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Follow this simple step-by-step playbook to develop an SEO plan that increases
your competitive position, reduces advertising expenditures, and implies authority.
Table of Contents SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION (SEO) PLAN
Framework 03
Introduction 04
stage
4 Plan Using Pay-Per-Click 22
stage
6 Measure Results 29
Conclusion 32
Youtube Posting
SEO System RFP Keyword Database
Checklist
Social Media
Marketing Framework
Blogging for
Business Framework
1 2 3 4 5 6
Understand Evaluate Research Plan Using Implement Measure
SEO Readiness Keywords Pay-Per-Click Strategy Results
Introduction
What Is the Purpose of This Playbook? Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Defined
To help you develop a Search Engine Optimization Plan that:
Introduction
What Are the Top 12 Benefits of SEO? Why Do You Need to Utilize SEO?
1. Increase sales through visitor call-to-action conversions.
2. Acquire new customers and new markets through better web Search is very, very popular. With 20% growth a year, it reaches
presence. nearly every online American (91% of US internet users search
every month) and billions of people around the world and drives an
3. Reduce advertising expenditures. incredible amount of both online and offline economic activity.
4. Increase brand reputation and trust.
Hubspot and MOZ
5. Measure revenue increases from digital channels.
6. Expand global markets. Although SEO is often seen as optimizing your web, 75% of SEO
is influenced by off-page factors, with only 25% of on-page factors
7. Increase competitive position.
influencing rankings.
8. Deepen local presence (online and offline). Hubspot
9. Forecast and prove ROI from SEO and all Digital Marketing.
10. Increase value of content creation and management. Higher rankings in the first few results are critical to visibility.
Being listed at the top of the results not only provides the greatest
11. Maximize company/brand social presence on the web.
amount of traffic, but also instills trust in consumers as to the
12. Market to customers earlier in the buyer’s journey. worthiness and relative importance of the company or website.
MOZ
Introduction
SEO Marketing Research Results What Our Research Report Has Found:
We’ve conducted our own research on Search Engine Optimization, SEO objectives remain constant with increasing website traffic,
and our SEO Marketing Benchmark Report, highlights the impact increasing lead generation and improving natural search rank-
effective SEO strategies are having on organizations, especially on ings ranked as the top objectives for this year. Ultimately, the
revenue generation. top choices are interrelated since increases in website traffic and
leads generated are often the result of an improvement in natural
search rankings.
Introduction
H1 Header Tag – Your header is like your title, but you see it at
the top of your page.
Make pages primarily for users, not for search Body Copy – Use your keyword 2-3 times, including any
engines. Don’t deceive your users or present variations in your page’s text.
different content to search engines than you
display to users, a practice commonly referred to as ALT Image Tag – Include your keyword in at least one photo.
“cloaking.”
Make a site with a clear hierarchy and text links. URL – Use your keyword once in the address URL for your page.
Every page should be reachable from at least one
META Description – These descriptions are ultimately what get
static text link.
someone to click.
Create a useful, information-rich site, and write
Sitemap – This file will tell Google where every page of your
pages that clearly and accurately describe your
site is, and how they link together.
content. Make sure that your <title> elements and
ALT attributes are descriptive and accurate.
Introduction
Other Training Courses that Relate How to Use This Consulting Playbook
This playbook is connected directly to the Content Marketing This playbook consists of six stages, each with a description, steps
Training Course and Social Media Marketing Training Course, and and action items. Action items include using our premium tools &
we highly recommend you also look at those courses for additional templates. Our intention with this playbook is to help you:
best practice resources and advice for your SEO project.
Introduction
STAGE 1
Understand SEO
It’s important that your organization gets a fundamental understanding of how SEO works,
and the different options available.
STEP 1 STEP 2
Review SEO Best Practices Review Data about Successful SEO
Watch the Search Engine Optimization Training Course Read the SEO Marketing Benchmark Report to compare
to discover how SEO works and which best practices are the strategies and practices of companies that have
required to get on to the top rankings to get free traffic. succeeded in achieving or exceeding their revenue goals
with those that have not.
S TA R T L E A R N I N G VIEW RESOURCE
Topics covered by this video course include: This report includes the following sections:
6 Myths about SEO you need to understand Executive Summary
Optimization framework for your web pages Achieving Revenue Goals
Mobile and App Store SEO best practices Current SEO Program Success
Reviewing SEO technology solutions Obstacles to Achieving SEO Objectives
SEO Tactics Effectiveness
SEO Performance Metrics
STEP 3 STEP 4
Understand SEO Technology Review Demand Gen and SEO Report
Read the SEO Technology Overview, which highlights the Read the Demand Generation & SEO Benchmark Report
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) technology space at a to learn more about the role of SEO in demand genera-
high-level. tion, as well as gaining a current view of the state of the
demand gen process.
STAGE 2
Evaluate Readiness
In this Stage you will evaluate the maturity of your organization when it comes to SEO:
STEP 1 STEP 2
Assessing Your SEO Maturity Review SEO Technology Vendors
Use the SEO Maturity Assessment to help you measure Use our SEO Vendors Matrix to obtain information about
your organization’s search engine optimization maturity. key vendors in the Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
technology space.
This assessment is intended to address the following areas: This matrix is based on several criteria:
Strategy, Buy-in & Skills Company Key Features
Processes Definition Target Industries Unique Strengths
Automation & Systems Offerings Customers
Keyword Management
Results Reporting
Metrics
STEP 3 STEP 4
Evaluate SEO Technology Vendors Determine if You Will Use Outsourcers
Use our SEO Vendor Evaluation to compare SEO plat- Based on your organizational maturity and SEO tech-
forms based on your requirements. nology solution decisions, you will need to decide if your
organization will hire an internal SEO expert, or hire an
SEO agency to get the work done.
VIEW RESOURCE
STEP 5 STEP 6
Find an SEO Expert for Your Team Getting Help with SEO Systems
Use our Webmaster and SEO Expert Job Description Use our SEO System RFP Template to help you design a
to quickly document the role and responsibilities for this Request for Proposal (RFP) for a SEO platform.
position.
STEP 7
Learn How to Manage an SEO Agency
Action Item
S TA R T L E A R N I N G
STAGE 3
Research Keywords
This Stage will help you build a keyword list, check them against latest trends, spy on competitors’
keywords and determine each keyword’s financial value, if a first page ranking is achieved.
We will cover how to:
STEP 1 STEP 2
Build a Keyword List Check the Trends for Keywords
Use the Adwords Keyword Planner Tool to discover Use Google Trends to compare keywords, based on how
keyword opportunities for your organization based on they are trending historically, to understand which keywords
relevance to the topic, and volume of daily traffic. are a better long-term investment for optimization efforts.
STEP 3 STEP 4
Leverage your Competitors’ Keywords Share Keywords with your Team
Use tools such as Keyword Spy and SpyFu to help you Use the SEO Keyword Database to gather information on
discover and leverage your competitors’ keywords to the keywords that you are targeting, and share them with
save time and money on your research effort. your team.
STEP 5
Determine the Value of Keywords
Action Item
VIEW RESOURCE
STAGE 4
STEP 1 STEP 2
Discover How to Create Agile Campaigns Test Keywords using Paid Google Ads
Use the Creating Agile SEO Campaigns How-to Guide Use Google Adwords to identify which keywords generate
to help you plan, implement & measure an Agile SEO traffic that converts into leads or transactions by placing
campaign. ads on those search keywords and tracking the results.
STEP 3
Discover your Competitors’ Link Strategy
Action Item
VIEW WEBSITE
STAGE 5
Implement Strategy
In this Stage you will be ensuring that your content is fully optimized.
You will discover a best practice approach to optimizing your website,
blog, mobile and social presences.
STEP 1 STEP 2
Optimize your Webpages for SEO Optimize Blog Posts for SEO
Use our SEO On-Page Optimization Checklist to get Use our SEO Blog Post Optimization Checklist to get
your webpages ready for search engine optimization, and your blog post ready for search engine optimization, and
ensure you didn’t miss any critical best practices. ensure you didn’t miss any critical components of your
post according to your blog policy.
STEP 3 STEP 4
Optimize Website for Mobile SEO Optimize Mobile Apps for SEO
Use our SEO Mobile Optimization Checklist to ensure Use our SEO App Store Optimization Checklist to ensure
that you are optimizing your web pages based on mobile that you are optimizing your app listing based on best
SEO best practices. practices.
STEP 5 STEP 6
Optimize YouTube Videos for SEO Utilize Content, Social Media and Blogging
Use our YouTube Posting Checklist to ensure you complete Leverage the Content Marketing Framework, Social
all of the tasks associated with posting your videos on Media Marketing Framework and Blogging for Business
YouTube. Framework to leverage other related and powerful best
practices.
CONTENT MARKETING
Framework
For more information about the linked resources
Leverage the framework below to quickly below, visit the Content Marketing Playbook.
empower your organization’s content marketing strategy.
Maturity Model
Buyer Personas
Customer Profile
Template
Assets Database
Customer
Marketing Channel
Ranking Tool
Social Media
Marketing Playbook
Budget Template
VIEW RESOURCE
Metrics Dashboard
Tool Satisfaction Survey
Marketing Strategy Buying Process Stage Digital Marketing Message Lead Acquisition Post Project
Playbook Template Roles Matrix Mapping Tool Model Evaluation
White Paper
Template
Press Release
Template
STAGE 6
Measure Results
Now that your SEO program has been launched, you need to take a moment to reflect on the program,
measure success of the initiative and plan for the natural evolution and maintenance of SEO.
In this Stage you will:
STEP 1 STEP 2
Set Up Google Analytics Set Up Google Webmaster Tools
Use Google Analytics to collect key metrics, including Use Google Webmaster Tools to communicate about
how long a visitor stays on your landing page and what your website directly to Google, including submitting your
actions they take. sitemap and understanding how your rankings appear.
Google Analytics can help you: Google Webmaster Tools can help you:
See where your traffic is coming from Submit your XML Sitemap directly
Understand how long people stay on your website Find out what pages have errors
Discover what pages are the most valuable Understand where you can further optimize your site
Compare different seasonal traffic trends Give context for dynamic URLs
STEP 3
Leverage a Metrics Dashboard
Action Item
VIEW RESOURCE
Conclusion
At the end of any project, it’s always a good idea to review it and identify
areas for improvement.
Demand Metric has the tools and expertise to help you build an effective
SEO program:
Creating or auditing your existing SEO Strategy
Assisting with using any of the tools referenced in this playbook
Providing hands-on marketing assistance to accelerate achieving
your marketing department’s goals.
SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION (SEO) PLAN
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