Search Marketing Essentials for Online Retailers

Presenter: Stephan Spencer, George Michie
Broadcast on Thursday, February 08, 2007
Duration: 90 minutes
Cost: $129.00 (FREE for Pro members)

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Your search marketing programs - both organic and paid - are in decent shape, but now you need to take both to the next level. Where should you invest additional resources in SEO? How can you spend more on PPC and still generate healthy sales? How can you evaluate the state of your current programs? How can you assess the potential for additional growth? What strategies and tactics should you implementing next?

Stephan Spencer and George Michie will share their expertise and tips for advanced search marketing, specific to the unique challenges that e-commerce marketers face. Stephan Spencer is a long-respected expert in search marketing and founder and President of Netconcepts. George Michie, a paid search veteran since the industry's beginning, is Vice President of Client Services for The Rimm-Kaufman Group.

You Will Learn

• Online acquisition economics
• Budgeting and planning for paid and organic search
• Strategies for competition with larger, better-funded competitors
• Strategies for your key search phrases from the "head" of the search distribution
• Strategies for the "long tail" of your search distribution
• When it may make sense to outsource elements of your search marketing effort, and when it may not
• The current legal and marketing issues surrounding use of trademarks and brand names.

About this Seminar

Who Should Attend: Marketing professionals in online retailing.

About The Presenter

Stephan Spencer is the founder and president of Netconcepts, a full-service interactive agency with specialization in search engine optimization, e-commerce, email marketing, and Web site auditing. Clients include AOL, REI, Home Shopping Network, Verizon SuperPages.com, Gorton’s Seafood, Cabela’s, and others.

For over eleven years, Stephan has been implementing tools and techniques to create dynamic, personalized, community-building web sites. He is a frequent speaker at Internet conferences around the globe, and has made presentations at events in Berlin, London, Toronto, Santiago, Auckland, New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and numerous other venues.

Stephan is a Senior Contributor for MarketingProfs and a columnist for Practical eCommerce. He’s contributed to DM News, Multichannel Merchant, Catalog Success, Unlimited, Catalog Age, NZ Marketing, and the now-defunct U.S. magazine Building Online Business.

George Michie joined the Rimm-Kaufman Group as VP, Client Services in 2003. As head of RKG's Client Services team, Michie is responsible for ensuring that RKG clients receive excellent service and results. Michie leads a skilled department of Account Managers and Team Leaders who work together to make RKG's clients successful. Michie also manages RKG's vendor relations efforts.

Michie contributes extensively to RKG's strategy and to the continuous strengthening of RKG's technology platform.

Michie speaks at industry conferences and guest lectures at the University of Virginia's McIntire School of Commerce. Michie has been profiled in Catalog Success magazine and contributed a case study for Jim Lenskold's book, Marketing ROI.

Prior to joining RKG, Michie worked as Manager of Marketing Systems at Crutchfield Corporation. There, he worked on the multi-channel allocation problem, determining appropriate credit allocation for untracked new customers coming in by web, call centers, mail, and stores. Michie had primary responsibility for Crutchfield's list rental and alternative media programs.

What Participants Said

Of the participants who evaluated this seminar, 88% would recommend it to a colleague. Some of their comments:

"The title did not do this justice, there was so much more information beyond e-commerce."

"The information presented prioritized the strategies and tactics available now. Saved me from spending time on low value or dangerous steps."

"Difficult to follow at times, but the topic is of extreme importance to any web efforts."

"Wow! There is so much good information and stuff you will want to try right away."

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