Introduction to SEO

- How to Create an SEO Strategy

SEO, or search engine optimisation, is one of the most important processes of online marketing. 

It’s how you can ensure that your website appears as high as possible on search engine results pages (SERPs), helping to drive more traffic and leads to your business. 

But SEO can be complex, and it can be challenging to know where to start. 

In this blog post, we’ll outline some simple steps you can take to create an SEO strategy for your business. 

What Is an SEO Strategy?

An SEO strategy refers to the plan you intend to implement to improve your ranking on search engines so prospects have a greater chance of finding you. 

How to create an SEO strategy

Step 1: Goal setting for SEO 

The starting point of any plan is goal setting.

The first step is identifying what goals you have for your website.

  • Is it to increase organic traffic?
  • Do you want to increase leads?
  • Or do you want to increase sales for a specific product?

Based on your goals, you will need to create a strategy to ensure their success. 

Step 2: Keyword research

Keyword research is the process of investigating and discovering popular search words within your industry or niche and creating content around that. 

Keyword research is the key to success in any industry or niche. 

It’s vital for discovering what people are searching for and how you can create content that will push your business forward.

keyword research

Step 3: Content creation 

Now that you know what you can create content for, it’s time actually to create it. 

For example, we created this blog post ‘How do you know what your eCommerce emails are working’ based on what we found people were searching for through keyword research. 

This process is all about creating content that is in demand within your area of expertise. 

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Step 4: Title Tag

This step is all about optimising the content you create on your website.

Some best practices include:

  • Using keywords within your title so that search engines can recognise what your content is about and link it with search results.
  • Your title tag should be an H1 tag (main heading), and the rest of the headings should be H2 (subheading) and H3 (sub subheading).
  • Under 60 characters in heading to avoid it being cut off. 
  • And finally, the title must be relevant to its contents. If the title doesn’t match what is in the article, visitors will leave quickly and be disappointed. 

Step 5: Meta Description 

A meta description is a summary of what the webpage is about. 

Meta descriptions are important because they:

  • Let searchers know the content of that webpage.
  • Encourage them to want to see what’s on the page. 
  • Increase clickthrough rates.

For example, Moz’s meta description lets the searcher know that the article is about SEO for beginners and it’s a guide. It lets us know that they will cover various topics of SEO. 

If you are a beginner and want to learn more about SEO, you know that this article is meant for you. 

Meta Description 

Step 6: Internal Linking 

This is where you link to another page on your website. 

Internal linking is critical to an SEO strategy because: 

  • Internal linking helps your page to be discovered by search engines.
  • If one of your pages is doing well for example Moz’s beginner’s guide to SEO. By linking from that page to another one of your articles (that’s not doing well), authority can be passed to the other page and increase its ranking.

We used internal linking above when I referred to our blog post on ‘How do you know what your ecommerce emails are working’. 

Step 7: External Linking

This is where other websites link to your content or vice versa.

This is also a critical step because when someone links back to your website, they signal that they have found your content to be valuable. 

Google now knows that an external party found your content valuable, and the more backlinks you get, the more valuable it is.

To determine how many links you will need to rank highly.

  • Pick a topic that you want to rank highly on.
  • Complete a Google search on it.
  • Add the first 10 results into Moz Link Explorer.
  • Identify how many root domains (kasandz.com) link to them.
  • Create a backlinking strategy to achieve that set number of links. 
External Linking

Step 8: URL (Uniform Resource Locator) 

A URL is the address of digital assets.

URLs make it easy for:

  • Search engines to categorise your content.
  • Searchers to know the contents of the page. 

Step 9: SEO Monitoring

Monitoring your SEO performance allows you to identify what’s working and what’s not so that you can do more of what is working and course-correct what isn’t. 

Things to monitor include: 

  • Organic traffic
  • Keywords
  • Backlinking
  • Domain authority
  • Page speed
  • Bounce rate
  • Conversion rate

You can track your performance on Google Search Console and Google Analytics.

Search engine optimisation is all about improving your visibility online so that you can serve more and sell more. 

SEO is one of the most important aspects of online marketing, and it’s a process that should be continually refined in order to stay ahead of your competition. 

The tips we’ve shared in this blog post are a great starting point for improving your website visibility and driving more traffic to your site. 

Even if you only implement a few of these tips, you’ll be on your way to better SEO and increased traffic and leads. 

Want more help? 

Contact us – we’d be happy to assist you in getting the most out of search engine optimisation for your business.

Amy Rendel

Amy Rendel

Author

AMY RENDEL is a marketing consultant from South Africa currently residing in Israel. She has a B.Com in marketing and has worked with companies in South Africa, Israel, the UK, and the US. She spends her days writing blogs, website content and social media posts.

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Last updated: June 08, 2022

This Privacy Policy describes Our policies and procedures on the collection, use and disclosure of Your information when You use the Service and tells You about Your privacy rights and how the law protects You.

We use Your Personal data to provide and improve the Service. By using the Service, You agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

Interpretation and Definitions

Interpretation

The words of which the initial letter is capitalized have meanings defined under the following conditions. The following definitions shall have the same meaning regardless of whether they appear in singular or in plural.

Definitions

For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:

  • Account means a unique account created for You to access our Service or parts of our Service.

  • Company (referred to as either “the Company”, “We”, “Us” or “Our” in this Agreement) refers to Kas Andz Marketing Group, International House, 24 Holborn Viaduct, London EC1A 2BN.

  • Cookies are small files that are placed on Your computer, mobile device or any other device by a website, containing the details of Your browsing history on that website among its many uses.

  • Country refers to: United Kingdom

  • Device means any device that can access the Service such as a computer, a cellphone or a digital tablet.

  • Personal Data is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual.

  • Service refers to the Website.

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  • Usage Data refers to data collected automatically, either generated by the use of the Service or from the Service infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).

  • Website refers to Kas Andz Marketing Group, accessible from kasandz.

  • You means the individual accessing or using the Service, or the company, or other legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the Service, as applicable.

Collecting and Using Your Personal Data

Types of Data Collected

Personal Data

While using Our Service, We may ask You to provide Us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify You. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

  • Email address

  • First name and last name

  • Phone number

  • Address, State, Province, ZIP/Postal code, City

  • Usage Data

Usage Data

Usage Data is collected automatically when using the Service.

Usage Data may include information such as Your Device’s Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that You visit, the time and date of Your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

When You access the Service by or through a mobile device, We may collect certain information automatically, including, but not limited to, the type of mobile device You use, Your mobile device unique ID, the IP address of Your mobile device, Your mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browser You use, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

We may also collect information that Your browser sends whenever You visit our Service or when You access the Service by or through a mobile device.

Tracking Technologies and Cookies

We use Cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on Our Service and store certain information. Tracking technologies used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze Our Service. The technologies We use may include:

  • Cookies or Browser Cookies. A cookie is a small file placed on Your Device. You can instruct Your browser to refuse all Cookies or to indicate when a Cookie is being sent. However, if You do not accept Cookies, You may not be able to use some parts of our Service. Unless you have adjusted Your browser setting so that it will refuse Cookies, our Service may use Cookies.
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Cookies can be “Persistent” or “Session” Cookies. Persistent Cookies remain on Your personal computer or mobile device when You go offline, while Session Cookies are deleted as soon as You close Your web browser. Learn more about cookies on the Free Privacy Policy website article.

We use both Session and Persistent Cookies for the purposes set out below:

  • Necessary / Essential Cookies

    Type: Session Cookies

    Administered by: Us

    Purpose: These Cookies are essential to provide You with services available through the Website and to enable You to use some of its features. They help to authenticate users and prevent fraudulent use of user accounts. Without these Cookies, the services that You have asked for cannot be provided, and We only use these Cookies to provide You with those services.

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  • Functionality Cookies

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For more information about the cookies we use and your choices regarding cookies, please visit our Cookies Policy or the Cookies section of our Privacy Policy.

Use of Your Personal Data

The Company may use Personal Data for the following purposes:

  • To provide and maintain our Service, including to monitor the usage of our Service.

  • To manage Your Account: to manage Your registration as a user of the Service. The Personal Data You provide can give You access to different functionalities of the Service that are available to You as a registered user.

  • For the performance of a contract: the development, compliance and undertaking of the purchase contract for the products, items or services You have purchased or of any other contract with Us through the Service.

  • To contact You: To contact You by email, telephone calls, SMS, or other equivalent forms of electronic communication, such as a mobile application’s push notifications regarding updates or informative communications related to the functionalities, products or contracted services, including the security updates, when necessary or reasonable for their implementation.

  • To provide You with news, special offers and general information about other goods, services and events which we offer that are similar to those that you have already purchased or enquired about unless You have opted not to receive such information.

  • To manage Your requests: To attend and manage Your requests to Us.

  • For business transfers: We may use Your information to evaluate or conduct a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of Our assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which Personal Data held by Us about our Service users is among the assets transferred.

  • For other purposes: We may use Your information for other purposes, such as data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns and to evaluate and improve our Service, products, services, marketing and your experience.

We may share Your personal information in the following situations:

  • With Service Providers: We may share Your personal information with Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Service, to contact You.
  • For business transfers: We may share or transfer Your personal information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of Company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of Our business to another company.
  • With Affiliates: We may share Your information with Our affiliates, in which case we will require those affiliates to honor this Privacy Policy. Affiliates include Our parent company and any other subsidiaries, joint venture partners or other companies that We control or that are under common control with Us.
  • With business partners: We may share Your information with Our business partners to offer You certain products, services or promotions.
  • With other users: when You share personal information or otherwise interact in the public areas with other users, such information may be viewed by all users and may be publicly distributed outside.
  • With Your consent: We may disclose Your personal information for any other purpose with Your consent.

Retention of Your Personal Data

The Company will retain Your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use Your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

The Company will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of Our Service, or We are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.

Transfer of Your Personal Data

Your information, including Personal Data, is processed at the Company’s operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located. It means that this information may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of Your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those from Your jurisdiction.

Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by Your submission of such information represents Your agreement to that transfer.

The Company will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that Your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of Your Personal Data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of Your data and other personal information.

Disclosure of Your Personal Data

Business Transactions

If the Company is involved in a merger, acquisition or asset sale, Your Personal Data may be transferred. We will provide notice before Your Personal Data is transferred and becomes subject to a different Privacy Policy.

Law enforcement

Under certain circumstances, the Company may be required to disclose Your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g. a court or a government agency).

Other legal requirements

The Company may disclose Your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

  • Comply with a legal obligation
  • Protect and defend the rights or property of the Company
  • Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service
  • Protect the personal safety of Users of the Service or the public
  • Protect against legal liability

Security of Your Personal Data

The security of Your Personal Data is important to Us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While We strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect Your Personal Data, We cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Children’s Privacy

Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13. If You are a parent or guardian and You are aware that Your child has provided Us with Personal Data, please contact Us. If We become aware that We have collected Personal Data from anyone under the age of 13 without verification of parental consent, We take steps to remove that information from Our servers.

If We need to rely on consent as a legal basis for processing Your information and Your country requires consent from a parent, We may require Your parent’s consent before We collect and use that information.

Links to Other Websites

Our Service may contain links to other websites that are not operated by Us. If You click on a third party link, You will be directed to that third party’s site. We strongly advise You to review the Privacy Policy of every site You visit.

We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update Our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify You of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.

We will let You know via email and/or a prominent notice on Our Service, prior to the change becoming effective and update the “Last updated” date at the top of this Privacy Policy.

You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, You can contact us:

  • By email: team@kasandz.com