A small businesses’ most important and most neglected asset
Here is usually how our meetings with small business owners go: “Oh, we are good on our website, we had a guy build it when we opened. First thing we did!” Me: “Oh, great! So how does your web traffic look? What is the cost of acquisition of those web generated leads? What is your sales conversion ratio? What are you currently doing for your SEO?” Them: “HUH?!”
Your website is the single most important tool you possess. It’s where the universe finds you, and where you tell the world why they should choose you over your competitors. Your website is ground zero for all of your marketing efforts – the goal is to drive all of your leads there and convert them into customers.
Let’s talk shop for a minute. SEO = Search engine optimization. SEO is the art and science of getting pages to rank higher in search engines such as Google. Why is this so important? The beauty of SEO is that you are finding organic (vs. paid for) leads that have a better chance of converting into customers. SEO statistics are compelling: More than 2/3’s of clicks from webpage search results go to the top five results on the SERP (Search Engine Results Page). https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-first-page-clicks/374516/#close But over 90% of website content never gets traffic from Google searches, which means you can vastly improve your chances of being found by implementing a solid SEO strategy. The average small business in the US spends close to $500 month on SEO alone – and that does not include the marketing efforts that go into the copy of your website. However, in order to maximize the effectiveness of your SEO, it needs to work in concert with your marketing copy.
Let’s talk about the OTHER important piece of the SEO – the marketing copy. SEO is just the beginning. But without compelling and carefully crafted SEO-optimized messaging, lead generators, and sales offers, your chances of converting web visitors into customers goes way down. Another misconception about SEO and marketing copy – this process is ONGOING! It never ends. Any marketer worth their salt knows, the best strategy includes TESTING. Different copy will work on different customers, at different times. This is called A/B testing. Just because it didn’t work before doesn’t mean it won’t work now! You can get a room full of seasoned marketing professionals, and they will never guess, with any accuracy, what customers will and will not respond to. Don’t just set it and forget it – make your website, SEO, sales offers, and marketing copy a priority for your small business and you will be rewarded for all your efforts.
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