How To Develop Creative Web Content
Distinguish yourself from your competition with content building.
When you compare your website to a competitors’, it’s a given that you want to appear above them search engine rankings. With hundreds of variables to take into account, achieving such a task is never an easy feat. However with a consistent search engine marketing plan and a bit of perseverance, you can definitely improve your search engine results.
Where do you start?
Step #1 – It’s all about quality content.
You probably read it all the time, but you’re about to read it again. Quality Content is King. Your website visitors care more about relevance than they do about sources. They want information that helps them make decisions. And the presence of quality content or lack thereof will greatly impact any SEO effort. No two websites have the same content, and a website rich with quality content will almost always outrank a site with poor content. Quality content on your site is extremely important as it gives search engines the sense that you are as much a destination for information as you are an enterprise trying to sell something. When users like a site and the information it provides they are more willing to share it with others. So, take the first step and develop quality content that has value for the visitors you seek.
Distinguish yourself from your competition with content building – Step 2.
Last month we discussed how to use consistent content building to improve your search engine rankings. Step #1 covered the importance of quality content because quality content on your site gives search engines the understanding that you are a destination for information and knowledge. What do you do next?
Step #2 – Keep it fresh.
The wide open web is ever expanding and constantly growing, is your website growing as well? Every day thousands of new sites launch, and that means fresh competitors presenting information in new and interesting ways. Content freshness helps web sites as it offers the benefit for users to have a look at new and useful information. Keeping your web site fresh is worth the extra effort, with the addition of new content, your website is adding value to the end users. While the “freshness factor” is very important to search engines like Google, what’s even more important is that your website continues to grow through content building. If you have not read your website’s content in the past few months, take a closer look. Is it still representing your company in the way that you think it should?
A seasoned digital marketing professional with over 20 years of expertise in digital marketing, search engine optimization, search engine marketing, brand development, conversion optimization, lead generation, web development and data analytics. He is a strategic digital marketing thought leader in a multitude of business verticals including automotive, education, financial services, legal marketing and professional services.