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Presentation Title | Date Introduction to Search Marketing Workshop 1 9-18-2012

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Presentation Title | DateIntroduction to Search MarketingWorkshop 19-18-2012

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Francis SkipperVP of Digital Marketing

617-259-1605

[email protected]

linkedin.com/in/francisskipper

@fskip

www.451Marketing.com

#451Webinar

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Overview• What is search marketing?• SEO• Paid Search• Q&A

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Search Engine Marketing

Better known as SEM

or

Search

Marketing

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What is search marketing?

Process of gaining traffic and visibility from search engines

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You’ll get more of this…• Rankings• Traffic• Page Views• Visibility• Impressions• Brand Awareness

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But, Ultimately it comes down to…

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More of this…

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Search does not exist in a vacuum

“I think I’ll search for some random product or service that I have never

heard of.”

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2 Out of 3 Searches In Google

Are Driven By Another Medium

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A Little Background

On Search

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Why should I care about search?

Worldwide, 88,000,000,000 searches are conducted on Google per month.

34,000 Per Second

2,000,000 Per Minute

121,000,000 Per Hour3,000,000,000 Per Day

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Terms to Know• The process of improving visibility of a website or a web

page in a search engine’s “natural” or unpaid search results

SEO: Search Engine

Optimization

• Internet advertising model used to direct traffic to websites where advertisers pay the publisher when ad is clicked

PPC: Pay Per Click

• Graphical, image or video based ads that appear contextually near relevant content. Can be based on search, but more often on category and demographics

Display (Banner)

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Paid Results

OrganicResults

Search Engine Results Page (SERP)SearchQuery

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• 95% of users don’t go beyond the first page of search results (positions 1-10)

• 88% of search engine users who don’t find what they seek on the first three pages of search results will change engines or change their search term  

• 71% of search engine users believe that websites returned at the top of search results are the top brands in their field

Search Engine User Behavior

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SEO *aka - Organic, Natural

Search Engine Optimization

Gaining web traffic from FREE listings on search engines

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SEO Has Three Core Components

ContentCode Connections

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Code - Technical Considerations

User Input Requirements Site Security Cookie Implementation Robots.txt Frames Broken Links & 404 Trapping Server Load Balancing URL Redirection <Noscript> Tags Internal Navigational Elements Internal Linking Domain and URL structure Session IDs Flash

Technical issues limit search index

inclusion

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Search Friendly URL’s

http://www.451marketing.com/services/search-marketing/

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Content - Performance Considerations

Site Optimization Tags Content Gaps Optimizing Website Content Internal Linking Convention Mirror Domains and

Duplicate Content Sub-Domain Strategy

Opportunities to increase search visibility

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Content*

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Title Tags

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Content: Keywords

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Content: Keywords

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Content: Density

Percentage of times a keyword appears

on a web page compared to the total number of

words on the page

(Nkr/Tkn) * 100

Rule of Thumb: 4% - 250-500 words

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Keyword ResearchQ: For what Google search should you rank #1?

A: “innovative, creative, game-changing”

Q: What do you do/make/sell?

A: “Oh. Cloud based storage for small business”.

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Google Free Keyword Tool

https://adwords.google.com/o/KeywordTool

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Google Trends

http://www.google.com/trends

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Internal Search Logs

#2 Searched Term: “bed spreads””

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Competitive Research

Restrict queryto competitor’s

domain

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Connections

Quality > Quantity

• Paid/Free Directories - Manual• Social Media/Blogs - Viral• Press Releases – Manual & Viral• 3rd Party Associations - Manual

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Paid Search Marketing

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Paid Results

OrganicResults

Search Engine Results Page (SERP)SearchQuery

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Preparing for a Digital Advertising Campaign

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Anatomy of a PPC Ad

25 Characters

35 Characters35 Characters

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Preparing: Defining Your Audience

Think about the people who you want to see your ads

• Location• Language• Education• Work• Age• Gender• Birthday• Relationship Status• HIH• Groups• Likes• Friends

Awareness

Education

Consideration

Purchase

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The Purchase Funnel

Awareness

Education

Consideration

Purchase

Increase Brand Visibility

Drive Qualified Traffic

Impressions & CPM“plasma tv”Microcenter

Reviews, comparisons, demos“Plasma tv reviews”

Generate LeadsNewsletter, Email captures, etc.[Sign up for secret offers!]

SalesRevenue, orders, ROI, ROAS“Buy Sony Bravia 46” Plasma TV”

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FeelerEmail MarketingReach your customers and actuallyhave time for lunch. Free trial.www.ConstantContact.comEmphasis on human connection and feelings

Intuitor

Words like “grow” and “growth” to implyforward, future thinking

Email MarketingGrow your small business withemail marketing. Free trial.www.ConstantContact.com

Sensor

Action words focusing on achieving results & being competitive

Email MarketingReach customers before yourcompetitors do. Free trial. www.ConstantContact.com

Thinker Email Marketing200,000+ small businesses chooseus for email marketing. Free trial.www.ConstantContact.comWords invoking confidence in product, community-themed

Audience Segmentation

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Metrics and Measurement

• Impressions & Clicks• CTR – click through rate

• How many of my ads got clicks?

• Clicks/impressions• Return

• Conversion Rate• Revenue• ROAS• ROI

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ROI ROAS

$ Generated$ Spent

Based on corresponding

advertising

Return on Ad Spending

(Gain – Cost)Cost of Investment

Return on Investment

vs.

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Preparing: KeywordsBased on what your audience is interested in instead or what they might be looking to buy depending on the channel

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Getting Started

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Google AdWords: www.google.com/adwords

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Bing/Yahoo!: https://adcenter.microsoft.com/

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You’re probably wondering…• Which is more effective?• I rank high in SEO

results, do I need PPC?• Do I need to do both?

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Search Engine Marketing

SEOOrganic

Pro:Great Long-term ROI

High Ceiling & VolumeMore exposure, branding, awareness

Con:Tough to quantify

Lots of work (design/development)Takes a while (not for short-term)

PPCPaid

Pro:Quick Set up

Highly measurable & quantifiableLess development resources needed

Con:More expensive

Lower ceiling & volume potentialMay be subject to “ad blindness”

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Wrap up slide

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Francis SkipperVP of Digital Marketing

617-259-1605

[email protected]

linkedin.com/in/francisskipper

@fskip

www.451Marketing.com

#451Webinar