Business Blogs - Web 2.0 Internet Marketing Strategies 

Blogs are not new. But, just in case you need a definition, a blog (short for weblog) is an online conversation between the host and an audience of people who participate. Blog posts are displayed in a chronological and topical format. A more formal definition of a blog is available here.

For about the last three years Business blogs have been adopted very rapidly by corporations around the globe. The media attention given to blogging for business includes BusinessWeek, Fortune, Smart Company, Wired and even People and Entertainment Weekly. In May 2005 BusinessWeek's front cover story said it best: "Blogs will change your business....Your customers and rivals are figuring blogs out. Our advice, catch up...or catch you later."

Business blogging allows you to listen to what people are saying about your products, your brand, your employees, your partners, your vendors, your competitors, your marketing and all at lightning speed!

When information is posted in a blog by a community of constituents, such information can be incredibly valuable. The knowledge you gain allows you to react in "Internet speed" by learning something in hours versus days or weeks. Consider the impact blogging for business can have on your competitive advantage.

The volume of bloggers on the Internet is staggering. Blog content is the fastest growing form of content on the web with an estimated 100 plus million bloggers. If you think most of them are predicting Paris Hilton's career plans, think again.

Blogging for business can be done at two levels. A business can sponsor a blog, e.g., http://googleblog.blogspot.com. And, individuals within a business can sponsor a blog, notably CEO's and thought leaders, e.g., http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/.

Companies across all industries are using the blogosphere as a platform to communicate. Blogs form communities of people who have something to say on topics of interest. Sometimes, blog posts can be negative but if negative comments are well founded, wouldn't you rather know sooner than later so you can react?

While there are numerous valuable reasons to blog for business, we can not overlook one other reason to blog, namely Internet Marketing. Search engines like blog content because the content is frequently updated. Search engines index blog content frequently and rapidly.  Business blog posts which use your company name, product names or keywords relevant to your products, will produce links which search engines consider to be "important." So, blogging for business can also help you improve search engine optimization results through improved search engine rankings, as well as providing many other business benefits.

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Find and Convert Internet Marketing

So many leads, so little time...

Your prospects are looking for you on the Internet. Can they find you?

Do your most relevant keyword phrases deliver traffic to your website from search engines?  Is Internet Marketing something you do well?  Does your website convert visitors to sales opportunities?

If these questions remind you of one of your greatest challenges, don't fret, Find and Convert can help.  We do one thing really well - we help you find and convert leads on the Internet.  You don't have to learn the technical details of search engine optimization (SE0), pay-per-click (PPC) advertising, link building and Web 2.0.  We'll handle all that for you because we're experts at Internet Marketing from strategy through implementation.  

Find and Convert can implement baseline Internet Marketing strategies including white-hat SEO, Link Building and PPC as well as develop a Web 2.0 strategy to harness the possibilities of blogging for business, social media optimization, podcasting and syndicating content.  We'll provide meticulous and easy to understand reports along with plain English advice that delivers results you can measure.

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An Internet Marketing strategy needs to be implemented with meticulous attention to detail and results.  Find and Convert can be an extension of your marketing team to implement your Internet Marketing Services.

Find and Convert implements Internet Marketing strategies for clients across the U.S. and Canada.  Our Internet Marketing services cover the basics to the advanced including search engine optimization, link building, pay-per-click advertising (PPC) and Web 2.0 strategies.

When we begin a new client engagement we measure the current status of your Internet Marketing results to establish a baseline.  Using Google Analytics we measure the most meaningful data about your website traffic including traffic, sources of visits, keywords, page views, time spent, bounce rates, conversion rates, conversion costs and much more.  In short, we measure many Internet Marketing details to measure results for ROI - return on the Internet.

As we implement our Internet Marketing services using our expert staff and project-centric approach, we continue to measure results through detailed metrics and trends.  We review reports with you in detail to track results and to understand how the strategy is progressing and what actions should be taken.  We use tools such as Google Analytics and others to deliver data and metrics that allow us to stay close to the action and keep the results on track.  Our measurement and actions taken are proactive and reactive to market shifts.

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Search Engine Optimization (SEO) - A sound search engine optimization SEO plan takes planning and attention to detail. Our team of search engine marketing specialists will research your competitors, help you select the best keywords, recommend a content optimization strategy, optimize your code and help you monitor it on an ongoing basis. We offer a fee-based consultative assessment known as the SEO Assessment to conduct an analysis of your website in order to determine what strategies you should implement to improve your website's search engine rankings and lead generation opportunities. Small business SEO plans are also available.

Pay-Per-Click Advertising (PPC) - We'll set up your PPC plan or manage your existing PPC plan. Our search engine marketing specialists will research your keywords, determine the most effective bid rates for your keywords, design your ads, design your landing page(s), test your ads and monitor their performance on an ongoing basis. You'll get measurable results from your custom PPC campaigns. Our goal is to produce the most cost effective conversions (leads) from your PPC campaigns through our PPC search engine marketing service.

Web 2.0 Search Engine Marketing Strategies- Web 2.0 offers exciting new ways to market your business through RSS, blogging, social media optimization, podcasting and others. Our Internet Marketing specialists will work collaboratively and strategically with you to design Web 2.0 strategies that will help you harness the opportunities available to generate new sales opportunities in Web 2.0. It's not a matter of "if" but "how" and "when" your business launches a Web 2.0 marketing strategy.

Link Building Plans - Any search engine marketing or search engine optimization plan must include a link building plan. The reason is that search engines determine the popularity of your content through inbound links. Search engines consider both the quantity and relevance of the incoming links to your website. Our search engine optimization specialists will recommend and implement legitimate, one way link building plans to get you found in search engines for even some of the most competitive keyword phrases.

Article Syndication- "Article Syndication" is a very effective technique which improves visibility of your business, your website's content and can help improve your search engine rankings. By creating unique and useful articles and optimizing them for relevant keywords and syndicating them across various websites, you'll improve search engine rankings for selected keyword phrases.

Landing Page Conversion - Ensure that you convert as many of your website visitors to qualified prospects by using proven testing techniques and best practices. The only way to maximize landing page conversions is to test different versions of your landing pages. Our search engine marketing consultants know the most effective and proven techniques and will set up, monitor and measure tests to maximize your landing page conversions so that we produce the most leads possible.

Call Tracking - More than half of all the website visitors will contact a business offline. Our search engine marketing experts will set up unique toll free or local phone numbers to track website visitors. Using business rules to track calls from variables such as keywords, ads, landing pages, etc., we can measure the components of your search engine marketing strategy producing the best results.

Podcast Marketing- B2B marketers are rapidly embracing podcasts as a communication medium to strengthen brand and generate sales leads. Business professionals are listening to podcasts on topics which have traditionally been delivered in white papers, case studies, reports, webcasts and live events. Marketers can deliver effective one-to-one communication to people who subscribe to your podcast content. Our Internet Marketing consultants will help you design a podcast marketing strategy as well as produce your podcasts and help you market your podcasts in directories such as iTunes and optimize them for search engines.

Web Conferencing- B2B marketers have come to understand the efficiency of running meetings and events on the web. Find and Convert has partnered with Intercall to bring you the most powerful and cost effective web and audio conferencing services available to conduct meetings online.

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Web 2.0 :  Podcast Marketing

A podcast is a digital media file, or a series of such files, that are distributed over the Internet using syndicated feeds for playback on portable media players and personal computers.

Not clear enough? A podcast is a show or episode you listen to on your computer or your MP3 player (which doesn't have to be an iPod). You subscribe to podcasts topics of interest through RSS.

Why Should Marketers Care About Podcasting?

Just ask CNN, the Wall Street Journal and many other media websites, as well as social networking sites who make content available in a podcast format. Ask your competitors who may be rolling out podcast content and capturing brand-building audience and building loyal traffic to their website or blog.

The Content of Your Podcast is Your Advertising

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Podcast content is your advertising message! When you produce and market a podcast about something (anything) of interest to your target audience you can engage your audience one-on-one. How many other medium can make that claim? Print can't. Radio can't. Television can't. Tradeshows certainly can't. Podcasts can!!!

Podcasts Have Search Engine Optimization Benefits

When a text summary of your podcast is available on your website (or blog post), search engines will index the content and rank the page according to the relevant content.

Survey Results Point to Podcast Marketing Opportunity

Consider some of these recent facts from a KnowledgeStorm survey* of 3900 IT and business professionals:

B2B technology buyers are listening to podcasts for business interests, specifically technology-oriented topics, according to the study findings. Respondents are listening to podcasts for personal and business interests - 65% responded that they listen for both personal and business interests. Furthermore, these respondents are listening to podcasts on technology specific topics - 72% claimed that they have downloaded or listened to podcasts on technology topics on more than one occasion. Twenty-three percent do so "frequently."

The study also revealed that B2B technology buyers want research content, such as white papers and analyst reports, delivered as podcasts. Nearly 60% of respondents said that information on business or technology topics, currently delivered as white papers or analyst reports, would be more interesting as podcasts. Fifty-five percent of respondents would be more likely to consume white papers and analyst reports if they were delivered as podcasts.

"Fifty-seven percent of the frequent podcast users stated their biggest challenge with podcasts is the scarcity of interesting content. That represents real opportunity for savvy marketers."

*The KnowledgeStorm and Universal McCann survey July 2007.

So what information can you deliver to your target audience in a podcast format? How can you market podcast content to build your brand, produce more leads and differentiate from your competitors?

Find and Convert podcast marketing services start with helping you identify strategic opportunities to use podcast marketing in your strategy. Our podcast services also provide best practices, podcast recording/editing/production, podcast directory submission and ongoing episode recording of your podcasts. We'll integrate podcast marketing into your Internet Marketing strategy for results you can measure.

Check out Bernie's podcast on Web Marketing Strategies: Best Practices & Trends.

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