ByRob This is part of a regular series of PlusROI posts that provide a collection of links to useful marketing resources and actionable strategies to help you grow your business. Curated by Nevin Thompson (@NevinYYJ). Case Study: How to Turn Autocomplete Ideas Into Traffic & Ranking Results With Only 5 Hours of Effort You probably already…
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ByRob The following was the topic of our presentation at Social Media Camp 2015 plus download links! Thanks to everyone who attended for the great energy and the great participation! Do you face challenges demonstrating the return on investment (ROI) of your Social Media efforts? With tight budgets and an understandable focus on revenue in most…
ByRob Mobilegeddon Defined Google recently announced that on April 21 of this year they will start to label your site as “mobile friendly” (or not) and use the information to help determine where your site should rank in search. This in itself is not particularly scary as your mobile accessibility has been a factor for some…
ByRob Not a lot of companies to a good job online at understanding and catering to their target customers. “Target customers” is actually kind of a funny term as it makes it sound like you might be planning on shooting them. That said, everyone understands the term so we’ll keep using it. Rather than explain the theory behind…
ByRob Confused and perplexed by the Web Marketing industry? So are we! Businesspeople looking for marketing support on the web must navigate their way through: High pressure sales for web services. Search technologies which change weekly. Web technology platforms that may or may not be right for your business. An unregulated industry with some vendors offering…
ByRob If you want to succeed on the web you need to do more than throw up a website and hope for the best! While any site is better than no site, it requires some attention, education and intent for you to manage a successful website. As a start, let’s look at some different types of sites…
ByRob Challenge: A 100+ unit real estate development in Victoria BC had been using radio ads extensively but were getting very little traffic or leads from their website (15-30 visitors per day to the website). This was despite the fact that the main call to action in their ads were to visit the website! Solution: Seeing…
ByRob Challenge: EasyJobQuote.com is a contracting and home services intermediary. They were in a typical startup position: needing traffic to their website but not having a significant advertising budget. Solution: Recognizing the power of having a larger site, we helped them develop an SEO strategy to get them ranking in Google for all their different…
ByRob Challenge: Shortly before Photoshow’s acquisition by Hallmark, we were asked to decrease the 42% abandonment rate on the upsell page which appeared after clicking on the “buy now” button on the product page. Solution: Conduct A/B testing of various upsell product descriptions in order to improve conversion rate, as well as test the premise…
ByRob Challenge: Improve the software trial process for the flagship Simply Accounting (now Sage 50) software. Solution: PlusROI tracked the entire software conversion process, right from discovery and download through to installation, communications and purchase. By analyzing data, engaging in competitive research, and applying conversion best practices, PlusROI was able to identify numerous opportunities throughout the…
ByRob Over the years I’ve participated in all kinds of online launches: everything from tiny start-ups letting people know about their new services right through to software launches with six-figure launch budgets. Focusing these days on small and medium sized companies, I thought it would be great to explain one very cost-effective strategy for an online launch of…
ByRob In light of Google’s recent (and not so recent) updates, there’s been a lot of talk about Search Engine Optimization being less relevant and less important. In truth, responsible SEO is more important than ever as more and more websites are competing for Google search results. However, there is some validity to the naysayers’ arguments…
