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In our experience, SEO is something that B2B companies take for granted or, even worse, they don’t pay attention to at all. They sit and hope that Google will find them relevant for keywords, and out of the goodness of their heart rank them in top positions and send loads of traffic. While this seems obviously naïve, it turns out that when prioritized and understood, SEO can drive not just traffic, but revenue.
A common problem we find is that many B2B companies simply don’t know how to track organic traffic to ROI. And because of the tracking difficulties, it might as well not even exist. If this sounds familiar, then this web clinic is for you!
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We are a B2B Digital Marketing Agency
focusing on demand generation.
Companies work with us to:
• Increase qualified leads
• Track SEO and SEM to ROI
• Marketing Automation Support
About Us
• Search Engine Optimization
• Paid Search & Display
• Website Redesign
• Marketing Automation
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And then there are the MULTIPLE steps in the buyers journey:
Why Tracking SEO is Hard to Do in B2B
But Nevertheless Critical
Let’s say John
searches for
“marketing
automation
software”.
John clicks on the link, but
then decides to go to
lunch.
John clicks on the ad and
downloads the eBook.
Google serves an organic
listing for your site linking
to your latest eBook.
While he’s at lunch, browsing the
NY Times on his phone, he sees a
display ad for your eBook.
Sales gives John a call a few
hours later, and sets up a demo
appointment.
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Tracking Paid Search Keywords to Leads, Opportunities & Revenue
The First Trick is Simply Being Able to Track SEO
to Revenue - This is How you do it:
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Referring back to our example with multiple touches:
The First Trick is Simply Being Able to Track SEO
to Revenue - This is How You Do it:
With closed-loop reporting you can
attribute credit properly within your
CRM.
AND MORE IMPORTANTLY GET THIS
INFORMATION IN THE HANDS OF
THOSE DOING THE OPTIMIZATIONS!!!
John Smith
First touch source: Organic Search
First touch page: /prod/marketing-automation
Last touch source: Paid Search
Keyword: best marketing automation platform
Last touch page: /LP/marketing-automation
Closed Won Amount: $100,000
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Closed Loop Reporting
Some keywords might drive the majority of leads, but with attribution you’ll see which keyword
themes drive the most revenue.
Tracking Organic Entry Pages in CRM
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Keyword Mapping Blueprint
Takes the guesswork out of optimizing
At least now you have something to optimize against
Can be very useful if doing ROI tracking in CRM
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Targeting keywords that are profitable
• First step is identifying the pages
on your website that target
keywords. This is why having a
keyword mapping document is
critical
• Set up closed loop reporting by
pulling in web pages to leads in
CRM. There are a few tools out
there that can do this, we built
one!
• Going after keywords that are
profitable and dumping ones that
are not is key to phenomenal
return on investment
12. 1ST ACCESSIBILITY
• Can search engines get to all
of the pages on the website?
• Are there technical issues
hindering performance e.g.
broken links, improper
redirects etc.
• Can you update all the key
components on the CMS for
SEO?
3 Components of SEO
2ND RELEVANCY
• Have you identified keywords
that are exactly what your
prospects use on web searches?
• Are there dedicated pages for
these keywords?
• Are these keywords present in
the key SEO areas on your
website? Page titles, headers
and meta descriptions?
3RD AUTHORITY
• Are there enough links from
other websites referencing
your site?
• How does this compare to
those that are outranking you
for your target keywords?
• Is there a plan to increase
this number over time?
ARE WE TRACKING SEO & SEM LEADS & OPPORTUNITIES
TO REVENUE?
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You Need an SEO Plan
Recommendation: Build your SEO Keyword Mapping Document
Decide home page or deeper page targeting – Map the keyword!
Content Gap analysis: How big of a theme am I going up against?
o site:www.yoursite.com keyword
o Can I achieve this with marketing pages or do I need to start
creating blog pages and use internal linking?
Devise plan to increase keyword theme
Internal linking, blog posts are key here!
Who is linking to my competitors? Pending relevancy, are they
accepting new link partners?
Track results monthly and revisit strategy
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Now How Do You Optimize a Web page?
Dedicated Page
Keyword in:
Page title
Meta Description
Header
In web copy with
supporting text
Internal linked within
website & external
websites referencing
deeper page
16. Get a second opinion on your
SEO & Demand Generation Approach
In a 30 minute consultation, learn:
Where you rank in relation to competitors
Measure revenue opportunity from Search
What you can do to accelerate results from SEO now
Mike Turner
Head of New
Business
Thanks for watching!
Email mike@digitalreachagency.com or call (925) 750-8550 for more information
Notes de l'éditeur
We’re a digital marketing agency specializing in online lead generation, building sales pipelines and revenue.
How exactly do we move the needle for our clients?
We deliver more leads and better quality leads with cutting-edge SEO, SEM, Website Design and Content Marketing strategies.
Choose your key performance indicators based on your ultimate campaign goals.
Ultimately, you should judge content success by measuring how much REVENUE leads brought in through your content marketing efforts and how it’s affecting your your bottom line.
This first set of metrics is a good start in evaluating content performance, but they’re not enough to fully evaluate ROI.
Marketers need take it one step further by tying content efforts to (1) Qualified leads, (2) Sales pipeline opportunity dollars, and/or (3) closed won revenue in your CRM.
Key Takeaway: To measure which campaigns generate the most REVENUE, not just leads, you need to set up your CRM to track closed deals back to the influencing campaign. [Next Slide]
Now annualize it.
Now annualize it.
First, choose your keywords carefully. Think about what phrases prospects are most likely to use at each research stage. We’ll use our own industry as the basis for our keyword examples.
Stage 1: Awareness
Educate prospects on the value of your product.
Keyword examples: “SEO best practices”, “SEO for lead generation.”
Stage 2: Consideration
Build the business case for investment.
“SEO analytics solutions”, “SEO ROI reporting.”
Stage 3: Purchase
Give the prospect a reason to choose you over your competitors.
Keyword examples: “digital agency cost”, “digital agency comparison”, “how to choose an agency.”
Finally, expand your keyword list by buyer persona. (Remember the Marketing Director, Jane Smith?) List keywords that would be relevant to each buyer persona at each stage of the funnel.
Tip: If you’re worried you don’t have the resources to create this much content before launching your SEO campaign, you’re not alone. For those starting from scratch, think of this more like a “crawl, walk, run” scenario. Start by optimizing core product or service keywords and later expand by research stage and persona. Create a “tip” callout box.