6 Digital marketing channels you must use to succeed

Are you still looking for guidance on how and where you should maximize your digital marketing channels?

Below you find 6 digital marketing channels you must use today to succeed. My approach is very easy to understand on how to optimize your digital ecosystem.

As a marketer the goal is to find synergies and interactions among each digital channel and to maximize it’s potential in order to achieve better results.

The Digital Ecosystem:

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1. Data analysis

Analyse the source of your traffic and only then you start to understand what kind of people are coming to your site and even a little bit of why they are coming. (Customer behaviors) Define your goals and focus on actionable outcomes.

2. Search engine marketing

Increase your visibility in search engine results through Pay-Per-Click ads or through an optimized website with your most relevant keywords.

3. Email marketing

Use email marketing to build loyalty and trust with your prospects/customers. Make sure your email list is clean and that you send out your messages to the right/relevant targets.

4. Social media

Social Media is not to worry about which social network you should be using and how many. Rather focus on building a community where your prospects and clients want to be.

5. Content marketing

Foremost write for human beings and not for robots. Create content people are willing to share with their network.

6. External websites

Outreach to external websites and bloggers. You build relationships and create authority for your website.

Do you agree with me?

What other digital channels would you add to the list that show good results?

Please share your feedback and critics in the comments section. I would love to hear from your stories.

Related article:

Digital Transformation is about people

 

Claude Oggier

My Klout Influence Summary

I like to look up my Klout report from time to time because it helps me to get an idea of the people I am tweeting about most and about my Twitter style;-)

According to @klout, I’m influenced by: @Szetela @markwschaefer @chrisbrogan @cshirky @sengineland and I could not agree more.

  • @szetela – David founded Clix Marketing one of the few agencies paid according to their performance and he is Faculty Chair at Marketmotive
  • @markschaefer – How a Blog Went From Zero to AdAge 100 in Nine Months? Ask Mark;-) Start reading his blog
  • @chrisbrogan – Learn How Human Business Works – Beyond Social Media. Get inspired
  • @cshirky – Clay Shirky tells you how change happens when people come together. Here comes everybody
  • @sengineland – Search Engine Land is a must read hub for news and information about search engine marketing & optimization

How do you feel about your Klout score?

Do you have the information I should know about and I should start following you?

Let me know and I will be happy to take a look at your content.

Claude Oggier

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Market Motive Online PPC Advertising Training and Certification

David Szetela and Scott Milrad are going to kickoff the 2010 Market Motive Online PPC Advertising Training and Certification today.

Due to a strong cross over in today’s market students can also benefit from the other Market Motive training material which include SEO, Social Media, Web Analytics, Conversion, Fundamentals and Online PR.

I am excited to learn from bestselling authors & speakers:

David Szetela
When David Szetela speaks, people listen. He’s frequently heard at Search and Advertising industry events like Search Engine Strategies, SMX, PPC Summit and MarketingSherpa Summit, not to mention on his weekly radio show “PPC Rockstars” at WebMasterRadio.fm.

Alan Rimm-Kaufman
Alan is the founder of the Rimm-Kaufman Group, a leading paid search agency that was named to Inc. Magazine’s list of Top 500 Fastest Growing Private Companies in America in 2008. Before founding the Rimm-Kaufman Group in 2003, Alan worked as the Vice President of Marketing for the Crutchfield Group where online revenues grew by 450% during his tenure.

Mary Kingsley Huffman
Mary Kingsley Huffman is a founding Partner and Executive Vice President at Ionic Media, a “thought-leading, multi-channel media optimization agency.” She speaks regularly on the topics of landing page development and testing, B2B marketing and conversion improvement and is the former Director of Marketing at Overture.

Bryan Eisenberg
Bryan is recognized worldwide as a leading expert on online marketing, conversion and marketing analytics. One of the co-founders and CPO (Chief Persuasion Officer) of Future Now, Inc., Bryan has been helping companies realize that to maximize results it is essential to incorporate expert persuasion techniques and a deep understanding of customer behavior into all marketing efforts.

Michael Stebbins
Michael Stebbins, a recognized marketing strategist, web analytics inventor, speaker and former VP of ClickTracks, is CEO and founder of Market Motive. Michael focuses on the recurring process of Internet marketing measurement and specializes in online lead capture and conversion techniques.

Read more about the founders and faculty at Market Motive

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SEO dos

This time I want to share with you the SEO dos – Things to make sure to include whether you are hiring and SEO company or do the job yourself.

SEO dos:

  • You have to be committed to the process. SEO requires a long term commitment.
  • Patience. You won’t see instant results.
  • Use only one H1 header per page.
  • Have your Web Analytics tool installed.
  • Make SEO friendly URLs.
  • Conduct a keyword research from the beginning.
  • Build a great website with a sitemap page.
  • Use a relevant and unique title for every page.
  • Add social  media sharing button.
  • Regular update your website with fresh content.
  • Create link-building. Links that come from other sites to your site.

Of course the list could go on but let me know your SEO dos and write a comment.

Check out these related articles I found:

– 21 Essential SEO Tips & Techniques

– 10 SEO Techniques All Top Web Sites Should Use

– 25 Link Building Tactics to Improve Blog Search Engine Rankings

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SEO don’ts

Always good to catch up with some Web Developer friends and to listen to their latest work & insights.

Today still many companies miss the point of simple SEO don’ts. How about to review some of the basics.

Some SEO don’ts are:

  • Don’t stuff keywords in your footer page with colored or hidden text. It’s old school.
  • Don’t stuff keywords in your meta & image alt tags. It’s old school.
  • Don’t obsess over Google RankPage and don’t check your rankings every day.
  • Don’t post your most valuable content on secure HTTPS pages. Spiders don’t index those.
  • Don’t black-hat tactics and play illegal ways to game the system to your advantage.
  • Don’t make your site uncrawlable. Avoid developing an all Flash, all Graphic or all AJAX site.
  • Don’t wait too long in implementing SEO. When building or revamping a site SEO start on day 1.
  • Don’t create multi pages with same content.

Of course the list could go on but let me know your SEO don’ts and write a comment.

Please avoid these pitfalls and keep things simple.

Check out these related articles:

– SEO: 20 fatal mistakes you must avoid to succeed

– 5 SEO donts for your personal website

– SEO donts – What not to do

In my next article I will share with you some dos.

Claude Oggier

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The Debate SEO vs. Social Media

Until now many companies split their search engine marketing (SEM) budget into 90 percent pay-per-click (PPC) and 10 percent SEO.

While reading from all kind of web sources I think we all agree on the fact that PPC isn’t going away anytime soon. Or is social media changing that? Are we going to trust our social networks over PPC and organic search results?

Key is to balance out PPC, SEO and social media efforts. The diversity will make sense of an effective SEM strategy.

The objective still remains to improve natural (also known as organic) listing in search results of your company’s website.

SEO strategies will yield long-term results but also require investments and take longer to show results.

Where does social media stand in your business today?

Twitter grew tremendously, active Facebook users increase as we speak and YouTube continues to play a dominant role in the video scene. Social media involvement expands your brand awareness and tweets being displayed into the Google organic results show where we are heading to.

Erik Qualman, Author of Socialnomics, predicts a blending of search and social. Read his post Social Media vs. SEO

Read other posts regarding this topic:
The Battle Between SEO and Social Search: A debate
Social Media and SEO: 5 Essential Steps to Succes

I look forward to follow this hot topic as it keeps evolving every day;)

Claude Oggier

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