Sunday 5 January 2014

New Strategy needed for Online Marketing in 2014


Welcome to a new year to all our readers and may 2014 be filled with new strategy, new goals and many new accomplishments!

Its always great to start a new chapter. Starting a new year is a great opportunity for us to review the past year and to build from here. Its important to look back and as I call it 'clip and trim' the hedges! Cut away what didn’t work too well to prevent falling into the trap of repeating old patterns, and then brainstorm with your in-house team how to develop more effective patterns.

Brainstorm, summarize, focus and implement! With exciting new developments as Google launches the new Hummingbird all companies need to adjust their online strategy to keep up with important changes. Search engine optimisation is going to be focusing on what they call contextual conversations taking place online. Social Media conversations will now more than ever impact your optimisation. If they are not present or you don’t yet have the various main social media sites set up, your ranking on Google will decline quickly. It's now more important than ever, not only to have your sites in tact and professionally branded, but to have a consistent good flow of daily content that generates engagement and conversations online. Blogging is no longer an option, its essential.

What I often ask my clients is to simply Google themselves and see what comes up in search results. If there is little content popping up when you Google your business name, it simply means work needs to be done online to boost your results in searches. 

One of the main search engine boosting technique is that of pumping out fresh content that is keyword rich via blog articles. Secondly, review your social media. Is there daily fresh content and do those sites show engagement such as 'likes, shares, re-tweets, comments' etc. If not, time to review and to raise the bar as far as quality and consistency is concerned. I like to say 'content is king' and engagement is definitely queen ;-) Make sure the royal house is in order and both are present!


To summarise, set new goals, review past strategies, if needed turn, the wheel and implement new ideas and actions. Help needed? Please ask, am very happy to advise or assist and can be contacted by clicking HERE  

If you're not sure on whether your online marketing strategies are up to scratch, I am offering a free analysis and report to all our readers for the month of January and February. Am waiting to hear from our readers out there! Wishing you each a wonderful and very successful new year.



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