In part 2 of our professional services masterclass series, we discuss what makes web design and content engaging, and share some practical tips on driving the right visitors to your site in greater numbers.
5. How much traffic do I need?
• Start with £ sales
• How many new clients to we need?
• How many proposals to we need?
• What's our conversion rate from visitor to
enquiry?
6. Some benchmarks
On average, professional services firms…
• Turn 10% of web visits into enquiries
• Convert 50% of leads into proposals
• Win 30% of those proposals
7. Be aware
• We need ≥60 visitors for each new client
• Visits ≠ Visitors
• Visitors rarely convert to leads on their first visit
• You still need clients to visit your site
9. Create client profiles
“Job title or persona”
What is this users
typical scenario:
How will they find the
site:
What are they looking
for on the site:
What questions are
they asking:
What do you want
them to do on the site:
What added value can
you offer them:
10. Questions to ask
• What motivates them?
• What keeps them up at night?
• Are they decision maker? Influencer?
Researcher?
• How fluent are they?
• What language do they speak?
• Where do they look for information online?
14. Web pages should
• Answer the right questions
• Provide supporting material / resources
• Call to action
Content
Call to
action
Supporting
resources
19. Make social marketing work…
• Refer to your client profile (remember part 1?)
• target as far as you can
• Groups
• Lists
• Remember – it’s social
• Use the 6:3:1 rule
21. Search Marketing – onsite
• Use keywords naturally
• Have relevant and unique page titles
• Include meta descriptions
• Structure websites properly
• Use unique, original content throughout
• Have alt text for images
• BE RELEVANT (go back to your client profile)
22. Search Marketing - offsite
• Outreach
• Local, industry relevant directories
• Social Media*
• Press releases – real ones
• Google Places
• Google reviews
• Consistent information
23. Search Marketing - AVOID
• Keyword stuffing and
• Hidden keywords
• Exact match domain re-directs
• Duplicate, quality content
• Poor quality links
• Any agency who guarantees anything
24. And lets not forget…
• 2.9 billion user accounts
• Used 122 billion times per hour
• 3 times as big as Facebook and twitter combined
• Used 100 times more than search engines
• Arguably the most trackable marketing medium
• Been here forever and here to stay…