We realise this isn't the most exciting of marketing topics but it is really important, so please do read it... Google thinks that all websites should have an SSL certificate. If you have not heard about SSL till now, then here's what SSL actually means - Secure Sockets Layer. It is an encoding system in which all the data that gets transferred between your website and the server is encrypted in a language which is unreadable by third parties. It remains secure from hacking. An SSL certificate helps your website in several ways: 1. It improves your ranking on the search engine Search engines like Google, Bing and Yahoo generally display those websites on their top results page which come with SSL certification. Being a small business owner, it is imperative for you to get the customer's attention online. To improve your ranking and visibility online, you should go for SSL certification. Your ranking for the SEO keywords that you are targeting also improves rapidly if you have an SSL certificate. 2. You gain the customer's trust Almost 50 percent of online shoppers have said that they trust an e-commerce website more which has an SSL certificate and prefer to shop from such websites only. Imagine the number of customers you are losing out on just because your website does not have SSL certification! You can attract so many more customers if you opt for one. 3. The safety of your data is ensured Sensitive data like credit card numbers, usernames and passwords are protected by SSL encryption. All the transactions that take place through your website are hundred percent safe and secure. The danger of hacking drops right off and you can carry on your business without worrying about data leaks. 4. You get extra authentication The SSL certificate that you get from a trusted provider makes your confidential information unreadable not only to third parties using other servers but also to those devices which are on the same server as yours. This additional authentication is provided by the public key infrastructure or PKI. 5. You can avoid from being declared dangerous by Google Google is ensuring that all websites that show up on its search engine have an SSL certification indicated by the https:// in their website addresses. This is being done with the help of the red font color which is appearing on the link of non-secure websites in the form of http://. This red color warns the visitors to your website that it is not secure enough for sharing sensitive data. This can ruin your credibility online. SSL certification is a necessity for e-commerce websites specifically because of the transactions that are carried out. The general advice is if you want your small business to perform well on online , you need to get an SSL certification as soon as possible.
We advise ALL our clients to get SSL certificates as soon as possible. Contact us if you need help. In many cases, they are free. You know you need it...but what actually is SEO and where should you stick it? Come and find out!28/9/2017
You've got a great website. Or great enough. If you leave it sitting on the web, will people find it? There are more than 1 billion websites on the net and they are all fighting for attention. Does your target market know that your site is there? Don't worry, there is actually plenty you can do to get your site out there and bring in visitors who search for your kind of products or services. It takes a bit of effort and a bit of time but generally costs nothing (unless you pay someone else to do it) and it works. In our next two-hour training session on Wednesday 18th October, we'll work through techniques you can use to get the search engines sending you lots of lovely visitors and the right type of visitors at that. We'll look at the content on your website and at the technical stuff, to help you get started. The session is from 12.30-2.30 and costs 350kr. Find out more here: http://www.writeindanderyd.com/getting-more-people-looking-at-your-website-seo.html
It is very important that you share any evidence that you know what you are doing in your business. People need to know why they should buy from you and by providing plenty of information about yourself, you allow them to accept your expertise and move on to other buying factors.
With that in mind, here is Zen's new shiny badge for becoming 'certified' in inbound marketing. Ask us for more details if you'd like to know more about the subject and how it might help you grow your business.
However, this isn’t the main reason we recommend blogging for small businesses. The main reason is that search engines LOVE blogs and treat them in a different way. Without a blog or news or whatever-you-want-to-call-it section - it is the technical part that matters - search engines see your website as a static brochure. Add in a blog and they pull up each and every one of your posts in the search results so you get a lot more space on the results page but also push down the competition, out of sight: Blog posts are also the best thing to use to promote your business on social media. They work far better than writing plain old social media posts and send potential customers to your website, where they can find out more about you, your products and services and how to buy them. Blogging for business is a training session we run to help you get your blog up, running and promoting your business fast.
In our two-hour sessions, we'll work through blogging techniques you can use to get the search engines sending you lots of lovely visitors and the right type of visitors at that. We'll look at the content on your website, talk about what to blog and take a good look at the technical stuff to make sure you get it right. The next sessions are on Wednesday 13th September - 12:30-2:30pm and Wednesday 15th November - 12:30-2:30pm. They are held in Stocksund (Danderyd) and are 350kr per person. If you would like to grow the traffic to your website and increase your sales, click here for the details of this course. Wednesday 20th September - 12:30-2:30pm (5 spaces)
Wednesday 11th October - 12:30-2:30pm (5 spaces) Wednesday 22nd November - 12:30-2:30pm (5 spaces) Wednesday 13th September - 12:30-2:30pm (5 spaces) Wednesday 15th November - 12:30-2:30pm (5 spaces) Wednesday 4th October - 12:30-2:30pm (2 spaces) Wednesday 18th October - 12:30-2:30pm (5 spaces) All the sessions are two hours long and cost 350kr in advance (preferably by SWISH). For more information, click here or get in touch with us. If you want to join us but can't make the dates/times listed, let us know and we'll see what we can do. You have some email addresses of potential customers that you found on the internet. They are called 'cold' contacts because you've never had any conversations or communication with them before. Brrrrr.
A few fine chaps have signed up for your newsletter on your website. Those clever people have now 'opted-in' and have given permission for you to email them as much as you like (remember they'll take it back if you annoy them). Here's the clever bit. If those subscribers then click on a link you have sent them to confirm they've subscribed, they are then 'double opted-in' and you can be sure they want to hear lots from you. The big conundrum for us marketing folk is whether that email you send them to confirm actually annoys them. That, we don't want. We think it can be better to encourage some sort of action, like clicking a link through to your website, so we can see they are interested. A softer approach. It does, of course, depend on the industry and business. Everyone is different. We created this word cloud about the awesomeness of email marketing four years ago (check out the date above!) and yet it is still as relevant today. So why aren't all small businesses using email marketing? If you don't already, please start now! If you are stuck, check out our training sessions all about email marketing.
Why we send out emails to bring in sales: We've had a wonderful first half of the year, training and debating with you guys about the latest and greatest marketing techniques for small businesses. We are now planning for the autumn and we would like to know - what marketing techniques do you want to know more about?
Please tell us what you would like us to run training sessions on in the autumn, either using the form here, commenting below or any other way you like. If you've taken a session or two with us, please do let us know how you thought it went. Feedback is always appreciated! On that note, if anyone can find me a course on how to edit website code with a 2-year-old on my lap, I'll take it... |
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