Fuzion Seminar Search Engine Marketing

Search Engine Marketing Kathy Hokunson Dan Salamone Regional Sales Manager, Marcom Coordinator, Site-Seeker, Inc. Site-Seeker, Inc.

What is Search Engine Marketing (SEM): PPC, SEO & Social Media?

Search Engine Marketing (SEM) Is a form of internet marketing seeking to promote websites by seeking to improve their visibility in search engine results pages (SERP’s). •  In 2006 North American advertisers spent 9.4 billion on SEM, a 62% increase of the prior year and a 750% increase over 2002.

Pay-Per-Click An Internet advertising strategy used on search engines, advertising networks, and content websites, such as blogs, where advertisers bid on keywords to achieve ad placement.

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) The process of improving the volume and quality of traffic to a website from search engines via “natural” (“organic” or “algorithmic”) search results.

Social Media Social media is content created by people using highly accessible and scalable publishing technologies.

Pay-Per-Click PPC

Basic PPC Structure Ad Group •  Ad 1 Account Campaign •  Ad 2 •  Ad 3

Search Engine Optimization SEO

Let’s define SEO a little more . . . Search Engine Optimization or SEO is a multi – phase process. To have a successful SEO program you must think of SEO in terms of ongoing and in constant motion. PHASE 1: Website Structure – Navigation, Organization of Code and Link Structure, xml sitemap, robots.txt, Tags: Title, Header, Keyword, Description, Alt Img Content – Keyword Research, Content Rewrite (keyword density etc) Analytics – install or verify GA, establish conversion funnels PHASE 2: Inbound Linking - Research and develop inbound links Create Authority - Create Content Pages for Social Media, Micro sites, 301 redirects for alternate domains, vertical search Ongoing – SEO Efforts are fluid and ongoing process, touching and addressing all items listed above as well. Also addressing website performance, strengths and weaknesses as indentified in GA reporting. SEO is NOT a one time service. SEO is an ongoing process that requires the provider to monitor for cause and effect and modify actions as needed. There are many things that affect the strength and positioning of a site that are addressed on a priority basis, yet all are crucial to the overall success.

Keyword Research – Step 1 •  What products or services do you want to be found for? •  How do your prospects and clients refer to those product or services? •  What are the key phrases that make that prospect a qualified buyer – think longer phrases that are more precise

Competitive Research – Step 2 •  Who are your competitors •  What keywords are they using •  What keywords are they being found for •  Where do they get their inbound links from

Establish baseline & benchmarks – Step 3 •  What keywords do you want to measure your position for •  What do you want to measure for effectiveness –  RFQ’s, Phone calls, Increased traffic, position •  Establish Conversion Funnels and measure what is important to you.

Defining & Measuring Success Metrics: Google Analytics, establish baseline for overall traffic and report against it.

Defining & Measuring Success Metrics: Google Analytics, monitor and measure effectiveness of important pages.

Defining & Measuring Success Defining & Measuring Success Metrics: Google Analytics, monitor and measure effectiveness of important keywords.

Top 10 Search Terms 6/05‐5/06 (before)  6/07‐5/08  6/08‐5/09  Bounce  Unique   Bounce  Unique   Bounce  Keyword  Visits  Rate  Keyword  Visits  Rate  Keyword  Visits  Rate  spur gears 612 46.9% spur gears 1,381 36.57% spur gears 2,048 42.43% gear small gears 219 50.2% spur gear 1,019 40.92% manufacturer 1,952 42.52% gear grinding 206 31.1% helical gears 752 37.50% worm gear 1,755 70.26% spur gear 189 45% helical gear 617 44.25% bevel gears 1,392 61.93% worm gears 183 58.5% custom gear 576 93.23% bevel gear 1,129 67.23% helical gears 173 44.5% gear design 432 53.01% spur gear 1,049 41.66% gears 170 45.9% nixon gear 407 23.59% custom gears 834 59.95% nixon gear 154 33.8% gear cutting 376 53.19% worm gears 798 67.29% gear gear cutting 134 46.3% manufacturer 370 45.41% helical gear 770 47.79% metric spur gears 104 52.9% custom gears 315 52.70% gear cutter 637 70.64% “Gear Manufacturer” and “Spur Gears” are now your largest search term.

Social Media Why is it important to SEO?

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