SEO and Direct Marketing Tactics for Ecommerce Websites Workshop August 10, 2009

In the world of ecommerce, merchants need to have an acute awareness of search engine optimization in order to compete. However, principles of Direct Marketing must also be applied in order to increase the sales rates, impression and visibility of your site. Combining these two practices can result in a site that can dominate the search results and provide profitable returns for the owner.

eCommerce merchants have very specific issues from shopping cart programming, hosting issues, and analytics choices. Beyond the technical issues, there are many more marketing-based decisions of content, positioning, organizing information and products, cross-selling, and up-selling. This session is specific to the ecommerce business. Information presented here will be focused on increasing sales, optimization the online catalog along with tools and practices for effective website management.

Learning Objectives
Learn Fundamentals of Site Optimization
Keyword research tools that will transform your marketing
Developing content that persuades users and ranks in the search engines
10 common mistakes that ecommerce sites make and how to avoid them
Translating the offline catalog to an online catalog
Using Analytics to find profitability and effective sales channels
Clear advice on what works and what doesn't - how to avoid SEO scams

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