Have you heard about Search Leeds? First Digital Media were lucky enough to attend their most recent event and rub shoulders with the likes of Google, The Telegraph and more to learn more about SEO!
Adam Lewis, our designer and myself, Rebecca Blackburn, attended the event last week in Leeds with a spring in our step, even though it was an early morning! With a keen appetite for learning and providing our clients with more, we were bright-eyed and eager when the first talker took to the stage at 9:30 am. Throughout the day we listened to some key insight from various talks and below is a snapshot of the useful insight we learned from the day.
Transparency Is Key
One of the key elements that we learnt on the day was to be as transparent as possible. We already are open with all of our clients but we learnt that being on another level of open, we are able to build brand trust and awareness all in one go.
First Digital Media are clear with all clients and send reports that are based on their metrics and results. With the clear image of where funds have been spent and how well or poor your marketing is performing, we are able to make clear assumptions on where your business could go forward and improvements to make.
Facebook Is Moving Forward with Paid Marketing
In this day and age, we are seeing Google buying more ad space elsewhere, YouTube sharing more videos than ever before and Facebook keeping up with all of it in their own format. Videos are strongly becoming a leading factor on Facebook and within all marketing efforts from First Digital Media, we are in keeping with this shift forwards.
To be able to engage with your consumers on another level and to keep their attention for longer is important when it comes to conversions and closing deals. Humans now have a “shorter attention span than goldfish” according to The Telegraph and with this being the cause of the increase in smartphone use, it’s about time we targeted these ‘goldfish’ with marketing material they are interested in.
We were also informed on the top 5 words to use in Ads which included:
- Free
- You
- Because
- Instantly
- New
Cracking Data and Using It Properly
The key to data and using it properly is understanding the motion behind why we collect data and then using it to power forwards with success. We collect data for all of our clients, no matter what industry they are in and we make sure we use it effectively no matter what.
Enhanced analytics allows us to focus on e-commerce sites particularly and where their key products are on their site. Using this insight into their customers gives us the chance to target them in future marketing efforts and also give them exactly what they are looking for, therefore creating the perfect user experience.
Forbes recently stated how data analytics will shape business in the future and with the top five ways listed, we also agree that data is more important than ever.
Getting stuck into the data is where our inner child comes out as we love to play with metrics, acquisitions, target areas and the specific figures to focus on. As context is greater than the actual data itself, we are well aware of how using data can go a long way with business success.
Moving Forward with First Digital Media
First Digital Media attend events like Search Leeds all the time as we believe you can never have enough information. With our clients in mind at all times, we pay attention to what our clients need and deliver on that.
Search Leeds opened our eyes to more exciting techniques with SEO, taught us new topics and also expanded our already massive knowledge on the world wide web.
Get in Touch
To find out more about digital marketing with our team or social media marketing, get in touch and call us today on 01524 544346. With no sales pitches and just like minded people all bonding over SEO, we thoroughly enjoyed the day and can’t wait to apply new techniques to our client’s online presence.
