Posts Tagged ‘online marketing’

Website Optimization and Promotion: The Secret to Effective URLs Names

Monday, February 8th, 2010

websitepromotionThere’s a lot that goes into effective website optimization and promotion. But for a lot of people just learning about optimizing their website forget one important rule: when developing URL names, it pays to plan ahead.

Why? It’s because planning ahead will almost always save you time-consuming problems related to your website’s structure. No matter what kind of site you have, the best way to achieve effective website optimization and promotion is to create URLs that can be easily read. URL names that are too long and too complex won’t achieve maximum optimization. Here are the two basic rules of creating URLs that search engines will love.

Make your URL as short as possible. Keeping URLs short will make it easy for your customers to remember, and easy for them to type.

Use keywords. One great thing about using keywords in your URL names isn’t just that they help with website optimization and promotion on search engines, but they’re also usually easy to remember, which makes them user friendly as well.

There are more advanced website optimization and promotion strategies for crafting effective URLs, but there’s really nothing more powerful that these two tips when it comes to the best optimization practices. These are the two rules all other URL optimization efforts should stem from.

Will a Social Media Policy Be an Online Marketing Trend in 2010?

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010

Does your company have a social media policy in place? What are the rules regarding accessing social networks during normal business hours? Are social networks being used for personal reasons or do you use it as an online marketing tool?

According to a Manpower study, “Social Networks vs. Management?” only 1/5 of the companies surveyed stated there was a social media policy in place. And for those companies who do have a social media policy, what is the effectiveness on production? According to the report, 63% claimed it was effective in combating lost productivity.”

What do you think about writing a social media policy where you work? What limitations will you include regarding personal time and/or online marketing promotion of the business you work for?

Original post on eMarketer.

How to Use Facebook for Marketing Online

Wednesday, November 18th, 2009

You may think that Facebook is only good for catching up with old friends if you don’t know that Facebook attracts millions of visitors each month. According to SearchWatch.com, Chitika, which is an on-line advertising network, held a study in September on the most loyal social network visitors. The study showed that Facebook is the only social network site that attracts the most loyal visitors, who visit Facebook four to five times a week.  This makes Facebook a great site for marketing online.

Now that you know Facebook retains the most visitors out of all the popular social networking sites, you may be enticed to market online using Facebook to reach those millions of loyal visitors to try to make them your loyal customers. Here is how you can do it:

Make your Facebook Page Popular

  • Offer a discount or prize drawing for customers who become fans
  • Let your fans know you appreciate their feedback on your products and services

Talk to Your Fans

  • Talk to your fans to keep them interested in your page
  • Use videos, photos, messages, or links to each fan to engage them.
  • Look at the demographics of your fans, since Facebook makes that capable, to properly target your fans
  • Use the Facebook Insights tool, which allows you to see what content is favorable among fans
  • Make fans aware of your blocking policy and use it sparingly so you won’t cause fans to not want to engage in your conversations

Optimize Your Facebook Page

  • Search engines index Facebook updates in their search results, so keep your page updated often
  • Use keywords in your content and titles
  • Use content that is interesting
  • Become a fan of as many people as you can
  • Invite people to share your content

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