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What We Learned in 2013, What We Will Apply to 2014. C1 Partners Team. About C1 Partners. About C1 Partners Established in 2004 Re-Branded 2012 Digital Marketing Web Development Advanced PPC Advanced SEO Social Media Strategy. Founders. Founder Dan Smink
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About C1 Partners • About C1 Partners • Established in 2004 • Re-Branded 2012 • Digital Marketing • Web Development • Advanced PPC • Advanced SEO • Social Media Strategy
Founders • Founder • Dan Smink • MBA Marketing Georgetown University • Led Strategies for: • Centura • Covidien • McKesson • Thermo Fisher • Grew Organizations From $25-$50 Million • Core Experience: $1 Million to Greater Than $40 Billion Companies
Founders Founder • Dan Stratford • MBA From Regis • Digital Marketing Experience • Dex Media (Corporate Digital Team) • LexisNexis Regional Consultant • Google Certifications • Certified Legal Education (CLE) Instructor • Digital Strategist at C1 Partners
Agenda • Tracking is So Easy & Affordable - Why aren't you tracking? • Google Adwords/PPC • PPC Works • PPC & SEO Can be great together • PPC May Lose in The Short Run • SEO Really Works • Penalized Sites • How to Keep From Being Penalized • How to Recover • Should You Start Over?
What is Google Adwords • Google Search Results:“ppcdenver” • Paid Results • Organic Results • Organic/PlacesResults • Bid System • Higher Bids = Higher Placement • Relevance is a Factor
Preface • Google Adwords CAN Be Profitable • Google Adwords CAN Help You Grow Your Business • However… • In many cases it is NOT Profitable in the short run • In many cases it is a break-even acquisition play • In some cases it is an expected loss • In some cases it is a gamble • For some businesses it may never be profitable • Adwords usually works best when part of an overall marketing strategy
Challenges & Opportunities • Challenges • Do it yourselfers waste 40-70% of budget towards unrelated clicks • Businesses that don’t track (or care) about ROI drive prices up • Competing against good and bad PPC, can win against both • Keys to Success
Keys to Success Keys to Success • Research Before You Spend a Dime • Experience – Hard to Beat • Targeted Search Terms • Targeted Ads (Not Necessarily Driving High CTR) • Targeted Landing Pages • Re-Targeting • Display • Tracking Results at Acquisition Level
Making Campaigns Profitable Industry Average Results • Cost Per Click = $5 • Conversion to Lead Rate = 2.7% • Cost/Lead = $185.19 Sophisticated PPC • Cost Per Click = $5 • Conversion to Lead Rate = 10% • Cost/Lead = $50 Cost Per Acquisition @ 10% Close Rate • $1,185 vs • $500
Making Campaigns Profitable Sophisticated PPC • Cost Per Click = $5 • Conversion to Lead Rate = 20% • Cost/Lead = $25 Instead of $185.19 • Cost/Acq = $250 Results? • Savings of 87% • Your Competitors Cannot Compete, or • You Cannot Compete Without an Optimized Campaign
Making Campaigns Profitable 2 Case Studies • Attorneys With $50+ CPC • C1 Partners With $13 CPC
Keys to Success Keys to Success • Research & Plan Before You Spend a Dime • Experience – Hard to Beat • Targeted Search Terms • Targeted Ads (Not Necessarily Driving High CTR) • Targeted Landing Pages • Consider Re-Targeting & Display • Tracking Results at Acquisition Level
SEO • SEO Really Works… • Unless You Get Penalized • How to Keep From Being Penalized • How to Recover • Should You Start Over?
SEO-Let’s Get The Bad Out of The Way • Results of Penalization • How to Keep From Being Penalized • How to Recover • Should You Start Over?
SEO-Let’s Get The Bad Out of The Way • Results of Penalization • Traffic Tanks • Affects 30% to 90% of Revenue • Better Revisit Adwords!
SEO-Let’s Get The Bad Out of The Way • What Do You Mean By “Penalty”? • Bad Links From Your Past • Bad Links • Links Going Away Faster Than You Can Acquire New Ones • Current Issues • More bad links? • Site Content Over Optimized • Duplicate Content • Affects 30% to 90% of Revenue • Better Revisit Adwords!
SEO-Let’s Get The Bad Out of The Way How to Keep From Being Penalized • Do Not Over Optimize • Avoid Duplicate Content • Be Careful About Linking Programs That Seem To Good To Be True • Don’t Have Any Enemies
SEO-Let’s Get The Bad Out of The Way • Penalized-Now What? • Recover Your Site • Disavow • Fix Content • Add Good Content • Add Goog Links • Takes Time • Takes Effort • May Never Fully Recover • Start Over: New Domain? • Big Pain • May Seem Expensive • May Be The More Profitable Route • Especially if Your Domain Brand is Important
SEO-Let’s Get The Bad Out of The Way New Domain & Site Might be More Profitable Checkout My Blogpost http://www.c1-partners.com/blog/bid/192295/Impacted-by-Google-Algorithm-Update
SEO Keys to Success On-Site SEO Factors • Site architecture • Sitemap • Internal Linking • Navigation • URLs • Lower Keyword Density • In site content • In title tags • In Description Tags • In Picture Names and Alt Tags • In Video Names and Descriptions • Site Setup • Google Authorship • Blog • Local, Social Media Links • Analytics • Webmaster Tools
SEO Keys to Success Off-Site SEO Factors • Setup All of Your Web Properties • Local • Social • Google Authorship • Social Media Efforts • Develop a Community, When Applicable • Participate in Comments & Blogs With Your Google+/Authorship Account • Share Your Content • Biggest Factor Could Still be Link Building for Near Future • Quality, Not Quantity • Balanced Content for Links • Naked • Branded • Keywords • Balanced No Follow & Follow • Balanced High PR/DA and low PR DA
Off-Site Factors • What Does Google Want? • The best experience for the searcher… • …so they come back. • Backlinks Are a Vote/Reference • From Quality Sites • From Relevant Content • From Relevant Websites • Bad Backlinks Can Be Difficult to Overcome • Social Media • Are you setup on Google +, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and others? • Are you active in social media? • Google & Other Properties • Google Plus • Google Authorship • Local Directories: Google, Yelp, Yahoo!, Bing & Others
C1 Partners SEO Results The Driver of These Results is On-Going Off-Site SEO, Primarily around diverse link building that includes proper timing, social signals and more. We never recommend Off-Site Only, but it appears to be a significant driver of results when applied to a well setup site.
C1 Partners SEO Results Quality Links Rank This 2 Month Old Site Ahead of 3 out of 4 of these PI Attorneys in a Very Competitive Market
One More Thing… • Tracking • At Conversion Level • Even Phone Calls • Messaging Matters • Messaging That Engages Your Target Audience • Message That is About Your Prospects First, You Second • Messaging Improves Conversions • Presentation Available on Website
Contact Us Dan and Dan C1 Partners P: 303.501.1821 W: c1-partners.com T: @c1partners E: info@c1-partners.com