One of the most important parts in any B2B online marketing strategy is the keyword research that goes into deciding what terms you should be targeting for your website and your search engine marketing strategy. Neglecting keyword research can drop your search engine rankings resulting in your company getting beat out by the competition. Thankfully, basic keyword research can be easily done even by a novice. Follow these few simple steps on how to do keyword research.
Sometimes the best way to get started is just to open a blank document or to take out a pen and paper and start writing down all of the relevant words, phrases and modifications that you can come up with, in the perspective of your target audience.
After that, there are many ways to help move the brainstorming process along. The following online tools can help you discover new keywords and gauge the average monthly searches and the competition level of those keywords:
Here are some other tricks on how you can discover relevant keywords to add to your list:
The second step is to refine your list in order to determine which keywords would truly be valuable to your website or business. In this step, you will refine your list based on relevancy, competition and traffic.
Determine if the keywords on your list are relevant to your business by asking yourself a few simple questions:
Being ranked highly will not do you much good if no one searches for the keyword you are targeting. Targeting terms that are highly searched for and do not have a lot of strong competitors is what you need to be looking for in order to achieve SEO success. By removing infrequently searched terms, you will not only improve your rankings on Google, but you will also be improving your website in order to target your audiences.
If you follow these guidelines, you will end up with a list of your most valuable keywords that should be used for your digital marketing initiatives. Still have questions and/or not sure how to get started with your B2B online marketing initiatives? Check out our B2B search engine marketing guide or contact SVM E-Marketing Solutions.