Nick Footer, president of In2itive Search, speaks about search engine marketing for two graduate classes in Salem, Oregon. The presentation covers search engine optimization and pay per click advertising in October 2013.
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About In2itive Search LLC
Google AdWords, Google Analytics, and Microsoft AdCenter
Certified
Digital marketing consultants since 2007
Two point one employees
Principle based organization – Partners First
Service guarantee
Involved in local and national organizations
PDXAMA, SEMPDX, ReFit, Shadow Project
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In2itive Capabilities
Pay Per Click
Worked with small to large accounts ($500 – over $1m)
Search Engine Optimization
Audited hundreds of sites to increase organic search traffic and conversions
Provides plans and recommendations for successful link building strategies
Social Media
Audited and provided new strategy for increased engagement, traffic and
conversions
WordPress Web Design
Ecommerce, professional services, blogs
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Why Should You Care?
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Search
Engine
Marketing
Pay Per Click
• Quality Score
• Mobile
• Remarketing
• Social Media
SEO
• On-Site
• Off-Site
• Local
• Social Media
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Advertising
Results
Organic
Results
Local
Results
Social
Results
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~95% of all clicks happen on the first page of Google
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Do you own one of
these?
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Then people will find your
website through keyword
searches on Google (Bing
& Yahoo Too)
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Keyword
Research
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Keywords help people find what
they’re looking for online
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Name, Address, Phon
e Number
Categories
Reviews
Citations
Site Optimized for
Local SEO
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Local SEO
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Local Search Universe
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Local Search Ranking Factors - 2013
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http://bit.ly/mozlocalranking
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Major Changes Last 2.5 Years
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What Changed?
Panda – User Experience
Starts with humans
Targeted content farms
Scrapper sites
Ads above the fold
Multiple updates and refreshes
(30+ to date)
Penguin – Black Hat SEO
Link schemes
Keyword stuffing
Over optimization
Cloaking & sneaky redirects
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Use more social media
Focus on quality not quantity
Write link-worthy content and
share it
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Be A Better Marketer
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Last Month – Joy of Being an SEO – Not!
Hummingbird
Fast and precise
Still works with Panda and Penguin
Way we search has changed over past 10 years
Makes long tail and conversational search better
Car Engine Example
Google “Not Provided”
Encrypted search
Organic keywords are no longer available in Analytics
Work arounds
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1. Keyword research
2. On-page updates
3. Content & link strategy
4. Share amazing content
5. Monitor, measure, mone
tize – Didn’t Cover!
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SEO Strategy – A Must Have
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Advertising
Results
Organic
Results
Local
Results
Social
Results
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Matched keyword’s click through rate (CTR) on Google - Popular
Relevance of the keyword and ad to the search query and
landing page
Historical keyword performance on Google.com
Other relevancy factors that continually evolve
Quality Score is a dynamic variable assigned to each of
your keywords. It's calculated using a variety of factors
and measures how relevant your keyword is to your ad
text and to a user's search query.
Courtesy of Google
Quality Score Explained – Pay Less, Get More
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Courtesy of Google
“Relevance is the key to a successful AdWords campaign on Google” -
Google
AdWords is designed to reward relevance with high quality scores
Max
CPC X
Ad rank is determined by an auction
of the ad’s relevance and the amount
advertisers are willing to pay
Your bid Determined by Google
Quality
Score
How Quality Score - Save You Money
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Quality Score Example
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Key Ad Components - Increase Quality Score
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Headline
Display URL
Description
Sitelinks
Local Extension
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Landing Pages
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Facebook Advertising
Social advertising historically has terrible CTR
Makes sense as people don’t want to be interrupted to sell you something you don’t want
Turned Facebook into their third largest revenue driver behind word of mouth and AdWords
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Facebook Ad Examples
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Why both?
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Advertising
Results
Organic
Results
Local
Results
Social
Results
Essentially: if you don’t own one of the top 10 domains in the United States people aren’t going to find your website because of your URL
Keyword research is the foundation of any PPC, Social, or SEO campaigns as it helps us find out how our target market is researching our brand and products or services.
Keywords are searches entered into search engines that then will deliver organic and paid listings
Highly measurableAffordablePhoto credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/4778642362/sizes/o/----- Meeting Notes (10/22/12 11:23) -----"free traffic" is not so free these days
----- Meeting Notes (10/22/12 11:23) -----Each page has targeted keyword group to use for on-page optimization
Google is all about creating satisfied customers. Their entire business model is dependent on it. They want to provide the highest quality experience so that searchers always come back to Google.
Ad Rank is determined by an auction of the ad’s relevance and the amount advertisers are willing to pay----- Meeting Notes (10/16/11 12:51) -----Auction
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----- Meeting Notes (10/22/12 11:30) -----Once you have your campaigns, ad groups and targeting optimized you need to be sure to send that targeted traffic to quality landing pages.
Image source: http://blog.kissmetrics.com/landing-page-design-infographic/?wide=1Think about the first 3 seconds after you click on a result on a Google search page.You are waiting to see what is on the landing page, you are looking for a product or message that closely matches what you searched for, and you are looking for something that tells you what you need to do next – whether it be BUY, or DOWNLOAD, or SUBMIT A FORM.Creating landing pages with the user experience in mind will only help your quality score. There are number of ways to do this.First, use related keywords in the headline or in the most prominent text on the page. This tells the user that this is the page that most accurately addresses their needs.Make sure you then continue to use related keywords in the body copy on the page – this will reinforce for the user that they are on the right page and that they should stay there and complete a conversion action.Ensure that you don’t have excessive images or other page elements that cause the page to load slowly. Users typically won’t wait for more than 5 seconds for a page to fully load so measure your speed and make adjustments accordingly.Be explicitly clear with your call to action – don’t assume the user knows what you want them to do – you need to tell them. So if you’re an ecommerce site, a button with a standard and familiar message such as “Add to cart” would be your call to action. For a B2B business, maybe you are looking for leads so something like “request a quote now” might be an appropriate call to action. Don’t hide it and don’t make the user guess what they should do – make it front and center and absolutely clear.Two other things that are standard on most websites, though are critical for a landing page in the eyes of Google, are links to the site’s Privacy Policy and also an About Us (or similar) link. Google wants to ensure that the sites that their searchers are landing on are on the up and up – these two elements help to convey to Google that this is a real site, with real people behind it. If you don’t have these linked to from some sort of navigation on your landing pages, such as in the footer, consider adding it immediately.
Google is all about creating satisfied customers. Their entire business model is dependent on it. They want to provide the highest quality experience so that searchers always come back to Google.
Google uses users IP addresses to determine where they are physically searching from and then ads are displayed that are targeted to the specific location. You can also choose to exclude certain locations if desired much like you can choose negative keywords to not have your ads show for.----- Meeting Notes (10/22/12 11:30) -----Give me some examples to why someone would want to use geo-targeting
----- Meeting Notes (10/22/12 11:30) -----Why would you want to exclude or separate mobile devices from your advertising?
If you discover that certain campaigns perform better on specific days of the week or during certain times of the day you can use ad scheduling to make sure your ad only runs during the most optimum times. With ad scheduling you can schedule your ads to appear during specific hours or days of the week. An example of this would be scheduling your ads to run only on weekdays, or only from 3:00 until 6:00 p.m. daily. If you use ad scheduling you can have your campaign run all day, every day, or as little as 15 minutes per week.An advanced option is also offered through ad scheduling that lets you adjust your bids for ads during certain time periods. For example, if your ads perform best between 7:00 and 10:00 a.m., you can use a higher bid for impressions or clicks during that timeframe. Conversely, you could decrease your bids during off-hours to save budget.You can set up ad scheduling by going into your advanced settings through the settings tab in AdWords. If budgets are tight, ad scheduling will be extremely important to ensure you are only showing your ads when they tend to get the best results.
The parts of quality score that you have control over are ads and your landing pages.
In addition to showing your ads on a Google search results page in your targeted areas, Google also includes in their Maps results, which are often viewed when user is performing a local search. Here is an example of how Google is displaying a Borders location targeted ad within Google Maps. Notice how the listing is labeled “Ad” near the top of the pop-up. These ads don’t display exactly how a text ad would, but they are further enhanced by location details and images, including a logo tag on the map itself rather than a lettered pin. Whether or not you have physical locations, you should still configure geographic targeting to ensure that your pay per click ads are only being shown to most relevant potential customers – if you don’t ship your products to Japan, make sure your settings don’t allow your ads to show there.
Assumption – killer Facebook already…and someone managing it.
Why pay for advertising if I can get it for “free” – again not so free