Not just for Christmas, Hanukkah, or Valentine's Day, this presentation focuses on how to use past seasonal data and simple, free tools to improve your seasonal website marketing. Includes SEO, content marketing, and PR tips.

1. Seasonal Website Marketing
Using Past Data Trends & Simple Tools to Improve
Website Marketing for Cyclical Opportunities

2. To Every Thing There is a
Season…
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3. “With the start of spring and
change of weather, many
Americans visited pharmacy sites
for helping battling seasonal
allergies and colds.”
Source: comScore Media Metrix Ranks Top 50 U.S. Web Properties for March 2013
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4. Using Past Data Trends to
Improve Website Marketing
for Cyclical Opportunities

5. If You’re Not Collecting
Data…
Seasonal Website Marketing

6. …Start Today.
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7. What to Focus On
1. Conversions
2. Traffic
3. Popular Content
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8. Look For Trends
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9. Can You See Any Trends?
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10. That’s Easier.
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11. Find Big Monthly Jumps
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12. And Smaller Jumps
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13. This is Interesting…
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14. 2 Questions to Ask
1. Why is this happening?
2. How can we take advantage of it?
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15. How to Get the Advantage
1. Understand the trend
2. Create your plan a year ahead of time
3. Execute on time (no later than 6
months ahead of time for SEO)
4. Measure and analyze, repeat
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16. Extra Tips
1. Promote top products from previous season
2. Promote top categories from previous season
3. Offer promotions on previous peak traffic days
4. Step up social efforts before and on peak days
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17. Using Simple Tools to
Improve Website Marketing
for Cyclical Opportunities

18. The Tools
1. Google Trends
2. Google Instant Search
3. Google News
4. HARO
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19. Can You Guess?
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20. “Christmas Sweater”
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21. Seasonal Website Marketing

22. 9 Content Marketing Ideas
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23. Want Some Links?
Journalists are searching for seasonal topics
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24. Seasonal Website Marketing

25. HARO
www.helpareporter.com
1. Sign up as a source
2. Look for seasonally topical requests
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26. Free Tip: Recycle Seasonal Pages
a. Avoid dates in URLs
b. Keep URL live all year long (no 404!)
c. Modify content immediately after event
passes to avoid confusion for visitors
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27. Questions?
www.mwi.com
@getmwi
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