Inbound Marketing: Strategies and Techniques to Boost Your Online Presence
Learn about inbound marketing strategies to enhance your website and engage with customers effectively. Explore SEO, link building, social media tactics, and more.
Inbound Marketing: Strategies and Techniques to Boost Your Online Presence
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SEO: Overview & Examples Jim Holcomb July 12, 2011
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) • Search engine optimization (SEO) is the process of improving the visibility of a website or a web page in search engines via the "natural" or un-paid ("organic" or "algorithmic") search results. (wikipedia)
Inbound Marketing Toolkit • Website/Blogging • Promotes engagement & dialogue • Social Media • Engagement and dialogue • Search (Paid & SEO) • Be found easily
Inbound Marketing • Inbound marketing is a marketing strategy that focuses on getting found by customers. (wikipedia) • Marketers "earn their way in“ vs. "buy, beg, or bug their way in“ • Hunting vs. Farming www.InboundMarketing.com
Turn strangers into friends. • Turn friends into customers. • And then... do the most important job: Turn your customers into salespeople. http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/files/flippingfunnelPRO.pdf
Inbound Marketing Process Idea for Content • Delivery/ Engagement Platform • Website • Blog • Social Media Audience Growth
Search Stats • 16.95 billion searches August 2010 – 22% YoY (comScore) • ROI from SEO is highest of all channels including Email – 70% (marketing sherpa)
Recent Developments • The Rise of Bing - A Two Engine World • Google Instant • Google Caffeine • Google+
SEO Six Pack • Plan • Keyword Selection • Act • On-Site • Links • Social • Local • Measure • Review & Adjust Accordingly
Keyword Resources • KeywordDiscovery.com • Wordstream.com • SEMrush.com • Google AdWords https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal?forceLegacy=true
Keyword Tips • Focus on 1 Primary and 4 Secondary terms • Review competition & search volume • Give it time!
On-Site - Indexation • Make sure the site is getting crawled fully • Robots.txt • Meta No Index • Count of URLs Indexed • Google> “Site:<domain>” • XML Site Maps - http://www.xml-sitemaps.com/
On-Site Assessment Robots.txt Title Meta Description Alt Images
On-Site Tips • Make sure engines are indexing your site • Include Primary keyword in Title of Home Page • Include Primary and Secondary words in Body of Home Page
Link Building – A Starting Guide 1. Research 3. Response 2. “Contact” Yes! Or No? 4. Repeat
Link Opportunities – 90% Success Rates • Directories are your friends!... Especially when they provide a high quality link and are free!
Link Opportunities – Leverage Your Members? • Opportunities to get links back from members • Certifications – ex. Watersavers • Overall Membership – badges
Advanced Link Opportunities • Social Bookmarking Sites • PressReleases • BusinessWire • PRweb • Industry Forums & Blogs • Publishers/news sites
Leverage Your Competitors • http://www.opensiteexplorer.org/ • http://www.majesticseo.com
Backlink Battle Vs. 626 links 5,144 links
Beware • Don’t buy links • Beware the link swap – don’t over do link reciprocity
Helping Members with Link Building • Public Members Directory? • Dedicated Profile? (ex. brownbook.net)
Link Building Recap • Research number of backlinks of client vs. competitors • Overall inbound strategy • Inbound strategy from members? • Outbound strategy to members?
Social • The Social Trifecta • SERP domination – rep management • SEO link bait • Member/customer voice – megaphone effect
Measure Tips • Make sure to do the basics – Rank & Backlinks • www.authoritylabs.com • www.kpmrs.com • Site analytics • Google Analytics • GetClicky • Read, react and repeat