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Today s agenda 8.30 9.00 Part 1 9.00 9.10 Worksheet 1 9.10 9.15 Break Introduction Chris Muirhead Director LexisClick Presenter Stephen Bavister Managing Director LexisClick Why is Google so important? 9.15 9.45 Part 2 Google+, YouTube and the rest 9.45 9.55 Worksheet 2 and Action Plan 9.55 10.10 Q&A 10.10 10.30 Networking and Finish
Introduction to LexisClick We help our clients marketing succeed through the power of online technologies and communities through services including: Easy to find A pleasure to use SEO Services Online Advertising Email Marketing Services Social Media Marketing Web Design Marketing Services To make them... A growing business needs to be... Regularly recommended The first to return to
An introduction to your speaker Started life in studio production at Rodway Smith Advertising followed by a spell with Walt Disney then back into the agency world looking after clients like Multisoft Financial Systems, Tetra Business Systems, Hyperion, Remedy Software, Ideal Hardware and Uvex. I have been involved in all areas of B2B marketing, advertising, print and production covering all aspects of product launches, roadshows, exhibitions, overseas events and more recently with LexisClick focusing on website design and development for the B2B environment and all that involves with regard to SEO and online marketing. Chris Muirhead Director LexisClick
Introduction to your presenter Lead Digital Marketing Consultant at LexisClick, 2007 present. Started working in online marketing, designing and building websites in 1997 when he designed and built British Steel s first website from the delights of Scunthorpe. Followed by 10 years working in London in digital marketing across a variety of industry sectors both within business and as a consultant with 6 years spent at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) as a digital marketing consultant. Stephen Bavister Managing Director LexisClick
Why is Google so important?
Who here uses Google?
The most valuable companies in the world Apple has emerged as the most valuable brand in the world, passing Coca-Cola which held the top position for 13 years. 2013 Rank 2012 Rank Brand Brand Name Sector Brand Value ($m) 1 2 Apple Technology 98,316 2 4 Google Technology 93,291 3 1 Coca-Cola Beverages 79,213 4 3 IBM Business Services 78,808 5 5 Microsoft Technology 59,546 http://www.interbrand.com/en/best-global-brands/2013/top-100-list-view.aspx
The size of Google The size of the World Wide Web: Estimated size of Google s index Size Google (number of webpages) 48 46 Size in billion webpages 44 42 40 38 36 34 32 30 10 jul 2013 28 jul 2013 15 jul 2013 02 Sep 2013 20 Sep 2013 08 oct 2013 http://www.worldwidewebsize.com
Google s market share UK Search Engine Market Share September 2013 Google Bing Yahoo Others UK Search Engine September 2013 share (%) August 2013 share (%) Change 88.82 89.11-0.29 6.67 6.35 +0.32 3.28 3.22 +0.06 Others 1.23 1.32-0.09 http://theeword.co.uk/seo-manchester/september_2013_uk_search_engine_market_share_stats.html
SEO SEO Bournemouth Google Search I m Feeling Lucky
What is SEO? Paid for It is about getting your website here Organic SEO
A few reasons why it is important 95% of consumer purchases involve search 93% of B2B purchases start with search 64% of people researching a new product start online http://grindstone.com/blog/?tag=the-importance-of-search-engine-optimization-in-b2b-transactions
How often do you get past the first page of Google?
You re in good company Top Google results 36.4% CTR No.2 gets 12.5% CTR No.3 gets 9.5% CTR http://www.optify.net/search-marketing/15-facts-organic-search-click-through-rate
It is important but how does it work? Relevance, trust, awareness = recommendation / rankings Making your site relevant Identify the key phrases being used Make sure the site uses these phrases correctly and regularly Make sure the site has a good proportion of content based around these phrases Building trust The more links you build to your site from other relevant pages and sites, it is a vote for your site The more trusted the site is that links to you, the greater the benefit of the link Building awareness Creating links into the site Google indexes these pages and then finds your site from them Give other businesses and customers reasons to link to you Relevance Awareness High Rankings Trust
What do you need to be working? Onsite optimisation, keywords, landing pages, content Trusted links Social sharing
Why does Google change? Google is a business that provides a service 10 years of updates Unique content All linked up
This is where Google makes its money and there s a reason why! You can get immediate results, SEO can take months and longer Hopefully you know how Google Adwords works As with SEO the focus is on quality
Where s Google making its money? http://www.wordstream.com/articles/most-expensive-keywords
Ad Extensions Offer Extensions Offer Location Extensions Sitelinks Call Extensions
Ad Extensions Offer Extensions Offer Extensions help you drive more foot traffic to your store or local business by distributing your promotions through your AdWords campaigns.
Ad Extensions Location Extensions You can extend your AdWords campaigns by dynamically attaching your business address to your ads, with Location Extensions
Ad Extensions Call Extensions Call Extensions help generate calls for your business by showing a phone number next to your full ad on Google search
Ad Extensions Sitelinks Ad Sitelinks add value to your existing AdWords ads by providing additional links to specific, relevant content deeper within your sitemap
Product Listing Ads Product Listing Ads are search ads that include richer product information, such as product image, price and merchant name, without requiring additional keywords or ad text. Product Listing Ads allow you to promote your products on Google Shopping and create a more engaging user experience.
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Worksheet 1
Worksheet 1 Name: Company: Thinking about your business, rate the following statements 1 = Strongly Disagree, 3 = Agree, 5 = Strongly Agree Strongly Disagree Agree Strongly Agree 1 2 3 4 5 Action I am going to take I have a comprehensive SEO strategy for my business I regularly monitor my concise key phrase list that I am targeting for rankings I use content marketing to support my SEO and online marketing strategy I use Google Adwords for my business I am using Google Adwords advanced features remarketing, display and product ads
Google+ Overview Currently at approximately 500 million users 235 million of these are active in a given month Growing in importance particularly in Google s world Facebook is a huge risk to Google Google will do everything to take over popularity Google+ is taken into account with SEO, if SEO is important for you Google+ will help http://googleblog.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/google-communities-and-photos.html
What s different about Google+ 3 things mainly It is owned by Google and will be used to influence their search results Circles which can allow you to segment your contacts based on their interests to send specific messages to specific interest groups Video communicate directly with your Circle via video
The benefits of Google+ particularly for search It improves Google s intelligence if you re logged in Google knows it is you and can personalise results Improves search results quality as it is easier to police spammers Changes the decision making process with +1 s or votes for your site Websites actively using Google s +1 get 3x the number of Google+ visits +1 votes improve click through rates from organic rankings
A few recommendations for Google+ If you haven t already set-up a Google+ page for your business Make sure you have a Google+ share button for your content Share lots of photos people are most likely to share photos and video content Add recommended links Promote your Google+ page where-ever you can the same goes for Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn etc Segment your contacts using Circles and send specific messages to specific interest groups Google+ has a long way to go to be as popular and well used as Facebook, but is highly likely to grow in importance over the next few years
It is all about Trust
Authorship
Google Shopping
Google Shopping
Paid for service Now Live
Maps & local
Maps & local
Now Google+ Pages
Now Google+ Pages
A few facts & figures http://www.pinterest.com/pin/415457134346101392/
Google Images There are billions images on Google
Build your Google Analytics Knowledge Conversion University Multiple short presentations covering almost all things related to Google Analytics Google Analytics YouTube Channel Useful videos showing how to identify data insights using Google Analytics Google Analytics Blog Stay up- to- date on the latest Google Analytics developments and case studies Google Website Optimiser Blog Stay up- to- date on the latest Google Analytics/Website Optimizer analysis that helps to increase conversions Google Analytics Help Center Useful center to find more information about Google Analytics features/tasks/troubleshooting
How can LexisClick help you?
How can LexisClick help you? SEO Adwords Management Social Media Strategy and Planning How you can make the most of Google+ Content production and planning Authorship Maps and local marketing management Video production and Marketing YouTube optimisation and channel set-up Google Analytics Webmaster Tools
Worksheet 2
Worksheet 2 Thinking about your business, rate the following statements 1 = Strongly Disagree, 3 = Agree, 5 = Strongly Agree Strongly Disagree Agree Strongly Agree 1 2 3 4 5 Action I am going to take I use Google+ for my business I have addressed authorship for my content and am actively building my author trust I regularly review my Google Maps / Places listings I use YouTube and video marketing for my business I regularly review Google Analytics to understand where my business can be performing better
Action plan Write down 3 to 5 important actions from the worksheets to take away and action for your business. Name: Date: Company: Total Score: Action Priority By When Assigned To
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