how to integrate the digital channels effectively for maximum impact
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April 17th 2013 saw the first ever Digital in Kent conference come to Folkestone in Kent, UK. Managing director of Sleeping Giant Media, Luke Quilter, delivered a workshop at the event that covered the pros and cons of SEO, PPC and social as digital marketing channels and discussed how integrating all three delivers the best results. Find out more about Sleeping Giant Media at http://www.sleepinggiantmedia.co.uk Twitter - @SleepingGiantMTRANSCRIPT
Presented by: Luke Quilter
How to integrate the digital channels effectively for maximum impact
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Introduction
- What channels are we talking about?
- Strengths, weaknesses, potential uses
- How they can work together
- How to apply this in every day work life
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The channels
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The aim of search and social is to get relevant traffic to your site
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The channels
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With the ultimate focus of getting more customers and growing your business
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The channels
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PPC SEOSocial
Website
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PPC
- Strengths
- Weaknesses
- Tips for success
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PPC Strengths
- Fast to setup
- Data received almost real time (2 hour lag)
- Easy to learn, difficult to master
- Huge amount of control over the targeting and display settings
- Can be switched on or off when ever you like
- Google rewards relevance
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PPC Weaknesses
- It costs per click and easy to spend a lot of money quickly
- Google doesn’t really help you out in that regard
- Lots to learn, it changes quite regularly
- No real demographic targeting
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Adwords Editor
- Offline management
- Quicker and easier
- Can back up the account
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Landing pages
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PPC page SEO page
TrafficRelevancy
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Landing pages
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PPC page SEO page
TrafficRelevancy
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Landing pages
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PPC page SEO page
TrafficRelevancy
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Search Query Report
- SQR’s help you $nd new terms
- What your customers are actually typing in
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Content network GDN
- Default position is on
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Other engines
- Time Vs reward
- Only use them once you are sure you are doing a pretty good job with Google!
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SEO
- Strengths
- Weaknesses
- Tips for success
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SEO - strengths
- Traffic is “free”
- Potentially better ROI
- If done officially positions are sustainable
- Building a longterm asset
- Broader reach than PPC potentially
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SEO - weaknesses
- Takes time to build traffic
- Less targeting capabilities compared to PPC
- The rules change - takes time to understand and interpret them
- No one fully understands the rules, not even Google
- Pages are often content heavy
- 8% of users go to the second page
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SEO - Tips for success
- Pick the right terms to target
- DON’T buy links!
- Don’t trust guarantees
- Content updates to the site regularly (blogs)
- Using internal anchor text
- Find a balance
- Use tools to help you
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Internal anchor text
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Content about a particular article, then link to another article about
Online Marketing using relevant anchor text within the post
Page about online marketing
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Internal anchor text
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Content about a particular article, then link to another article about
Online Marketing using relevant anchor text within the post
Page about online marketing
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Tech tools
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Seo mozScreaming frog Adwordsbing ads
social bromajestic
analytics
adwords editor
bing ads
word watch proHootsuite
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Tech tools
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No one piece of technology does everything. By finding the best systems
and combining the human factor you will get the best result
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Social Media
- Strengths
- Weaknesses
- Tips for success
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Social - Strengths
- Building of rapport - trust
- Can reach a huge audience
- Adds value to the brand
- Can reduce costs on other channels
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Social Weaknesses
- Not generally a direct sales channel
- Not intent based generally
- Potential for complaints
- Can do harm if not run well
- Quantifying performance is still a problem, expensive to track
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Social - Tips for success
- Have a story
- Pick 6 content topics
- Develop a tone of voice
- Plan the activity, delegate roles within your business
- Link back to your site for selling
- Integrate with other channels
- Use tools to help you 22
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Linking the channels for online success - How to use their strengths
PPC SEO
Social
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Linking them
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PPC SEO
Social
Google analytics
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Social powering
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Social SEO
PPC
Listen to the questionsFind competitors
Improve SEO performance
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Social powering
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Social SEO
PPC
Listen to the questionsFind competitors
Improve SEO performance
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Social powering
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Social SEO
PPC
Listen to the questionsFind competitors
Improve SEO performance
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SEO impacts
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SEO PPC
Social
Keyword identification 22% increase in performance
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SEO impacts
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SEO PPC
Social
Keyword identification 22% increase in performance
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SEO impacts
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SEO PPC
Social
Keyword identification 22% increase in performance
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PPC leading the way
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PPC SEO
Social
Conversion testing
Keyword identificationHighlights key topicsNew market identification
Reputation management
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PPC leading the way
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PPC SEO
Social
Conversion testing
Keyword identificationHighlights key topicsNew market identification
Reputation management
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PPC leading the way
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PPC SEO
Social
Conversion testing
Keyword identificationHighlights key topicsNew market identification
Reputation management
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Worked examples
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PPC
New country
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Worked examples
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PPC
New country
SEO Build content around most
popular terms
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Worked examples
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PPC
New country
SEO Build content around most
popular terms
SEO
Topical blog content
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Worked examples
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PPC
New country
SEO Build content around most
popular terms
SEO
Topical blog content
Social Used social to
spread the word
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Worked examples
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PPC
New country
SEO Build content around most
popular terms
SEO
Topical blog content
Social Used social to
spread the word
Link people back to the product page
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