Table of contents
Foreword
Introduction
- What you will find in this book
- To whom this book is addressed
Chapter 1. From off to online in Marketing
- Some striking facts about online marketing
- How the Internet is changing Marketing
- Evolution of the environment: towards Web 2.0
- The online marketing plan: the roadmap for navigating turbulent waters
- Definition of objectives: the starting point of any marketing plan
- Definition of target audiences
- Choosing the right strategy for each objective
- Allocating resources and deadlines
- How to measure the success of our online marketing plan
- It’s time to start
- References
Chapter 2. From the Web as a virtual catalog to the online business unit
- Pills on the evolution of the company’s presence on the Web
- The need for a high-performance Website
- References on the use and evolution of the Internet in Spain
- Keys to a high-performance Website
- Creating a Website: proprietary developments or open source content managers
- How to choose a good domain name
- How to decide where to host your online business
- Resources on Website creation
Chapter 3. Web Usability
- Some notes on Web Usability
- What is Usability and why is it important for your Website?
- Analysis
- Information architecture
- Visual design and page structure
- Evaluation of prototypes
- Implementation and publication
- Google Analytics Content Experiments
- References and resources on Web Usability
Chapter 4. Web accessibility and compatibility
- A few highlights on accessibility and Web compatibility
- What is Web accessibility?
- Main access limitations
- Web accessibility guidelines
- Benefits of respecting accessibility recommendations
- Web accessibility testing tools
- Basic Web accessibility recommendations
- Web Compatibility
- References and resources on Web accessibility and compatibility
Chapter 5. Conversion: How to convert Web visitors into profitable customers?
- Some clues about Web conversion
- What is conversion?
- The conversion funnel
- General recommendations for a conversion-oriented Website
- Information architecture of a high-performance Website
- Conversion recommendations for the home page
- Category, family or product listing pages
- How to improve the conversion of the product detail page
- Internal search engines: the necessary complement to improve navigability
- How to optimize shopping carts and registration forms
- Other features and content that enhance persuasiveness
- How to write the contents of our Website to convert visitors into customers?
- Tests to improve conversion
- Recommended tools to improve conversion
- Sources and resources on Web conversion
Chapter 6. The online marketing plan
- The fourth P of Internet marketing
- Cost models in online marketing
- How to promote our Website with traditional offline tools?
- The online marketing plan
- Recommended promotional strategies
- Strategies for attracting new customers
- Strategies for converting visitors into customers
- Customer loyalty strategies
- Internet marketing strategies to enhance branding
- Tools to listen to our demand: Web 2.0 functionalities
- Strategies for converting loyal customers into prescribers
- Inbound marketing
- A single tool or a mix of tools
- References on the elaboration of the Marketing Plan
Chapter 7. Natural positioning in search engines
- Some reviews on natural search engine optimization
- What is natural search engine optimization?
- How does a search engine work?
- Phases of a search engine optimization campaign
- The list of keywords
- Search engine selection
- Solving indexability problems
- Web page optimization to improve relevancy
- Improve popularity levels
- Measuring results
- Sources and resources on natural search engine optimization
Chapter 8. Pay-per-click (PPC) strategies
- Some hints on pay-per-click tools
- Pay-per-click: search engine traffic under control
- Definition: SEM, PPC, CPC
- Advantages of pay-per-click
- Sponsored ads
- Designing a strategy for a pay-per-click campaign
- Select a supplier or do it yourself
- Register as a user and open an account
- Create ads and landing pages
- Segmentation criteria in social networks
- Select keywords
- Specify segmentation criteria
- Specify the budget
- Pay-per-click ROI (return on investment) evaluation
- Discrepancies between Google AdWords and Google Analytics
- Sources and resources on pay-per-click strategies
Chapter 9. Display advertising: banners
- A few hints about display advertising
- Origin of the banner as a form of Internet advertising
- Cost models in display advertising
- Display advertising compared to other online marketing strategies
- Definition of objectives
- Definition of the target audience
- Creative aspects of a display campaign
- Types of graphic advertising formats
- Media planning
- Portal where to publish our banner
- The role of the landing page in a banner campaign
- Measuring results in a banner campaign
- Rich-media banners and Real Time Bidding
- Advertising blockers
- Sources and resources on display advertising
Chapter 10. Loyalty strategies: e-mail marketing
- Some relevant aspects of e-mail marketing
- Making ourselves visible in the mailboxes of our potential customers.
- Definition of e-mail marketing
- Advantages of e-mail marketing
- Types of e-mail marketing campaigns
- What is necessary to make an e-mailing campaign?
- Objectives of the e-mail marketing campaign
- The distribution list
- How to build your e-mail message
- The landing page in e-mail marketing
- Sending e-mail marketing messages
- Measuring results in e-mail marketing
- Measuring profitability in e-mail marketing
- Sources and resources on e-mail marketing
Chapter 11. Content marketing, blogging and more
- Some figures
- What is content marketing?
- How to design a content marketing strategy
- The blogs
- Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
- Glossary of terms
- Applications, examples of use, etc.
- Demonstrations
- Presentations
- Live twittering
- Live blogging
- Content curation
- Sources and resources on content marketing
Chapter 12. Social networks
- The company in social networks
- Web 2.0: the user as protagonist
- Promotion strategies in social networks
- Social networks and companies
- Google+
- YouTube
- Other social networks
- Other Social Media sites
- Mobile and Apps
- Sources and resources on social networks
Chapter 13. Web traffic analysis
- Some facts about Web traffic analysis
- What is Web traffic analysis?
- Setting objectives and KPIs: the first step in Web analytics
- Main Web traffic analytics metrics
- Traffic segmentation
- Reports
- Alerts
- Universal Analytics
- Web traffic analysis resources
Bibliography
- Online marketing
- Usability and conversion
- Search Engine Optimization
- Content marketing
- Social networks
- Web Analytics