Tuesday, January 21, 2014

BUS572-1

A most important element of using search engines for web sites whether they are for users or advertisers is keywords (or key phrases). "Keywords are what a user enters into a search engine query to find web sites that are relevant to a company’s web site "and are used by potential customers (Stokes, 2013). Therefore, for one who wants to start his/her business online, it is very important how they choose to select key words. For example, a coaching company promising to improve peoples’ careers should be sure to include key words on Google such as “coaching” and “business coaching” or “Brenda Decroo Coaching”. The only way to find Brenda Decroo Coaching on Google is to type in “Brenda Decroo Coaching”; there are no other keywords that will find her web site. Google provides a free keyword tool to help small businesses get their online business start at this link:



“Strategy is defined as a set of ideas that outline how a product line or brand will achieve its objectives. This guides decisions on how to create, distribute, promote, and price the product or service” (Stokes, 2013). For example, if I had an online clothing shop and my business objective was to increase visitors to my site, what strategy should I employ? I should promote the reputation of my shop. Strategy is the key to achieve business objectives and guide movement to promote reputation.


Recently, the most useful skills I learned were Google market finder and Google real-time insight It’s a good resource for us to analyze this data and it helps me to know the market of some specific industries. Below is the tendency that I got from Google real-time insight and the tendency of interest of business coaching across the Google search engine in recent years and past years.

Lastly, I would say that it’s just a beginning that we have come so close to the internet and know more about why it is so important today. Thanks to the GOMC pre-campaign, I have the experience of working with a real client, which will be fantastic for me; it will be challenging for me to explore the marketing strategies for client’s, but it will still be an opportunity for me to improve myself and see how far I can go. In the next session, I would like to learn more and know how to use Google products because they can make a difference in my life.




Citation:
Stoke, I. (2013). eMarketing. NY: Flat World Knowledge,Inc.