how to measure the return of investment of your seo? - digital first 16/10/2014
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Digital First 2014
Universem - October 16th 2014
How to measure the Return on Investment of your SEO?
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QUICK REMINDER: SEO VS SEA
SEA
SEO
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• Keywords analysis
• Content SEO optimization
Content
• « Crawlers friendly »
• Usage of tags• Optimizations
Technical • « Link building »• Analogy to
« word of mouth »
Popularity
3 SEO PILARS
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Eat quickly… and badly !
Source: http://slimband.com/weight-loss-blog/eating-fast-increases-obesity-risk/
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BB
TAKE EAT EASY BUSINESS CASE
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THREE ROI MEASUREMENT PITFALLS REGARDING SEO
1. Do not confuse visits with ROI!
2. Traffic analysis & “not provided” issue
3. Take into account the full impact of SEO
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I. VISITS VS ROI
“ I know half my advertising isn't working, I just don't know which half. ”William Lever
(1851-1925)
Before …
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Start by setting goals!
Measure and optimize
ROI on the Long-term is the key
Attract visitors
Convert
MeasureOptimize
Repeat business
I. VISITS VS ROI
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Define website goals that we measure and configure
Contact Quote request Subscription to newsletter E-commerce transaction ...
Set the value for each of these goals!
I. VISITS VS ROI IMPACT ON THE BOTTOM LINE!
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In terms of visits:
Continuous increase
SEO visits multiplied by 3 in 6 months
More than 250 SEO visits/day on average
I. WEB ANALYTICS TO ANALYZE SEO
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In terms of revenues:
SEO revenues increased to several tens of thousands €
SEO Revenues multiplied by 6 !
I. WEB ANALYTICS TO ANALYZE SEO
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II. BRANDING VS NON-BRANDING TRAFFIC
SEO Traffic
Non-Branding
Smartphones TV Computer & Multimedia
Gaming & Entertainment
Branding
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II. BRANDING VS NON-BRANDING TRAFFIC
« Not provided » issue
Keyword Sessions Transactions Revenuemediamarkt 4500 300 14.700 € samsung smart TV 1700 100 4.335 € xbox 360 1100 400 2.254 € smartphone 1000 50 2100 € iphone 5 900 200 8.660 €
Keyword Sessions Transactions Revenue(not provided) 9200 1050 32.049 €
And NOW … !
Before…
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II.« NOT PROVIDED » TRICK TO COMPENSATE
Trick to compensate
Keyword Landing page Sessions Transactions Revenue R per Visit
(not provided) / 4500 300 14.700 € 3,27 €(not provided) /mcs/shop/samsung-smart-tv.html?langId=-29 1700 100 4.335 € 2,55 €(not provided) /mcs/productlist/Xbox-360,98952,502854.html?langId=-29 1100 400 2.254 € 2,49€(not provided) /mcs/productlist/Smartphone-%26-GSM,98952,509452.html?langId=-29 1000 50 2100 € 2,10 €
(not provided)/mcs/product/APPLE-iPhone-5-16-GB-noir-(MD297NF-A),98952,509453,659404.html?langId=-29 900 200 8.660 € 9,62 €
Keyword Sessions Transactions Revenue(not provided) 9200 1050 32.049 €
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Which campaign drived the order?
III. MULTI-CHANNEL ATTRIBUTION MODELS
Conversion !
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• Last Click Attribution model
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III. MULTI-CHANNEL ATTRIBUTION MODELS
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• Time Decay Attribution model
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III. MULTI-CHANNEL ATTRIBUTION MODELS
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• In practice, with a tool like Google Analytics:
Top Conversion Paths
III. MULTI-CHANNEL ATTRIBUTION MODELS
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• In practice, with a tool like Google Analytics:
Assisted conversions
III. MULTI-CHANNEL ATTRIBUTION MODELS
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I. WEB ANALYTICS TO ANALYZE SEO
Be-fore
M+1 M+2 M+3 M+4 M+5 M+60
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SUMMARY: ROI SEO ANALYSIS
M 0 M+1 M+2 M+3 M+4 M+5 M+6 - €
2,000 €
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8,000 €
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Monthly SEO revenues
SEO BrandingSEO Non-Branding
Reve
nues
Investment: 8,000 €
Additional revenues (non-
branding): 41.445 €
Margin (20%): 8289 €
Already positive ROI !!
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1. Track ROI instead of rankings or visits
2. Don’t use last-click attribution model only!
3. Continuous improvements is the way to success
KEY TAKEAWAYS
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