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Is The Web Working For You?. Making The Most Out Of Your Website. Goals. For Those Without Websites Provide some basic knowledge from which you can begin to develop a valuable web presence. For Those Who Don’t Love Their Website Provide you with tools and tips to improve your website.
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Goals • For Those Without Websites • Provide some basic knowledge from which you can begin to develop a valuable web presence. • For Those Who Don’t Love Their Website • Provide you with tools and tips to improve your website. • For Those Who Love Their Website • Let’s Make Your Site Even Better. Making The Most Out Of Your Website www.edgeonemedia.com
Three Areas For Web Promotion • Looking Out • Optimizing your visibility on the web. • SEO (Search Engine Optimization) • Traffic Building • Looking In • Optimizing usability for your visitors. • Designing Your Site • Featuring Your Content • Looking All Over • Cultivate a community. • Broadcast your message. • Utilize your relationships. Making The Most Out Of Your Website www.edgeonemedia.com
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Looking Out Is your website visible? Basic Search Engine Optimization For Improving Search Engine Results Making The Most Out Of Your Website www.edgeonemedia.com
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Looking Out – Basic SEO • Submit your website search engines and directories. • Use Descriptive Title Tags Making The Most Out Of Your Website www.edgeonemedia.com
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Looking Out – Basic SEO • Submit your website search engines and directories. • Use Descriptive Title Tags • Use Your Meta Description Tag to Your Advantage Making The Most Out Of Your Website www.edgeonemedia.com
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Looking Out – Basic SEO Cont. • Image Alt Tags • Clean Up Sloppy URLs Making The Most Out Of Your Website www.edgeonemedia.com
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Looking Out – Basic SEO Cont. • Build Incoming Links • One Way Links • Reciprocal links don’t add value • Acquire one way links fast is through the use of paid press releases (prweb.com) • Find out who links to you by typing the following into a search engine: • Link:www.yourwebaddress.com Making The Most Out Of Your Website www.edgeonemedia.com
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Looking Out – Pay Per Click • Choose Keywords • Set Budget • Click Budget • Daily Budget • Your ad appears based on: • Click Budget • Daily Budget • Effectiveness Making The Most Out Of Your Website www.edgeonemedia.com
Looking In • Does Your Web Site Look Good? • Does Your Web Site Feature Your Best Content? • Is your most important content being viewed? Making The Most Out Of Your Website www.edgeonemedia.com
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What did we do? • Gave the site a visual identity. • Made all of the site’s content readable by search engines. • Added news and events feature so they could update content with regularity. Making The Most Out Of Your Website www.edgeonemedia.com
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Looking In - Web Statistics • Look at the data – Web Statistics show the following • How many people are visiting the site? • What pages they visit when they are there? • How many pages they visit? Making The Most Out Of Your Website www.edgeonemedia.com
Looking All Over • Develop an email list and send e-newsletters • Keeps you in touch with your past, current, future clients and customers • Breeds Familiarity • Makes it easy for recipients to visit and pass along. Making The Most Out Of Your Website www.edgeonemedia.com
Looking All Over • Blog Early, Often • Adding new content creates more keyword density, turning your website up in more organic searches • The more you update the site, the more search engine robots will visit to see what’s new • A blog will create an rss feed that allows your users to subscribe to your updates and allows you to syndicate your content across the web. Making The Most Out Of Your Website www.edgeonemedia.com
Looking All Over • Develop Viral Marketing Strategies • Create videos and post them on YouTube. • Write articles for other newsletters and websites. • Offer a free service Making The Most Out Of Your Website www.edgeonemedia.com
Review • Look Out • Optimize your site so your site is visible on the web. • Look In • Make sure your website is optimized for usability and marketability. • Look All Over • Make it sticky. Making The Most Out Of Your Website www.edgeonemedia.com