searchsmar small biz 2.0 v2
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Mark Riley's presentation for Small Business 2.0 Hammersmith Saturday 23rd Jan 2010TRANSCRIPT
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BT SearchSmart bringing enterprise level search in reach of
small businesses
Mark Riley
BT SearchSmart Product Manager Small Business 2.023 January 2010
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20m min Agenda
• Some themesUniversal searchReal timeHyperlocalData
• How to chose an agency
• SearchSmart – the rationale
• SearchSmart – the product
• Further reading
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All About BT Business
BT Business is the division of BT Group that delivers communications and IT solutions to UK SMBs. It currently serves around 1 million of the 1.6 million businesses in the UK that pay VAT (sales tax). Our mission is to help UK SMBs succeed by transforming the way they work, in particular by making it easier for them to adopt new technology.
We are the UK market leader in fixed and premise-based communications and broadband, and a challenger brand in mobile solutions and IT services.
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The Small Business Owner’s dilemma
In-house (DIY)Train myself upAsk my Chief Marketing Officer to do it –
oh, that’s meGet my nephew in one day a week
Outsource Ask my local webdev guyFind an internationally recognised digital agency Lucky dip (Google search)
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Search is more than just text – Universal Search
Maps
Image and Video
Product Reviews
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Real time – real important
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Mobile drives hyper-local
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Track to understand - the devils in the data
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How to chose an agency
• Track record – testimonials and case studies
• White hat, black hat, grey hat “I have heard of something called link buying, do you do that?”
• SEO and PPC? Integrated with social? Landing pages and call tracking?
• Transparency on pricing - % media spend?
• Ongoing customer support
• What’s there own SEO like?
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Approach – lead with affordable SEO, bolt on PPC, analytics and link building
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Basic Search Engine Optimisation from £74.99 a month
Basic Search Engine Optimisation from £74.99 a month
Link Builder£100
Link Builder£100
30 minutesconsultation30 minutesconsultation
Standalone PPC min £300
Standalone PPC min £300
Pay Per Click Min £100
Pay Per Click Min £100
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Google Analytics £75Google Analytics £75
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BT SearchSmart – Overview
SEO Option 1
£100 set up , £74.99 / month
Introductory package to Search Engine OptimisationSite AuditRecommendations 15 page recommendations reportAccess to portal and advice
Paid search campaign management
Keyword selectionBudget managed Budget pacedKeywords optimised monthly
SEO Option 2
£100 set up , £349.99 / month
All of Option 1 plus
Link building
Phone support
Bolt Ons
•Web analytics expert set up - £75 (available to customers option 1 / 2 )
•Link builder - £100 (available to customers on SEO option 1 or 2
•Online marketing specialists on demand - £50 per session
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Screengrabs
• Portal home page
• Example of logged in portal - clicks and spend data
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SearchSmart Recommendations Report
Introduction to SEOGoogle Local Business Centre recommendation Keyword SelectionWebsite OverviewDomain SettingsWebsite SizeSitemapRobots.txtDomain AgeInternal LinkingPage StructureW3C ValidationUse of CSSUse of JavaScriptOn Page RecommendationsPage TitleMeta DescriptionMeta KeywordsMain Heading (h1)Main Content
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Further reading…
• www.bt.com/searchsmart• Twitter smiler29, seoptimise, Latitudegroup, • Get to # 1 on Google Ben Norman• 30 Day Challenge Ed Dale • Search Engine Watch • Techcrunch UK and Ireland http://
uk.techcrunch.com/ • New Media Age Magazine http://
www.nma.co.uk • Revolution Magazine http://
www.brandrepublic.com/revolution/
• http://www.slideshare.net/smiler29/