Category Archives: multilingual marketing

The Book: Getting Better International Search Engine Results

Posted by on January 13, 2012 No comments

It is just over a month until the book I am co-authoring with Anne Kennedy “Global Search Engine Marketing: Getting Better International Search Engine Results” is koing to be published. The publisher Que Biz-Tech is has a D-day in this Paperback next month on the 16th of February and it looks as we are going to make it. Read more »

Global Search Engine Marketing

Posted by on December 8, 2011 1 comment

Looks like we are getting there, finally – The book I am co-authoring with Anne Kennedy is on Amazon and the date is set. The book is published by Que Biz-Tech and is called “Global Search Engine Marketing: Getting Better International Search Engine Results“. The description is as follows: Read more »

Gulltaggen 2011: Speaking during ‘Multilingual International Internet Marketing and Comms’ session

Posted by on April 5, 2011 No comments

I will be speaking at the ‘Multilingual International Internet Marketing and Comms’ session as part of the Gulltaggen 2011 Internet Marketing conference, to be held between 12th and 14th April.

Gulltaggen is the Nordic countries’ and Norway’s most important event for digital marketing, communication, innovation, leadership and creativity, and is by far the best arena for sharing competence, knowledge and networking. Read more »

Five Ways to Avoid Norwegian Prayer Syndrome

Posted by on March 28, 2011 No comments

Five Ways to Avoid Norwegian Prayer Syndrome

1. Make sure your content is relevant to your ad (ie. Are you  speaking the same language literally and figuratively on your site as in  your ad?)

2. Use your keywords on the page when possible

3. Keep your keywords in the main content of the page when using them

4. Make sure your page loads quickly

5. Show signs of trust on the landing page

What is it, this Norwegian Prayer Syndrom (or problem as some would call it)

Read about it here

Speaking at the SES NY and Gulltaggen Oslo

Posted by on March 19, 2011 No comments

Speaking at SES NYnext week  on Social Media and Gulltaggen Oslo on the 12th of April on Multilingual Internet Marketing. Both events have some fantastic speakers and I am looking forward taking part. At the SES in New York I am speaking on a session called “Search, PR and the Social Butterfly” with Mel Carson, Microsoft Advertising Community Manager, Microsoft Advertising and Lisa Buyer, President & CEO, The Buyer Group. The session is being moderated by Greg Jarboe, President & Co-Founder, SEO-PR. Read more »

Great resolutions to help you reach a Global Market by Anne Kennedy

Posted by on January 11, 2011 No comments

As often is January is the month we make resolutions, when you look back and make resolutions. Here you can find a great article written by Anne Kennedy called “Great resolutions to help you reach a Global Market by Anne Kennedy“.

“What has been coming for a long time is globalization, in particular, globalization in web marketing. The Internet has made country borders irrelevant. Indeed, you can reach halfway around the world to attract visitors to your website, and engage them to respond, that is, if you make the effort to relate to them in their own culture.”

Google has longer text ads for targeting Eastern Europe and Asia

Posted by on December 28, 2010 No comments

If you’re only targeting certain countries in Eastern Europe and Asia this might come as a great news, you can create a longer text ad in Google now. These longer text ads are supported when targeting countries like Russia, Japan and China.

  • Azerbaijan
  • Belarus
  • Kazakhstan
  • Kyrgyzstan
  • South Korea
  • Tajikistan
  • Turkmenistan
  • Ukraine
  • Uzbekistan
Earlier settings New settings
Title 25 letters / 12 characters 30 letters / 15 characters
Ad copy line one 35 letters / 12 characters 35 letters / 12 characters
Ad copy line two 35 letters / 12 characters 35 letters / 12 characters
Display URL 25 letters

Longer text ads can contain up to 30 characters in the title and 76 characters in the rest of the ad text. For the display URL, standard character limits still apply.

You can create a longer text ad from the Ads tab if if you target only locations listed above.

85 percent of travel companies make SEO the number one priority for 2010

Posted by on November 19, 2009 No comments

img-bookingAccording to www.travelmole.com, the second global travel survey, 85 percent of travel companies are due to increase or maintain the same online marketing budgets for 2010, which promises to be a highly competitive year in the travel industry for internet marketing.

27 percent of the participated 227 companies including hoteliers, travel agents, tour operators and airlines expect online budgets to increase by up to 50 percent, as securing online bookings pushes for more advertising. Read more »

Internet consumer trends in Scandinavia

Posted by on March 4, 2009 No comments

At Nordic eMarketing, one of our big goals right now is help even more companies to increase and strengthen their presence on the Scandinavian markets. We are therefore really excited about the latest report on digital media consumer behavior and trends in the Nordic and Baltic countries, from one of Scandinavia’s largest telecom providers, Telia Sonera.

The report divides digital media consumers up into four different categories, “tech parents”, “iToddlers”, “infomaniacs” and “IT high society”. The latest group is defined as the most important and influential one. The report even appoints the “IT high society” as the new “upper class” of digital media consumers.

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Airlines plan to increase Internet marketing in the recession

Posted by on February 27, 2009 3 comments

Despite trends in former recessions of decreased marketing, there are signs that many companies might keep their marketing efforts unchanged or even increased this time around.

For the airline industry which is traditionally very recession sensitive, this might be particularly true. The flight industry magazine, Airline Business, in its latest issue publishes the results of a survey conducted among 22 top level airline executives. The surveyed focuses on the airlines marketing directions and size of their marketing budgets for 2009. Interestingly, as much as 60 percent of the participating airlines claim that it is important to invest more in marketing during a recession, to stimulate demand. Read more »