When it comes to search marketing, are you still focusing on clicks and traffic? Learn how to avoid critical search marketing pitfalls with a copy of our latest webinar, "5 SEO Mistakes Costing You Revenue."
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1 5 SEO Mistakes Costing You Revenue
And, How To Fix Them.
2 Build a Search Plan That Sells
Converting Organic Search Leads to Customers.
3 Live Q&A
Ask Mike Your Toughest SEO Questions.
On the Agenda
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?How do you currently track SEO success?
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Measuring the wrong metrics.1
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The typical SEO report looks a little something like this…
Organic Visits
Jan. Feb. Mar.
% of Keywords on
Page 1
Nearly 20% of marketers
still rely on “website
traffic” to measure
success.
2015 State of Digital Marketing
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Measuring the wrong metrics.
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Qualified Leads (SQL/MQL)
Sales Pipeline Opportunity
Closed Won Revenue
Organic traffic volume.
Organic traffic to preferred
landing pages.
Organic keyword theme
ranking.
These SEO metrics are essential.
✓
✓
✓
% of keywords ranking for
preferred landing pages.✓
Conversion volume and CVR.
✓
But, take it a step to measure ROI.
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Here’s why you can’t afford to measure leads alone.
Measuring the wrong metrics.
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Close the loop with attribution. Tie campaigns to revenue in CRM.
Measuring the wrong metrics.
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Miscalculating opportunity.
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Do you know your opportunity cost of NOT doing SEO?
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By not ranking on
page 1, you are
leaving a quantifiable
amount of revenue on
the table.
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Going cheap on content.
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“Thin” content could result in a major penalty.
þ Lack of in-
depth text.
þ Be wary of auto
generated
content.
þ Avoid duplicate
content at all
costs.
Image Source: Forbes
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Going cheap on content.
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When in doubt, think of the end-user when creating content.
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Going cheap on content.
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Generally, there are 3 ways to indicate quality to Google:
SaaS CRM Solution
“How to Choose the Right
CRM”
“Compare the top SaaS CRM Platforms”
“CRM Pricing”
Include rich media.
Create long-form, relevant content.
Take the time to use proper text
formatting and design.
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2
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Going cheap on content.
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Remember, the days of keyword stuffing are long gone.
For example,
do NOT do
this!
Source: Codemakit.com
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Going cheap on content.
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Instead, content should contain the keyword you’d like to
rank for and related keywords.
Search engines use
Latent
Semantic
Indexing
to determine whether
it’s valuable, relevant
content or spam.
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Lack of SEO-friendly CMS.4
The wrong CMS can be a huge headache for on-page optimization.
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Lack of SEO-friendly CMS.4
Before investing in a CMS, make sure you can edit the
following:
All meta information
Main navigation and
sitemap
Friendly, breadcrumb URLs
✓
✓
✓
Image ALT tags
✓
Link title tags✓
Social media integration
Rich schematic data
✓
✓
Source: Custom Fit Online
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No strategic outreach.5
SEO is inbound marketing, but don’t forget the off-page element.
Source: Jason DeMers,
Forbes Magazine
Inbound links
to your website
remain the most
significant element
of Google’s ranking
algorithm.
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No strategic outreach.5
You need a content distribution plan.
Email
Social
SEO
SEM
Awareness
Evaluation
Purchase
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1 5 SEO Mistakes Costing You Revenue
And, How To Fix Them.
2 Build a Search Plan That Sells
Converting Organic Search Leads to Customers.
3 Live Q&A
Ask Mike Your Toughest SEO Questions.
On the Agenda
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Optimize your search plan for revenue.
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Now that you can tie organic search to revenue, let’s make more of it!
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Know which keywords make money.1
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And, which don’t. To do this you’ll need a keyword mapping doc.
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Know which keywords make money.1
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Revamp keyword and content strategy based on what closes deals.
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A/B test for better UX.2
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Prioritize pages that bring home the bacon.
þ How are those pages
performing on mobile?
þ Have you A/B tested your
CTAs?
þ Have you A/B tested
shorter forms?
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Make a plan with Sales.3
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Make sure Sales understands the organic lead handoff process
and is ready to convert.
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1 5 SEO Mistakes Costing You Revenue
And, How To Fix Them.
2 Build a Search Plan That Sells
Converting Organic Search Leads to Customers.
3 Live Q&A
Ask Mike Your Toughest SEO Questions.
On the Agenda
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