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Search Engine Marketing
An increasing number of people are realising the potential of the Internet to attract new business. They may have a great product or service, but simply do not know how to let the world know?
Well, the answer lies in search engine marketing.
Maybe you already use traditional offline marketing strategies for your business, but what about selling your product or service through a website online?
Successful search engine marketing enables you to develop a strong web presence, attract hundreds, even thousands of visitors to your site, many of which will become new business.
So how do you market your website online? Well, did you know that 85% of people, who use the Internet, use search engines to find what they are looking for?
That is an incredible amount, and it shows there is market for almost any business who successfully manage to get their website found in search engines.
There are two effective ways to get your website found in search engines; through Search engine advertising, and Search Engine Optimisation.
Search engine optimisation
The main aim of Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) is to achieve the highest possible positions of your website in the free listings in the search engines. In order to do this, it is important to define a list of keyphrases relating to your product of service and apply these keyphrases in specific locations around your website.
Although SEO is a long term strategy , marketers are recognising the benefits of SEO and increasing their investment in this marketing strategy as organic listings deliver a potentially higher volume of traffic at a lower cost. The cost of SEO is only what you pay to an SEO expert to get your website ranked in the free listings in the search engines.
Pay Per Click
Search engine advertising (PPC) are highly-relevant text link ads that link through to your website which are displayed in the sponsored listings in most major search engines. A fee is charged whenever someone clicks on the ads.
PPC is said to account for around 84% of search engine marketing spend in the UK .
PPC takes effect almost immediately after you have set up an account; showing your ads in the search engines.
The downside to PPC is that there is now much greater competition in the paid listings, which mean click costs can be very expensive in some sectors leaving a limited scope for profit.
Search engine marketing used through Pay Per Click advertising and Search Engine Optimisation enables you to reach a much broader audience than traditional offline marketing strategies.
By successfully marketing your website online, you have created an opportunity to raise your profile, attract new business and gain customer confidence.
There are no big boys in search engine online marketing\
No matter how large or small your business is, you have the same opportunities as the rest when it comes to finding your website in search engines. Isn’t that great! You stand as good a chance as anyone!
Why? Because no person or company can dominate the search engines, this leaves a level playing field for businesses large and small to grab a piece of the pie when it comes to marketing your website online.
By planning the correct strategy for search engine marketing, you will have uncovered a successful route to grow your business online, increase your sales and establish yourself as a reputable online competitor in your market area