This is the presentation I gave last wednesday for those of you that were there and want the slides or if you know anyone that could'nt make it or had to leave before the presenation. We covered what you as a local business can do to get more visibility online.
2. Agenda
• Why do we need SEO?
• How do people find me / what keywords should I use?
• Getting visibility online
My website
Google Places
Social Media
• Measuring what you’re doing
3. Why Do We Need SEO?
But be careful chasing top spot!
9. How do we do Keyword Analysis?
• Google Keyword Tool
• Google Suggest
• 3rd Party Tools e.g. Market Samurai
• Customers / Suppliers / Staff
• Themes & Categories
10.
11. Keyword Evaluation
• Google Insights
• 3rd Party Tools - WordTracker, Market Samurai
• Look at the Google Top 10 yourself!
12. What do I do with keywords once I have them?
Page Title – Very Important
Page Description sits
‘behind the page’ but forms
part of the search snippet
Headings (H1, H2…)
The right content
Images Need Alt Tags
13. Search Snippets
Page Title – Very Important
~65 Chars
Page URL
Page Description
~165 Chars
These are all sales
opportunities, make
sure you have calls
to action
14. On Page SEO – Making The Page Relevant
• Remember Google likes relevancy – the
more up to date the better
• The link to landing page must be seamless
• Google Likes Links - one of the most
important factors in getting ranked
• Inbound links to your website
15. Google Places
If you sell locally, use Google Places – its free and
gets you to the top of the local search results
Example
16. • Add Social Media buttons to your email
signature
• Make them prominent on your website
• Run competitions
• Use printable vouchers
• Build an email list
• Don’t spam, send them something they’ll
want to read