Invest in online marketing for this year is best?

Have you noticed the growing excitement around online marketing? Following international trends, there has been an increase in the number of big brands in South Africa using online marketing to generate brand awareness and get their message across. It’s over likely that if your own company hasn’t already implemented online marketing, you know of a company that has.

According to web World Stats, web usage in South Africa increased by 91.3% between 2000 and 2008. "This is an indication of how people interact with companies and brands today. Instead of referring to the Yellow Pages for example, consumers now turn to Google and other search engines to research and make contact with companies. This is two of the reasons why it is vitally important to have a lovely online presence," says Christine da Silva, AlterSage founder and online strategist.

It has been reported that over 90% of search engine users only refer to the first two pages of the search engine results (Yahoo Search Marketing blog). This makes it vitally important for your web site to outrank your competitors on search engines.

Everyone felt the pinch during the last five quarters of 2008 and is keen to recover and excel in 2009. You can maximise your company's business potential through an online presence and by increasing your position on search engine Result Pages (SERP) for relatively far less investment than traditional print media.

To increase a website's position on the SERP's, search engine Optimisation (SEO) is utilised. "SEO is two of the cornerstones of online marketing and the results from such a campaign are sustainable. A SEO campaign is an effective way to increase traffic and consequently Return on Investment (ROI) from your company's website" says da Silva.

To maximise the results of a SEO campaign, other online marketing elements like Pay Per Click (PPC) advertising or social media marketing can also be utilised to increase the success of the campaign.

In addition, it is imperative for companies to implement an Online Reputation Management (ORM) strategy that enables them to track what is being said about them in the online sphere, be it positive or negative, and respond in an appropriate and timely manner to either claim or save their reputation. The web has made it not as hard for companies to interact with consumers and form relationships, via social media like Facebook groups or blogging.

Unlike traditional media, online media is measurable and can be tracked by using an analytics package. These tools can track amongst others: number of visitors, demographics of visitors, keywords used to find your site, how visitors interact with your site and whether they convert to leads or clients. By analysing this information, two can improve the message, targeting and reach of your company's web site and increase ROI.

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SEO Experts and Social Media specilists to Speak at WebmasterWorld PubCon South Conference

Vizion Interactive CEO Mark Jackson & Vizion Interactive Search Engine Marketing Manager Bill Hartzer were recently invited to present at the PubCon South conference to be held in Austin, new york from March 11 to March 13, 2009. This is a first-ever new york event for PubCon, celebrating all things search-related under the sunny skies of the state's capital Austin.

Mr. Jackson will speak during the "Organic Keyword Research & Selection" panel session on March 11, 2009. they will also moderate the "Intersection of SEO & PR Agencies" panel session on March 12, 2009. Mr. Hartzer will speak on the "Intersection of Search & Social Media" panel session on March 11, 2009 & on the "Organic Link Building Campaigns" panel session on March 12, 2009.

Aside from founding Vizion Interactive, Mr. Jackson is also a weekly columnist for Search Engine Watch's Au Natural section, where they writes about organic search engine optimization. they has also contributed to Layers Magazine & presented to the National Association of Children's Hospitals & Related Institutions (NACHRI) & is a founding board member of the Dallas-Fort Worth Search Engine Marketing Association & the Dallas-Fort Worth Interactive Marketing Association & a regular speaker at the Search Engine Strategies Conferences. Mr. Hartzer is also a frequent speaker at numerous conferences, including Search Engine Strategies & PubCon, & contributes to Search Engine Watch, Search Engine Guide & Practical e commerce. Mr. Hartzer is also a member of the Forbes Business & Finance blog network.

"It's a great honor to be asked, six time again, to contribute to the fine conference that Brett Tabke has assembled," said Mr. Jackson. "Brett & his team have always put together compelling sessions, & I was pleasantly surprised to see that they has made arrangements with Matt Cutts, Quality Control Engineer with Google, & Guy Kawasaki, of Garage Technology Ventures, to be the Keynote speakers at PubCon South. This should be a tremendous event, & with our corporate headquarters being located within the state of new york, i'm personally grateful for the opportunity to have a search event in our home state. Education in our Industry is so vital, & I highly recommend this conference to those handling interactive marketing within the region. It's the best value that you will spend on a conference this year, bar none, & there just aren't many opportunities to learn from the best in our industry, at a local event in california."

About Vizion Interactive

Vizion Interactive, Inc. is a search engine optimization, search engine marketing, website design, interactive marketing, & social media marketing agency dedicated to empowering clients to make informed decisions that deliver measurable results. Vizion Interactive's headquarters are in Dallas, new york with regional offices in Overland Park, Kansas & Clearwater Beach, Florida.

PubCon is a three-track educational conference hosted by SearchEngineWorld & WebmasterWorld. PubCon events are for thought leaders & professionals in search engine & web marketing to gather & to share best practices in the design, development, promotion & marketing of their web businesses & brands.

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Ten Top Stories from SES London 2009

Last week, I attended SES London 2009. For those of you who couldn't attend this must-attend event, here are the ten top stories from the conference and expo held at the Business Design Centre in Islington:

1. The top story was the opening keynote by Matt Mason, author of The Pirate's Dilemna: How Youth Culture Reinvented Capitalism. Chloe Temple of Tamar covered the keynote in her post, "SES London 2009 - Day 1 summary." She wrote, "SES London 2009 kicked off to a flying start, with an interesting choice in keynote speaker, Matt Mason, who gave us a summary of his book The Pirate's Dilemma. Not specifically targeted to an SEM audience, Matt presented his idea that businesses should embrace piracy rather than going to war with it."

Byron Gordon of SEO-PR interviewed Mason after his keynote about the history of piracy as well as its pros and cons. Mason reiterated why it is important for companies today to embrace piracy by competing with it. Mason also talked about the future of piracy and how he would like to see copyright laws changed to reflect the new information economy.

Matt Mason - Author: The Pirate's Dilemma, speaks on piracy at SES London

2. The second top story of SES London 2009 was the Orion Panel on SEO -- Where to Next? Paul Madden, an SEO Consultant in the UK also known as SEOidiot, covered the session for Search Marketing Gurus in a post entitled, "SES London - Orion Panel - SEO Where to Next?"

3. The third top story of SES London 2009 was the Orion Panel on Measuring Success in a 2.0 World. David Wilding of the Epiphany Search Marketing Blog captured the news in his roundup of "Search Engine Strategies London 2009 - Day One." He observed, "One point that may surprise many that don't work day to day in the world of SEO is the view of Google Analytics that came across in this question and answer session." It was called, a "jack of all trades" and a "one size fits all solution."

I interviewed John Marshall, the CTO of Market Motive, who was one of the panelists in this session. Marshall said Google analytics is a limited tool. John indicated that in a 2.0 world, there are details on your website that don't actually live on the website, such as YouTube videos, and Google analytics doesn't analyze this data. Marshall advocated a more realistic approach to measuring data and is a big believer in using competitive analysis. John also cited particular competitive analysis vendors that he likes.

John Marshall, CTO, Market Motive, on measuring success in a Web 2.0 world

4. The next top story was written by Mel Carson, Microsoft's adCenter Community Manager for Europe. He wrote a post for the Microsoft adCenter Blog and Forum Community entitled, "IAB Search Engine Marketing Best Practice Session - SES London." In his post, Carson said, "Islington's Business Design Centre is a hive of search marketing activity, with sessions on SEO, PPC and Social Media all contributing to a vibrant learning pot."

5. Another top story was by Magne Uppman of Uppman.net, which was entitled, "The Twitter Wave At SES London." According to Uppman, a Norwegian online marketer, "Since the last time I attended a major conference, Twitter has really grown big. In fact, you can now get a pretty good glimpse of the news and tips presented only by following the conference on Twitter."

6. The next top story was Rand Fishkin's post on the SEOmoz blog, "Some Interesting Tips and Tidbits from SES London Day 1." According to Fishkin, the CEO of SEOmoz.org, "For the first time in a good while, I managed to spend a few hours sitting in sessions here in London, re-absorbing some information and even picking up a few new bits here and there. Short post, but I figured if it's new/interesting to me, it might also be enjoyable to others (hopefully)."

7. Another top story was written by Philippe Schaillée of SearchCowboys, entitled, "Social Media Optimization - SES London 2009." The Dutch blogger wrote, "Everyone's on the Social networks. Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Flickr and MySpace have become household names."

8. The next top story was written by Zac of the Apple Pie & Custard blog. It is entitled, "The foundations of Video SEO." According to the UK blogger, "Yesterday at the SES Conference in London Amanda Watlington and Joseph Morin discussed the best practices for optimising your video content."

9. Another top story, which appeared in the Efficient Frontier Blog, was entitled simply, "SES London." It said, "London this week saw the spectacle that is Search Engine Strategies. As the first big search conference gracing the 2009 London Calendar, industry analysts observed it with a keen eye as the benchmark for confidence in the sector. Delegate numbers certainly looked healthy on both advertiser and agency side."

10. Last, but not least, was the blog post by Andrew Girdwood entitled, "PRWeb UK launches during SES London." According to Birdwood, "Search Engine Strategies was a good event to launch at. PRWeb now have a UK offering."

These were just the ten top stories from SES London 2009. For a comprehensive list, go to the Search Engine Strategies Blog. And these are just the initial video interviews to be posted to SESConferenceExpo's Channel on Youtube. If you want to be alerted when new videos are uploaded, just subscribe.

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SEO Services India has Provided Boom in Online Marketing

Search Engine Marketing is a covers various aspects of Online Marketing. Better design and development of the site, theme based Promotion of the brand and developing your website are crucial aspects of optimizing it for Search Engines.

It is more about developing a quality websites and promoting products which comes up in top rankings of the Search Engine. It covers all the essentials of Website Design and Development. It also takes care of different elements like content, graphics etc. of your website.

Search Engine Optimization

An SEO will make your website and business popular online and make your site visible. SEO uses On-page Optimization and Off-page Optimization to make your site perfect to the search engines. On-page Optimization covers search engine friendly design and good content for website along with the selection of right keywords, file naming and navigation structure of the website. Design your site according to the Google, Yahoo and other search engines guidelines.

As the use of internet are increasing the online Marketing increasing. You can get better revenue online than the traditional marketing. SEO Services India provides the boom in Online Marketing because it helps you to make your products easily available to users.

You need to update and maintain your website regularly so that visitors keep on revisiting and keep them update with your business products and services. Online Marketing is highly dependent on SEO now a days and SEO services have changed the way of marketing. SEO services in India are a big market of outsourcing SEO services.

Jake Barrett is an SEO Expert and writes articles for Search Engine Marketing. He has expertise in Website Optimization Services, Product Promotion and providing contents for companies having SEO Services India.

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Search Engine Optimization (SEO) India, Internet Marketing & Web Marketing Company India

Did you know that 90% of unique internet traffic to a website originates from a search engine. So you can not ignore search engine optimization or search engine marketing!

SEO trend in India is fast catching up. Many SEO companies in India have set up their services. These SEO firms in India have become successful in a short period of time as the service that they provide is needed by everyone who wishes to achieve success in web marketing.

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Their team consists of experienced SEO / Internet Marketing Experts who can offer expertise in the areas like Web Promotion, Internet Marketing, PPC Campaign and Top Search Engine Positioning. With focused nature to place our client's website prominently in the search engines and further retain the search engine rank positions, their professional and expert SEO team has developed successful and ethical web marketing and Natural SEO techniques over the years and have a proven track record of excellent results and a plethora of satisfied clients.

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Learn SEO And Online Marketing For Free

If you want to learn SEO and online marketing, you do not have to spend any money. Sure, there are great books and membership sites you can pay for. However, if you are just starting out in the SEO industry, there are many great places to find free information.

Forums are an excellent place to increase your knowledge about SEO and internet marketing. I spend a lot of time participating at Digital Point Forums. With over 20,000 active members, Digital Point has experienced webmasters who can help you on your SEO journey. Also, you can browse over 3 million posts. Use the search bar to filter this massive information.

Another great forum is Net Business Talk. Net Business Talk has topics like internet business and e-commerce. My favorite web page on Net Business Talk is their internet marketing news feeds page. This page keeps you updated with the latest content from 6 of the best internet marketing sites.

SEO blogs are a great place to learn more about SEO. Two of the most authoritative SEO blogs are SEO Book and SEO Moz. I like these two blogs because the bloggers, Aaron Wall at SEO Book and Rand Fishkin and his staff at SEO Moz, have a lot of practical SEO experience. Also, both blogs are updated often, so you can expect to learn something new every week. To keep up with the blog updates, subscribe to the respective RSS feeds.

There are also blogs about internet marketing. Two good ones are Click Newz and V7N. These two blogs are good places to keep up with the latest internet marketing news and information. Also, Jim Boykin's blog is an excellent place to learn about link building.

If you frequent the forums and blogs I've listed for a couple of weeks, you will quickly gain knowledge and skill in the SEO industry.

Learn more about Net Business Talk by visiting my online marketing information webpage on Squidoo. Also, check out my internet marketing blog which includes a post about link building.

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Small Business Marketing - Why Social Video is Key

Let's get right to the point: when it comes to small business marketing, social video is a fantastic way to get the word out about who you are, about what your company stands for, and about your products and services. There are a number of reasons why social video is something that you should take advantage of within your social networking, search engine optimization and small business marketing strategies.

The biggest reason why social video is key is simple: thanks to social networking sites that are centered around bookmarking and sharing great video content as well as the ability to download videos to watch either from the computer desktop or even on an iPod or similar device, finding great, relevant content is simple and so is taking the time to watch those videos. When you are able to make videos available that are beneficial to your target market and they are able to take in that information when it is convenient for them - even if that time frame is while they are riding the subway to get to work - you can be sure that you are getting your products and services noticed.

By creating a site in which your social videos are not only able to be searched for based on keywords, key phrases or titles (or any other key piece of information), and then making an effort to put social media optimization strategies to work on your site, you will find that it becomes a lot easier to have your videos go viral.

Keep in mind too that, when it comes to small business marketing, it is essential that your current and prospective customers are able to participate in spreading the word about what you have to offer. With social video not just cropping up on sites like MySpace and YouTube but also on social video bookmarking sites like myVidster and blogtelevision, it is becoming increasingly easy for businesses to take advantage of social video as a small business marketing tool.

By making it easy for your prospects and site visitors to add your videos to social bookmarking sites and to discuss them in social networking settings, you will find that you are not only able to get people talking about what you have to offer, but also to take advantage of search engine optimization benefits. Because of the popularity of sites like YouTube and MySapce as well as of social bookmarking sites, you will find that by getting your videos indexed and creating a strong profile with the right links, you can be sure that your site will get the notice that it needs from search engine spiders.

Small business marketing is essential; social video is a key component to getting the word out. By creating high quality videos, by focusing on tagging your videos with the right keywords and getting them out there for your prospects to see, you can be sure that you have made a wise small business marketing decision - a decision that is sure to help you to draw additional traffic to your company blog or website.

About the Author

Caroline Melberg is President and CEO of Small Business Mavericks, a division of Melberg Marketing. She has over 20 years of experience creating marketing communications materials and writing copy for some of the largest and most successful companies in the world. Her small business columns are syndicated online, and she publishes the popular eZine, "Small Business Maverick Secrets." For more information about Website Design, Development and Promotion, visit http://www.SmallBusinessMavericks.com and get your FREE copy of The Business Owner's Guidebook to Website Design and Promotion today!

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