Advanced Internet Marketing Techniques Silicon Valley SCORE - 2015 Kevin Dean, Internet Marketing Consultant WSI Net Advantage (510) 687-9737 www.wsinetadvantage.com
Maximizing Return on Web Investment Map SEARCH Local SEO PPC Video Analytics Website Updates Services Tools Flexibility Competitive Environment Strategies Tools Quality Conversion Style Access NEWS SOCIAL MEDIA REPUTATION LETTERS Traditional Media Sales Team Blogs News Reviews PR Forum Yellow Pgs Magazines Newspaper Community Visibility Calls Demo Trade Shows Mail Monitor Contribute? Yelp Twitter Industry Lists Clients Segment Frequency Track
To Be Successful, You must Be Found!!
Word Of Mouth Marketing It s Almost FREE! Talk about your website to everyone you know Articles, press releases or advice columns! Business Cards - ALWAYS Ads, association memberships, sponsorship, events, banners, magnets Packaging bags, boxes, bottles, labels, receipts, invoices, notepads Guerilla Marketing by Jay Conrad Levinson
Integrate Your Marketing Send a Consistent Message EMails, post cards and notices Stationary, Invoices, Receipts EVERY Business Card! Labels, Hand-outs, Checks Graphical Links between members Does your website resemble your other forms of marketing? Color, language, attitude, flair? Is your service personal? Have a GOOD picture!
Email Signature File
It Starts with a Website
And How People Use It
Don t Forget Mobile!
Search Engines Play A Huge Role in Marketing Search Engines work for the Searchers Goal: Provide the best search RESULTS Ignoring search engine marketing usually makes a website a waste of time and money Source: comscore asearch 2.0
Traditional Search Traffic Advertising Google + Natural Search Directories Blogs and Social
Heat Map Understand searchers tendencies to help set your expectations Position Determines Cost of Click Difficulty / competition Visibility Potential Traffic www.eyetools.com
Use Local Search Results! Ex: plumbers San Jose Claim your local listing Ensure your information is correct and consistent Google + Yahoo Bing Yelp CitySearch Look for More! It s Free!
Google +
Marketing Starts with the Right Keywords Broad popularity Niche opportunities Localization Questions Where in the Buying Cycle Familiar phrases / slang Technical versus common words
Sources of Ideas Google AdWords Keyword Tool Wordtracker.com Keyword Tool Wordtracker.com/Labs Competitor sites Call a prospect or client
Keywords might mean different things on different Search Engines!!
How soon before the purchase does research begin? Source: Enquiro & Marketingsherpa
Sources of Ideas Your Competition s Meta-tags and Content <title>san Jose Plumbing :: San Jose, CA</title> <meta name="description" content="sewer and drain cleaning, all plumbing repairs, San Jose, California."> <meta name="keywords" content="san jose, california, plumbing, sewer, drain cleaning, repairs"> 22 Incoming Links
Traditional Search Traffic Pay Per Click Ads (PPC)
Pay Per Click Instant visibility Uses same keyword tools as natural search Selective or broad reach 1 or 1000 s of keywords Ad testing, Video, network / search Localize or national Lots of metrics available Like a faucet (On and Off!)
Cost Per Clicks and Competition
Landing Pages Create web page content from each section of the Special Report Add to the website and link through to the special report Landing Page
Good Page Layout Based on Research www.eyetools.com
Test Different Landing Pages
Search Engine Optimization
What to Talk About? Importance on a scale of 1 to 7 Source: Enquiro & Marketingsherpa
Steps to SEO Success 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Understand that SEO is important SEO landscape going forward Content Marketing - the perfect blue print The Perfect Page - get your content found Content that creates conversation Reputation Management Be in lots of places Digital Marketing Plan putting it all together
Understanding SEO Basics 1. Make your TEXT readable 2. Use words a BUYER uses 3. Use a Title 4. Use a Description 5. Incoming Links 6. Use your keyphrases 7. Alt-Text, internal links, Headers 8. Keyphrase in URL, image titles 9. Know your competition
Where Are They On Your Site? Title Description H1, H2 Tags Content Alternate text Image titles Link tools Link text Site Maps Localization
Content Marketing
What Is Social Media social media is basically a conversation hi social media whats up?
SEO & SMO Work Together Just adding pages and pages of content as an SEO strategy may not cut it anymore And I m SMO. Hello. I m SEO. Social Media is the new way to take your SEO strategy to the next level Social Media increases the number of high quality links & targeted traffic Source: emarketer data April 23, 2009
A step by step approach To Social Media Heaven That is repeatable That you can use yourself
Have Goals and Measure Them Must include big picture goals, and more near term task specific goals The preference is for goals to be measurable The goal package should include stretch goals Examples include: Number of connections Number of mentions Volume of content produced Sentiment Ratio Conversion rate to Webpages Velocity of progress vs. competition Revenue on demand conversion rates
Use of Social Media Today
Your Resources vs. Sources of Information How many is too many?
Blogging Be a Thought Leader
Social Media Optimization Google picks up many social media sources automatically
Pages Contests Interaction Advertising Social Mentions Need followers!
Facebook Advertising
Targeting Demographics
LinkedIn Add Thorough Information Create a Company Page Link to friends and acquaintances Join Groups Post blogs Add ideas for conversation Keep in Touch Advertise
Twitter tweets
Your company now has a way to express a personality, and an opinion
Manage Your Reputation Ask Your Clients to Chat About You!
Customer Ratings Mean a Lot
Targeted Websites are Opportunities for Display Advertising
Try Affiliate Marketing
Online Press release
Article marketing
YouTube and SlideShare
YouTube
Newsletter Monthly / Quarterly Subject Line 1 Latest Trends in Internet Marketing 2 New Tools Make Website Management Easy 3 Choosing the Right Keywords for your Products 4 Why are There So Many Marketing Options? 5 Best Website Improvement Projects
Customer Contact Model Your Digital Plan Themes
Metrics Is it Paying Off? Method Paid Search SEO Social Media Clicks / Visitors Number of Sales Value of Sales Leads Page Impressions Profit Margin Branding Position Telephone Lifetime Value Source: data provided to emarketer 4/23/2009
Maximizing Return on Web Investment Map SEARCH Local SEO PPC Video Analytics Website Updates Services Tools Flexibility Competitive Environment Strategies Tools Quality Conversion Style Access NEWS SOCIAL MEDIA REPUTATION LETTERS Traditional Media Sales Team Blogs News Reviews PR Forum Yellow Pgs Magazines Newspaper Community Visibility Calls Demo Trade Shows Mail Monitor Contribute? Yelp Twitter Industry Lists Clients Segment Frequency Track
IN CONCLUSION There are many new and exciting Internet Marketing opportunities All provide challenges, none are truly free Break up the content into various social media bits Optimize the content Drive to Landing page Measure results Try Different Methods Get Help
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