WHAT WILL YOU LEARN?

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Make SEO an Integral Part of Your Online Travel Marketing Strategy.

This training course for travel and tourism industry professionals provides in-depth instructions and practical tips on how to optimize your travel websites to improve your search performance. Make the most of your web content to attract more travelers and engage your target audience.

What You’ve Always Wanted to Know About SEO: All Your Questions Answered!

What Are SEO-Friendly Website Practices?

Why Are Keywords Important?

How Does Link Building Work?

How Does Social Media Affect SEO?

How Can I Measure My SEO Success?

•  You want to make the most of your website to promote travel experiences and engage travelers.

•  You’re looking for ways to improve your web content to attract your target audience.

•  You’re new to SEO and need an easy and practical way to get started on optimizing your website.

•  You’ve already worked with SEO but want to implement strategic approaches to improve your search performance.

This Course Is For You If...

WHY SEO FOR TRAVEL WEBSITES?

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The Internet, and - importantly - online search, has become a key part of how people look for travel ideas and plan their trips. An increasing number of travelers are also turning to their computers and even mobile devices to book their trips.

More and more travelers are using the Internet to find travel information and inspirations.  

TrainingAid Infographic “Online Travel Booking Trends” http://bit.ly/analytics_infographic

More people are using online tools to look for travel information. This is great news for travel brands focusing on digital marketing and promoting quality content about travel destinations, experiences, ideas and tips. But this also means tourism businesses nowadays face fierce competition. That’s why you need a focused and strategic approach to SEO, to increase the chance of your web content being found by your target audience. To do this, you need both short-term quick fixes and long-term strategic changes.

TrainingAid Infographic “Online Travel Booking Trends” http://bit.ly/analytics_infographic

Achieving high search ranking increases your chance of being seen by more travelers who are looking for travel inspirations or comparing options. To make the most of the opportunities you have through search referral traffic, you need strategic and smart approaches to SEO, so that your content is listed for relevant search results and reaches the right audience.

SEO Strategies and Best Practices for Travel Brands

SEO AND CONTENT MARKETING

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SEO as Part of a Larger Marketing Context

SEO is less about optimizing your content for search engines, and more about optimizing for the human searchers, so that your content is found by the right audience: travelers seeking the types of experiences you offer. To achieve this, using keywords and buying a few pay-per-click ads aren’t enough. You need your SEO strategies to be part of a larger marketing context - including blogs, emails, social media, and other platforms and tactics you can use to raise awareness and encourage more customer engagement.

Quality of Your Content Matters for SEO

To improve your search performance, your website content needs to be relevant and important. SEO, however, is not a solution for building relevance and importance. It’s your job to make your content relevant and your website popular. And that’s why SEO is not just about technical approaches to building a search-engine friendly website, but also about effective marketing through quality content - and quality content created, designed, and promoted in the right way.

“ “ The main purpose of your marketing efforts is to engage, inspire and connect with your audience. Don’t build website content optimized just for SEO; that may help you move up on search ranking, but won’t help your business in any meaningful way.

HOW DOES THIS COURSE WORK?

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LESSONS & PRACTICAL TOOLS

Follow our video lessons including how-to instructions and examples, try out hands-on exercises to check your understanding of the course materials, and download practical tools to apply what you’ve learned to your business needs.

DISCUSSIONS, ADDITIONAL RESOURCES & MY NOTES

At the bottom of each course page you can find: Discussions, where you can add questions and share comments; Additional Resources, where you can find links to relevant articles and documents; and My Notes, which you can use to take notes, write down important points, etc., during the course. You can also download your notes as a Word document.

KNOWLEDGE CHECK

The final unit will be a series of questions to test your knowledge based on the course materials. This is optional, however, in order to receive a Certificate of Completion, you must take this test and answer all the questions.

LIFETIME ACCESS

You can access the course anytime from your course dashboard on TrainingAid.org, and you will have access to all the course materials, including your notes and handbook, after you complete the course. You will also find your customized copy of the Certificate of Completion on your dashboard.

ONE-ON-ONE ADVICE & GUIDANCE

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Maximize the benefit of the SEO course by tailoring the learning experience for your specific needs.

Customized Course Add-On Option

One-on-One Advice and Guidance add-on option includes:

•  Course Access: Lifetime access to the online course.

•  Review: A “checkup” of your website and digital presence to review your current SEO and marketing practices.

•  Report: A summary write-up with recommended action steps for optimizing your website and improving your content marketing efforts.

•  Consultation: Face-to-face time or a call (2 hrs) with the course expert,

who will answer your questions and offer tailored advice.

WHAT YOU’LL GET

The benefits of the One-on-One Advice & Guidance add-on option for your business include:

•  Understand Better: Make the most of the SEO course by tailoring the learning

experience for your specific needs. You’ll be ready to get started on optimizing your website so it can be found by your target audience.

•  Apply Smarter: Take your training a step further by applying your knowledge

and implementing key action steps. You will receive honest advice on your

current search performance and tips on where to focus your SEO. •  Improve & Grow: Find out which steps to implement for short-term and long-

term SEO results. Some steps will be easy to implement with immediate

outcomes, others will require more planning and programming experience.

WHAT YOU’LL GAIN

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INTERESTED?

If you’d like to take advantage of the One-on-One Advice & Guidance add-on option, see additional information and submit your interest at:

Our course expert Ferdinand Weps will review your information and contact you to discuss more details and the next steps.

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