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This presentation was given to graduate students studying digital marketing. They learned a number of effective optimization techniques for dramatically increasing website authority and presence.
Grow your ranking, grow your traffic, grow your business.
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What We’ll Cover
• Table Setting
• Defining Your Strategy/Positioning
• Developing a Web Presence – Paid, Earned,
and Owned
• Search Engine Marketing (PPC)
• Social Media
• Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
• Wrap Up/Next Steps
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Defining Your Strategy
• What makes you unique?
– Differentiators
– Value Proposition
– (ex: ‘sales and marketing
software for small business’ – Infusionsoft)
• Who is your target market?
– Can’t be all things to all people
• What are your online goals?
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Paid Media
• Pay-per-click
– Google Adwords, Yahoo, Bing
– Based on keywords, geography,
and budget
– Mobile vs. Desktop
• Display ads
– Google Display Network (GDN)
– Geo, site specific, behavior
• Retargeting/Remarketing
• Social Media ads
– Facebook
– Twitter
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Earned Media
• Content
– Unique and engaging
– Frequent
• Brand Mentions
• Shares
– Has direct impact on organic
rankings/engagement
• Reposts
• Reviews
– Growing in importance
– Essential for all business types
– Rich Snippets (schema)
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Owned Media
• Website
– Primary online asset
– To inform and convert
• Mobile Site
– Growing percentage of searches
• Blog
– Your opportunity to shape your
message, grow your site, etc.
• Social Media channels
– You control the content,
frequency, and dialog
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Paid Media (Pay-Per-Click)
• Also Know As…
– Search Engine Marketing (SEM), Google
Adwords, PPC
• Ad Types
– Text (may include thumbnail) or Display
• Retargeting
• Ad Networks
– Google, Yahoo, and Bing; Google Display
Network, Facebook, Amazon, RTB
Benefits: Target individuals at the precise
moment they are searching for your product or
service and only pay for performance… pay-per-
click.
Know Your Numbers
Impressions – amount of
time your ads are shown
Click-through-rate (CTR)
– percentage of time
your ad is clicked on over
number of impressions
Opt-in-rate – percentage
of time visitors opt-in to
your offer or promotion
Conversion rate – sales
as a percentage of spend
or traffic
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Wow, Attract, Sell
• Wow
– Know your target audience
– Develop engaging content
– Make it easy to share, repost, etc.
• Attract
– Quality content generates interest and
engagement
– Ask for shares, reposts, etc. (pass it on)
• Sell
– Make recommendations
– Offer exclusive social media promotions
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Social Channels (demographics)
• 53% male
• 47% female
• 65% of users are 35+
• 80% female
• 20% male
• 1 hr. 17 min per week
(avg. user)
• 53% female
• 47% male
• Primary demo is
American women <25
• 50% female
• 50% male
• Largest
demographic is 18-
34 year olds
• 68% female
• 32% male
• 90% of users are <35
• 67% male
• 33% female
• 28 year-old male techie
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Social Engagement
• Natural sharing
– Quality content
– Targeted content
– Content that only you can provide
• Start with an Editorial Calendar
– Key months/days related to your industry
– Monthly topics
• Pay for advertising
– Facebook
– Twitter sponsored post
• Use data and insights to inform
your strategy
51. This Will Get You in Trouble:
Crappy Links
Seek out
links to rank
better
Acquire
them
manually
Submit,
pay, beg,
trade, etc.
+ + = Low Scalability
Risk of Penalties
This Will Get You the Right Links:
Do stuff
worthy of
attention
Earn
amplifi-
cation
Links come
in naturally
+ + =
Traffic
Branding
Rankings
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Pulling It Together
• Building Well SEO’d Sites Are Essential For
Building A Powerful Brand
• Local Search Is Driving Local AND Nation
Results
• Build Local Pages (National or Local Reach)
• Content Is Still King But It Must Be Yours
• It’s All About Amplification
• The Link Game Has Changed