Online Promotion
So you’ve got a website, what comes next?
Whether your site is an information resource or an online shop, it needs to be promoted effectively online to get the business you want. Bounce focuses on:
- Site Optimisation
- Pay per Click Advertising
- Measurement & Analysis
- Social Media & Other Online Channels
- Email Newsletters
- Email Marketing
With over 15 years’ experience working in internet marketing, both with a Web Company & as a Retail (e-commerce) client; Bounce Marketing offers the best of both worlds – expert web knowledge combined with practical marketing skills.
Site Optimisation
Website optimisation is not simply a one-off activity. To maintain good rankings in the search engines it is advisable to budget for ongoing optimisation.
Bounce has a site optimisation programme that covers:
- Keyword Research
- Website Optimisation Changes
- Search Engine Positioning
- Optmisation Maintenance
Keyword Research
Have you chosen the right keywords? Selecting keywords based on what your business does, may not always tie in with what people type into a search engine. Imagine looking for a service or product on Google; search phrases are generally terms that fulfil a need, rather than describe a business.
Keyword Optimisation services include:
- Keyword selection & testing – research to find out what keywords people are actually using in searches
- Competitor analysis – looking at terms that your competition come up for
- Country-specific terminology – Kiwi’s say ‘Chilly Bin’ and Aussies say ‘Eski’
- Niche phrases – jargon can be very effective
- Gateway pages – pages that are designed to focus on specific key phrases
Website Optimisation Changes
Bounce will assess your rankings, and improve your positioning by looking at:
- Optimising keyword text – Bounce works with the copy that is already on your website
- HTML coding and page layout – page titles, heading tags, etc.
- Inbound, outbound & internal links
- Sitemaps
Search Engine Positioning
This covers an assessment of your rankings in Google. Both at the outset, and after site optimisation has taken place. Along the way, rankings are checked and adjustments are made to the website where a boost is needed.
Optimisation Maintenance
It’s important to keep the momentum going with Google, so websites require adjustments at regular intervals. Bounce can structure an optimisation package to suit.
Pay per Click Advertising
Pay per click advertising (ppc) means that you only pay for the clicks you receive on your ads. They are usually text ads or a small graphic & text that appear on search engines and various other websites.
It’s an advertising medium that gives you a lot of choice in relation to the sites your ad appears on, and you can set a maximum price for how much you are willing to pay for each click. This type of advertising also allows you to target specific audiences or geographic regions.
PPC advertising is very cost-effective, as it lets you track and measure the response to your ad, and adjust your budget accordingly. The beauty of it is in it’s flexibility; ads can be visible or suspended at the click of a button.
Bounce Marketing uses:
- Google Adwords
- Yahoo!Search Marketing
- Campaign specific landing pages – a new page created to feature a campaign.
- Relevant websites featuring PPC ads.
Google AdSense
In contrast, AdSense allows website owners to earn revenue by showing AdWords advertisements on their websites. AdSense is not always suitable for every website, but it can work for some and generate additional income if it’s executed well.
Measurement & Analysis
Everyone has some form of statistics or visitor tracking for their website, but how many know what their stats are telling them? Similarly, when marketing campaigns are created around an offer, are you able to find out which customers responded to the offer on your website?
Bounce can:
- Interpret your website statistics and report on visitor conversion
- Help you track and measure the effectiveness of offers and competitions
- Consult on campaign testing via online methods (e.g. targeting groups with different offers)
- Report on your ROI (return on investment)
- Tell you what your sales conversion ratio is
Social Media & Other Online Channels
Be seen in all the right places.
You can’t just rely on the Search Engines to send visitors your way. In fact with everyone optimising for the search engines, it’s to your advantage to cast the net wider. Bounce Marketing makes the most of other online avenues where your site or company can feature, without breaking the budget.
Social Media
A lot of businesses cringe at the thought of using Social Media. Usually it’s unknown territory, and nobody wants to make mistakes. Many are also unsure of the benefits of trying it. Generally social media won’t lead directly to sales, but it can be very effective exposure and branding.
This short clip provides some compelling information on the Social Media Revolution.
(provided courtesy of socialnomics09 on YouTube).
Bounce offers guidance and direction on how social media can work in with your business and will discuss the various options available. This encompasses:
- Social Networking Sites – Facebook, MySpace, Bebo, LinkedIn
- YouTube
- Blogging & Social News Sites (e.g. Digg)
- Use of Mobile Devices
Other Online Channels
Bounce will look to drive your sales using:
- Trade Me, eBay, Other auction sites and product directories
- Price & shop comparison websites
- Online shopping malls
- Discussion groups / online forums & blogs
- Alliances with complementary websites – via links & banners
- Directory listings – yellowpages, DMOZ, NZS.com
- E-zines
- RSS newsfeeds and newswires
Email Newsletters
Email newsletters are one of the easiest ways to stay in touch with the people who have used your services or bought your products. Reminding them about you will often lead to more business, whether they buy again or simply recommend you. It also gives you the opportunity to make your customer feel exclusive, with email-only offers.
Email Newsletters are most effective when used to:
- Promote specials or exclusive offers
- Tell customers about new products
- Launch an event
- Run competitions and surveys – to find out more about your customers
- Make them feel special
- Measure a response
Bounce Marketing can set up html newsletters and manage campaigns for you.
Some Email Tips:
- Communicate regularly
- Ensure you have permission to email the people on your list – NZ Anti-Spam E-mail Act
- Track response – measure open and click-through rates
- Take care of your list – unsubscribers & bounces
- Stagger sending your e-mails through your ISP so you don’t appear to be sending spam, or use a third party provider to broadcast on your behalf
- Use mailing software that manages your list as well – de-duping, automatic removal of unsubscribes, segmenting groups
Email Marketing
There’s more to email marketing than simply sending newsletters. You should really be aiming to get more subscribers onto your list. There are various ways of recruiting new customers using email marketing:
- Friend get friend
- Send to a friend
- Viral marketing
- Purchase, rent or swap lists of email addresses
Anti-Spam Legislation:
If New Zealand’s anti-spam email legislation has you in a fluster, you need not worry. Bounce is up to speed on all the guff for what you can and can’t do in email marketing.