Saturday, December 30, 2017

Tips for Image Optimization for Google Search



There is a saying called “a picture is worth a thousand words”. This is nothing but a sheer truth. Images can be the best supportive element for a website, as well as for a web page. If used rightly, then they can best describe the subject of the website or the web page. But wrong images can spoil the reputation as well.

While optimizing an image for a page or site, the first to be kept in mind is to make the image as small as possible, in terms of download size. A well-optimized image uses right name along with alt tags. We will discuss these points for image optimization later in this blog.

Always try to avoid stock images. Try to make use of some real images, of your real team members, real products etc. The images should support the contents of your web page or your website. Of Course, random images can never go well.

If you are unable to put in the real images then go for some alternatives. The most useful ones being illustrations or graphics, otherwise you can also use animated GIFs, as this is gaining more and more popularity day by day.


Image optimization is the pillar for your Search Engine Optimization, it is one of the building blocks. So, now, we are going to move on towards some most important image optimization points that can help you further:-

Image Relevance
This is the first and foremost factor for the optimization process. The selected image should be relevant with that of the website. If you use an image of a train related to a page on Ferrari, then that will never be considerable.

Alt Tag
Image optimization process is incomplete without this factor. Here, alt stands for alternate. The text in the alt tag is shown in place of the image if the image cannot be displayed or if it's taking too long to load. Most of the major search engines cannot read anything except texts. There, you will be needing alt tags. Alt tag informs the users about the presence of the image as well as the topic of the image.

Image Size
This is a real crucial factor. The bigger your image size is, the more time it will take to load. but , on the other hand, the internet users are not patient enough to wait for the image to load for 10 seconds. They will instantaneously move to another option whenever they feel it’s taking lot of time. So for better optimization, it is important to keep the file size as small as possible, so that the loading can be faster.

File Name
You must give a relevant name to your image, that can go with the most used keyword. So that when a person searches anything related to that keyword, your website image comes first at the search engine result.

Thumbnail Issue
Many sites use thumbnail images. They are great, but you should be careful while using them. They can be a silent killer to your page loading time. Holding up the category pages, which thumbnails do, can result in losing customers. So make thumbnails as small as possible and vary your alt tag texts.

So, in this blog, we have given you certain for effective image optimization. Avail the whole of the above discussion and you will surely get better and positive SEO result.

Tuesday, December 26, 2017

Goals that SEO Campaigns must achieve



In this era of new technology, in terms of marketing a business, the digital world has gained an immense momentum. Through digital marketing, businesses can reach the whole world in just a go. The websites have grown utmost importance in this process.

The most important part of marketing your business via the digital world, is SEO or Search Engine Optimization - the way of letting the whole world, the potential market for your business find you in the crowd of others. But for the most fruitful outcome, it is important for the SEO campaign to achieve certain goals. These points are discussed briefly in this later part of this blog.


More Visibility
The first and foremost goal for an SEO campaign is to achieve more and more visibility without any paid promotion. It keeps on focusing on building a brand name. The keyword related to a brand name can give your website more visibility as the consumers are more likely to be accustomed with those. In any way, you need to increase your brand visibility to acquire success. Along with the brand name, you need to pick up some other perfect keywords as well, which will give you some positive result.

Tracking Visibility
To ensure tons of useful insights, you need to track the keyword terms. If you have just launched your website, then aim for building a brand name with targeted keyword. But if you are a growing one, then try changing the strategies accordingly with analytics and search console. List the branded and non-branded terms as well to track them properly and track the keywords according to a search engine, geo location and device. It will surely give you positive outcome.

Website Traffic
Building a website for the business can never end the job. You have to be sure that your website will drag enough traffic towards. Having a website means that you have got the entry card to the digital world only. It does not mean that you have got full access there. It is very easy to get thousands of traffic for your website; but it is really tough to get even only hundred relevant and niche traffic. All the users who go through your website are not your potential customers until and unless they avail your service or buy your product. So getting the traffic who will be converted is real difficult. And if you website is lacking of this kind of traffic then you must redesign or redevelop your website as well as your marketing strategies.  

Delivering ROI
ROI or Return on Investment is important for those who invest in the marketing. If they cannot see ROI, they will surely stop investing on the company. Determining better returns for the marketing investments help in SEO campaigns as well.

SEO can generate more traffic towards your website, can create buzz for them around them and can also grow the online visibility of your business website. It can even drive conversions with the most effective strategies. By delivering the above mentioned goals while making SEO strategies, you will be able to prove your worth in the online business scenario.

Thursday, December 21, 2017

What is Social Media Marketing



Social media marketing uses the abbreviation SMM. We all know the importance of social media in the digital marketing process of businesses. The age old process of business marketing demanded door to door campaigning for the best result. But with the intervention of new technology, these have become the lucky years for businesses.

Now, internet gives us the solution for anything and everything. And social media is the most popular part of internet. This has overruled the power of traditional media as well. Through various social media platforms, like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram etc, the business owners can reach the potential market in just one go.

Marketing your business through social media is called Social Media Marketing. Marketing includes spreading awareness about the product or service your business offers, advertising them, announcing special offers and also any additional information.


 Social media gives the best interactive feature which is instant in nature. Facebook tops the list. Through Facebook, your posts get shared by the users, receive comments and likes, and even if the customers want then they can directly communicate with through the messaging facility; it also goes the same for the other way round.
At Twitter, you can promote your business via small tweets and in return you will get retweets or shares. This will help to enhance your business.

With the interactive feature, social media marketing helps you and your business to build personal relationship with the clients. This relationship results in growing trust towards your business. When your brand is trustworthy enough for the customers, then automatically it will grab more and more towards it and help in conversions.

Find out the USP of your business; what makes it unique among all the other businesses in the line. And spread that through social media. This will help you in branding your business prominently. Position your business in such a place where no other business can stand.

No doubt, social media is the best way to spread information. Through SMM, you can spread a lot of message in just one click and that too with n number of customers. As mentioned earlier in the blog, the instantaneous nature of social media has made it easier to spread information.

People, nowadays, are more accustomed with mobile phones. And various applications of social media can be installed there. So SMM can be done through mobile phones as well, which also helps to generate more traffic towards your business, as the reach of mobile phones are more than anything else now.

But social media marketing can be done successfully only if the right strategy is taken by the owner. If you fail to draw the correct strategy, then in spite of making the reputation for your business, it will just smash that. So, SMM should be done with utmost care, intelligence and if necessary, by professionals.

Monday, November 6, 2017

Digital Marketing is the best way to create a Brand

Digital marketing has become the best choice if your motto is to grow your business and give it a brand value.  With the advent of information technology, internet has become the best friend which can help you in every possible way. And if you are a business entrepreneur, then this virtual media can be your savior. Internet has the solution for everything – ranging from your shopping to any service. So including digital marketing strategies in your business can give you a real positive outcome.
Digital marketing is nothing but promoting a product or a business using digital technologies, mainly internet. And as, nowadays, people are more active digitally, the online presence of your business will definitely catch eye, which will help you to transform it into a brand.
There are many digital marketing agencies which will provide you with their professional service in an affordable cost. But you should be careful in choosing them. They will be doing social media optimization, analytics, email marketing, promotions etc for your business.

 

Digital marketing helps your business to get brand awareness and reliability because the target market can be familiar with it by going through the sites anytime. The online presence of your business is very important. The digital marketing agencies help to generate traffic for your business by designing website, optimizing it and by making it search engine friendly. More customers will make your business a recognized brand. Also digital marketing can help you to get better return on investment, because higher traffic increases that rate. It will make your business a profitable one as well.

So what are waiting for? Contact a professional digital marketer today and switch from conventional marketing strategies to digital marketing strategies. It is more beneficial for the growth of your business, as well as for converting it into a brand.