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SEO Basics - Closing the Loop from Design to Build to Marketing: Learn how to develop a SEO strategy that gets your website measurable ROI.
DatePresented by:
Randa Codron &Amberlie Denny
5 things you want to know about this presentation…
1. The presentation will be 45 minutes including Q & A2. You can send your questions to us via your
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3. We will answer timely, topic-specific questions during the presentation and save the rest for the Q & A period
4. We answer all the questions we don’t have time for during the presentation in a blog post later in the day
5. We will send out a link to the recording and a PDF of the presentation slides after the presentation
Belief: If you build it they will come…
Reality: It’s not quite that easy.
What’s the
With SEO anyways?
Search Engine Optimized Websites let people
you more quickly,
their experience,
from you more easily..
SEO strategy?
What are the essential
elements of a SUCCESSFUL
dealing with the content on your website..
When your optimizing on page factors, you’re
Using strategies like and
to improve your rankings.
LINK BUILDING
SYNDICATING CONTENT
One of the things you can do
for your SEO is pick keywords. STRONG + RELEVANT
Don’t be afraid to be afraid to build off your
Don’t go
Keep it
COMPETITION.
OVERBOARD!
CONSISTENT.
There are TONS of free tools out there to help you pick your keywords.
We like: Keyword Spy, SEM Rush, Google Search-Based Keyword Tool and Power Verb List.
You don’t want to build your SEO strategy on a
Weak Foundation.
Can help solve that problem.
Following Website
Have a clear and
Try to use text rather than
Make sure your <title> and ALT tags are
HIERARCHY
IMAGES
DESCRIPTIVE
TEXT LINKS.
(and accurate).
BIG HINT: Try reading
Google’s Webmaster Guidelines first, it’s a great place to get started.
A big part of SEO is your site structure.
A strong site structure is what makes up a
strategy.
All the pieces of your site structure need to sync up.
URLPage
NameTitle Tag
Meta Keywords
Meta Description
Showroom /showroom
Bedroom Furniture - Living Room Furniture - Office Furniture | Generation
Furniture
Furniture, Dining Room Furniture, Bedroom
Furniture, Office Furniture, Living Room Furniture
Shop Furniture at Generation Furniture. Generation Furniture
offers Bed Room Furniture, Living Room Furniture, Dining Furniture, Sofas, Recliners &
more
Free Tools: SeoQuake
Stale content is a surefire way to
Smart Marketers know that keeping your content fresh and targeting your keywords is one of the best ways to optimize.
KILL YOUR SEO.
(Don’t let your stale content do this to your SEO)
Free Tools: SeoQuake (keyword density checker), Xenu Link Checker (Build an HTML sitemap), XML Sitemap Generator (Build an XML Sitemap).
It’s important that you keep your content
Make sure that you have both sitemaps.
Content should be
HTML and XML
KEYWORD - RICH.
FRESH.
Link building is an essential aspect of your SEO.
Unfortunately, building links is harder than it sounds.
But…
There are some tricks you can use. A SECRET SAUCE
There are basically two things you can do to get links.
1. Ask your to link to you.
2. Find websites in your industry and
WEBMASTER FRIENDS
REQUEST LINKS.
“LEGAL”
BONUS TIP: Links from relevant websites that relate to your company hold more weight in search engines (they’re better).
Nearly people look for specific content each day.
That’s a lot of potentially relevant
1 BILLION
TIP: RSS isn’t just for Blogs!
Tool: FeedBurner - Permits people to subscribe for regular updates, delivered automatically via a web portal, news reader, or email.
The question is, who’s going to win?
If you take anything away from this presentation
make sure you
1.
2.
3.
SEO can help you customers find you, have a better experience on your website and buy from you more easily.
SEO is made up of both on-page and off-page optimization and both are essential for a strong, sustainable strategy.
SEO doesn’t start once your website is built. It’s an ongoing process that needs to be a part of every aspect of a website design and build to ensure that your website is optimized from the beginning.
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