Search Engines - How to Attract Lots More Donors and Visitors to Your Site!

Search Engines: How to Attract Lots More Donors and Visitors to Your Site! Allan Pressel, CEO/founder CharityFinders Use Twitter Hashtag #npweb Special Thanks To Our Sponsors

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Today’s Speaker Allan Pressel CEO/Founder Charity Finders Hosting: Sam Frank, Synthesis Partnership Assisting with chat questions: Chris Dumas, FirstGiving

Agenda 1. Effective marketing techniques 2. Search engine optimization (SEO) 3. Search engine marketing (SEM) 4. What should visitors be able to do on your site? 5. Q & A (throughout) © CharityFinders, proprietary & confidential, not for reproduction

Search Engine Optimization (part 1) 1. What are the key search engines? 2. How do they work? • 200+ ranking factors! 3. What can you do to optimize your search engine standings? a. Metatags • Description • should be < 150 characters • Keyword b. Choosing and Using Keywords • < 10 keywords per page • Use keywords/phrases liberally in page title, headings, body • Use HTML tags to denote headings (e.g., H1, H2, etc.) • Use different keywords on different pages • Keep them updated • You should have a keyword that is in your website address. • You should have a keyword that is in your page title © CharityFinders, proprietary & confidential, not for reproduction

Search Engine Optimization (part 2) c. Keyword selector tools • http://inventory.overture.com/d/searchinventory/suggestion • Google Zeitgeist - www.google.com/press/zeitgeist.html • Google AdWords Keyword Tool - https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal • Google Trends - www.google.com/trends • MSN Search Insider - www.imagine-msn.com/insider • Yahoo Buzz Index: http://buzz.yahoo.com d. Links • Incoming • Count your link:in Google, type “link:www.yournonprofit.org” • Choose relevant, reputable sites • Outgoing • Twitter account • # followers • Tweet/retweets © CharityFinders, proprietary & confidential, not for reproduction

Search Engine Optimization (part 3) d. Use blogs • Within your site • Interactivity • Offer RSS feeds • Lots of incoming links • Submit your blog to technorati.com • Submit your blog to bloggrader.com e. Avoid splash pages f. Don’t require cookies g. Use alt text (on every image) h. Robots.txt i. Search engines prefer HTML j. Search engines prefer text over graphics k. Don’t use frames l. Be careful with Flash and JavaScript m. Create a site map n. All pages should be easy to navigate to (esp. home page) o. Create focused pages © CharityFinders, proprietary & confidential, not for reproduction

Search Engine Optimization (part 4) q. Get listed in important directories: • The Open Directory Project: www.dmoz.org • Yahoo Directory: http://dir.yahoo.com • ZoomInfo Directory: www.zoominfo.com r. Use conversion forms s. Page titles should be descriptive, and <70 characters t. Purchase your domain name (URL) for as long a period as possible u. Get your traffic rank at www.alexa.com v. Your site should display with or without the “www” • set up a permanent “301” redirect w. Keep your site updated frequently x. Register with search engines • Unpaid • Paid SEO is based on unknown and changing algorithms! © CharityFinders, proprietary & confidential, not for reproduction

Private Website Consultation I’d like to offer each of you a free private website consultation  One hour  Consultation includes:  CharityFinders’ assessment of your site  Recommendations  Building your nonprofit's most-needed functionality  In person or by webinar  Include anyone you want (e.g., ED, DD, board members, etc.)  In one location or several  We’ll contact you in 1-2 business days to schedule the consultation © CharityFinders, proprietary & confidential, not for reproduction

Page Rank  Google PageRank (0-10)  Ranks the importance of a web page  Calculate your own PageRank  www.top25web.com/pagerank © CharityFinders, proprietary & confidential, not for reproduction

Social Mediasphere  del.icio.us bookmarks  Enables web users to save their bookmarks  Helps you get more traffic  Encourage as many people as possible to bookmark your site on del.icio.us  digg.com  socialmedia site  anyone can submit articles, and vote for them  You should submit your organization’s articles © CharityFinders, proprietary & confidential, not for reproduction

Website Grader Report  Grades your site: 0-100  Ranks the percentile of a web page regarding its marketing effectiveness  Blends data from:  search engine data  website structure  traffic  site performance  etc.  Calculate your own website grade  www.websitegrader.com © CharityFinders, proprietary & confidential, not for reproduction

Search Engine Marketing (SEM) is Cost Effective • SEM is substantially lower cost than traditional marketing efforts • Cost of Acquisition Across Different Channels © CharityFinders, proprietary & confidential, not for reproduction

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Setting up a PPC campaign Tools • Google Grants • Microsoft AdCenter demo © CharityFinders, proprietary & confidential, not for reproduction

Your website: 7 Key Goals of an Effective Website You should strive to achieve these goals for your site: •Findability •Stickiness •Loyalty •Referability •Maximum conversion rate •Dynamism •Positive ROI © CharityFinders, proprietary & confidential, not for reproduction

Contact Information Allan Pressel, CEO/founder Allan@CharityFinders.com www.CharityFinders.com 877-456-3210 641 21st St. Hermosa Beach, CA 90254 © CharityFinders, proprietary & confidential, not for reproduction

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