Why Your Business Needs SEO

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Why Does Your Business

Need SEO?Takeaways You Can Implement

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Why Does Your Business

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Number of benefits to a strong SEO strategy:

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BrandingEngagemen

tTraffic

Revenue

SEO leads have a 14.6% close

rate, while outbound leads

have a 1.7% close rate

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Organic has a lower cost per acquisition than other marketing channels

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Google gets over 100 billion searches a

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+250,000 Engagement Rings

+20,000 Dog Collars

+3,000 Solitaire Engagement Rings

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How does organic

search & SEO factor into this?

PAID ADS

PAID SHOPPING

ADS

OrORGANIC SEO LISTINGS

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Results on page 2 of Google get less than 5% of clicks

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What’s the recipe to get to page one of Google?

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Content Links Technical

On-Site Conversion Keywords

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Keywords

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The foundation of any strategy

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What do you want to be found for on Google?

What terms represent

the offering of your

business?

Half of all search queries contain four or

more wordsWordstream

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So think about answering questions...

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If you solve an issue, you’re building brand trust…..

Users are more likely to come back to your site

Technical

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If you haven’t already, get a Search Console

account created for your site.

Google will actually tell you where some of the

technical errors lie on your site!

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Fixing these errors makes your site not only better for Google, but better for users too.

Uncovering technical issues can help boost ROI

Technical Errors fixed

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On-Site

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It’s all about optimisation….

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Now you know your keywords, it’s time to put them to use.

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Meta Title

Meta Description

URL

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Title - H1 Tag

Text

Text

Alt Tag On Image

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Content

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The easiest way to produce fresh content on your site is through a

blog.

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They not only generate traffic, but can also drive revenue

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Links

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Being found online can increase footfall.

72% of all people who performed a local search ended up frequenting a

store that was within five miles.

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Local Citations are great and simple to

do

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For a long term strategy look for outreach opportunities

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Unlinked brand mentions

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Create and share content

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Conversions

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average userattention span

is 8 seconds

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Make it easy for the

people to find your products and buy

them

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A strong CTA can make all the difference

Keep it above the fold too

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Consider imagery positioning and direction too. It can make a huge difference

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Takeaways

SEO is a cost effective marketing strategy, with a

variety of benefits.

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If you’re not on page one, you won’t get the traffic

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There’s six steps to an effective SEO strategy:●Content●Keywords●Links●On-Site●Technical●Conversion

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