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This is a presentation that Ravenel Mansfield of Ravenel Consutling and Ty Hallock of TopFloorStudio did for Haywood Community.
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Web Findability for Business OwnersGet Found > Convert > Analyze
Local Search
Google Universal Search
Google Search Listings
Piper Jaffray Research (2008)
• 30 percent of all queries contain a city, state or zip code.
• The Internet has now surpassed print Yellow Pages and newspaper as a primary source for local consumer service information.
• The adoption of smart phones will only add to these numbers; 27 percent of all mobile searches are for local information.
Piper Jaffray Research (2008)
• Online consumers seek local information from two primary sources: search engines, such as Google, and Internet Yellow Pages (IYPs), such as City Search.
• Local results are usually marked on a street map with push pins or presented with some other identifier, helping them stand out.
Google Places
Yelp (data on this site feeds Bing and Yahoo)
Yahoo Local
Merchant Circle
Bing Local
Claiming Place Page / Local Listing
Business Address in City of Search
Associating Place Page with Proper Categories
Off-Page / Off-Listing Criteria
Customer Reviews
Product / Service Keyword in Place Page Business Title
Simple SEO Page Elements
Biltmore
Biltmore Page Elements
Title Tag Example
Category Page Category Name | Get Brand 1, 2, 3, 4 & More | BurgerplaceGet CATEGORY NAME at Burgerplace. The freshest, most flavorable CATEGORY NAME & drinks at Burgerplace.com.
Sub-Category Page Sub-Category Name | Category Name | BurgerplaceGet SUB-CATEGORY NAME & CATEGORY NAME at Burgerplace. Find a location near you at Burgerplace.com.
Biltmore Google View
Tool Kit
Tools we will cover in the next section
• Website Grader• Google Link Check• Alexa.com• Google Link Check• Chart Beat• Google Analytics• Google Docs > Forms
WebsiteGrader.com
• Compare your website to your competition
• What grade is your copy oriented to?• Do you have a blog?• How many links back do you have?• Domain: Time to Expire• Alt Tags
Alexa.com
Analytics“You can’t manage what you can’t measure”
Google Analytics & Stats
• Chart-beat for real time stats• Full suite of analytics• Use goals and funnels to track
conversions and referrals• Site Overlay is a very nice tool for
usability• See where people are coming from
geographically• Track your advertising campaigns with
Web Stats• Get a weekly report sent to you
Collecting Data
Google Docs > Forms
Collecting Data
• Promotions, Contests, etc• E-newsletters• Blog Subscribers• Members• Surveys• Event attendees• Contact Database• Hot Leads
User-Centered Design
THE CENTRAL PREMISE OF USER CENTRED DESIGN IS THAT THE BEST DESIGNED PRODUCTS AND SERVICES RESULT FROM UNDERSTANDING THE NEEDS OF THE PEOPLE WHO WILL USE THEM. —Design Council
Call to Actions
Call to Actions
• Think subscribers not visitors• Common Call to Actions:
• Email to a friend • Social Book Marks• E-mail Newsletters• Forms for data collection• Purchase Items• Sign-up for events
• Call to Action techniques
For documents from today including list of tools check:
facebook.com/topfloorstudio/