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The Google Myth
1. You will invest £XXX per month
2. This will mean you are higher up
the search results
3. This will mean your site gets more
visits
4. This will mean more instructions
for your firm
5. This will increase your profits
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Why the SEO Myth Was Blown
How many others are investing to achieve the same
result?
Even if you are on page 1, what is the click-through
probability? (What’s the alogarithm/screen
size?)
How many of those are actually interested in buying
your service?
Are these the PROFITABLE clients?
Is your SEO provider’s magic better than theirs?
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When SEO Works
Niche work –(eg shareholder
agreements)
Niche Industry – Industry heroes
Global/national –PI/Clin Neg
Microsites
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Is There a Better Way?
Building Influence
Leveraging other brands
Building on what you have
NETWORKING
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Why Influence Building Works
Relationships - No one cares how
much you know until they know
how much you care (David
Cottle)/Trusted Adviser (Stephen
Maister)
Brand/value leveraging
‘Local Hero’
‘Industry Hero’
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Influence Building: Web Opportunities
Social networking
Content Sharing/Local Hero/Industry
Hero
Enews
Mobile News
Message Targeting
Can all be done in almost zero time
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Current No 1. E-Newsletters
HOW www.fusionexpress.co.uk
WHY
They Work! Our clients and us
Fast (very)
Cheap as chips
Easy to target messages to recipients
Co-brandable
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Web- Based ‘To Do’ List
Good email engine (cheap –
you don’t need an ‘expert’ to
do this for you!) get
databases ready
Mobile, video and content
sharing
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Things that Really Work
Inbound links and link trading – more efficient than SEO in most
cases?
Adwords
Placement of links and banners – must be very well targeted.
Supporting your web presence off line - essential
Social networking (if done properly!) (beware goodwill issues)
Content sharing – if done properly!
Enewsletters (GOLD DUST!) – mobile site will be the next big thing.
LinkedIn (join the right groups – target industries, not law)
Trade Specialisms -being the ‘Industry heroes’
Clearly Definable Niches
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Website Basics
DOs:
Client centred (subject matter, language style)
Up to date
Consistent style (enforce editing guidelines and do not
lose your voice)
Well edited! (VERY important!)
DON’Ts:
About you
Out of date
Technical (unless technically aware audience sought)
Mish mash of styles: BUILD a HOUSE STYLE and
ENFORCE IT
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Some Statistics We’ve Observed
Ppn of visitors to our site from Google 7.91%
Approx % of measured visitors to our website
interested in our offering – 30%
Ppn of these who make contact uninvited – 20%
Ppn of ‘1st
contact web’ users converted – 8%.
Ppn of ‘1st
contact email’ users converted – 35%
(same for paper etc ads)
Approx conversion ratio 90:1
Recent report – 0.015% (15 in 100,000) visitors
created by SEO on a law firm website made any
contact…)
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Our Experience
SEO Experiment – 6 months £1,000 pcm.
Site traffic up 120%
Enquiries /LRSS Signups up 5%
Qualified Business Enquiries – up 0%
Many visits from known hacker zones
Net Effect – Perceived need for enhanced
admin security.
US Study 15 contacts per 100,000 visitors
Editor's Notes
The Google Myth
The Google Myth
Evereything you see on your screen is PAID FOR except for RT law who no longer feature. Indeed, only 2 of the top 10 on search 2 years ago are there now!
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