Project Tag: Search Engine Results Pages

  • The Case for Digital Marketing Management

    The Case for Digital Marketing Management

    We had a potential client that was in the construction industry and ultimately decided that digital marketing was not worth the money. He didn’t market the company anywhere else but word of mouth. This worked, and in the beginning he found work fairly regularly with loyal clientele. This small group of customers were able to provide him with steady work for a short period of time, but it became sporadic. He would find work and be so busy that he wouldn’t have time for anything else. He would finish this work and then there would be a time where he was doing nothing. When he was busy, he would complain that he did not have enough help. When he was not doing anything, he would complain that he was not getting enough work and couldn’t hire anyone. His business ran in a kind of circle where he would find the work, do the work, and find the work again. He always seemed one step behind himself in getting the steady work that wanted.

    Some people get in the way of their own success, and I was never able to convince him why we could solve this problem for him.

    If this sounds like you, let me give it another try right now. To break this cycle, you are going to have to do something different. You are going to have to use some digital tools to build internet lead generators. But it takes time, experience, and knowledge to set this up. You can only wear so many hats in a day, and the digital marketing hat is one you should hire.

    One reason is that we are working while you are working. For a small investment, you can save time and have us handle all the work for you. This means you can spend your time running your business instead of using it to create forgotten websites and social media pages.

    We will setup a social media page with an advertising campaign. This will provide your business with an internet presence and a method of bringing traffic to that page. This simple setup will help bring customers to you, while you run your business. You might even get enough steady work to hire that extra person. With a little more of an investment, we can handle all of your internet services to provide professional domain email that you control and looks professional to your clients. We can provide a state of the art website that is optimized for your customers to find it. We can ensure your business is well connected to search engines so your clients find you.

    All of this work helps in a few ways. It provides a kind of digital sign post that allows your customers to find you on their tablets, cell phones, and computers; and it provides you a low cost and active way to reach your customers. It’s a great way to grow your business and much cheaper than traditional marketing.

  • Put Your Business on the Map

    Put Your Business on the Map

    Your business likely has a either a physical location or a service area, but how is your customer going to find you? Well, if you have a physical location, you probably put up a big sign. Maybe that sign even lights up. If your company offers a service and doesn’t have a store front, you probably have a big wrap on your truck with your phone number, a list of services, and the company logo.

    All of these things are great, but only work in a casual sense. If someone is actively looking for a plumber, they may pull up behind a plumber van and call the number, they could ask their friends, or they might do a google search on their phone.

    Most small businesses ignore the internet entirely. I know because when I am in a new town and look for a restaurant, all I can find are the large chains that probably have media departments that handle these things.

    With a little work, your small business can look like it has an entire media department working for it as well.

    A good place to start is Google. Google Business is the place to setup your business address, phone number, and hours. If you own a service company, you can specify a service area and service hours.

    This allows google to display accurate results and helps those customers find you.

    Other options to consider are Google Maps, Waze, and Facebook; which all have location, service area, and business hours built into their searches.

    The best part is that these services are free. Google wants your business listed correctly. Waze wants your store address to be correct. Google maps wants to display accurate images of your storefront. Customers also want to use companies that they can find and know are open. It is a win for everyone.

  • Search Engine Results Pages (SERP)

    Search Engine Results Pages (SERP)

    SERP are the displayed results after a keyword is entered into a search engine.

    The search engine ranks the results by relevance, displays a short summary, and provides a link.

    Companies use Search Engine Optimization (SEO) techniques to help search engines find and display correctly in their search results. Snippets, Rich Snippets and Meta Tags are are displayed as well.

    Advertising and proper SEO increases your chances to appear on the Search Engine’s SERP using keywords relevant to your businesss.

    The following shows a typical SERP provided by Google when the Keyword Digital Marketing is used.

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