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HOW INTERNET MARKETING HOW INTERNET MARKETING
CAN INCREASE YOUR SALES
Chris Appleton
WSI Internet Consultant
WHAT THIS PRESENTATION WILL COVER
• The Digitization of Business Today
• Local SEO Strategies Using Google Places
• Managing Your Brand Reputation Online
• Establishing Your Social Media Strategy
• The Mobile Generation
THE DIGITIZATION OF BUSINESSTHE DIGITIZATION OF BUSINESS
Digitization n., the transformation of data from offline Digitization n., the transformation of data from offline
(physical) to online (digital)(physical) to online (digital)-- Reach LocalReach Local
YOUR CUSTOMERS ARE BECOMING DIGITIZEDM
ed
ia C
on
sum
pti
on According to eMarketer
71.2% of Canadian
1-2 Years
from Now
10 Years Ago
Me
dia
Co
nsu
mp
tio
n
Today
71.2% of Canadian
adults consume media
via the Internet
LOCAL SEARCH IS ON THE RISE
According to Google:
One out of five searches on Google
15,000,000,000
One out of five searches on Google
are related to location.
WHO DOES GOOGLE PLACES IMPACT?
Google Place Pages are viewed Google Place Pages are viewed
millions of times each day
SO WHAT DO YOU NEED TO DO?
• Get your listing claimed
• Have your profile completed 100% and ensure it appears correctly
www.google.com/placesforbusiness
100% and ensure it appears correctly
• Ensure same local phrases are on website as well
• Obtain local submissions from directories, social sites
• Consider Google Boost
Remember the old adage?
– Good tell one, bad tell 10!
– Online multiply the impact x ‘000s
YOU NEED TO LISTEN AND TAKE ACTION
HOW TO GET POSITIVE REVIEWS
Step #1
Determine which sites are important sites for are important sites for your customers to write reviews on
Step #2
• Ask for It: As simple as this sounds - it works.
People will give you reviews if you ask. So ask
on your website, business cards, brochures,
HOW TO GET POSITIVE REVIEWS
on your website, business cards, brochures,
invoices, email signature etc.
Step #3
• Give a little get a little: Offer an incentive for
your customers to post a positive review
HOW TO GET POSTIVE REVIEWS
your customers to post a positive review
(example: Tell us how we did and receive 10%
off your next service call)
Both + and – feedback will occur
If you listen you can turn any comments into +
DON’T BE AFRAID TO RESPOND
If you listen you can turn any comments into +
• Immediate appropriate conversations
• Strategic change communicated too!
Analyse and strategize:
WHAT TO DO WHEN A CRISIS ARISES
Review thoroughly
Think objectively
Respond Don’t be Respond quickly
Don’t be defensive
Offer a solution
Communicate change
SOCIAL MEDIA – DO YOU REALLY NEED IT?
If you answer YES to
any one of these
questions – WE can
help!• Need help in building a social
strategy/policy for your business?
• Want to build your brand using
social?
• Need to train employees/staff on
how to use social media effectively?
• Need to monitor your brand
reputation online?
• Want to improve your SEO traffic?
TYPES OF SOCIAL MEDIA
•Facebook•Facebook
Social Bookmarking Sites •Wikipedia•Wikipedia
Video/Photo/Music Sharing Sites •Blogger•Blogger
•Google+
•Google+
Social Networking Sites
•Digg
•Technorati
•Stumbleupon
•Del.icio.us
•Digg
•Technorati
•Stumbleupon
•Del.icio.us
•Scribd
•Squidoo
•Gather
•Scribd
•Squidoo
•Gather
Content Sharing Sites
•YouTube
•Flickr
•Photobucket
•Metacafe
•Last.fm
•YouTube
•Flickr
•Photobucket
•Metacafe
•Last.fm
•Wordpress
•Moveable Type
•Yahoo 360!
•MSN Spaces
•Wordpress
•Moveable Type
•Yahoo 360!
•MSN Spaces
Blogging Sites
Facebook Pages
• There are more than 1.5 million local
businesses that have active pages on
Facebook.
FACEBOOK DEMOGRAPHICS
Fastest
Growing
Demographics:
25 – 54
Demographics:
Females 55+
years
Almost 70%
1. Create A Page:
www.facebook.com/pages/create.php
2. Input information, contact details, pictures,
videos
HOW TO CREATE A FACEBOOK PAGE
3. Invite Friends, Customers, Clients
4. Create a Vanity URL:
www.facebook.com/YourBusinessName
To Do This Visit:
www.facebook.com/username
VIDEO OPTIMIZATION
On average you can have your video on page video on page one of Google
within 5-7 days!
Google Algorithm
Title TagDescription
TagKeywords
TagURL
First Internal H1 TagBody Tag
First Sentence
Internal Links
Incoming Links
Alt TagBold / Strong
H2/H3 Tags
• Thumbnail Image• Profile Image
• Thumbnail Image
• 111 x 74 pix
• Customize the
image and text
• 180 x 180 pix
• Cover Photo
• 851 x 315 pix
• Restrictions
GOOGLE MOBILE
It is predicted that
there will be more searches done on searches done on Google Mobile than on PC by the end
of next year
Google announced
that 35% of all
searches
GOOGLE MOBILE
searches done on their system are from
mobile devices
WHY MOBILE SITE + OPTIMIZATION
• Google indexes mobile sites SEPERATELY
• Results are different on Google Mobile
• More and more users are searching on
mobile devicesmobile devices
• Companies with mobile sites are given
preference in rankings over non mobile
sites!
• Less than 1% of all websites are mobile
friendly
Keyword Local Monthly Searches (Canada) Mobile Searches
heating and air conditioning toronto 1300 46
hvac toronto 3600 260
air conditioning toronto 8100 590
furnace repair toronto 880 73
ductless air conditioning toronto 210 < 10
toronto furnace 4400 320
KEYWORD RESEARCH
american standard air conditioning 590 36
air conditioning contractors 2900 140
air conditioning units 40500 2900
air conditioning repair toronto 720 58
heating and air conditioning 33100 1900
ductless air conditioning 3600 260
central air conditioning 8100 590
airconditioning toronto 1900 31
air conditioner toronto 6600 480
carrier air conditioning 3600 260
toronto air conditioner 6600 480
Integrated Strategies
Email Marketing
PPC and Display Ads
SEO
INTEGRATE YOUR STRATEGY
SEO
Social Media
Mobile
Coupons
THINK BOX
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• 4000+ new fans
• 5800 talking about this
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/Our_Blog/
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