SEM Montreal http://semmontreal.com Online Marketing for small businesses and non-profits Sun, 25 Sep 2011 22:23:52 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 We Are Number One! http://semmontreal.com/2011/09/08/we-are-number-one/ http://semmontreal.com/2011/09/08/we-are-number-one/#comments Thu, 08 Sep 2011 01:59:30 +0000 admin http://semmontreal.com/?p=38

 

I’m happy to announce that SEM Montreal appears number one for search query “SEM Montreal” on Google.  By following Google’s guidelines and using white hat search engine optimization techniques, we have beat 82,900,000 listings in the search results to rank first.

 

It was very important to get semmontreal.com number one. How could we convince clients to SEO their websites if we aren’t SEO’d ourselves?

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Welcome to SEM Montreal, your source for quality e-marketing services. Search Engine Marketing (SEM) is a set of online marketing methods used to drive traffic to your website and/or increase branding. The three main methods of SEM are:

 

 

We offer effective online marketing solutions and have a proven track record. See for yourself, our own website ranks high on search engines!

Contact us to see what strategy is right for you.

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On Google AdWords, the cost per click for a query like “Montreal hotels” has an average bid between between $2.45 – $3.25 where as “Toronto hotels” is $2.87 – $3.86 and “Vancouver hotel” is as high as $2.95 – $4.19.

Furthermore, “Montreal hotels” receives an average of 135,000 searches per month worldwide. “Montreal restaurants” receives an average of 60,500 searches per month and has a low CPC average bid of $0.34 – $0.48!

Montreal’s tourism industry is ripe for SEM! Last year, in 2009, the city received an estimated 17.6 million visitors, with a combined expenditure of more than 2.8 billion dollars according to Tourism Montreal.

As Google is the leading source of information, companies that come up on Google searches related to their business can have great exposure. With the increase of Smart Phone usage, it is easier for tourists to consult with the internet for information rather than going through tour guides, and other traditional means of finding information.

It is in the best interest of a company in the tourism industry to consider search engine marketing.

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