top 19 things business owners need to know about sem in 2011
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What are the top 19 things business owners need to know about search engine marketing in 2011? This presentation covers search engine optimization (SEO), pay-per-click (PPC), social media, mobile & local search, and analytics.TRANSCRIPT
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The Top 19 Things Business Owners Need to Know About Search Engine Marketing in
2011
Presented to388 Alumni
April 26, 2011
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1. SEM offers incredible value to businesses today
Huge marketing channel
Internet users in North America
(Internet World Stats, 6/10)
Searches in the U.S. every month - and growing
(comScore qSearch, 12/09)
SEMPO & Econsultancy, 4/11
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1. SEM offers incredible value to businesses today
Flexible
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1. SEM offers incredible value to businesses today
Measurable
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1. SEM offers incredible value to businesses today
Offers significant ROI
Average: $1 $9
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Search Engine Optimization
(SEO)
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Organic, editorial,
natural, algorithmic
results (SEO - Search Engine Optimization)
Paid listings, sponsored links,
pay-per-click (PPC) ads, cost per click (CPC)
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2. Universal Search: optimize more than your corporate site
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3. Personalized Search means results vary for everyone
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4. Organic keywords shouldn’t trigger editorial results
80% editorial
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4. Organic keywords shouldn’t trigger editorial results
80% commercial
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5. Optimized press releases work
- Bypass the press & go directly to your prospects
- Take up more room in the SERPs
- Build links pointing to your site
- Generate brand awareness & site traffic
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5. Optimized press releases work
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6. Link-building: critical & must be done right
YES: high quantity of quality links, relevant sites, hand-selected sites, diversified link types, content/ campaign creation (“link bait”), leveraging other marketing tactics
NO: link farms, irrelevant sites, automated submissions, too many links from the same type of site, reciprocal links, paid links, content farms
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7. Usability: more important than SEO even? (Yes!)
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7. Usability: more important than SEO even? (Yes!)
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7. Usability: more important than SEO even? (Yes!)
Starting point
SEO only
Usability only
SEO + Usability
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Paid Search, akaPay-Per-Click
(PPC)
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Organic, editorial,
natural, algorithmic
results (SEO)
Paid listings, sponsored links,
pay-per-click (PPC) ads, cost per click (CPC)
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8. Pull PPC levers wisely
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9. Focus more on PPC ad copy and less on bids
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10. Landing pages can make or break a campaign
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Social Media
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11. Social media can be leveraged for SEO purposes
Content
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11. Social media can be leveraged for SEO purposes
Votes
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11. Social media can be leveraged for SEO purposes
Links
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12. Customer reviews are becoming more important
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13. PPC run on social media sites can really work
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Mobile & Local Search
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14. Being found in local/maps/ places results is critical
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15. Consider running PPC on mobile devices
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15. Consider running PPC on mobile devices
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Analytics
(How do we know this is working?)
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16. Monitor your company & brand name(s)
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17. Goal: take up as much room in the SERPs as possible
Website
Twitter profile
Facebook profile
LinkedIn profile
BusinessWeek profile
(not us)
Optimized press release
Video (not us)
Website
Website
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18. Call tracking ensures you’re measuring all results
66%
33%
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18. Call tracking ensures you’re measuring all results
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18. Call tracking ensures you’re measuring all results
Mini Case Study:
-71% of leads came in by phone
-Increased PPC bids
-Doubled the number of PPC leads generated
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19. Import referral data into CRM to measure true ROI
CRM (Salesforce etc.)
• Fields filled out on form
Number of S.E. leads, estimated revenue based on average closing rate & sales amount
Number of customers from all sources & total revenue generated
Reporting Disconnect:
Historical Method
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19. Import referral data into CRM to measure true ROI
CRM (Salesforce etc.)
• Fields filled out on form
Number of S.E. customers & revenue generated
Today’s Method
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