In The Secrets of Search Engine Optimization and Marketing, you'll learn...
- How to break through the mystery of search engine marketing
- Ways to estimate your total costs when using pay-per-click advertising
- How to rise to the top of search engines by submitting your site correctly
- How to research and utilize keywords to boost your rankings
- And much more!
You may have a great Web site, but if it doesn’t come up on searches, or shows up finally on page 5 or 6—you know you could be doing a lot more to get the results you want. Don’t know exactly where to start to get the results coming in? This comprehensive workshop takes the mystery out of search engine optimization and marketing to help you attract more customers, increase sales and market share and boost your brand recognition. In just two power-packed days, we’ll show you how to take your Web marketing efforts to the next level with tips on … how pay-per-click fits in your marketing program … effective use of keywords … using site maps to increase traffic … submitting your site correctly the first time … and so much more.
WORKSHOP AGENDA
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Essentials of Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Search Engine Marketing (SEM)+
- The wave of the future—why search engines are critical to your competitive edge
- How complacency about search engine optimization can leave you in the dust
- Demystifying search engines: Exactly how do they work, and what do they mean for your Web marketing program?
- Which major players control 90% of search engine traffic and how do you tap into them?
- What is the difference between search engines and directories?
- A bug you want to attract—spiders and crawlers … how they work and why you want them to visit your site
- From the outside in: How external links to your Web site can pay off BIG
- Why SEO and SEM require constant monitoring and tweaking to stay competitive
Designing Web sites with search engines in mind+
- Which three simple design changes can boost your Web site rankings exponentially
- Why it’s vitally important to avoid the use of a splash page for the entrance to your Web site
- Dynamic pages: How they can actually lower your ranking on search engines—and what you can do to counter their effects
- How to use on-line tools to validate your Web page HTML code
- How glitzy graphics can actually be sucking profits from your Web marketing
- Using Cascading Style Sheets to streamline your HTML code and improve your rankings
- Page content—why more is better
- JavaScript™ and drop-down menus: How they affect search engine rankings
The keys to effective keywords on your Web site+
- Exactly what are “keywords” and how can they make or break your site?
- Selecting the right words … how using “off the cuff” words related to your business might actually COST you money
- Why “general” keywords and phrases may increase traffic … but not sales
- Researching keywords before you lose customers
- How to develop a niche to drive targeted traffic to your site
- Why focusing each Web page on a single topic pays off
- Differentiating your company from others with keywords or phrases
- Keyword research strategies that boost targeted traffic—traffic that converts to sales
- Tools to help you evaluate your keywords … and make them even better
“Getting a lock” on customers with keywords+
- How to place keywords to drive customers to your site first
- Effective page titles: The most important element of an effective SEO program
- The rules of the game … learning the right way to code page titles
- The name game—why the proper file names are critical … and what you need to know if you change active file names
- What is “effective keyword density” and how do you analyze yours for maximum return?
- Tricks to avoid—hidden text, competitor names and other shady techniques that can put your site off limits
- Sleuthing your competitors’ sites—how to compare your keyword density to theirs
- How to use alt tags, heading tags, META tags and title attribute tags for even more exposure
Using site maps and navigation strategies to increase traffic+
- Site maps are for the savvy—don’t think your site’s too small for one
- How a site map can drastically increase the number of pages indexed by search engines … and the number of visitors to your site
- How to create a site map … and why you must link it from your front page
- Making sure search engine spiders can do their job—all the time
- When creating a multi-page site map pays off in rankings
- What are search engine style descriptions and how can you use them in your site map to drive traffic?
- Why consistency is a must in navigation links
- Check it out … a quick and easy way to assess variation in links on your site
- The difference between relative and absolute navigation links when it comes to SEO
How to submit your site—the right way—to search engines and directories+
- Why “fill out the form and forget it” strategies just don’t work
- Preparation is everything. Researching and finalizing your site first is a must
- What you can expect in terms of “wait time” after you register
- Piggybacking your search engine efforts by using the DMOZ directory
- The Open Directory Project—what is it, and why should you submit your site to it?
- How to identify targeted directories that focus on your niche
- When you might not need to submit your site to search engines
- Why incoming links may actually get your site fully indexed faster than submitting it would
- Using computer programs to submit pages and check rankings … and why some search engine companies prohibit it
Checking your results—are you achieving your goals?+
- It’s more than just a listing … how to accurately measure your marketing outcomes from search engines
- What does Google™ PageRank™ really mean … and how important is it?
- On-line keyword verification tools … how they can help you determine results on multiple search engines
- Before … and after. Using on-line tools to evaluate your SEO efforts
- Software packages that measure results AND determine if your marketing strategy is on target
- Proven methods for calculating ROI
- Redirect: What to do if your results are disappointing
How pay-per-click (PPC) fits in your marketing program+
- Which companies are the major players in the PPC market … and which Web sites do they partner with?
- Incorporating pay-per-click—easily—into your marketing mix
- How to accurately estimate your total costs when using PPC
- What is a conversion rate and how do you compare it with your keywords or phrases?
- On-line tools that can help you assess current keyword bid rates
- How you can outsmart the competition—and boost ROI—by avoiding “top of the list” position
- PPC … how does it stack up against search engine results, banner ads and other Internet marketing techniques?
