Here’s a summary of the changes and added benefits of the new payments interface:

1. Redesigned Payment summary and Payment settings pages
- Payment method is now called Form of payment.
- Unpaid finalized earnings is now called Current balance.
- Redesigned transaction history table shows you the latest activities at the top.
- New toolbar support allows you to filter, print, export, or download transaction information.

2. More flexibility with your payment settings
- New extended timeline allows you to change your payment information until the 20th of any month.
- You can choose any payment threshold greater than the default payment threshold based on your reporting currency.
- You can also hold your payments until a specified date.

3. Improved navigation of the payments interface
- Centralized locations to manage your Payment settings and Payee profile.
- Contextual help is displayed based on the pages you navigate to.

This is just a first step towards providing a better payment experience, and we’ll continue to add improvements over the coming months. For additional details, please sign in to your AdSense account and visit the Payments section in our Help Center.

Posted by Ernest Yip, Product Manager, Payments Team

On a daily basis, we monitor our domain network to check metrics like page rank, indexed pages, etc. As with any link-building network, some de-indexing activity is expected and ours has been within a permissible range for the past two years. Unfortunately, this morning, our scripts and manual checks have determined that the overwhelming majority of our network has been de-indexed (by Google), as of March 19, 2012. In our wildest dreams, there’s no way we could have imagined this happening.

It had always been BMR’s philosophy that if we did things a bit different from other networks, we would not only have a better quality service to offer our users, but a longer life in this fickle industry. Sadly, it appears this was not the case.

We know you all have a ton of questions and concerns as a result of today’s news. We want to keep you informed directly, instead of relying in mis-information that sometimes comes as a result of speculation. Naturally, considering the short amount of time that’s passed since we learned of the de-indexing, we don’t have the answers to all the questions ourselves. Hopefully, the next few days will provide more clarity on our future direction.

For the time being, BMR will be shutting down our service in its current form. Whether we’ll re-open again after the dust settles and we’re able to determine the root cause of the de-indexing activity remains to be seen.

User Notes

• We will be processing refunds for unused outsource credits and subscription payments for the current month, pro-rated through March 19, 2012; however, it will take some time to process these refunds, so we ask for your patience and understanding as we work through this process.
• We plan on adding a function that will allow you to download all of your live, pending and queued posts so that this content can be used elsewhere. Details will be forthcoming.
• If you want to remove posts from our network immediately, please follow the steps outlined here:  http://buildmyrank.com/support/knowledgebase.php?article=56

Affiliate Notes

• Once all refunds have been processed, we’ll issue payouts for all accounts that have pending payments, regardless of whether the $100 threshold has been met.

Please check the blog for updates as we navigate through this process.

On a final note, we understand the impact this will have on the entire IM community. We are so grateful for all the support and encouragement we’ve had over the past two years and regret that things turned out this way.

Online consumer spending rose 12% from 2009 to $32.6 billion in 2010, and it’s expected to rise even further this year. Last year, 4 out of 5 days where paid conversion rates were at their highest were in November. The search for holiday gifts will start early again this year – perhaps even earlier than previous years.

So plan out your campaign and remember to watch your inventory, schedule bid boosts, and go mobile this coming holiday season.

Watch the Inventory

Manage your keyword bids to match your item inventory. While your business infrastructure might have been spared from the worst of the economic foibles of recent years, you know that your inventories were not. Real world cost-cutting inadvertently affected how many items a merchant can have at any given period of time. This holiday season is no different.

Given that a certain item could go out of stock easily if a successful keyword campaign causes high conversion rates for it, you should keep an eye out for dwindling supplies and pause relevant keyword campaigns whenever necessary. Otherwise, you could end up spending for paid search that leads visitors to out of stock items, which of course get you no conversions.

You can expect decreased conversion rates on limited items. This means you can set up alerts whenever there are drastic conversion rate decreases which may point out telling reductions in inventory.

Schedule Bid Boosts

Anticipate spikes in online consumer spending and “boost” your keyword bids accordingly. No, you do not need to turn clairvoyant and see the future in a crystal ball. You just need to know the probabilities – and the probability that this year’s holiday trends will resemble last year’s is pretty high.

Use your revenue per click (RPC) trends in 2010 as a guide. Take note when your RPC rates increased and how much they increased. Create a schedule of bid boosts accordingly.

So if in 2010 you noticed a 10% RPC rate increase during early November, a 30% increase in late November and early December, and a 15% increase until the first few days of January, then you should pattern your keyword bids to match these expected RPC spikes this year.

Of course, after the festivities – and the RPC rate increases – are over, reset your bid levels to normal.

Go Mobile

Develop a mobile marketing strategy. The social media phenomenon is not the only trend you should take advantage of. Google estimated that as much as 44% of last-minute gift searches will be done on mobile devices – don’t miss out on the opportunity.

There are a few tricks you can use to bolster your mobile marketing strategy. For one thing, position your ads above the fold. There’s too little space on a mobile device; users should be able to see what you offer without scrolling down. Another facet of mobile Web browsing that you can take advantage of is using location extensions within ads to conveniently point shoppers to nearest store locations. The ease and convenience this offers might not mean much for planned holiday gift research, but for people doing last-minute shopping, it might be the only sales pitch you need.

A mobile strategy separate from tablet or desktop oriented campaigns is a must, especially during high-risk, high-profit holiday seasons.

Maximizing the Holiday Spirit

You already know that the busy shopping days of the coming winter holidays also usher in the busiest SEO campaigns for your business. So just match your keyword campaigns to your inventory, boost your keyword bids based on probability, and make sure you have an aggressive mobile marketing strategy, and your holiday ad campaigns will give you a truly Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

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Did you know that 94% of consumers research products online before buying? Or that three out of five people use search engines as a go-to shopping resource?

There is no longer any doubt that buyers go online to research and purchase products and services. Companies that have websites and market online can reap the rewards of connecting with these shoppers.

The hardest part of doing anything can be getting started, so create your game plan now to start getting the payback from marketing online. Here’s how:

Set your goal-
Online marketing can do many things for your business. Choose one or two objectives for starters. For example, do you want to drive visitors to your website, generate more foot traffic to your store or restaurant, or gather emails for a newsletter?

Identify your target-

Be clear about the buyers you want to reach. What do they care about most? What are their problems? Are they currently buying from a competitor? Also consider their gender, hobbies, location and other specifics; these can all help you determine the best ways to reach them, as well as the messages that will work best.

Learn about current customers-

If you have a website, ask your current customers how they found it. if not, ask them where they go online. This insight can help you focus your efforts.

Check out competitors-

Just because a competitor is doing it doesn’t mean it works – but it might. Reviewing what your competition is doing can help you create your own unique approach.

Set a Strategy-

Taking time to think through your plan before you begin can dramatically improve your results. Choose one or two tactics that work within your budget, make sense for your audience and that you can commit the time to manage effectively. Many successful online marketers take a “test and refine” approach to get the greatest payback.

Track your results-

Online marketing makes it easy to measure program performance; take advantage of this by closely monitoring the response to your marketing programs. Increase your investment in the programs that work well and revise components of programs that aren’t working as well as you would like to see how your programs improves.

10 Ways to Use the Internet to Grow Your Business

From affiliate marketing to online classifieds, there are many ways to build your business online. Here’s a look at ten popular online marketing options:

1. Local listings and classifieds. Create your business listing on listing sites such as Citysearch to ensure that costumers searching for nearby businesses find yours. Some listings allow you to promote offers such as sales and new products. Customer review sites are basically local directories like Yelp that allow users to express their opinions about businesses.

2. Search advertising. Search advertising is a method of placing online ads on Web pages near search engine results. With AdWords (www.google.com/adwords), you can deliver your message at the moment someone is searching for the type of product or service you offer. Choose keywords that relate as closely as possible to your offerings so you receive the most likely prospects. For CPC ads, you pay only when someone clicks on your ad.

3. Contextual ads. Contextual advertising takes display ads to the next level, by placing them on sites related to your offerings; for example, if you sell sporting goods, your ad may perform better on sports-related sites. Services are available that automatically distribute ads to sites based on the content of those sites.

4. Display ads. You’ve probably seen the dancing aliens; that’s a display, or banner, ad. Do-it-yourself display ad builders, including Google’s AdWords display ad builder (www.google.com/displaynetwork) can help design your ad. You can also distribute your display ad via ad networks and ad management systems.

5. Geotargeting. Geotargeting simply means advertising to prospects in specific locations – which could be very useful, for example, if you sell dresses only in Dallas. One way to get started is to create a listing on Google Places(http://places.google.com/business)

6. Group buying. Connect with new costumers through programs that offer multiple buyers collective purchasing deals. There are many popular group buying sites available to use.

7. Mobile marketing. Many smartphones and mobile devices provide wed browsing, GPS, cameras and video capabilities. This means you can develop creative promotions with text messages and location-based social networks.

8. Social networking sites. Cultivate new business through social networking sites where members share stories and recommend products and services.

9. Affiliate marketing. Affiliate marketing lets you get other businesses to drive prospects to your website. Some affiliates may allow you to set up a store on their domains, such as comparison shopping sites.

10. Online videos. Reach new audiences by posting videos on video-sharing sites. The best videos tend to be short (less than three minutes) and have an offer, such as a free copy pf a report or product discount, to motivate viewers to take action. MobileDemand is one of many small businesses with a YouTube channel to help spread company nres and information.

Measuring Your Results

Online marketing generates a wealth of data to let you assess and refine your marketing programs. Start with there easy-to-track performance measures:

Website analytics-

Dig into your visitor data to see where your most promising leads come from. The quality of your traffic usually trumps quantity – for example, a referral site that delivers four buying costumers may be worth more than one that delivers 50 window shoppers. Google Analytics (www.google.com/analytics) is a great place to start, and it’s free.

Clickthroughs-

The basic measure of an online ad’s impact is how many people click on it to visit your site. Click through rates are often strongest with a compelling visual, message or offer, combines woth placement on the right sites.

Conversions-

How many people who see your ads “convert” into buyers or take a specific action, such as subscribing to your newsletter? Take a look at your conversion rates to help determine which outreach efforts are most cost-effective.

Phone Number Tracking-

Using a unique phone number in your ads lets you see exactly how many calls your campaign has generated. Platforms like AdWords Call Metris (www.google.com/ads/innovations/callmetrics.html) make this easy by assigning a different number to each campaign. This feature, which lets you track calls by ad and shift your spending, provides clear evidence that online marketing can lead to real leads, customers and offline success.

Landing pages-

A landing page is any page on your website where traffic is sent specifically to prompt an action. For example, you might create different landing pages for different display ads. Landing pages let you customize your message and track program performance accurately. Keep the landing page simple – if you want visitors to buy, make that the focus of the page; don’t distract them with newsletter links, webcasts, blogs, Facebook links or cute puppy videos.

Online Marketing: Something for Every Business

Online marketing success stories can sometimes leave a small business owner wondering if it would really work for them. What if you don’t have a website – can you still reach customers online? What about online-only companies? Fear not. With all the online marketing options available, one (or more) is likely to help almost any business. Here are strategies to help four particular kinds of businesses. Use them to help start or improve your online marketing efforts.

Storefrint Business-

Main Street is full of companies with a prominent storefront and no website. Gift shops, restaurants, wine stores and other storefront businesses can use an online presence to drive offline success. Try:

1. Claiming your Google Places page.

2. Promoting your business on customer review sites.

3. Creating a blog.

4. Offering incentives for location-based activities, such as visiting your store multiple times.

Local Business-

Traditional companies – plumbers, real estate agents and the like can gain loads of payoff from online marketing by making it easy for customers to find them. Try:

1. Claiming your Google Places page.

2. Submitting your site to online directories. Don’t forget any trade organizations you belong to.

3. Using social media to connect with target customers and prospects.

4. setting up a search advertising account and place a geotargeted ad.

Online Only Business-

Online retailers can spread the word about their offerings, stay connected with customers and keep traffic flowing in the virtual door with online marketing. Try:

1. Creating a blog.

2. Sending a newsletter.

3. Making a banner ad and place it on an ad network.

4. Staring an affiliate program.

Online & Offline Business-

For businesses that are online and offline – think a bed and breakfast or a toy store – the sky is the limit for attracting business and connecting the two. Try:

1. Claiming your Google Places page.

2. Collecting email addresses from physical visitors to start an e-newsletter.

3. Distributing online coupons through your website.

4. Setting up a search advertising account and place a geotargeted ad.

Key Terms

Online marketing terminology can seem like a new language. Let us translate for you.

Ad Group: A collection of ads within a campaign that corresponds to a group of related keywords.

Ad Network: An advertising company that connects businesses wanting to run ads with websites that will host ads. Ad networks sell and serve most banner ads.

Affiliated Marketing: A marketing tactic in which one company pays another for each visitor or customer brought by its marketing efforts.

Banner Ad: A type of ad, usually with graphics, that appears on a web page and links to an advertiser’s website.

Campaign: A component of your account that allows you to focus your advertising on specific products or services. Each campaign can contain multiple ad groups.

Clickthrough Rate (CTR): The number of clicks an ad receives divided by the number of times the ad is shown.

Contextual Advertising: A type of advertising based on the content displayed to the user.

CPA, CPC, CPM:  Cost per action/ acquisition (CPA) is an online payment model by which advertisers pay for each action completed because a visitor clicked on their ad. With cost per click (CPC), advertisers pay for each ad clickthrough. With cost per thousand (CPM), advertisers pay for every 1,000 impressions.

Flash: A software plugin that enables browsers to play multimedia animations, such as video.

Geotargeting: A method of delivering online ads based on the physical locations of web surfers.

Google AdWords: Google’s advertising program based on cost-per-click pricing.

Group Buying: When a group of customers come together to leverage the group’s size in exchange for discounts on products or services.

Impressions: The number of times an ad is viewed. One impression is one banner ad displayed on one web page.

Keyword: Words used for a given ad group to target potential customers.

Landing Page: A web page where visitors are taken after they click on an ad or search result. This may be a website home page or a unique page developed specifically for a marketing campaign.

Negative Keyword: Specific terms that you can exclude in paid search results. For example, if you select “free trial” as a negative keyword, your ad will not show as a result of any search including both “free” and “trial.”

Rich Media: A type of technology that includes graphics, audio or video within an ad.

Search Engine Marketing (SEM): The practice of promoting a website through a search engine.