From Rebecca Murtagh's SFIMA - South Florida Interactive Marketing Association Pubcon Summit Presentation at Nova Southeastern University: All Roads Lead Home Top 10 reasons all roads should lead "Home" (the website). While brands seek the latest in SEO, social media, mobile, usability, Internet marketing and conversion, many overlook the website as the ultimate destination for all online activity. This will resonate with marketers who are constantly being distracted by social media platforms as "destinations" rather than conduits to create relationships they can nurture and convert more effectively from their own website. This session was very well attended. Those present for this standing-room only attendance (and into the hall) session where highly engaged, demonstrating marketers are very interested in making the most of their entire digital strategy and investments.

1. All Roads
Lead Home
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2. A Center for
Civilization Thrived

3. Fast-forward to a more
contemporary concept
that has become nearly
as obsolete…
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6. #1:
The static, central
marketplace no longer
dominates commerce.
Brands must meet customers
wherever they are.
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7. Global Social Media Share – March 2013
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8. U.S. Social Media Share – March 2013
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9. #2:
Social users are fickle,
forcing efforts on
multiple social fronts.
Visibility across many platforms is
more realistic when the website
remains the common, primary
destination for all efforts.
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11. Do your customers know
where to find you?
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13. The Website
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14. #3:
Social Platforms Have
Limitations & Terms
Brands enjoy more freedom &
control when mission-critical
activity resides on the website.
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15. Possession is 9/10ths of the Law
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17. #4:
Facebook is not your friend.
Social Media Platforms are self-
contained businesses with their
own goals and agenda.
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18. #4:
Facebook is not your friend.
Social Media Platforms are self-
contained businesses with their
own goals and agenda.
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19. #5:
Total from E-Commerce Sales
can be greatly diminished on
social platforms.
Website-based transactions enable
cross-selling, nimble management,
control of policies etc.
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23. #6:
Social platforms collect
much, yet share precious
little Data.
Website-centric activity enables
measurement of KPI’s,
user activity, analytics, etc.
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24. #7:
Social Platforms Assumes
Ownership of Content and
Relationships
Website enables brands to
cultivate relationships with
customers, on their own terms.
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25. #8:
Leaving customer on social
platforms reduces SEO
benefit.
Search Engines openly state
their affinity for social, making
relationship activity and linking
valuable to the SEO initiative.
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28. #9:
A great deal of activity on
social platforms is not
visible in search.
Using the website to publish and
facilitate conversion can directly
support organic search.
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30. #10:
Owned + Earned = Authority
Brands can build authority,
visibility and results by
strategically leveraging the
relationship between owned and
earned assets.
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32. Facebook Sign-out Ad Illustration.
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33. Dedicated Landing Page
Continues offer, allows for
performance measurement &
analytics.
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34. Email Opt-in
Establishes direct, permissioned contact.
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35. Site Survey
Promotes usability, customer satisfaction and ROI.
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36. There’s no place like home,
There’s no place like home,
There’s no place like home.

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