PPC and SEO Don't Need to Compete for Marketing Budget

Clicks Versus Search: 5 Lessons Learned in the War Over Marketing Budget 

The two channels have similar methods and goals that can help them play nice

Can’t we all just get along?

The perennial conflict between paid ads and earned media is perhaps more stark than ever—but pay-per-click and SEO don’t have to always be at each other’s throats for a bigger cut of the marketing budget. In fact, they work extremely well together: The strategies and strengths of PPC and SEO can work in tandem, reinforcing their disparate values that ultimately lead to conversions and engagement.

In the spirit of world peace—and as the dust on the latest Google algorithm update has settled a bit for brands and platforms—here are a few ways you can use them together to mitigate each channel’s limitations and get the maximum benefit from each.

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Andrew Shotland

Andrew Shotland is CEO of Local SEO Guide.