Are you familiar with the term “Digital Asset Optimization?” If you are, you may know that it is the natural evolution of search marketing. If you aren’t, you’ll want to learn how to leverage this new opportunity for competitive advantage. Here Catalyst Search Marketing Strategist Eddie Emmanuel discusses this relatively new practice and how — […]
Category Archives: Search Marketing
Outrank Your Online Competition
The steady increase in search engine use is rewriting the rules of marketing as organizations decide how best to incorporate the realities of Web 2.0 into their plans. One effect of search is that dissimilar entities become competitors when they are listed alongside each other on the Search Engine Results Pages. Now being competitive requires […]
Reputation Management in a Web 2.0 World
Reputation Management in a Web 2.0 World
Finding out what is being said about your company, its brand and products is becoming increasingly difficult as it becomes easier for your customers to voice their praise, or complaints, online. In the world of online marketing, social media and blogs, an organization’s reputation can be enhanced or tarnished […]
Social Media and Healthcare
Social Media and Healthcare
Social media is a phenomenon that can no longer be ignored by today’s competitive companies. Last year, 73% of advertising and media executives surveyed said up to 20% of their marketing budgets are allocated to using and experimenting with new media platforms such as blogs. In 2008 pharmaceutical marketing professionals are looking […]
Search Marketing: The Last Mile
Whether you call it Closing the Loop, The Final Leg, or The Last Mile, the process of getting any deliverable – including information – to the final consumer is challenging. For marketers, The Last Mile means getting our message in front of customers, in a way that is relevant and timely, wherever they are – […]
Paid Search Q&A: How to Get the Best CPV
Here Tim Breen, Catalyst’s Director of Paid Search, addresses some frequently asked questions about Cost Per Visitor.
Q: What is the difference between Cost Per Visitor and Cost Per Click?
A: Many advertisers aren’t aware that there is a difference between Cost Per Visitor (CPV) and Cost Per Click (CPC). CPC is what you get charged by […]
Four Steps to Better Campaign Tracking and ROI
Ever wondered why that well planned (and expensive) online or offline campaign fizzled and you didn’t realize your return-on-investment? Well, maybe it wasn’t such a bust after all. But how could you know, either way? The answer is tracking. Well, it’s not all tracking, but it is setting yourself up for success so that the […]
Search Matters Weekly Search Mojo
So the weekly in the weekly links has been subject to a little license of late because of some logistical issues surrounding time management and deliverables. Plus I forgot to do it last week. So here are the search links that carry to most mojo this week. Like a witch doctor. But for SEO. And […]
Search Matters Weekly Link Love
Hey man. It’s time to let our link love shine. So put on those bell bottoms and the Skynyrd t-shirt and lets groove on down to Linktown in my yellow van. It’s where everybody loves you, mama. Watch out for the man, if you smell like patchouli they get all up in your business. Far […]
Atlas now faces the Google Analytics Dilemma
Microsoft completed its acquisition of Aquantive yesterday, which among other things includes Atlas and its media management and tracking tools. It’ll be interesting to watch the reactions of Atlas customers.
Google Analytics receives a cold shoulder from a few large advertisers, on concerns that their tracking partner also happens to be their largest ad network. Some […]

