Due to audio connectivity problems, this webcast, originally scheduled for October 29, has been rescheduled for November 13.
Search marketing continues to grow in importance as an advertising channel for business of all kinds. Even during the last 12 months, as the Great Recession has taken its toll on other advertising channels – from display, to TV, and most decidedly to print – search advertising has continued to grow. As the paid search advertising market has grown and matured, the cost of entry for new players has increased, and for those who have been doing search for some time, the cost of being successful and driving optimal results from paid search continues to go up. The sophistication of the market requires constant investment.
Advertisers have several choices as to how they want to deal with building and maintaining their programs, each with different pro’s and con’s:
- Hire a search agency – according to Forrester research, approximately 52% of companies elect to leverage agencies to do their paid search work, with that percentage increasing as more money is spent.
- Manage in-house – this is most common in retail and travel, as well as with small and mid-sized firms.
- Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) – a hybrid model by which advertisers begin with an agency, with the intention of managing risk until the program can be brought in house in order to manage costs more effectively.
The webcast will go through each model, as well as discuss the technology, skill sets, and processes needed to have a successful paid search programs.
