Astronomers Prepare For Deep Impact, Yet Your Site Or Blog May Have Little Impact. Why?

Astronomers Prepare For Deep Impact, Yet Your Site Or Blog May Have Little Impact. Why?

After 172 days and 268 million miles of deep space stalking, NASA's Deep Impact successfully struck comet Tempel 1. The cosmic collision between the coffee table-sized impactor and city-sized comet occurred at 1:52 a.m. EDT.

"It's a smash hit for the 4th of July!"

And you're asking, "Is this the correct blog?" Yes, this is a blog about improving your business by better implementing your online marketing campaign for Direct sales. The bottom line goal is to get quality destination page "hits"... not a hit like Comet Tempel 1, but a hit none-the-less from a targeted visitor.

Why all the deep impact talk you ask? Well the truth is, I found this news story fascinating from the outset. It got me thinking about the parallels between getting "hits" at a website or blog and this single astronomical "hit" that this one comet was getting.

The media, the attention, the science, and all things 'cosmic' just seemed to flare up in interest as the 4th of July impact got closer and closer. So with an adult beverage by my side (lemonade :-) I felt it was rather topical for this special blog post for this July 4th day of celebration.

It just so happens that being "topical" and relating what you do with Direct sales to news and current events is also a wonderful marketing strategy. Millions of people are on the web this week searching out stories about all sorts of current events. If you're writing about that event or news item, you can increase the odds that searchers will find you. If what you do (or what you market) is related in some way, then like magic, you'll see your hit counters start spinning like a top.

The kind of hits a savvy marketeer can achieve by riding on the comet tail of current events and news stories can be as spectacular as one might imagine. The impact on your business can be equally stellar.

This week I'd like to continue with the pay-per-click search engine tips. For those who have been following (or subscribing by RSS feed) you are aware that last week we started our series of PPC search engine tips that can help your campaign for better targeted earthbound visitors. Below are this weeks PPC tips (watch for more next week):

Search engine campaign tips:

• Remember that with PPC campaigns, you are not sending search visitors to a site, you are sending them to a web page (called: a destination or landing page). You must discover keywords and set-up ONE page at a time.
• Remember that people search by typing in more than one word:
• The 7 most used word phrases in search engines according to OneStat.com:
• 2 word phrases 32.58%
• 3 word phrase 25.61%
• 1 word phrases 19.02%
• 4 word phrases 12.83%
• 5 word phrases 5.64%
• 6 word phrases 2.32%
• 7 word phrases 0.98%
• Start your "keyword discovery" process by visiting the destination page you intend to send your search engine visitors to. Put on the 'reading glasses' of a customer and look at your page through their eyes.
• Ask yourself this: "What keywords might a person type in a search box where when they arrived at this destination page, they'd say 'BINGO' this is what I was looking for?" Find these keywords and you've discovered your best keywords.

In my previous blog post I included the first installment of tips. You will find additional help for your PPC campaign there.


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It happened on the 4th...
1959 - America's 49-star flag, honoring Alaskan statehood, was officially unfurled.

Hubble captures Deep Impact's collision with comet (EurekAlert!)
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope captured the dramatic effects of the collision early July 4 between comet 9P/Tempel 1 and an 820-pound projectile released by the Deep Impact spacecraft.

NASA's Deep Impact Kicks off Fourth of July With Deep Space Fireworks (SpaceRef)
After 172 days and 431 million kilometers (268 million miles) of deep space stalking, Deep Impact successfully reached out and touched comet Tempel 1. The collision between the coffee table-sized impactor and city-sized comet occurred at 1:52 a.m. EDT.

Hubble's View of Deep Impact (Universe Today)
The powerful Hubble Space Telescope was on hand to watch the collision between Deep Impact and Comet Tempel 1. Even though Hubble is one of the most sensitive telescopes available, the shroud of dust and gas surrounding Tempel 1 obscures a view of the comet's nucleus. Hubble was able to see the flash from the impact, making the comet 4 times as bright, and then an expanding fan of debris moving


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