Digital Hill is a web design and marketing firm that presented on effectively using websites and social media for marketing and sales generation. They discussed why businesses should use the web and social media, noting that 80% of consumers research businesses online and social media engagement is high. They provided tips on optimizing websites for search engine optimization and using social media platforms like Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube, and Twitter to grow brands and generate leads. The presentation emphasized integrating websites and social media for maximum online exposure and sales opportunities.
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Using Web & Social Media for Marketing Success
1. Using the Web for Marketing &
Generating Sales
Effectively Use Your Website & Social Media
Presented By
Digital Hill is a Web Design and Internet Marketing firm with offices in Goshen and Fort
Wayne, offering website development, e-commerce websites, Search Engine Optimization,
and Internet Marketing including Social Media Marketing integration.
Digital Hill Multimedia, Inc. www.DigitalHill.com
2. Web Marketing Overview
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What we’ll cover today…
Why Use the Web?
Why Use Social Media?
How to use Both Together to be found & generate leads
Tips & Ideas
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3. Why Use the Web?
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Reason 1
80% of Americans are using the web to check out a
business before doing visiting their store!
Your Website is often a “First Impression” of your business.
Is content current?
Is it easy to use?
Is there consistently new content to make me want to come back?
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4. Web Keys:
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- Relevant Content
- Easy to Navigate
- Helpful images
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You’ve got 3 5 seconds to make an
3-5
impression, or else….
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11. Why Use the Web?
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Reason 2
Over 14 Billion Searches on Search Engines
per month in the U.S. alone.
Roughly 470 million searches per day
People use search engines to find products
and retailers!!
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12. Why Use the Web?
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So what does this mean for you?
If you don’t come up in search results, they
can’t find you.
If you don’t come up on the 1st page of their
search results, very few will find you.
You need to target Keywords for your
products/services to be found!
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13. -10 Natural Results
- Sponsored PPC is a
Guaranteed way to
appear
- People click top 6
natural results
majority of time
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15. Website Keys for SEO
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Content is King!
Keyword Density http://www.digitalhill.com/page/80/White-Paper-Resources
Backlinks are important!
Optimize Browser page Titles and meta data
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16. Why use Social Media?
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Because 3 out of 4 Americans use some form of Social Media; &
people now spend more time on social sites than with personal
e-mail.
e mail
Reach further with your message
Advertise / Expand Awareness of your Brand
Go to where your customer’s are (55 minutes a day)
Low cost of implementation compared to other marketing
Another Channel to Generate Sales Leads
Build Relationships / Rapport
Gauge Customer Satisfaction
Get Customer feedback
Provide
P id customer service
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17. What is Social Media?
Information content created by people using highly
accessible and scalable publishing technologies.
Often the basic use levels are free to use.
Facebook
Twitter
LinkedIn
Blogs
Bl
Podcasts
YouTube
Newsletter
E-mail
Webinars
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19. The Th
Th Three E’s of S i l M di
E’ f Social Media
Educate – share your expertise so
Ed t h ti
folks come back to you for more
Entertain – Viral info gets shared,
show some personality
Engage – Ask questions / seek
feedback / build rapport
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20. The Three Results of Social Media
Increased Exposure – more chances
for people to find you, connect
with you, learn about you
Increased Footprint – Social Media
can boost your presence in search
results and push competitors down
Increased O
I d Opportunities – more
t iti
connections and better visibility =
more chance t close d l
h to l deals
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21. How are companies already
using social media?
Discounts / Customer Service
Sales Channel via unique specials
Information / Education / Interaction
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22. What’s right for you?
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Who is your target audience? What do they use?
What is your goal/purpose?
How much time do you have to invest?
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23. Getting started…
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Let’s dive right in…
Blogging
Facebook.com
Twitter.com
YouTube com
YouTube.com
LinkedIn.com
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24. Blogging – What it is?
A blog is a website that’s easy to update &
that s
updated frequently. Content. Content. Content
25. Blogging – What it is?
People subscribe to blogs by email or a ‘feed’
feed
RSS feeds can
be pushed to:
-Facebook
-LinkedIn
Twitter
-Twitter
-Friendfeed
26. Why it matters…
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I. October 14 Blog post by CEO Jeff Weiner
“LinkedIn has 50 million users
worldwide and we re growing that
we’re
figure at roughly one new member per
second. When LinkedIn launched in
2003,
2003 it took 477 days — almost a year
and four months — to reach our first
million members. This last million took
only 12 days.”
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27. LinkedIn – Why it Matters…
Business P fil – St ff P fil = B di
B i Profile Staff Profile Branding
28. Using
5 Things LinkedIn Is Great For
Growing Your Brand
Finding a contact in any company
Building your Credibility
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Looking for information
Networking
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29. Facebook
Why Facebook matters:
It has moved into the overall #2 spot of unique visitors per
month for all websites! #1 Google #2 Facebook #3 Yahoo
Over 111.9 Million U.S. users as of 12/2009 (400m + globally).
If it were a co ntr it would be the 3rd most pop lated ( of
ere country o ld populated (as f
8/09). U.S. user base doubled in 2009!
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30. Facebook
Why Facebook matters: (Data from Spring 2009)
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34. YouTube – Why it matters
Now th #2 M t U d S
N the Most Used Search E i on th W b
h Engine the Web
All Videos are indexed by Google! Embed videos on your site!
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35. YouTube for Business: Blendtec
Over 7 Million Views Sales up 700X
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40. Which Sites? Why they Matter? What to do?
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Viral = Free Traffic
Conversion + How To’s
To s
Networking, Q&A’s
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Facebook Pages for Business
Easy Way to have fresh Website content
Blogs = SEO Help & Subscriptions
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Custom News Feed = Listen!
Search.Twitter.com
41. Done well, Y
D ll Your Web “F t i t” can G
W b “Footprint” Grow!
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THE GOAL:
-Increase your footprint
-Dominate Search
Terms
-Give the user the info
they want quickly
-Give them a good 1st
impression
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42. What to do?
Wh t t d ? Twitter.com/DigitalHill
Twitter com/DigitalHill
Facebook.com/DigitalHill
Try 1 thing today!
Setup your LinkedIn personal and company profiles
Get a Facebook Fan page
Get a YouTube account for business
Consider a Blog
VIEW THESE SLIDES & OTHER RESOURCES HERE:
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•We offer Web & Social Media integration on varying levels from start-
up/customization for you to run to fully managed social media services.
run, services
•THANKS FOR YOUR TIME.
Digital Hill Multimedia, Inc.
www.DigitalHill.com