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Internet Marketing Strategies and Tactics
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SEO? SEM? PPC? SMM? SMO?S O? S ? C? S ? S O?
• What does it all mean?What does it all mean?– SEO: Search Engine Optimization
C Cli k d i i–PPC: Pay Per Click Advertising
– SEM: Search Engine Marketing
– SMM: Social Media Marketing
– SMO: Social Media OptimizationSMO: Social Media Optimization
– SERP: Search Engine Results Page
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• Two sides to this coin:Two sides to this coin:– On‐Page Factors
Off Page Factors– Off‐Page Factors
• What is most important?
• You need the first side of the coin to t th d id t k get the second side to work
optimally.
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• Some On-Page FactorsSome On Page Factors• Domain Name• Page Name• Title Tag• Meta Description• Meta Keywords• Meta Keywords• H1 Tag• Bolded Text• Link Text• 1% to 2% keyword density for Google
SEO: Search Engine OptimizationS O: Sea c g e Opt at o• On-Page Factors
• Domain Name:www physicalmedicineandrehab com• Domain Name:www.physicalmedicineandrehab.com
SEO: Search Engine OptimizationS O: Sea c g e Opt at o• On-Page Factors
• Domain Name:www physicalmedicineandrehab com• Domain Name:www.physicalmedicineandrehab.com
SEO: Search Engine OptimizationS O: Sea c g e Opt at o• On-Page Factors
• Domain Name: www.pdxpartybus.com
SEO: Search Engine OptimizationS O: Sea c g e Opt at o• On-Page Factors
• Domain Name: www pdxpartybus com• Domain Name: www.pdxpartybus.com
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• On-Page Factors• Page Name: The‐Pros‐of‐Divorce.htmlPage Name: The Pros of Divorce.html
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• On-Page Factors• Page Name: The‐Pros‐of‐Divorce.htmlPage Name: The Pros of Divorce.html
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• On-Page Factors: Title Tag
SEO: Search Engine OptimizationS O: Sea c g e Opt at o• On-Page Factors: Title Tag
SEO: Search Engine OptimizationS O: Sea c g e Opt at o• On-Page Factors: H1 Tag
SEO: Search Engine OptimizationS O: Sea c g e Opt at o• On-Page Factors: H1 Tag
SEO: Search Engine OptimizationS O: Sea c g e Opt at o• On-Page Factors: Link Text
SEO: Search Engine OptimizationS O: Sea c g e Opt at o• On-Page Factors: Link Text
SEO: Search Engine OptimizationS O: Sea c g e Opt at o• On-Page Factors: Keyword Density
SEO: Search Engine OptimizationS O: Sea c g e Opt at o• On-Page Factors: Keyword Density
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• Off-Page FactorsOff Page Factors• Inbound Links
A th it Sit–Authority Sites–Directories– Internet Press Releases–Article Marketing
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• Off-Page FactorsOff Page Factors• Inbound Links
A th it Sit–Authority Sites– .edu’s and .gov’s are best–PageRank above 5
SEO: Search Engine OptimizationS O: Sea c g e Opt at o• Off-Page Factors: Authority Sites
SEO: Search Engine OptimizationS O: Sea c g e Opt at o• Off-Page Factors: Directories
SEO: Search Engine OptimizationS O: Sea c g e Opt at o• Off-Page Factors: Directories
SEO: Search Engine OptimizationS O: Sea c g e Opt at o• Off-Page Factors: Directories
SEO: Search Engine OptimizationS O: Sea c g e Opt at o• Off-Page Factors: Vertical DirectoriesTIP G l “ b it it [i t k d]”• TIP: Google “submit a site [insert keyword]”
SEO: Search Engine OptimizationS O: Sea c g e Opt at o• Off-Page Factors: Vertical Directories
SEO: Search Engine OptimizationS O: Sea c g e Opt at o• Off-Page Factors: Online Press Releases
SEO: Search Engine OptimizationS O: Sea c g e Opt at o• Off-Page Factors: Online Press Releases
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• Off-Page Factors: Online Press Releases• Received offers for products to be included in the Gift Bags for:
– The Miss America Pageant
– Billboard Magazine’s Oscar Night Party
• Moved ranking to Number 5 spot on first page for the Keyword Phrase “Mineral Makeup”
• Gained interviews from a variety of magazines
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• Off-Page Factors: Online Press Releases– List of Free Press Release Submission sites: http://nakedpr.com/2007/07/29/big‐list‐of‐free‐
l d b /press‐release‐distribution‐sites/
SEO: Search Engine OptimizationS O: Sea c g e Opt at o• Off-Page Factors: Article Marketing
Anti-Spamming Guidelines
Anti-Spamming Guidelinest Spa g Gu de es
Don't:• Keyword stuff tags• Repeat keywords over and over again in your
texttext.
For example: For example: <META name="keywords" content="holiday cruises, holiday cruises, holiday cruises, holiday cruises holiday cruises holiday holiday cruises, holiday cruises, holiday cruises, holiday cruises, holiday”>
Anti-Spamming Guidelinest Spa g Gu de es
• Don't use tiny text for the purpose of ti k d ft k drepeating keyword after keyword
• Don't use invisible text
• Don't use redirect tags if possible
D 't d li t t t i • Don't duplicate content or use mirror pages
• Don't use multiple title tags
SocialSocial Media
Why Social Media?y Soc a ed a?
• Social Media helps you:– Connect with
• Customers
d• Vendors
• Competition
Drive Traffic to your Blogs and Websites– Drive Traffic to your Blogs and Websites
– Helps establish you as a thought leader in your NicheNiche
Social Media MarketingSoc a ed a a et g
Social media sites fall into different t icategories:
Social “bookmarking” sites such as:Social bookmarking sites such as:
a) Digg
b) reddit
c) StumbleUponc) StumbleUpon
d) del.icio.us
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Identity-based sites are based on who you de t ty based s tes yare and the type of business you’re in and are based on connecting with networks of friends associates and contacts you knowfriends, associates and contacts you know.
Social Media Marketing – Linked InSoc a ed a a et g ed
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Social Media Marketing - BloggingYour own Blog is an identity-based social media site if you open up comments.
http://www.southwestwashingtonzest.com/
Social Media MarketingSoc a ed a a et gMessage boards, forums, and newsgroups (such as Yahoo! Groups and Google Groups)g p
Social Media Marketing - TwitterSoc a ed a a et g tte
Creating a Social Media PlanC eat g a Soc a ed a a
If you enter into social media ith t l ill f ilwithout a plan, you will fail.
Period.Period.
http://outspokenmedia com/social‐media/social‐media‐planning/http://outspokenmedia.com/social media/social media planning/
Creating a Social Media PlanC eat g a Soc a ed a a
Understand your audience:1. What is your niche?
2. What does your niche need?
(D ib h i d NOT h ff )(Describe their needs NOT what you offer)
3. What are your reader’s pain points?
(Li t ll f d ’ i i t )(List all of your reader’s pain points)
4. What emotions are evoked by their big pain?
5 What do you do? (How do you solve your reader’s problems?)5. What do you do? (How do you solve your reader s problems?)
6. Who are your competitors?
7 What differentiates your writing from the competition?7. What differentiates your writing from the competition?
Creating a Social Media Plan
Niche Example:C eat g a Soc a ed a a
Myrna Oakley’s Beat is the Pacific Northwest
Within her beat she has created several niches:
• Bed And Breakfasts
• Small Inns
• Small Towns & Big Towns
• Live Local TheaterLive Local Theater
• Historical Places
• Small cafes, coffee shops, and b k ibakeries
Creating a Social Media Plan
Once you have Decided on your Niche:
C eat g a Soc a ed a a
Once you have Decided on your Niche:
Create your brand!
Secure your brand!
Creating a Social Media PlanC eat g a Soc a ed a aBrand Examples - Ronda Roaring
http://www.ilovethefingerlakes.com
Creating a Social Media PlanC eat g a Soc a ed a aBrand Examples: Jan Jackson
http://www.countrytraveleronline.com/
Creating a Social Media Plan
Secure your brand http://knowem.com/
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Creating a Social Media PlanC eat g a Soc a ed a a
Determine how you will measure your successsuccess
Blog comments ?
Conversions ?
Links ?Links ?
Twitter talk ?
Better brand recognition ?
Creating a Social Media PlanC eat g a Soc a ed a a
Understand your Customers;hang out where they hang outhang out where they hang out.
Are they on:Facebook?
Linked In?
Twitter?
Why the need to follow your customers? Why the need to follow your customers? You want to know what they want and place
yourself ahead of the competitionyourself ahead of the competition
Creating a Social Media PlanC eat g a Soc a ed a aThey could be somewhere more niched:http://www exploroo com/http://www.exploroo.com/
Creating a Social Media PlanC eat g a Soc a ed a aOr:
http://www passportstamp com/http://www.passportstamp.com/
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Additional Social Networking Travel Sites:Additional Social Networking Travel Sites:
TravBuddy: http://www.travbuddy.com/
Travellerspoint: http://www.travellerspoint.com/
WAYN: http://www.wayn.com/waynsplash.html
CouchSurfing: htt // h fi /CouchSurfing: http://www.couchsurfing.org/
Wattpad: http://www.wattpad.com/
Creating a Social Media Plan
Once you have your Social Media Plan in
C eat g a Soc a ed a a
order, it is time to get connected to the
ld th h S i l M di M k tiworld through Social Media Marketing.
Let’s take a look at:Let s take a look at:
Social Media MarketingSoc a ed a a et g
Social Media Marketing Soc a ed a a et g
This is what your visitors seevisitors see when they visit your page
Social Media MarketingSoc a ed a a et g
Wh lWhen people connect with you, you will receive requestsq
Social Media MarketingSoc a ed a a et g
You can search for friends and Facebook offers friend suggestions
Social Media MarketingSoc a ed a a et g
The Wall is a compilation of activity generated by you and your friends
Social Media MarketingSoc a ed a a et g
Be sure to selectBe sure to select your custom username.
Use your Brand.
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Help Causes thatHelp Causes that are important to you with the Causes app.
Support causes that support your niche.your niche.
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Promote your yCause by sending emails to your subscribers
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Create a Group around your niche
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•Considered more social than business•Lots of Quizzes•Lots of Quizzes•Can add your Twitter Feed•Fan PagesFan Pages•Lots of Apps•Can organize your friends in categories
•Writers•PublishersEdit•Editors
•Family, etc.
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Ways to build your presence on FacebookFacebook
•Create a Cause•Develop a GroupDevelop a Group•Post Videos, Photos and Links•Design a quiz•Post your Events•Create a Community or Business PageE ti it bl t h•Every time you write a new blog post, share it on Facebook
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Your publicpublic profile
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Goal is toGoal is to develop a 100% complete profile
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Start developing your connections
Social Media MarketingSoc a ed a a et g
Recommendations build credibility
Social Media MarketingSoc a ed a a et g
Build your ownBuild your own Community through the Groups Function
Social Media MarketingSoc a ed a a et g
Join groups like thisJoin groups like this one for Pacific
Northwest Writers
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Get Answers
Social Media MarketingSoc a ed a a et g
Build your position as an expert by
answering questions
Social Media MarketingSoc a ed a a et g
Share your world through a variety of apps
Social Media MarketingSoc a ed a a et g
Post your events for
free
Social Media Marketing Soc a ed a a et g
Keep track ofKeep track of Company Buzz
Social Media MarketingSoc a ed a a et g
Easily change your settings at any time
Social Media MarketingSoc a ed a a et g
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Considered for business networking Considered for business networking
•Great place to find jobs
•Develop business
•Promote projects and opportunities•Promote projects and opportunities
•Keep track of your competition
Social Media MarketingSoc a ed a a et g
Ways to market a business on Linked In
•Start a Group•Join Groups
•Complimentary•Directly related
•Post your Events•Answer Questions•Ask for recommendations
•Post updates•Post updates
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Social Media MarketingSoc a ed a a et g
Sharing ideasSharing ideas 140 characters
at a time
Social Media MarketingSoc a ed a a et g
Hash tags allow you to search for topics on which people are tweeting and for which you are interested
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Direct Messaging allows you to communicate with only one person directly
Social Media Marketing ToolsSoc a ed a a et g
You can see who is talking about you and reply back to them
Social Media Marketing ToolsSoc a ed a a et g
Automate your
itweeting
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Considered a micro-blogging networkgg g
•Great place to research trends
•Wonderful for sharing ideas
•Excellent for getting the word out about g gwhat you do
http://webcommunityforum.com/2008/09/21‐ways‐to‐market‐your‐business‐on‐twitter/
Social Media MarketingSoc a ed a a et gWays to market a business on Twitter
•Be sure to follow the 80/20 rule when tweeting.Be sure to follow the 80/20 rule when tweeting.
•Craft an appropriate Twitter Policy, and encourage your employees to sign up for accounts on Twitter.employees to sign up for accounts on Twitter.
•As the owner of your business, register your @companyname and use it for all your tweets.@ p y y
•Use Twitter Search to find and respond to tweets about your products or your brand.y p y
•Ask for feedback on your products and then follow up with the responses you get.
http://webcommunityforum.com/2008/09/21‐ways‐to‐market‐your‐business‐on‐twitter/
Steps to Takep
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Rules to guide your thinking:
• Increase linkability(write content that people will want to link to)
• Make tagging easy(include tags as well as links to social media sites)
• Reward inbound links(link back to people who link to you)
• Help your content travel(include a bio; mention your content to others)
First Stepsst Steps• Focus on the Basics
• Social Media Marketing• Social Media Marketing– Establish your goals for Social Media and develop your profile and content around that goal (see: y p g (http://www.chrisbrogan.com/starting‐a‐social‐media‐strategy/)
St t ith l tf d b f t bl– Start with one platform and become comfortable before adding another
– Employ the 80/20 rule: 80% content that will help p y / pothers, 20% or less self‐promotion
Next Stepse t Steps• Focus on the Basics
• Social Media Marketing• Social Media Marketing– Share specials regarding your business
– Incorporate terminology on your profile that isIncorporate terminology on your profile that is optimized for your business and the people you want to reach
– Form a group for your business niche and invite customers to join
– Add upcoming events being held in your field andAdd upcoming events being held in your field and share them with your “friends”
Next Stepse t StepsImplement a Social Media Listening Tool
• Google Alerts– Google Alerts is the steady rock in the sometimes white water world– Google Alerts is the steady rock in the sometimes white‐water world of monitoring. You can easily target keywords that are important to your brand and receive streaming or batched reports—choose your own adventure.
• TechnoratiTechnorati– Billing itself as "the leading blog search engine," Technorati has been helping bloggers and those with their fingers on the blog pulse stay informed for years.
• JodangeJodange– Tracking your brand or a product is one thing, but turning that tracking into a measure of consumer sentiment about your brand or product is something completely different. For that, Jodange has TOM (Top of Mind), which tracks consumer sentiment about your ( p ), ybrand or product across the Web.
http://www.marketingprofs.com/9/essential‐social‐media‐listening‐tools‐mcdaniel.asp
Final Worda o d
• Focus on the Basics– Remember, Social Media is about helping others
– Make sure to temper self promotion with aMake sure to temper self promotion with a healthy dose of useful information for your friends. It will pay off in the long run!
tiQuestions?
Thank you!
Contact Information
C ll W i htColleen Wright
info@seotrainingnw.comwww.seotrainingnw.comwww.seotrainingnw.com