunity. Read more

Comments: 7

Online Marketing: Google Pay-Per-Action

09 Mar 08 | Louise Gorrie

Targeted traffic still isn’t enough to convince most small to medium businesses to advertise with AdWords. The result is Google’s latest initiative – Pay-Per-Action. Read more

Comments: 2

Internet marketing: How to use pay-per-click advertising

19 Mar 06 | Yaro Starak

The most common complaint about internet marketing is traffic, or lack of it. So how do you get visitors to your website? Here's an overview of how to use Google AdWords (pay-per-click advertising) to attract visitors. Read more

Comments: 7

 

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