Mercer University Presentation for MBA Course Chris Vaughn, Director of Content Marketing Sarah Kellner, Online Content Manager
Mercer UniversityPresentation for MBA Course
Chris Vaughn, Director of Content Marketing
Sarah Kellner, Online Content Manager
4 “web fitness” questions
• Does your website traffic increase in most months?
• Do you generate a larger number of leads via your website in most months?
• Do you convert a larger number of customers from your website leads in most months?
• Do you analyze your results each month so you can continuously improve results?
3 simple web Marketing goals
• Potential customers can find your site and exactly what they are looking for, inside it
• When prospects find your site, you convert a reasonable percentage
• Prospects can spread the word about your site and its content via social media, emailing a link, or linking back to your site
***note: inbound links from other websites raise your visibility with search engines, making it easier for people to find you
SMB Internet Marketing Priorities & Challenges
• Web Discovery
1. Proprietary Traffic
2. Social Media• Traffic Management
1. Visitor Conversion
2. Analysis & Optimization• Barriers
1. Time
2. Expertise
3. Budget
PredictableDiscovery
ConvertibleTraffic
Optimization
Getting Found is the “Head Pin” of Web Marketing!
5 things about content• Creating fresh, frequent, unique web content is a
powerful strategy for driving organic and direct web traffic
• Blogs’ intuitive content management systems make it feasible to populate the web with fresh content…REGULARLY
• Blogs are search engine friendly-presenting neatly organized content for indexing (tags, links, categories, etc.) and returning relevant content
• Well executed blogging will share earned SEO benefits with a related web site
• Web content distributed on social platforms (Twitter and Facebook) exaggerates organic and direct traffic results
to help prospects find you
“Instead of one-way interruption, Web marketing is about delivering useful content at just the precise moment that a buyer needs it.”
- David Meerman ScottMarketing Strategist
What is Content Marketing?
The creation and sharing of content for the purposes of engaging current, past, and future client and prospect bases.
Why CONTENT?
• Creating and sharing high-quality, consistent, and relevant content to your client and prospects improves and drives:– Consumer Action
– Brand Loyalty– Fan Retention– Increased Fan and Client Sharing
Five Ws for Facebook
• WHO is using Facebook?• Facebook has over 800 million users
worldwide• WHAT brings them to Facebook? • More than 250 million users engage with
Facebook from external sites monthly• How long (WHEN) are they online?• Average Facebook user spends 25
minutes a day on Facebook• WHERE are my consumers going when
online?• More than 1 million links shared and 7.6
million pieces of content ‘liked’ on Facebook every 20 minutes
• WHY should I use Facebook to find them?• More than 50% (and growing) of
businesses use Facebook to engage customers and prospects
2011 Ignite Study Shows A Change In Facebook
Demographics
: 44 Years-old
Source: IgniteSocialMedia.com
Facebook Lead Capturing
FacebookBusinessPage
Likes Comments Shares
1. News Feed Updates2. Provide Demographics
3. E-Mail Marketing
1. Engagement Opportunity2. Profile page activity
3. Feedback and Support
1. Free Advertising2. Create new backlinks
3. More likes and prospects