In charge of building your first PPC account? Don’t have a lot of time or money to spend within AdWords? Well you came to the right place. This is the… Read More
Your Internet Marketing Company
Portent, Inc. is one of North America’s premier Internet marketing companies. Since 1995, we’ve helped clients attract an audience, then build significance within it. Look around. Learn about us. Then contact us and learn how we can help you grow your business.
How to Be ‘Weird, Useful, Significant’
Portent's CEO Ian Lurie gives a visual manifesto on reaching and retaining customers: Create attention-worthy content, deliver true value, and above all, make significance your goal.
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Waste-Per-Click: 10 Ways You're Losing Money on PPC
June 27 — Wonder if your PPC budget is burning money? Get the answer in Elizabeth Marsten's webinar. Whether you manage your own, or have someone manage it for you, you'll never save so much money in one hour.
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We Optimize Your Website
From Every Angle
The alphabet soup of Internet marketing is complex and ever changing: SEO, PPC, CRO. What does it all mean? To fully capitalize on its power means understanding not just the pieces, but how they interact and build on one another.
That's why so many companies have come to rely on Portent. We have experts in all Internet marketing specialties such as Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Pay Per Click (PPC) campaigns. As important, these experts work side-by-side, collaborating and combining their strength, for your benefit.
SEO
SEO is synonymous with ROI in Internet marketing. If search engines can’t find your website, neither can customers. Leave the geek-work to us to position your business on the Internet.
PPC
The staff at Portent is Google AdWords Certified. That means they know the best ways for you to get better rankings on major search engines, without overspending.
Social
The astonishing growth and acceptance of social media such as Facebook and Twitter provides a marvelous new pathway to communicate with customers, if you know the rules. We do.
Creative
To many potential customers and clients, your web site provides that first vital impression. Our award-winning web designers make certain it’s a good one.
Strategy
With so many options available, it’s far too easy to underutilize or waste advertising dollars on the web. Our vast experience and advanced monitoring techniques ensure a higher ROI for you.
Analytics
Have that nagging feeling your Google Analytics isn't working, or that you're not getting enough out of it? Portent's seasoned team of experts helps you turn your data into profitable business decisions.
Happy clients say it better
than we ever could
We all know that with lots of companies, claims of “superior customer service” are just empty promises. And rather than tell you we’re different, we welcome you to check with any of our clients and see how they’re treated at Portent.
We’re confident you’ll hear things like how carefully we listen, how fast we respond to requests and how we anticipate and prevent problems.
Most important, you’ll hear about how working with Portent has improved business by increasing the number of leads and conversions, and raising ROI.
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PPC Complete Package
In PPC, cents matter.
The difference between an efficient, profitable campaign and a costly, wasteful one can boil down to a few pennies per word… consequently, management is everything.
At Portent, we hire AdWords/Bing Ads certified experts known for their own brand of sense. Our PPC Complete package is the perfect choice for businesses that require serious, full service SEM management.
Don’t let a small overspend turn into a giant cost center. Contact our experts to see what we can do for you.
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