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Demystifying Online Advertising. Presented By: Sarah Johnson, Director, Consulting Services. Looking Ahead. What is Online Advertising and Why is it Important Major forms of online advertising Developing and integrated strategy Live successes with Online Advertising.
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Demystifying Online Advertising Presented By: Sarah Johnson, Director, Consulting Services
Looking Ahead • What is Online Advertising and Why is it Important • Major forms of online advertising • Developing and integrated strategy • Live successes with Online Advertising
How has Advertising Changed? • Online advertising spend is expected to double in the next 5 years
How has Advertising Changed? • Online advertising spend is expected to double in the next 5 years • Circulation of print publications are way down
How has Advertising Changed? • Online advertising spend is expected to double in the next 5 years • Circulation of print publications are way down • Digital marketing is no longer an experiment
Online Advertising Survey Results • 60% use some form of Online Advertising • Online Branded websites are the top form of online advertising with Social Media a close second • Only ½ of respondents dedicate less than 1% of your budget to online advertising. • The majority aren’t seeing results or aren’t able to track them.
Search Engine Advertising • Benefits of Online Advertising • Hyper target • Avoid wasting money • Higher ROI • Reach customers based on when they are open to hearing your message
4 Things to Know About Search Engine Advertising • Placement vs. inclusion • Quality Counts • Ethics Matter • The Art of Keywords
Social Media Advertising Benefits of Social Media Advertising • Hyper target • Transparency and trust • Word of mouth marketing • Engagement
Social Media Advertising Effective Strategies for SM Advertising • Place your message in a contextually relevant environment • Provide something of value • Engage them once you have them
Develop your online strategy 5 Things your strategy should include • Target market- pick a niche or service to begin with
Develop your online strategy 5 Things your strategy should include • Target market- pick a niche or service to begin with • Profile your target with keywords and topics they would search on
Build Your Keyword List Begin by identifying the keywords you know.
Build Your Keyword List • Ranking System • 1= reserved for low importance words (low search keywords) • 2=reserved for terms that may have some increasing value • 3= reserved for terms of very high importance (highly searched keywords) • Identify the keywords your don’t know through other means • Rank your keywords according to importance • Monitor your keyword trends
Develop your online strategy 5 Things your strategy should include • Target market- pick a niche or service to begin with • Profile your target with keywords and topics they would search on • Identify of your pipeline process
Develop your online strategy 5 Things your strategy should include • Target market- pick a niche or service to begin with • Profile your target with keywords and topics they would search on • Identify of your pipeline process • Set a budget
Develop your strategy 5 Things your strategy should include • Target market- pick a niche or service to begin with • Profile your target with keywords and topics they would search on • Identify of your pipeline process • Set a budget • Monitor, Measure, Repeat
Monitor, Measure, Repeat • Frequently monitor your online advertising campaigns • Test your landing pages • Measure and track your value regularly. • Adjust as necessary • Monitoring Tools • Google Analytics/Web Analytic Software • Google Trends • Google Website Optimizer
Freed Maxick Case Study Traditional in combo w/ New MediaDirect Mail
Freed Maxick Case Study Traditional in combo w/ New MediaPrint Ads
Freed Maxick Case Study Tax Credit Locator: 10 weeks into the campaign • Average 5-8 new contacts/prospects per day using the tool • 10 week total to date: 490 new contacts/prospects • 35% (or 171) of prospects eligible for tax credits • $75k worth of engagements to date • We have answered over 500 questions relating to tax credits via all channels
freedmaxick.com Visitors 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Visits Twitter New Website Launched Intro to Social Media LinkedIn, Wikipedia, Blogs Begin Search Engine Optimization
Thank You Contact Information Sarah Johnson Director, Consulting Services P: 312-245-1681 E: sjohnson@pdiglobal.com T: @sarah_johnson28 FB: www.facebook.com/pdiglobal LI:www.linkedin.com/sjjohnson