SEO to Help Small Business

SEO Tips to Help Improve Rankings for Small Business
You might have a great website – but do enough people know about it? Do you have a website that doesn’t seem to contribute much to your business or are thinking of developing a new online business? Chances are that you’re looking for ways to promote your website, call us now and let us show you how to attract qualified visitors to your website. Well, how do you optimise your website to attract the traffic you want?

Search Engine Optimisation
SEO or Search Engine Optimisation is the practice of improving the level of traffic of your website through the use of targeted keywords that are likely to be searched by customers searching for the products or services your business offers. Even if your website looks attractive and is beautifully designed, if it is not optimised properly then it will be unlikely to attract traffic and it is not going to help your business as much as it could without some basic SEO optimisation.

Your small business can do the following simple SEO techniques to improve its ranking on the search engines:

Determine your target audience & Key Phrase
This is the first step in your SEO campaign. Always identify the intended target audience of your website and select a keyword or key phrase that this audience will likely use to search for your products. Then set up page content based on this keyword or key phrase to ensure the page or website is ‘relevant’ to the targeted key phrase.

Produce unique content for your website constantly
Look to write unique and informative articles, blogs etc for your website.  Original and interesting content will be valued by your visitors and provide visitors with a reason to remain (and hopefully return) to your website.  This ‘valued content’ will help generate on-going interest in your website, helping increase the potential for a sale. Providing value to the visitor will result in a higher ‘ROI’ for your business via your website.

Have your business listed in Google Local Business Listing
This is a free feature offered by Google where you can create additional links so people can easily find your site, therefore your web traffic will be increased.  Signing up is easy and quick, you only need to provide your business name, address, contact information, etc. You also can get linked by listing with other online directories like Chamber of Commerce and local business directories.

 Arrange for Quality and Relevant links back to your website
Inbound links are considered very important in the SEO world, particularly by Google.  If you have decent quality and relevant links directed back to your website, your ranking on search engines will be enhanced.  Using directories, suppliers, social networks sites can offer a free and quick way to start with creating back links to your site. Note that some more ‘notable’ directories may require fee to generate a link. Do not use link farms or the like as these will probably be noticed by the Search Engines and get your website banned or penalised.

Promote your Website URL Offline
Always include your website address on stationary, on marketing materials and on company vehicles. This is a sure fire way to help achieve continuous promoting of the website address.

All businesses should explore and utilise their website to work well in the Search Engines. If your site is properly optimised for the search engines you can attract more traffic, your business can easily be found by potential clients, and you will hopefully achieve more sales for your business.

Hiring an SEO Company
Specialising in Internet Marketing Services, Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) and Pay per Click (PPC) online marketing and over the past decade Direct Submit have built up a loyal client base. The depth and breadth of knowledge they have built up helps set them apart in an increasingly competitive and crowded SEO market place.

With in excess of 10 years of online marketing experience, they know which techniques work and are always researching new methods to stay one step ahead of the competition. To speak to one of the Direct Submit  Internet Marketing Consultants for advice on making your Web Marketing project a success, call us now on  0845 272 2350  or email us at mail@directsubmit.co.uk