2. Objectives for Today Understand the elements critical to having a successful online presence and marketing effort Learn how to create a strong online brand experience for customers and prospects Use your website to measure online and offline marketing efforts Decide if your current online efforts can accomplish the goals you have established Today it’s about strategy and high-level thinking. Next three sessions will be more detail/ tactically oriented.
6. Why the web is so important It’s where your customers and prospects are:
7. Why the web is so important It’s where the people are:
8. Why the web is so important More cost effective Mass distribution of your message The web is an equalizer. No longer have to have big media budgets to reach the masses. Less about money, more about discipline and consistency of effort Easy to update content Reduce printing costs Allows you to be responsive to changing market conditions Measurement of success Know what works and eliminate waste
9. Why the web is so important It’s Interactive Human/ Social Interaction More timely & reliable information Various forms of content Video, audio, interactive graphics, documents, etc Business process functionality i.e. online banking, account creation, purchases, etc…
13. Where to begin Define your objectives example objectives: 10 leads per month will come from our website as a result of our online marketing efforts Establish a strong brand online, as validated by a 15% overall increase in traffic Obtain top five Google search result rankings for top five industry terms Achieve 500 Facebook fans for your brand page
43. Sales Path Action Item: For each segment write down information a customer needs to see to move through the buying funnel and become a customer/client.
54. Setup Goals to measure your online and offline marketing efforts
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56. NetCentered Strategy Outreach/ Traffic Drivers NetCentered Strategy Search Engines Word of Mouth/Viral Traditional Marketing Social / Business Networks News/Blogs Web Content Email RSS Public Website Brand Image / Graphics Brand Message / Content Apps and CMS Web Application Framework Strategy Management Site Content Management Tools Analytic Tools Lead Management Request Processing
93. Strategy Management Strategy Management Lead Management Request Processing Analytic Tools Site Content Management Tools
94. Strategy Management Strategy Management Request Processing Site Content Management Tools Analytic Tools Lead Management
95. Strategy Management Strategy Management Contact Us Name* Email * Phone * Comments * Send Reset Site Content Management Tools Analytic Tools Lead Management Request Processing
96. NetCentered Strategy Outreach/ Traffic Drivers NetCentered Strategy Search Engines Word of Mouth/Viral Traditional Marketing Social / Business Networks News/Blogs Web Content Email RSS Public Website Brand Image / Graphics Brand Message / Content Apps and CMS Web Application Framework Strategy Management Site Content Management Tools Analytic Tools Lead Management Request Processing
97. Rules to live by Your website is never, ever done If you can’t update it, get one you can Your homepage is not the only page on your site Be the expert. Claim what you know. Make them care. Talk to them about the benefits, not the features of your product or service. You care about you, they don’t care about you, they care about them.
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TiffanyYour stage in the growth lifecycle will determine what your web strategy is – it changes as you evolved and grow (local, national)
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Focusing your resources on the highest impact opportunitiesSearch volumeYour ability to deliver consistently on thatMarketsize/ demandFOCUS, FOCUS, FOCUSGreat tools out there that help us know how many people are looking every month for the things that you are trying to sell. Market conditions change, how you focus your products