5 Ways You Can Use Your Website to Speed Past Your Competitors. Your website should service itself as a source of information, but you need to utilize your site to generate sales, revenue and speed past your competitors.
5. What Are the Stats? Percentage of Americans using the internet on a daily basis: 1995: 9% 2000: 57% 2005: 74% 2007: 79% In 2007 that is 178 million daily users in the US.* *Harris Interactive Case Study: Nov. 2007 **PEW Internet & American Life Study: April, 2006 45% of users say the internet helped them make a big decision in the last 2 years.**
6. What Are the Stats? Online Retail Spending Continues to Increase CNN Money, Jan. 2008
13. 1 st Gear What are the actionable items that you expect your customers to take on your site? Hold Your Website Accountable What do you expect from your website? How will you convince them to take that desired action?
14. They are impatient. Internet User Behavior They make quick decisions. They scan pages instead of read them. You Have 4 Seconds 1 st Gear
15. 2 nd Gear: Design, Messaging Simplicity Keep it simple stupid. Don’t make me think. Messaging Speak directly to your customer. Use the proper language, terminology. Communication Don’t just decorate! The core function of your site.
23. 4 th Gear When should you start being more competitive and drive more traffic to your website? NOW
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26. Overdrive! Tools that allow you to review (or spy on!) your competition: www.Compete.com www.Quantcast.com www.Spyfu.com
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28. Helpful Resources Paid Search Advertising The Adventures of PPC Hero www.ppchero.com Search Engine Optimization SEOMoz www.seomoz.org Website Design Basics Designs from Scratch www.webdesignfromscratch.com General Website Marketing/Development Search Engine Land www.searchengineland.com
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30. Thank you! Joseph Kerschbaum [email_address] www.HanapinMarketing.com 812.330.3134
Notes de l'éditeur
Introduction: Me, Senior Search Consultant @ Hanapin Hanapin: Web Development & Internet Marketing Firm What a great day for the Expo? I’ll be going out after this. Any particular booth that was your favorite (besides your own)? We are a results driven firm.