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An Advanced Guide To Digital Marketing PDF
An Advanced Guide To Digital Marketing PDF
CONTENT
I
ntr
oduct
ion
1.Howtoconst r
uctakeywor dstrategy
2.Howtoopti
mi zey ourwebs i
tefori t
sv isi
bil
i
ty
3.HowtocreateaBl ogandmar keti
ngof fers
4.Howtopromot ec ontentthroughSoc i
al medi
a
5.Howtoconv ertwebs i
teTr aff
icintol eads
6.Howtonurtureleadswi thtarget edmes sages
7.Howtoopti
mi zey ourmar ketingf orMobi le
8.HowtoanalyzeandRef ines trategies
9.Concl
usi
on
I
ntr
oduct
ion
Themomenty outhi
nkaboutmark
eti
ngthesedaysthef i
rstthi
ngthatpopsup
i
ny ourmi ndi
stogoonli
ne.Whyi
sthereahec kaboutmark eti
ngy our
businessonli
ne?Whyisitsodr
asti
cal
l
yi nt
heair?Isitj
ustac razeor
somet hi
ngreal
lymeani
ngful
?Whatisital
labout
?Al otofques ti
onsli
kethi
s
cropupi nyourmi
ndwhenwet al
kaboutdigi
talmarketi
ng.
Whet
heryouar eas t
udentwhowant st
olearnthebasicsof
digi
t
al market
ing,awor kingprofessi
onalwhowant st
o
re-acquai
nty our
s el
fwiththebasicsorabus i
ness
ownerwhoi sj ustgett
ings t
art
edwithdigi
t
al
mar k
eti
ng,thisEbookwi llbeyourstepbystep
guidetosetupandi mpl ementas uccessf
ul
i
nternetmarketi
ngs t
rategy.
TheEbookwi l
lguideyouthroughtheessenti
al
sofdi gi
tal
mar ket
i
ngs t
art
ing
f
rom s
etti
ngupak eywordstr
ategytoanaly
zing&r efi
ni
ngy ourst
rat
egiesand
f
urt
her,wi
llhel
py oueff
ecti
velymarketyourbusinessonli
newhetheryouare
adoct
or,atail
or,apropert
ybrokeroramar ket
ingagenc y.
“
Digit
almar
k et
i
ngasthenames pec
if
iesi
smar
ket
i
ngov
ert
hei
nter
net
t
hroughvar
iousdi
gi
taldev
ices
.”
Ho
wtoCons
tru
ct
aKe
yword
St
rat
egy?
Whati
saKeywor
d?
Ak eywordi
ndigi t
almar k
et i
ngi sdefi
ned
asawor dorphr aseus edbyaper s
on
t
ogat heri
nfor
mat iononat opiconli
ne.
Usuall
ypeopleent ert hek eywor dsin
searchengi
nesl i
keGoogl e,Bingor
socialmedi
asitesl i
ket wit
ter,facebook,
l
inkedinands oont ohat chthe
i
nformati
ontheyar el ookingf or.
Whydoyouneedt
ocr
eat
eakeywor
dst
rat
egy?
Daybyday ,thenumberofpeopl efindingbus inessonl inethrough
key words earchisincreasing.Thisisagoods i
gnal formar keterswho
wantt oex tendtheirbusinessandi ncreas etheirreac h.Theyc anoptimi
ze
t
hei rwebs i
teands oc i
almedi aprofi
lesar oundt hek ey wordsthatarer el
ated
t
ot heirbus inessandar emos tf
requentlyus edbyt hepeopl etogett he
requiredinformati
on.Now,whent hepeopl ewi llsearc hforinf
or mat
ion
usingt hesek eywords,theirchancesofget t
ingfoundgohi gherwhich
eventual l
ybr i
ngsmor eandbet t
erqualitytraff
i
ct oyourwebs i
te.
Mar ketersneedt omakesuret hatrightpeoplear ef i
ndi
ngt hem andthey
arenotwas ti
ngmoneyonus elessc li
cks.Thiss ecti
onoft heeBookdeal s
withk eywordr es
earchandyouwi l
llearnhowt ofigureoutwhi chkeyword
wil
l max i
mi z
ey ourpot
enti
alt
obr ingr elevanttr
affi
cf r
om s earchengi
nes .
Key wordr esearchi
sanongoi ngproc es sthatgivesy ouins i
ghtsonproduct
demandandi ndust
rytr
ends.Youc angr owy ouror ganictraff
icandcan
prevents pendingmoneyonPay -per -
clic
kc ampai gnsthrough
compr ehens i
vek ey
wordresear c
h.
Howt
oconst
ructakeywor
dst
rat
egy?
Now,thei
deaishowtoconst
ructthe
keywords
trat
egy
.Letmepresenty ou
wit
hsomet i
psoncr
eati
ngtheult
imate
keywords
trat
egy
.
t
hatarerel
atedtotheproductandser
vic
esyouareoff
eri
ng.Whi
ledoi
ng
sot
hinkasifyouarethec onsumerwhoneedsc
ertai
nproduc
tandis
l
ooki
ngfortheinf
ormati
on.
H
owtoopt
imi
ze
y
ourweb
si
te
f
orit
s
v
is
ibi
li
ty
Twot hi
ngst hatneedt ocons i
deredwhiledec i
dingaboutk eywor disits
rel
evanc eands earchengi neresult
sthatitgiv
es .Keepingbothi nmind,
youneedt omak eabal anc ebetweenthet wo.Suppos eyourkeywor dis
veryrelevanttoyourbus i
nes sbutpeopl eareus i
ngs omeot herwor dto
f
indthei nfor
mation,i
twi l
lnotgivey outhedes i
redres ul
ts
.Similarl
y,ifyour
keywordsar egivingyougoodr esul
tsons earchenginepagesbutar enot
rel
evantt oyourbus i
nesst henthatisawas teofc l
ic
ksandmoneybec ause
v i
si
torsar enotgoingtofindany thi
ngthattheythoughtwi l
lbethereand
wil
lfi
nallyleaveyourwebs i
te.
Designandopti
mizeyourwebsi
tei
n
accordancewi
thyourkeywor
ds
I
tisnotthatyouhav echosent hekeywor
ds
soyouneedt ofiti
nthem intoyourwebsi
te.
Howev er,youneedt oopti
mi zeyour
websit
etous ethement i
onsofy our
keywordsatrequisi
t
epl aces.Let
’
stake
t
heimagesony ourwebs i
teasanex ample
t
heys
houl
dinc
ludeal
ttex
tthatr
eveal
syourk
eywor
dst
rat
egy
.
Nowwheny ouhaves omer el
evantkeywordsi nyourbank,y
ouwould
cer
tai
nl
ywanttoincr
eas eyourv i
si
bi
li
tyforthosek ey
wordsonthesear
ch
engi
neranki
ngpages .Thedigi
talmarketi
ngt act
i
csthatyoumakeuseof
t
odos oisSEO i
.e.searchengineopti
mi z
ation.
Foryourbus i
nesstobefoundbyt hec onsumer sthroughsear chengines ,
youshoulds etagoaltobeont hef i
rstpageori nthef i
rstf
ewr esultpages .
Thi
ngshav ebec omesquiteeasiernowt hanc oupleofyearsagoandt he
ent
ir
ec redi
tgoestos oci
almedia.AGoogl e+bus i
nessac countthaty ou
havecreatedisquit
ehelpful
iny ourSEO ef f
ort
s,forinst
anc e.Thisiswhy
youareas kedtoopti
mizeallyours ocialmediapr ofi
l
ess oast oinclude
updat
eswi thmajori
ndustrykeywor ds.
AsperGoogley ous houldt
ar gettheaudiencewhiledesi
gni
ngthewebsi
te
andnott
hes earchengi nes
.Bes ides,thenewpandaandpengui nupdat
es
havemadeitclearerthanev er.Keepingthisinmind,l
et’
sgoaheadand
knowmoreaboutSEO i nordertoopt i
mizey ours
ite.
Whatissear chengineOpt i
mizat
ion(SEO)
SearchEngineOpti
mi z
ati
onrefer
stothecoll
ect
ionoft
echni
quesand
prac
ti
cesthatall
owas it
etogetmoretraf
fi
cfrom s
earc
hengines
(Googl
e,Yahoo,Bing,etc)
.
Categor
iesofSearchEngine
Opti
mizat
ion
Therear
etwoc at
egor
iesof
SEO
1.On-
PageSEO
On-PageSEO s i
mplyrefer
stothetex
tandc ontentonyourwebsit
epages.
Despi
teofthefactt
haton-pageSEO isres
pons i
bleforonl
y25% ofyour
websi
teranki
nginthes ear
chengineres
ult
s,it
'swor t
htack
li
ngasc anbe
i
mprovedquickl
y.
2.Of
f-
PageSEO
Off
-pageSEO r
efer
stoopti
miz
ati
onstr
ategi
esoutsi
deofy ourwebsi
t
e's
desi
gnsuchasli
nkbui
ldi
ngwit
hauthor
it
ati
vesit
esthroughrelev
antcont
ent
.
Youneedtospendsometimetoi
mproveinoffpageSEO.
Ei
ghtComponent
sofOn-
pageSEOopt
imi
zat
ionel
ement
1.PageTi
tl
e
Paget i
t
lesar
et hetextatthetopoft hebrowser
windowinawebpage.Theyac tastheti
tl
eof
t
hepage,whi chispresentedins earchengi
ne.
Youc anfi
ndandedi tpaget i
tl
einy ourwebsi
te'
s
HTML.Thet extsurroundedwi t
ht he<ti
tl
e>t
agis
yourpage'st
it
le.Hereares omer ulestohave
somev eryef
fecti
vepaget it
l
es:
I
ncl
udeKey
wor
ds
Keepitpr
ec i
se.Unnecessari
l
ylongerpagetit
l
ewillnotbeseeninyour
webbrowserorinGoogles earc
hresult
s.Toolongpaget i
t
letendst
o
adul
t
eratethes i
gni
fi
canc
eofk eywordmentioned.
Tr
yplac
ingk
eywor
dsc
los
etot
hebegi
nni
ngoft
het
i
tl
est
art
i
ngf
rom t
he
l
eft
Donoti
ncl
udet
oomuchofnumbersandcharact
ersi
nit
.Mak
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r
eadabl
eandeasi
l
ymemorabl
efort
heaudience.
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ncl
udet
henameofy
ourc
ompanyatt
heendoft
hepaget
i
tl
e.
Usedif
fer
entpaget
it
lesforeac
hpage.Thi
sishowyoucanutil
i
zeall
you
r
elev
antkeywordsi
ndriv
ingmoreandqual
if
iedt
raf
fi
ctoyourwebs
it
e.
2.
Met
adescr
ipt
ionandMet
aDat
a
Wheny ouputi nak eywordtos earc
hf ort he
i
nformati
on,t het extthatyouseeast he
descri
pti
onoft hes i
teiscall
edMet aDat a.It
’s
goodtoincludet hek eywordsinMet adat aas
t
heyat t
ractthes ear cheratt
enti
onandi ndicat
esif
t
hes earchres ultisrelat
edwi t
ht hequer yofthe
vi
sit
or.Youdon' tf i
ndy ourMetades cr i
ptionon
yourwebpage.
I
fyouwill
notuset heMet ades cr
ipti
onforanywebpaget
hes earchengine
wil
laut
omati
cal
lypi c
kupt hecontentonyourwebpageandwills
howt hat
astheMetades c
ript
ion.ItisnotusedforanySEO pur
poses
.As hort
summaryofthewebpageatt hetopofthepagessour
cecodeina
<Metadescr
ipt
ion>t agisMet adata.
I
magesaddstot
hev al
ueofy
ourcont
enthoweveryoushoul
dkeepfew
t
hingsi
nmindwhi
leaddi
ngaimagetoyourcont
entwhi
chareasfol
l
ows
Neverf
orgettoass
ociat
etex
twi
t
hpi
ct
uresass
ear
chengi
ner
eadt
he
t
extandnottheimages.
I
magesar efoundtobewonder
fuls
ourc
etoengagetheconsumer
howevertoomuc hofi
magewil
lsl
owdowntheloadi
ngofthewebpage,
negat
i
v el
yaffec
ti
ngbotht
heconsumerandsear
chengineopti
miz
ati
on.
Ol
deryourdomai
nis,morei
mport
anc
es earchenginegi
vest
oyourwebsi
te
Anol
derdomainregi
st
rat
i
onisasi
gnofc ommitmenttot
hewebsi
t
e,whic
h
i
ntur
nisas i
gnal
thatt
hesit
ehasl
esserprobabi
li
t
yofbeings
pam.
MOZRankisusedtomeas ur
etheov er
allonli
neauthori
t
yofyourwebsit
e
whi
chiswhyahighermozrankisagoods ign.Onethingtobenotedhere
i
sthatMOZrankisanimport
antfac
torofbothon-pageandoff-
pageSEO.
Googl
eupdat
est
hei
nformati
onrelat
edtoyourwebsites uchask eywords
andot
her SEO fac
torsaft
ercr
awli
ngit.Thi si
swhyf requent
ly
crawli
ngofsit
ebyGoogleiss uppos edt
obeagood
thi
ng.Thebes twayt
ogetGoogl ec r
awlyourwebs i
te
istoproduceandpubli
shfres
hc ontentony our
webs it
emoref r
equent
l
y.
Thewebaddr
essoft
hewebpagei
scall
edi
t
sURL.URL
s
truc
tureoft
hewebsi
t
etal
ksaboutt
het
act
i
cbehi
ndi
nter
li
nki
ng
Websit
eaut hor
it
ymai nl
ygetsinfl
uencedbyi
nboundl
inks.Li
nki
ngofa
pageony ourwebs i
tebyanyot herwebsi
t
eiscal
ledi
nboundli
nks.I
tis
goodtohav emoreandmor e
i
nboundl i
nksandi t
’
sev enbett
er
t
ohavei nboundlinkfr
om the
websi
teswi t
hhigherauthori
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llnowwehav elearntthathow
i
mpor tantk eywor dsar eindi git
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mark eti
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meant haty ougoaheadands tuf
f
yourent ir
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ly
wit
ht oomanyk ey wordsasnot
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yi tc anbebadex perienc efor
yours i
tev i
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torsbutev ens ear ch
engineshav ei nv entednnumber s
ofway st odet ec tthesebehav i
ors.
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rategyi stheonethatabi
desbysear
chengi
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ules
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vingv i
si
torsabet t
erreadi ngex peri
enceatthesameti
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ussedprevi
ousl
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f-
pageSEO r ef
erst
otheov er
allauthor
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yof
yourwebs
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t
es peakaboutyours
.Webs i
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gheraut
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tyaresupposedtorankhighert
hanthosewithlowerauthor
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wtocrea
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shi
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forms
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lnowthi
seBookhashel pedy ougaina
bett
erunderst
andingofy ourbusinesskey
wor dsandk nowhowt oopti
mize
yourwebs i
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efors earchengine.Nowwewi ll
goaheadands eehowwe
canattr
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sar einbri
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Whilewriti
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getaboutthefactt
hatyouaredoingi tf
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requentlyusedbyt hepeopl
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nmi ndwhilegoingaheadwi t
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busi
nessblogging.Firstt
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frs
tyourblogmus tbeapar tof
yourbusi
nes swebs i
te.
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usetherel
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