2. Measuring Results - Agenda
Very brief introductions
Internet marketing checklist
Setting the context
What to measure: Your Plan
Keywords and Web search
Search Engine Optimization – what works
What to measure / Related Tools
Using Facebook for marketing
Questions
3. Why Measure?
You Measure to Manage
Built from Goals
Actionable
Cost vs. Value
4. The Tools
Your domain name(s)
Email: name@yourdomain.com
Website www.yourdomain.com
Blog / Online Articles
Local Search / Directories: Google Maps…
Social Media: Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter…
Newsletter / Email marketing
Pay per Click Advertising
Video / Podcasts
Integration with traditional marketing
5. Foundation
Have a good product / service
Deliver it well
Know what makes you best
Can you be “found” on the Internet?
Identify Keywords
Use them across all tools
Are you remarkable?
Is your message clear and consistent?
Are you communicating on all channels?
6. Your Brand
What You Promise
The Idea(s) people have about your business
Logo / Your “look” – Brand Recognition
One message, multiple media:
Business name
Domain name
E-mail
Graphics, Fonts used, Colors
7. Effective Communication
At the level desired – Not too much or too little
Does not offend or intrude
The right media – The way I want it
The right time – When I want it
Experienced as a service, not an ad
Brings me closer with each contact
8. Core ‘talkable’ Difference
What makes you remarkable?
Positioning – your “Unique Selling Proposition”
Brand recognition – what you stand for
Moments of truth – the customer experience
9. Where are your customers?
How are you being found now?
Tracking referrals and new customers
Customer life cycle
Your Ideal customer / client
Persona – Getting insights
Demographics
Listen to your customers
How does web marketing fit?
10. Sales Cycle
Know: They have heard about you
Like: They are interested
Trust: They want to act
Try: They check you out
Buy: Sale made, Service provided
Repeat:They are a customer / client
Refer: They are a fan / advocate
11. Using the tools
Know: Search, Social Posts, Online Content
Like: Website /Blog, Newsletter, Social Media
Trust: Website, Social Media, Repeated Contact
Try: Webinar, Downloads, Interactive content
Buy: Shopping Cart, Product info online
Self service, Social media for support, Forums
Repeat: Interactive website, Build community via
Social media, CRM tools. Newsletter
Refer: Social Media, Interactive
Website, Downloadable /sharable content.
12. Marketing / Sales Plan
Goals
Good: Have our company show in the first page for the
following keywords: “Visalia Computer Repair”
Bad: Increase our sales
Really bad: Have more website visitors
Related measures:
AdWords statistics for “Visalia Computer Repair”
Who else shows up?
Where are we using this phrase…
Example insight:
Our Local Map listings show more than website
13. Website Basics
10 seconds
Landing pages
Good content (Value)
Call to action
Contact information
Identify your audience
Know what action you want them to take
This is what you want to measure
14. Website Usability
Good enough syndrome
Segment by audience
Clear next action
Contact information
Consistency – especially navigation
Easy to read / easy to understand
Don’t make me think!
Test on a few friends / clients
16. Finding your Product/Service
How are people searching for your services?
Identifying Keywords
Keyword tools:
Google adwords: http://adwords.google.com
Commercial tools:
Wordtracker.com
Keyworddiscovery.com
Searching for you or your products / service
18. Search Engine Optimization
“Organic” search results
It’s all about keywords
Spiders
Create “Landing” pages
Have useful content
Inbound links
Pay per Click advertising
Reuse other writing (big target)
Generate traffic – reasons to visit
Brand awareness: are they searching for you?
19. SEO Basics
Domain Name(s)
Keywords in content
Keywords in headings and titles
Traffic
Relevant inbound links
Meta tags – not used as much
Make sure they are glad they found you!
20. Website measures
Content: Volume and quality
Activity: (google analytics)
Unique visitors (trend over time)
Bounce rate
Visited from (source)
Path taken (landing pages) , sources of clicks
Number of Inbound links – Growing / Declining
Ask good questions, then use the data to find
answers
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22. Website Actions
Add good content (work in your key phrases)
Landing pages
Reuse: email, articles, industry news
Adapt content from the web
Adapt from competitors
Solicit links
Add web url to your email
Put web link on all your sites: Facebook, etc.
Find complimentary sites and suggest
Directories, anything you belong to
26. Usability testing
Can be as simple as asking
Specify a task, see what they do
Can use screen capture plus webcam
Test early and often
27. Local Search - Results
Citations
Visitors
Traffic driven to website
Local site tools
Google Places
Yahoo Local
Embed analytics
Google analytics URL builder tool
28. Email Marketing
Delivery rate (Message / list quality)
Open rate, and when (Best time to deliver)
Links Clicked on (what’s interesting)
List Building:
Number of new sign-ups, and source
Sign up tools: on website, social media
Track results:
Incentives or contact linked to specific mailings
Mailchimp.com
Free, full analytics, templates, tutorials
29. Social Media
Facebook – Social / business networking
LinkedIn – Professional networking
Twitter – real time updates
Content: YouTube, SlideShare, others
Podcasts – audio recordings for download
RSS and other feeds
Find out what your Customers /Clients use
30. Social Demographics
1. Where are your customers online?
2. What are your customers’ social
behaviors online?
3. What social information or people do your
customers rely on?
4. What is your customers’ social influence? Who
trusts them?
5. How do your customers use social technologies
in the context of your products.
31. Facebook: Recent Changes:
Managing your feed – Subscribers
Privacy settings
Ticker
Timeline / Home
Smart Lists (Friends added automatically)
Work / School / Family / City
Built In lists: sets scope of sharing
32. How to use Facebook
Personal Profile – Build your network
Groups (part of Profile) – More interaction
Business Page – Permission marketing
Community Page – Expertise
Tips:
User support / Building community
Add value in your posts. Humor has value.
Spend a few minutes responding specifically to
individual posts.
33. Pages vs. Groups
Members join as fans Members Join as Members
Fan pages are public Visible only after login
Better for long term Better for Group Discussions
relationships Officers to facilitate / monitor
Apps can be added No Apps No Stats
Visitor tracking / Stats Email under 250 members /
Message delivered to Wall Message delivered to FB
as status update message inbox
Unlimited Fans Limited to 3000 members
Join by “like” page Anyone can add / member
must accept join request
Supports documents
34. Measuring Results
Facebook Insights
Friends (rate by goals for the relationship)
Fans
Track your time spent and posting:
Set goals to post daily / weekly…
Business (productive) vs Fun
Response to posts
Leads or referrals obtained
Inbound links to website
Use lists for segmentation
36. Video and Media
Determine relevance
Views / downloads
Leads generated – Build in tracking
37. Advertising Online
Google Adwords / Facebook ads
Built in analytics
Drive traffic to landing page or fan page
Impressions – You are visible
Daily / monthly cap on cost
Pay only for those that click
38. Monitoring Results
Start with desired result
Who is visiting your site
Who is reading your article / blog / newsletter?
Are they getting what they wanted?
Are they doing what you intended?
How did you decide to
do business with us?