Warren Cowan

Warren Cowan

Warren Cowan is CEO at Greenlight which he founded in 2001. Warren has worked exclusively in the search marketing industry for over 13 years. He has developed unrivalled search knowledge and a unique perspective on the growth and movement of the industry, while actively directing and driving the company’s 115 strong team in its global growth and product development.

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10 th Jun 2009

Greenlight scoops another IDM award!

I'm very proud to announce that Greenlight's paid search expertise and creativity have been recognised nationally for our work with Radisson Edwardian! Last Thursday I attended the IDM gala dinner at the Royal Garden Hotel in Kensington and was delighted to receive our award in the digital categ...

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15 th Oct 2008

Searching for responses to a crisis

In Mandarin the word 'crisis' is composed of two characters; one represents danger, the other opportunity. It's these polarised realities that should form the backbone of any strategy for dealing with the whole gamut of possible calamities that could befall your business. The immediacy of search...

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05 th Jun 2008

Parasitic paid search – Part 1

Up and down the country in marketing departments far and wide, people are summarily passing judgement on keywords and executing them from campaigns because they don't cost in, do the numbers, make the results, and get the returns.

But not many marketers have the time to ask why. The naive math of...

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29 th Nov 2007

Crossing the pond with your search engine marketing strategy

With the internet succeeding so far in keeping its promise to bring us all closer and break down geographical barriers to commerce, selling more to more people in more places has never been more possible. Search engine marketing (SEM) is perhaps the fastest, most cost effective and logistically friendly way to take advantage of this opportunity and extend your market reach into new countries and territories.
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02 nd Apr 2008

What a 'Quant Jock' can do for your paid search profits!

There's a new wind that's been blowing on the paid search management front and it stands to save people a lot of time in the way they manage paid search and produce considerably better returns in the process.

The change represents an evolution in paid search management systems. It sees technology...

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17 th Dec 2008

Watching is down. Searching and socialising are on the up.

Audiences are on the move and marketers need to shift their focus to follow them if they want to continue growing or retaining their market share.

According to recent findings by the European Interactive Advertising Association (EIAA), the internet is rivalling TV and outstripping print and outdo...

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11 th Dec 2009

Hold the front page....Man has turkey sandwich!

Google released real-time search this week, incorporating Twitter and kin. So we at Greenlight took it for a road test. We evaluated what the pros and cons are for users and for marketers.  Amidst all the hype, I can't help feeling the usefulness of the results seems to range from the incon...

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