Weekend + Monday Roundup from 2/9/08 – 2/11/08
Official Blogs
AdWords
Audio Ads Webinars: sign up now – Yes, we plan on attending and we’ll blog about it too.
Yahoo! Search Marketing
Three Questions to Ask About Your Clicks – Three questions to ask when you get an unexpected click surge.
Favorite posts from the people/bloggers/companies we admire (alphabetical) -
Conversation Marketing
Internet Marketing Strategy: A Step-by-Step Diagram – A diagram of the conversation marketing method…I really enjoy this method and I see others using it and the success is outstanding.
MindValleyLabs
Case Study: We Test Out Frank Kern’s Mass Control Marketing on 200K People – A “must read” post from the weekend. I am a firm believer in building a good relationship…this is a very small glimpse of the potential this method has.
Occam’s Razor by Avinash Kaushik
10 Insights From 11 Months Of Working At Google – Sorry…no real PPC value here, this was just a cool blog post about the internal atmosphere of Google…loved this post. Lot’s of valuable and actionable info in here about creating a motivational, profitable work environment.
PPC Blog
Are Your PPC Campaigns Hitting Their Budget Caps? – Good point. If a campaign is hitting it’s cap, and ROI is within the relevant range, then you are probably missing out on growth opportunities.
Search Engine Land
WSJ: Yahoo Plans To Reject Microsoft’s Offer – BIG news from the weekend…lot’s of buzz around this topic.
Not So Crazy: Yahoo May Partner With AOL To Escape Microsoft
SearchEngineWatch
Google AdWords Targeting: Expect More, Pay Less – David Szetela, Author. David also writes for and is an owner of Clix Marketing.
PPC Hero
Google Updates AdWords Display URL Policy – A “must read” coverage on this change. It’s a very important change. I imagine it could affect a lot of affiliate marketers…and small business owners if they don’t keep up to date on each of these big “small” changes.
the PPC Book
Why We Still Don’t Get Local – I think Jeff is right. Local is important but I believe 97%+ of the local service businesses out there don’t get it, haven’t even heard about it; therefore, they don’t even think about it or know it exists.
That’s a wrap! 
Please tell me if you think I need to add any blogs to my reading list…am I missing anything that is related to PPC marketing?
