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The Blueprint to Digital Marketing Success

Lynsey Sweales @SocialBuk

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What will you leave with today?  Understanding the digital landscape including the key

channels  Creating a digital strategy including deciding what

channels to use and how to work across a number of channels  The essentials that need to be in place before you start  Key tools to know how and why measurement is so

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What is digital marketing?

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Plan your digital marketing • Email marketing • Search engine optimisation • Social media • Paid Google ads

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Three key elements to success online

ATTRACT

ENGAGE

CONVERT

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Strategy

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Strategy  Without a plan you plan to ……..  What does success look like?  How has your organisation become successful? With a

plan/strategy by any chance??

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Priority one - website

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Websites – the 7 key areas 2) Clear call to actions

1) Good design

3) Content!

4) Navigation

5) Credibility

7) Social media buttons

6) Mobile/tablet friendly

Ecommerce  Its not as simple as

selling in a traditional sense  Invest in a system

that is easy to use, you can update yourself & you can move companies!

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Measure everything - Google Analytics

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Measure everything – Excel 

Weekly per platform per tab



Monthly on one tab



Create graphs

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Google Analytics – set up  Set up free – so anything you do online measure!  Track number of enquiries/sales – thank you page & goal

tracking  Track sign ups for newsletter, events, etc – goals

 Ecommerce tracking

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Tactics

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Tactic tools

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Figures you have to know - What is your profit margin? - Cost per enquiry - Cost per sale/service - What is your conversion

rate?

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Paid Advertising

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Paid Advertising 

Great to get to the top of search engines like Google and other search engines quickly



Be careful with key words, landing pages and budgets



Use a Google Partner & ask to speak to their clients

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Social Media  Strategy – who, what where

& when  Social  SEO (keywords)

 Search

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Social Media Strategy 

Your overall objectives will inform what you do in social media in terms of: 

Who you want to connect with



What content you share



How you interact with people



How often you need to interact with people



How you want to influence people to act

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Email Marketing  If you have a database  Think like an end user

 Best tools Mail

Chimp/Campaign Monitor  Plan & measure

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SEO 

Search engine optimisation



Search engines index websites, directory sites & social media platforms



Google, Yahoo, Bing have to decide what answers to give people



SEO = having the right keywords that people search on

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Google Keyword Planner

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SEO Strategy 

Note down longer keywords i.e homes by the sea – great for blogs and articles



Think like a client! Ask clients/ colleagues what they would type in



What locations do you cover? City, county, regions, UK wide, global



Set up an excel sheet with keywords/key phrases so they can be used across all your online areas (social media, website, etc.)



Review every two to three months if you get the chance

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SEO Search - Blogging

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Tips for success online

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Tip One Set up your website foundations in place first Use my 7 tips!

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Tip Two Don’t try and do everything at once – the tactics are very enticing but get your foundations in place first International Digital Marketing Experts - Enabling A Better Future Together

Tip Three Provide a great service and customers will help sell for you/talk about you on social media/review sites

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Todays Take Aways  Improve your website  Get Google Analytics in place  Identify your SEO words/phrases and compile a strategy  Decide what tactics or range of tactics are worth

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Thank You Lynsey Sweales SocialB The Digital Marketing Experts Twitter - @socialbuk www.socialb.co.uk +44 (0) 1223 258000 International Digital Marketing Experts - Enabling A Better Future Together

The Blueprint to Digital Marketing Success

Lynsey Sweales @SocialBuk