HOW TO LINE UP YOUR DIGITAL MARKETING STRATEGY Dustin McCutcheon, Digital Media Advisor, Haystak | Troy Watson, Digital Marketing Specialist, Haystak 96,000,000 2 2005 Papal Inauguration Pope Benedict XVI 3 2013 Papal Inauguration Pope Francis 4 • The Future of Search • Auto industry intelligence • How do people really search? • SEO | What no one else is telling you • SEM | How to be realistic with your budget • Focusing on new business to make more sales! 5 Today 6 Device Proliferation! # of users (millions) Tablets 50 45 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 iPhone TV Internet Radio 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 Source: hannemyr.com/essay/diff.html 2000, macworld.com, 2010 7 Dealer Ad Spend is Mismatched With Consumer Behavior Adults 18+ Media Consumption Ad Spending Share of US Automobile Dealerships Internet 43.6% TV 37.4% Radio 11.9% Print 4.5% Source: eMarketer “Share of Average Time Spent Per Day With Select Media by US Adults, 2013” eMarketer “Ad Spending Share of US Automobile Dealerships By Media, 2013.” 8 What are you most interested in learning more about? A. SEO strategy B. Define a proper SEM budget C. Key questions to ask my Search vendors D. How to gain market share through Search 9 Wednesday, June 24, 2009 Online Usage By Generation Source: 2015 Automotive Buyer Influence Study 11 Shopping Trends While overall shopping time has decreased since 2011, actual time spent shopping online has increased. Source: 2015 Automotive Buyer Influence Study 12 Average Dealer Digital Spend Source: NADA 2006-2014; Borrell & Associates 2014-15 Automotive Report 13 Two Areas Of Education Today: Paid Results (SEM) Paid Results Organic results (SEM) (SEO) 14 Digital Marketing Core Websites Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Remarketing & Display Advertising Third Party Solutions Pay Per Click Advertising Video Advertising Social Advertising 15 Advertising 101: Reach, Relevancy, & ROI Toyota Camry 16 How Consumers Search KNOW WHAT THEY’RE LOOKING FOR FIND SOMETHING THEY DON’T KNOW 17 A U T O M O T I V E D I G I TA L M A R K E T I N G 18 Which search engines do you invest your SEM budget with? A. B. C. D. Google Only Bing/Yahoo Only Google & Bing/Yahoo None/Unsure 19 Wednesday, June 24, 2009 3 Key Elements To Simplify Your SEM 1 2 3 Budgets Defined By Impression Share Business Goals Drive Strategy Go After New Customers To Gain Market Share 21 Terminology Term Category Definition Example Cost Brand Terms Someone searching for your dealership by brand name “Hometown Motors Honda” $6.26 per call $0.80 per click Someone searching for your franchise and local city “Arizona Honda Dealers” $16.74 per call $2.07 per click Someone searching for your franchise “Honda Dealers” $30.11 per call $3.39 per click Someone searching for a specific product you sell “Honda Accord Price” $96.73 per call $3.91 per click “Yellow Page” Keyword Regional Terms “Discovery” Keyword Franchise Terms “Discovery” Keyword Model Terms “Discovery” Keyword 22 1 Budget Determined By Impression Share 23 2 Business Goals Drive Strategy HONDA DEALER HAS $5,000 FOR SEM. Honda Dealers have 12 different Models. Let’s look at just 10… 10 Models = $500 per month or $16 per day in clicks per model = $ with an average of $3.00 per click that = 5 clicks per day. That’s before Regional, Brand, Competitive, Used Dynamic, Service, Parts, Display and Retargeting. ACCORD ACCORD COUPE CIVIC CIVIC COUPE CR-Z FIT INSIGHT HR-V CROSSTOUR CR-V PILOT ODYSSEY So we need to focus on one area, set a great foundation, and build for the future from there. 24 29% of Population 1. California 2. Texas 3. New York 4. Florida 5. Illinois 25 3 Strategy Drives ROI $.80 $3.80 PER CLICK PER CLICK $6.25 $45.25 PER CALL PER CALL $14.25 $22,525 OIL CHANGE USED CAR 26 A U T O M O T I V E D I G I TA L M A R K E T I N G 27 SEO Site Traffic • 41.9% of SEO traffic comes from brand name • 60.9% of SEO traffic comes from the top 6 keywords • 1459 other keywords make up the remaining traffic • After the top 6 keywords, the traffic averages 1.9 visits per keyword Source: Haystak Google Analytic Study 28 5 Examples Of Snake Oil: 01’ When the focus is on the work instead of the increase in traffic. 02’ When there’s no independent, un-biased reporting. 03’ When there’s a focus on only one element of SEO – such as only focusing on landing pages Or only on blog updates 04’ When the strategy doesn’t involve competitor analysis 05’ When the company promises you first rank position listing. 29 Let Data Drive Your SEO Strategy SIMPLE 1. Identify high volume search terms 2. Find out where your competition is ranking 3. Identify ease of moving up through organic rank positions 4. Optimize for those keywords 30 Key Takeaway: SEO MOZ Independent, one of the most trusted SEO grading companies in the industry FREE 31 Key Takeaway: Authority Labs FREE Judges your site vs competitors site. Industry Averages Authority Score: 20-30 Proper # of backlinks: 600-1200 32 So, Where do you begin? • How many cars you sell every month • Breakdown of new vs used cars sold per month • Breakdown of new and used inventory in stock on average • Buy sell data from past year • Total budget you want to stay within • Do you want PPC, display, and retargeting? Or just PPC? • What do you judge success or failure of SEM / SEO upon? • Do you believe SEM is for leads or influence? • How far out do you normally market? (Think: send mailers) • What’s the population that you serve? • What are your core “why-buys”? 33 Do You Dominate Your Back Yard Or Conquest? 34 Honda Accord Sales Performance 35 Download And Send Your Sell Data To Your SEM Provider 36 Review Of Key Takeaways A D The Future is Now E Build your Digital Core in Order Let data drive your SEO strategy D Get access to Adwords, know your keyword strategy, F Don’t judge success or failure off of conversions G Focus your budget towards your goals. H Invest largest portion of budget towards “Discovery Terms” G B C Use Sell Data to drive strategy F C B E A H 37 How to line up your digital marketing strategy Brett Kelly Director Strategic Growth | Anthony Sudon Manager, Major Accounts
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