Archive for May 1st, 2008

Downturn in Economy Means More Aggressive Online Marketing

With the economic slow down, there are less consumer dollars up for grabs.  So how can you make sure that those precious dollars come to you?  How do you make the most out of your marketing without spending more than you can afford in this economy?  You have to get aggressive with your online marketing and use every resource available to you.  There are free resources and there are paid resources, but none will do more to reach your online consumer than a properly designed website. 

 

Recently we re-designed a website that required national listings.  Uncle Bob’s Trailers and RV’s sells and delivers a variety of trailers and trucks to an international customer base.  So they needed to have good search placement all over the US and Canada.  We re-designed their site to include a large amount of content by using their inventory to increase their page count.  As a result, their new website had exceptional placement on a national scale in less than two weeks.  When Google updates its listings, the website will see even higher placement.  Hits and customer inquiries to the Uncle Bob’s website have more than quadrupled in the two weeks since the new site was published.

 

What we have provided with this re-design is the ability for Uncle Bob’s to increase their customer leads and decrease their pay-per-click budget.  They are now getting more for less. 

 

Getting more for less is the key to succeeding in a shrinking economy.  Online marketing is the key.  Think about this… Gas prices are increasing, so consumers are spending less, are driving less, and are finding ways to save money any way they can.  As a result, online “shopping” is increasing.  Instead of running from store to store, or business to business, consumers are first looking online for what is available in their community.  Online shopping is not confined to pay online, but also includes big purchase research and service provider research.  There is no business today that doesn’t need to be online.  If you’re not online, you are losing a percentage of the shrinking consumer dollars to your competition. 

 

To find out how you can get more for less, call Suite 171 today at 7801-478-5955.