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The Power of Keywords – SEO, PPC and Analy8cs Elyse Merriman Freelance Digital Marketer
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The  Power  of  Keywords  –    SEO,  PPC  and  Analy8cs  

Elyse  Merriman  

Freelance  Digital  Marketer  

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What  is  a  keyword?  Wordstream  says  it  best:    

“Your  SEO  keywords  are  the  key  words  and  phrases  in  your  web  content  that  make  it  possible  for  people  to  find  your  site  via  search  engines.  A  website  that  is  well  op8mized  for  search  engines  ‘speaks  the  same  language’  as  its  poten8al  visitor  base  with  keywords  for  SEO  that  help  connect  searchers  to  your  site.”  

A  keyword  phrase  is  a  keyword  made  up  of  more  than  one  word  (i.e.  blue  socks,  black  composite  decking,  red  high  heel  shoes)  but  is  s8ll  a  phrase  people  would  type  into  a  search  engine  to  find  your  website.      

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SEO  What  is  SEO  (Search  Engine  Op2misa2on)?  

“SEO  is  the  prac8ce  of  improving  and  promo8ng  a  website  to  increase  the  number  of  visitors  the  site  receives  from  search  engines.”  (Source:  hSp://moz.com/beginners-­‐guide-­‐to-­‐seo)  

It’s  not  only  about  making  your  site  beSer  for  search  engines  but  also  for  the  visitors  to  your  site.  

Why  you  need  SEO?  You  need  SEO  because  the  majority  of  traffic  to  websites  comes  from  search  engines.  About  80%  of  this  is  from  Google,  with  Yahoo  and  Bing  being  the  next  two  largest  search  engines.  (Source:  hSp://moz.com/beginners-­‐guide-­‐to-­‐seo)  

How  can  I  improve  my  SEO?  Through:  

 *Content    *Meta  8tle,  descrip8on  and  alt  tags    *Backlinks  

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SEO  -­‐  Content  Search  engines  want  to  answer  the  ques8ons  that  searchers  have.    Google  rankings  are  based  on  merit  –  they  want  to  give  searchers  the  best  match  for  their  ques8on.  

When  op2mizing  your  website  for  keywords  you  should  focus  on  having  your  keyword  in:  • The  8tle  of  your  content    • The  first  sentence  of  your  first  paragraph  • At  least  one  heading  within  the  content  • The  page’s  URL  

Other  factors  that  boost  SEO  is  content  that:  • Is  at  least  300  words  in  length  • Contains  outbound  links  • Has  a  rela8vely  short  URL  • Is  easy  to  read,  with  concise  sentences  

Make  content  shareable!    Add  in  a  social  media  widget  that  allows  people  to  share  on  Facebook,  TwiSer,  LinkedIn,  Pinterest,  and  Stumbleupon.    Google  takes  into  considera8on  how  many  8mes  your  content  is  shared  and  how  many  people  link  to  your  content  

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SEO  –  Content  -­‐  Crea8on  It  is  important  to  con8nue  to  create  content  for  your  website  to  keep  it  current  and  gives  people  something  to  share  on  your  website.  

You  can  do  this  through:    *A  blog    *Case  studies    *NewsleSer  archive    *Gallery    *Catalogue/lookbook    *How  to  guide  or  whitepaper  

Content  is  about  being  generous  to  your  customers/poten8al  customers.      

Good  quality  content  is  important  because  it  will  drive  visitors  to  your  website  and  in  turn,  help  to  boost  your  search  engine  rankings.  

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SEO  –  Meta  data  Meta  data  contains  both:  • The  page’s  meta  8tle  and  descrip8on  • The  alternate  text  field  of  any  images  you’ve  included  Meta  data  gives  a  “preview”  to  the  searchers  of  what  the  page  is  about  

Meta  2tle:  55  characters  in  length  Meta  descrip2on:  115  characters  in  length  Alt  tags:  125  characters  but  the  more  concise  the  beSer.      

Alt  tags  lets  Google  know  what  a  picture  is  a  picture  of  

If  meta  data  is  lej  blank,  Google  will  determine  what  to  display  in  its  search  engine  rankings  for  you  –  which  may  not  be  what  you  want  it  to  be!      

Use  a  character  counter  (hSp://www.typetools.co.uk/google-­‐tool)  to  help  get  lengths  right.  

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SEO  –  Meta  data  examples  Examples  of  meta  2tle  and  descrip2on  for  “gardening    equipment”  on  Google  

Examples  of  alt  tags  for  “gardening  equipment”  on  Google  

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SEO  -­‐  Backlinks  What  is  a  backlink?  A  backlink  is  a  direct  link  to  your  website  from  another  website.  

Quality  over  quan2ty  It  is  more  important  to  get  good  quality  backlinks  instead  of  a  high  quan8ty  of  lower  quality  backlinks.  

Google  tends  to  penalize  website  with  a  high  number  of  low  quality  backlinks  as  it  looks  like  spam.      

Good  Quality  Backlinks  • Local  business  directories  • News  sites  • Industry  websites  • Social  media  • Review  sites  • Industry  blogs  and  community  “watering  holes”  

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SEO  –  Helpful  Tools  Moz  (www.moz.com)  What  it  does:    *Allows  you  to  track  keyword  rankings  on  all  major  search  engines  (Google,  Yahoo,  and  Bing)  *Research  keywords  (gives  an  indica8on  of  search  volume  on  the  Internet)  *Find  broken  links  on  web  pages  *Helps  build  backlinks  *Monitors  men8ons  of  your  brand  online  

Yoast  (hSps://yoast.com)  -­‐  WordPress  users  It’s  a  plugin  for  WordPress  that  allows  users  to  op8mize  their  website  for  SEO  purposes  What  it  does:  *Allows  you  to  easily  change  meta  8tles,  descrip8on  and  alt  tags  and  makes  sure  there’s  no  overlap  in  focus  keywords  *Grades  each  page’s  SEO  strength  based  on  content,  images  and  meta  informa8on  

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PPC  PPC  stands  for  Pay  Per  Click  adver8sing.      -­‐Available  on  Google,  Bing  and  Yahoo  search  engines  -­‐Also  adver8se  on  Facebook,  TwiSer,  LinkedIn  and  Stumbleupon  

Keywords  Three  different  types  of  keywords  (how  they  are  displayed  in  Adwords)  Exact  match  =  [  ]  Phrase  match  =  “  “  Broad  match  =                  (characterized  by  using  no  brackets)  

Which  to  use?  Exact  match:  This  will  catch  people  searching  for  that  exact  phrase  i.e.  [black  men’s  shoes]  

Phrase  match:  This  will  catch  people  searching  for  a  phrase,  but  may  also  contain  other  words  as  part  of  the  phrase  i.e.  “black  shoes”  would  catch  people  searching  under  “black  shoes  for  kids”,  “black  shoes  uk”,  “nike  black  shoes”  

Broad  match:  This  will  catch  people  searching  for  any  phrase  that  has  black  and  shoes  in  it.    Such  as  {nike  black  workout  mens  size  10  shoes}  

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PPC  –  Dos  *Harmonize  your  PPC  with  your  SEO  efforts  to  get  the  most  benefit  -­‐Do  this  by  using  the  same  keywords  for  both  

*Start  with  a  small  budget  to  see  where  the  search  volume  is  and  then  focus  on  those  terms/ad  groups/campaigns  

*Set  up  3  different  ads  per  ad  group,  each  using  different  ad  copy  

*Link  your  Adwords  account  with  your  Analy8cs  account  to  get  the  best  tracking  for  your  customers  from  Adwords  

*Set  up  a  campaign  that  focuses  on  your  brand  –  otherwise  your  compe8tors  may  start  adver8sing  on  it!  

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PPC  –  Don’ts  

*Get  discouraged  too  easily  –  it  takes  8me  for  your  ad  rankings  and  SEO  to  build  up  over  8me.    As  you  improve  your  SEO,  your  ad  ranks  will  improve  as  well  

*Rush  through  your  ad  set  up.    Set  aside  some  8me  to  plan  your  campaigns,  ad  groups,  keywords  and  ad  copy  

*Set  it  and  forget  it  –  log  into  your  adwords  account  at  least  once  a  week  to  see  how  they’re  doing  

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PPC  –  Loca8on  serngs  

-­‐If  your  product  is  only  available  in  certain  countries,  change  your  loca8on  serngs  to  reflect  that  -­‐You  can  target  certain  ci8es,  regions  or  postal  codes  as  well  for  your  campaigns  

Taken  from:  www.  adwords.google.com  

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PPC  –  Ad  Extensions  

Ad  Extensions  allow  you  to  publish  more  content  on  your  ads  (Loca8on  informa8on,  sitelinks  and  call  extensions  

Taken  from:  www.adwords.google.com  

Loca2on  :  Highlights  your  physical  loca8on,  office  or  storefront.  Sitelinks:  Highlights  the  most  popular  pages  on  your  webpage  (i.e.  popular  products/services,  contact  informa8on,  enquiry  forms)  Call:  Allows  searchers  viewing  your  ad  on  mobile  to  call  your  directly  from  the  ad  (counts  as  a  conversion)        

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PPC  –  Set  Up  -­‐  Example  

Company:  Paperchase  

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PPC  –  Ad  Copy  Made  up  of:  

Headline  (25  characters)  Descrip8on  line  1  (35  characters)  Descrip8on  line  2  (35  characters)  Display  URL  (35  characters)  

Landing  page  URL  (one  landing  page  per  Ad  group)  

Example:    

*Use  your  keywords  in  your  ad  copy*  

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PPC  –  Terms    Max  CPC  –  Maximum  Cost  Per  Click  (how  much  you  are  willing  to  pay  to  get  a  click)  

Clicks  –  How  many  people  have  clicked  on  your  ad  ajer  searching  with  that  search  term  

Impressions  –  How  many  people  have  seen  your  ad  ajer  using  that  specific  search  term.    May  or  may  not  have  clicked  on  your  ad  

CTR  –  Stands  for  Click  Through  Rate.    Calculated  by  this  formula:      Impressions/Clicks=CTR      Example:  1000  impressions/200  clicks  =  5%  CTR    *Aim  for  a  CTR  of  around  2%  as  a  minimum  benchmark  

Avg.  CPC  –  Average  Cost  Per  Click.    How  much  on  average  you  are  paying  for  a  click  (the  amount  you  pay  for  click  varies  throughout  the  8me  of  day  and  day  of  the  week  and  on  the  amount  of  search  volume  and  compe88on  at  this  8me)  

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PPC  –  Terms,  cont’d  Cost  –  How  much  you’ve  paid  overall  for  that  keyword.    Calculated  by  this  formula:  

 Average  CPC  x  Clicks  =  Cost    

Av.  Pos.  –  Average  Posi8on.    On  average,  what  posi8on  your  ad  is  in    

Quality  Score  –  A  score  out  of  10  that  tells  you  how  relevant  Google  views  your  keywords  in  rela8on  to  your  website.    Aim  for  a  quality  score  of  7/10.    The  lower  your  quality  score,  the  more  Google  will  charge  as  a  minimum  CPC  to  show  your  ad  

Est  top  page  bid  –  How  much  your  max  CPC  will  have  to  have  your  ad  shown  at  the  top  of  the  page  for  that  keyword  

Conversion  -­‐    The  number  of  people  that  “convert”  (i.e.  achieve  a  goal,  make  a  sale,  etc.)  on  your  website.    Aim  for  2%  conversion  rate  

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PPC  -­‐  Improving  Keywords:  

 *Are  your  keyword  relevant  and  found  in  your  content  on  your  website?    *  Could  there  be  a  more  appropriate  landing  page  for  your  keywords?    *Try  adding  nega8ve  keywords.    Nega8ve  keywords  are  words  that  may  be  

associated  with  someone  of  your  key  phrases  but  are  not  relevant  to  your  website  (i.e.  if  you  are  selling  boxer  shorts,  then  boxer  dogs  would  be  a  good  nega8ve  keyword)  

 *Is  your  budget  being  spent  on  keywords  that  are  not  giving  a  return?    Pause  them  and  focus  on  the  keywords  that  are  giving  you  return.  

Ad  Copy:    *Are  your  keywords  in  your  ad  copy?    *Make  sure  ad  copy  is  current  (i.e.  dates  and  offers  are  s8ll  relevant)    *Try  freshening  ad  copy  and  see  what  works  

A  lot  of  PPC  and  SEO  op8miza8on  is  trial  and  error  –  you  have  to  keep  trying  un8l  you  find  what  works!  

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Analy8cs  How  to  Set  a  Goal  

What  should  my  goal  be?  A  goal  on  your  website  should  be  something  you  want  to  measure  over  8me.    This  can  be  something  like  8me  on  site,  the  number  of  people  that  visit  a  certain  page  or  a  form  that  people  fill  out.    E-­‐commerce  sites  generally  have  sales  as  the  goal  that  they  measure.  

Google  offers  the  following  template  goals  to  make  it  easier  to  create  a  goal:    *Revenue    *Acquisi8on    *Inquiry    *Engagement  

You  can  also  choose  a  custom  goal  if  none  of  the  templates  fits  your  needs  

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How  to  Set  a  Goal  -­‐  Analy8cs  Step  1:  Log  into  Analy8cs  Step  2:  Go  to  “Admin”  on  the  top  naviga8on  bar  Step  3:  Click  on  Goals  (under  View  –  far  right  hand  side)  

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How  to  Set  a  Goal  –  Cont’d  

Step  4:  Click  on  New  Goal  

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How  to  Set  a  Goal  –  Cont’d  Step  5:  Decide  which  goal  you  want  

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How  to  Set  a  Goal  –  Cont’d  Step  6:  Select  your  Type  of  measurement,  then  go  to  Next  Step  

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How  To  Set  a  Goal  –  Cont’d  Step  7:  Set  your  parameters  and  press  Create  Goal  

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How  To  Set  a  Goal  –  Cont’d  Step  8:  And  you’re  done!      Your  goal  is  ready  to  be  measured  

Next  steps:  Monitoring  your  goal  

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Monitoring  Your  Goal  

To  get  to  the  dashboard  where  Analy8cs  measures  the  goals  Click  on  “Repor8ng”  on  the  top  level  naviga8on  bar.  

Then  click  on  “Conversions”  on  the  lej  hand  naviga8on  bar,  then  click  on  “Goals”  and  then  click  on  “Overview”  

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Monitoring  Your  Goal  –  Cont’d  

Monitoring  your  goals  regularly  will  help  you  know  how  well  your  website  is  doing.    Checking  in  on  a  weekly  and  monthly  basis  will  give  short  and  longer  term  views  of  how  the  goal  is  performing  and  over  8me  will  help  you  iden8fy  slumps  and  peaks  in  ac8vity.      

Depending  on  the  nature  of  the  goal,  it  is  a  good  idea  to  let  it  run  for  at  least  a  year,  so  you  can  compare  data  and  have  a  benchmark  for  performance.  

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Ques8ons?  

If  you  think  of  any  ques8ons  at  a  later  date  or    if  you’d  like  further  consulta8on  or  informa8on  get  in  touch!  

Elyse  Merriman  [email protected]  

07754323727  


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