Website of the Year: DVM360 Case Study

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DVM360's Marnette Falley discusses DVM360.com, the 2011 ASBPE Website of the Year at this year's National Conference.

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Website of the Year

dvm360.com

Content development

The site

The questions

• What do our readers need to know today?• What do our readers want to know today? • What’s the best medium to communicate

the message?• How can we make the content more

enticing?• How can we maximize views?

The foundation: Great topics

Great con-tent40%

Good marketing

30%

Smart de-livery30%

Then layer on the goodness…

>A structure that boosts page views and engagement

>Multi-media elements

>Packaging

>Paths to similar content

>Promote like crazy

Organization & navigation

Visitor interaction(And value to the reader…)

Giving readers the reins

• Community tools and participation• Social media feeds on the site• RSS feeds from the site

In which of the following social media networks do you individually participate?

Twitter

LinkedIn

None

VIN

dvm360.com Community

Facebook

8%

13%

17%

27%

33%

68%

Layout & design