5 Reasons To Love Search Engine Optimization
đ”âAll my life I’ve prayed for someone like you. And I thank God that I, that I finally found youâŠâđ”
That songâs about SEO. True story.
⊠(Eyes dart back and forth) âŠ
Alright, FINE! Itâs not about SEO. I just wanted to find a romantic theme for this blog, what with it being Valentineâs Day and all. Please donât sue us, K-Ci & JoJo!
But seriously, it feels really good when you find exactly what youâre looking for on Google (or Bing, Or DuckDuckGo, or whatever other trendy search engine is being used these days). Likewise, it feels really good when your ideal customers can easily find you online.
Search Engine Optimization is the key. Here are five things we love about SEO.
1) It helps you show up higher in Google results
If youâre not on the first page, your website wonât be found. Thatâs a bit of an exaggeration, people do go beyond the first page of search results.
The first page can often be filled with advertisements, Wikipedia articles or other informational websites, so thereâs a chance that you wonât always find exactly what youâre looking for on page one.
Still, if your website shows up closer to the top, youâll put yourself in a better position to get more eyes on your brand, which leads us to…
2) More people will visit your website
Who doesnât want more website visitors? More visitors = higher potential for conversions. Even if you donât have a traditional conversion path, brand awareness is always a good thing.
3) Itâs cheaper than PPC
Weâre not knocking PPC, but SEO is cheaper. We had a client who got 10 PPC conversions while a one-time SEO update gained them over 71 conversions in the same amount of time at a much lower price.
4) It makes your website more relevant to potential customers
Through extensive research and strategic keyword placement, you can optimize your website copy to speak directly to your ideal customers. â Thatâs the corporate way of saying that good SEO appears natural and conversational.
Your web pages should feel as though theyâre talking directly to the user. You know a guaranteed way to ruin your copy? By stuffing too many damn keywords into it!
Donât keyword stuff your copy. It looks stupid and it doesnât work.
5) It gives a stronger online presence for local brick-and-mortar businesses
More people are searching for ânear meâ, so if you set up your website accordingly, people will find you. You also need to use Google My Business (GMB).
If you have a fully loaded GMB page, youâll have an advantage when people in your geographic area search for your company or a keyword related to your company. A GMB listing looks like thisâŠ
Google could show preference to GMB listings going forward. Thereâs even a possibility that people will start using only GMB listings instead of going to individual websites.
Set up your GMB and fill it with all of the information youâd want potential customers to see. This could be hours of operation, pictures, posts, reviews, and even an FAQ section.
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CG Marketing Group is a talented team of creatives and strategists who can make your business awesome. We like to have fun, but weâre very serious about digital marketing.
To sum us up in a single word â Scrappy. Weâre always eager to branch out and apply new tactics to create successful campaigns. Our crew works hard to bring value, get results, and keep our clients happy.