MBA576 Guest Teacher: Adam Franklin- How Your Web Marketing Universe Fits Together
Mar 28, 2016
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Adam Franklin, an influential Australian entrepreneur and co-author of the bestselling book 'Web Marketing That Works,' shares his expertise on web marketing strategies. He emphasizes the importance of integrating various platforms, like email and social media, into a cohesive strategy to avoid overwhelm. Adam explains how a strong website enhances first impressions and engages customers effectively. He also highlights the power of backlinks and social media in boosting visibility and building trust, essential for driving traffic and achieving commercial success.
The website serves as the core of your online marketing strategy, enabling engagement and trust-building with potential customers.
Effective traffic-driving strategies like SEO, backlinks, and social media are essential for enhancing visibility and engagement with your website.
Deep dives
The Importance of Your Website
The website serves as the central hub of your online marketing universe and is crucial for achieving business outcomes. It is essential for business owners to create an engaging journey where visitors can get to know, like, and trust them before making a purchase. This process begins with publishing valuable content on the blog, which allows potential customers to explore without risk. Following that, offering premium content or a lead magnet can encourage visitors to provide their contact information, thereby enabling ongoing communication and relationship building.
Attracting Traffic to Your Website
Several effective strategies exist for driving traffic to your website, which include optimizing for search engines, leveraging backlinks, and utilizing social media. Google searches are a major avenue for traffic, so it’s important to optimize your site with relevant keywords to increase visibility. Additionally, acquiring backlinks from other reputable websites not only drives direct traffic but also improves search engine ranking and authority. Finally, actively sharing content on social media connects users with your blog, bringing more visitors into your marketing ecosystem.
Nurturing Relationships to Drive Sales
Once visitors arrive at your website, building a relationship is essential for converting them into customers. This involves consistent and valuable communication, such as regular email newsletters and social media interactions, which help to deepen trust. The ultimate goal is to encourage users to take action, whether it be making inquiries or completing purchases. By guiding visitors through a well-structured journey of knowing, liking, and trusting, businesses can effectively increase sales and foster loyal customers.
Our guest teacher, Adam Franklin, is one of Australia’s leading entrepreneurs. He has a hugely popular blog and is the co-author of a best-selling book, Web Marketing That Works. Today, he’s going to break down the complex nature of business marketing for us so we can stay focused and not get overwhelmed. He’s going to make sure that our style of marketing fits in with our business model. We’ll now let Adam take over so hurry up and click play at the top of the page now!