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Web Site Strategies – 6 ways to Capture that Click

Posted by Glen Andrade

web site strategiesInternet marketing isn’t about finding the one single technique that will generate serious revenue. It is more about using a combination of different methods to improve the overall picture. Website strategy is just one tool in a box of many, but it is an important one.

The goal of SEO is to drive traffic to a website, but what happens once they get there? Is there a compelling reason for them to stick around? Without good website development, a user will click off a page almost immediately. Of course, it becomes impossible to market effectively if there is no audience to receive the information. Here are six handy tips that can help capture that click and get the message heard.

• Make it easy to navigate. Many businesses make the mistake of trying to cram too much information on a single page. Not only is this confusing, but also it makes it difficult for a user to find what they are looking for. Pages should be short, concise, and clearly tell a user where to go next.

• Offer useful content. Users come to a website for one reason-to solve a problem. They may be searching for information or entertainment, but they have a primary need. Create rich SEO content based on this understanding.

• Make it friendly for mobile users. With more than 4.8 billion mobile device users, this is a rapidly expanding area in web site development. In North America, mobile web is expanding 110% each year. A traditional site, built for desktop internet use, doesn’t work well with smartphones. Web design companies can provide owners with smartphone friendly platforms.

• Invest in search engine optimization services. SEO is a complicated process, but it can put a business light-years ahead of the competition. It may mean the difference between a listing on the first page of search engine results, or being relegated so far down the list that no one would ever find it.

• Treat on-page SEO and off-page SEO equally. The marketing that is done today influences the purchasing decisions of tomorrow. Google and ComScore did a joint study that looked at consumer buying behavior. The results showed that only 16 percent of online purchases are made immediately. The remaining was the result of a consumer researching a product or service and then returning later to buy.

• Track the results. Web analytics is a vital component to a successful site. It enables an owner to be able to identify what works and what does not. It is also useful to have an online competitor analysis. Comparisons can reveal new strategies that can be implemented to achieve greater success.

Social Media Internet Marketing- 5 Deadly Mistakes that Small Business Owners Make

Posted by Glen Andrade

social mediaSocial media is a dynamic web marketing strategy. With millions of daily users, it offers an infinate audience in which to promote a business. It is also highly effective. Yet, many small business owners fail to understand how to use it correctly. As these sites continue to grow, it pays to get on the social media bandwagon and avoid making common mistakes that can kill the competitive advantage.

Mistake #1: Failing to understand why this type of web marketing works will prevent a small business owner from using it effectively. Before a consumer makes a purchase, they undergo a decision making process. The peer groups that they belong to heavily influence what they buy.

 

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Would SOPA Break the Internet As We Know It?

Posted by Glen Andrade

search enginesThe US House of Representatives is considering a bill that many fear could have devastating effects on free speech. Designed to impede the accessibility of sites promoting intellectual piracy and counterfeit goods, the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) would give the US government unprecedented control of the Internet. This has many believing that SOPA would break the Internet as we know it.

Best Intentions

At its heart, this act has only good intentions. Movie studios and music producers have struggled to maintain their copyrights in the digital age. In addition, many Americans lives have been put at risk by the purchase of counterfeit pharmaceuticals online.

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Web Marketing Mistake: Does Your Site Fail on Mobile Browsers?

Posted by Glen Andrade

web marketingSome people, particularly those running do-it-yourself websites, make the mistake of browsing their site in only one browser. Unless a kind visitor brings it to their attention, they do not realize that what works in Firefox will not always render in Safari or Internet Explorer. Worse, they may not realize how many customers they are currently losing because their websites fail on mobile browsers.

Smartphone and Tablet Revolution

The recent proliferation of smartphones is expected to continue, with many industry leaders predicting that users will triple over the next five years. In addition, the number of people accessing the Internet via their tablet devices will also increase.

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Top 3 SEO Tips for the New Year: 2012

Posted by Glen Andrade

search engine optimizationThe past year has seen a lot of changes in the way Google determines which pages wind up at the top of the search engine results page (SERP). While these changes were designed to improve results for searchers, they punished many well-intended sites that followed what is now outdated search engine optimization (SEO) advice.

Whether or not you felt the sting of reduced search traffic this past year, you should review these tips to be sure you are following the new best practices that arose in the wake of Panda, Farmer, and the other algorithm updates Google implemented. Improving your website’s SEO leads to increased traffic and more opportunities to convert those visitors to your goals.

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SEO Tips On Getting Better Search Engine Rankings

Posted by Glen Andrade

search engineSearch engine marketing is important for being successful online. To succeed in the online world, it takes a lot of work and constant upkeep on your website and marketing efforts. Many people that have failed to run a successful online business had the belief that once you have a website up and running, people would just flock to you and buy your products and services. Unfortunately, it is not that simple.

Just like with any other types of businesses that have physical stores, it takes time and effort to get people to your business. Much time needs to be spent marketing your products and services as well as building your brand.

 

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Reputation Crisis Management: How to Fight Back When Bad News Goes Viral

Posted by Glen Andrade

viralWhen bad news about your brand goes viral, you need to act fast to minimize the damage. Once a bad situation is no longer getting worse, you can promote optimized content associated with your brand and keywords to bury the bad news in the search engines.

1. Talk to the source.

As soon as you learn a bad news situation is brewing, attempt to negotiate with the unhappy party. Talk this party on the phone, rather than through written messages that can be quoted out of context.

 

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Brand Management: SEO Can Help You Save Your Reputation

Posted by Glen Andrade

SEOSearch engine optimization (SEO) not only drives free traffic to your website for lead generation, SEO is also the best way to inoculate your brand from a viral attack. Those who control the top spots in Google and the other search engines can keep negative information suppressed if their SEO foundation is strong.

Brand Management

Along with the SEO content you produce for the keywords associated with your niche and the needs of those who could become customers, you should also include content targeting your brand names and even the names of company principals.

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The Search Engine and Social Media Marriage

Posted by Glen Andrade

social mediaIn the current increasingly cluttered and space environment of the Internet, it is virtually impossible to do any type of search engine optimization without running into social media. It is also just as impossible to do any type of social media marketing without running into search engine optimization.

Though this may provide search engine queriers with more accurately detailed results, conditionally, it does little for the simplicity of the process of getting your site indexed or crawled or otherwise noticed on the Internet.

 

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New Link Building Strategies

Posted by Glen Andrade

link buildingAlthough the metrics for search engine optimization vary in importance from year-to-year, one metric has remained on top through constant revisions of search engine algorithms and new technologies. That metric, which some search engine optimization experts believed to be the number one metric in terms of search engine ranking, is link building.

Many link building strategies have not kept up with the forward thinking algorithm shifts of the search engines. Especially since the Google Panda update, search engines have changed drastically the way that they view links and the link building strategies that a website implements in order to get noticed.

 

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