May 08 2008

Search Industry Job of the Week: Account Executive Paid Search

Tag: jobs, pay per click, search industrySarah Parker @ 1:20 pm

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Job Title: Account Executive Paid Search (PPC)
Job Reference #: Unknown
Position Type: full time, permanent
Name of employer: Steak Media
Location: Soho, New York City
Date Posted: 1 May 2008
Position description:

Steak Media are looking for a reliable, ambitious and organized individual with a genuine interest in learning about search engine marketing. The right person will need to display initiative, enthusiasm and integrity while maintaining a high degree of professionalism and maturity. This is a fast moving, fast paced sector with plenty of opportunity for career development.

The bottom line: you’d be responsible for the execution and optimization of paid search (PPC) marketing campaigns for their clients.

They’re looking for a person that is willing to take risks and learn from their mistakes. You will receive hands-on training, but you will need to ask questions to accelerate your growth. You’d be a part of a growing company that is in the ever changing industry of search engine marketing. You’ll be able to learn from the best and develop excellent business skills.
Their logo is a purple bull and you will play a key part in making sure they have ‘Happy Bulls’. Namely, making sure clients are happy.

What exactly will you be doing?

Execution & optimization of paid search accounts can have a lot of moving parts, but here is a general list of everyday tasks that you will be involved in:

Launching new campaigns, ad groups, and keywords.
Generating reports and analysis of past performance.
Reviewing performance of ad copy/creative.
Bid optimization through 3rd party technology platform (e.g.: DART Search).
Generating keyword lists that are relevant to the client’s business objectives.
Quality assurance of tracking, budgets, creative and landing pages.
Updating and monitoring budgets.
Working with 3rd party technology suppliers such as DART.
Search for all aspect of paid search campaign management, including implementation, bid optimization, and reporting.
Generating performance reports and analyzing data to communicate key findings and strategic next steps.
Monitoring budgets and performance to identify new opportunities for improvement.
Speaking with clients to update on status of projects and brainstorm new ideas.
Supporting communication with Google, Yahoo, Microsoft and other search engines to improve campaign performance and implementation.

Other important bits:

You don’t need to have any previous experience in search marketing. As long as you bring passion and enthusiasm to your training and they’ll turn you into a pro. They’re looking for a recent college graduate or someone with 1-2 years of work experience that wants something new.

Essentials:

You’re not afraid to ask questions, you think of yourself as an excellent writer, you are comfortable speaking within a group, you have a working knowledge of Excel and even know how to use formulas and you pay close attention to detail. They are more interested in the quality of work and not quantity, you enjoy working within a team to achieve a common goal, you can exert yourself professionally over the phone and outside of the office, as you will be representing the company externally and you like working in a busy environment where you’re learning new things every day. You have a college degree. All majors welcome, though you may have an edge if you have a background in Business, Finance/Economics, or English.

Even though they are called Steak, they also welcome vegetarians to apply for the role.

Salary range: Very Competitive 
Closing date: Unknown
More info from: [www.steakmedia.com]
Contact: Send resumes to contact.hr[at]steakmedia.com

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May 07 2008

Moving House and Hanmer Springs trip

Tag: blogging, personalKalena Jordan @ 9:43 pm

Hey all

Just wanted to apologize for the blog silence over the past few days. I’ve been moving house and have been without Internet access for 48 hours. I’m now in the new place, surrounded by boxes and an overflowing In-Tray so I know you’ll forgive me if I skip question duty this week.

Will hopefully get my mojo back on the weekend when I head off to Hanmer Springs with family and friends for some serious soaking in the hot thermal pools. Catch you next week!

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May 04 2008

Breaking: Microsoft Cancels Yahoo Proposal, Keeps the Ring

Tag: microsoft, search engines, search industry, yahooKalena Jordan @ 5:40 pm

Broken HeartMicrosoft has called it quits on their 3 month infatuation with Yahoo, withdrawing their official proposal today by snail mail.

From the official press release, Microsoft CEO Steve Balmer states:

“Despite our best efforts, including raising our bid by roughly $5 billion, Yahoo! has not moved toward accepting our offer. After careful consideration, we believe the economics demanded by Yahoo! do not make sense for us, and it is in the best interests of Microsoft stockholders, employees and other stakeholders to withdraw our proposal”.

Wow. Now there’s a turn-up for the books. Yahoo’s advertising fling with Google last month must have really hurt for Balmer to abandon the pursuit. Kudos to Charlie for the heads up.

ADDED: Yahoo has officially responded to the rejection.

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May 02 2008

Lazy Friday

Tag: blogging, semKalena Jordan @ 7:17 pm

Well it’s Friday so I am taking the easy option and providing a bit of humor today. Casie Gillette of KO Marketing has put together a list of her 22 favorite funny SEM related blog posts.

My site scraper rant made the cut too - thanks Casie!

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Apr 30 2008

Search friendly drop down menus: Myth or Possibility?

Tag: seo, usability, web designKalena Jordan @ 5:55 pm

One of my Search Engine College students has written an excellent post titled Can Drop Down Menus be Search Friendly as well as User Friendly?

In it, Lameesh talks about the benefits of nested navigation menus, but the drawbacks of using JavaScript for these, because of their search engine incompatibility. Instead, Lameesh suggests creating a horizontal drop down menu using HTML and CSS with all the nav items created as text links . Nice workaround!

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