Joe Ford's Blog

22
Feb
2013
Joe Ford
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Using The Water Faucet Approach In Paid Search

Overlooked in all the recent enhancements and tools Google AdWords has rolled out, there still is one huge reason to use paid search: timing. Timing & SEO On the SEO side of the business here at Netvantage, our organic campaigns are often equated to moving an aircraft carrier. Establishing a company’s search rankings takes a lot [...]

About Joe Ford

Joe Ford is a Managing Partner at Netvantage Marketing. In addition to overseeing day to day business operations of Netvantage, he directs paid search strategy for over 14 paid search clients. Ford is on the Lansing Chamber Board of Directors, and the Executive Board of the Capital Area IT Council.

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12
Apr
2012
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My Own Wish List for AdWords

Several of the recent features that AdWords has rolled out over the last year have been very effective for search marketers.  As of recently, AdWords developed the ability to identify conversions by extension, something many in the PPC space have been clamoring for.  Many thanks for paid search gurus Melissa Mackey and John Lee for [...]

About Joe Ford

Joe Ford is a Managing Partner at Netvantage Marketing. In addition to overseeing day to day business operations of Netvantage, he directs paid search strategy for over 14 paid search clients. Ford is on the Lansing Chamber Board of Directors, and the Executive Board of the Capital Area IT Council.

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13
Mar
2012
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Paid Search For E-Commerce - What's Been Working

Well, the time has finally come to get the Paid Search category in the Netvantage Blog a swift kick in the rear. We have been getting handily defeated by our colleauges in the SEO and social media side of the house, and it is time to step it up. Look for some more posts coming [...]

About Joe Ford

Joe Ford is a Managing Partner at Netvantage Marketing. In addition to overseeing day to day business operations of Netvantage, he directs paid search strategy for over 14 paid search clients. Ford is on the Lansing Chamber Board of Directors, and the Executive Board of the Capital Area IT Council.

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8
Jul
2009
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Truly free project management? It's out there, and it's awesome!

When you start a small company and run a small company, you're always looking for ways to pinch pennies.  Obviously you want to work with effective tools, but you don't want to pay any more than you absolutely must.  Such was the case when we started Netvantage, constantly seeking out free ways to do things [...]

About Joe Ford

Joe Ford is a Managing Partner at Netvantage Marketing. In addition to overseeing day to day business operations of Netvantage, he directs paid search strategy for over 14 paid search clients. Ford is on the Lansing Chamber Board of Directors, and the Executive Board of the Capital Area IT Council.

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17
Jun
2009
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How to make YouTube videos that don't suck part 4

Since I've been doing some video work lately, I figured it would be time to come back with another installment of the ever popular (at least by Google Analytics standards) HTMYVTDS series. The topic of today's ridiculously acronymed segment? Post production. Thus far we've covered lighting, audio recording and framing, so once you've gotten those [...]

About Joe Ford

Joe Ford is a Managing Partner at Netvantage Marketing. In addition to overseeing day to day business operations of Netvantage, he directs paid search strategy for over 14 paid search clients. Ford is on the Lansing Chamber Board of Directors, and the Executive Board of the Capital Area IT Council.

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10
Jun
2009
Joe Ford
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Resources for SEO beginners

Between adding new employees at Netvantage and the growing number of presentations and speaking engagements I end up doing, I've found myself referring people to a lot of tried and true resources.  So today I figured I'd share a handful of resources for SEO newbies.  These are all pretty straightforward, highly actionable, and written in [...]

About Joe Ford

Joe Ford is a Managing Partner at Netvantage Marketing. In addition to overseeing day to day business operations of Netvantage, he directs paid search strategy for over 14 paid search clients. Ford is on the Lansing Chamber Board of Directors, and the Executive Board of the Capital Area IT Council.

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1
Jun
2009
Joe Ford
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Need some quick links? What's in your closet?

Over lunch the other day, my current favorite person in the world (our intern Brad) had to listen to me mulling over some options for my next blog.  I wasn't all that happy with any of the things that had popped into my head, and he tossed out one that he had used earlier that [...]

About Joe Ford

Joe Ford is a Managing Partner at Netvantage Marketing. In addition to overseeing day to day business operations of Netvantage, he directs paid search strategy for over 14 paid search clients. Ford is on the Lansing Chamber Board of Directors, and the Executive Board of the Capital Area IT Council.

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19
May
2009
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One year into business...the good, the bad, and the ugly

We just made it past the one year mark.  The day in the office was pretty uneventful to be honest, but I couldn't help but reflect on all of the things that happened in our first year of business, and the lessons I've learned.  To steal a cliche I used in my final weeks at [...]

About Joe Ford

Joe Ford is a Managing Partner at Netvantage Marketing. In addition to overseeing day to day business operations of Netvantage, he directs paid search strategy for over 14 paid search clients. Ford is on the Lansing Chamber Board of Directors, and the Executive Board of the Capital Area IT Council.

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18
May
2009
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Asking for a link...use common sense

There are a million ways to ask for a link, but using some common sense when you do so by email can certainly help your cause.  What do I mean by common sense?  Well, a couple of things.  The first is common advice for anyone who's done link building in the past, and that's to [...]

About Joe Ford

Joe Ford is a Managing Partner at Netvantage Marketing. In addition to overseeing day to day business operations of Netvantage, he directs paid search strategy for over 14 paid search clients. Ford is on the Lansing Chamber Board of Directors, and the Executive Board of the Capital Area IT Council.

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13
May
2009
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Free SEO tools that I found recently...

Is there anything better than finding free SEO tools that are REALLY valuable?  Well, winning the lotto might top it, but not by much.  Okay, I might need a life, but I have found a couple cool tools lately that I thought I'd share. Majestic SEO is the first one.  An awesome database of links [...]

About Joe Ford

Joe Ford is a Managing Partner at Netvantage Marketing. In addition to overseeing day to day business operations of Netvantage, he directs paid search strategy for over 14 paid search clients. Ford is on the Lansing Chamber Board of Directors, and the Executive Board of the Capital Area IT Council.

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