SBOA: The Magazine Fall 2015 Edition | Page 27

Marketing Strategies that Withstand the Test of Time prominently as you are. You work hard to get those branded leads, so why pay someone else for a consumer that was already looking for you? Essential #3: Organic rules. Modern day Organic/Search Engine Optimization (SEO) strategies can be very technical, time intensive and costly. Beyond that, SEO is always changing and viewpoints can differ. It is no wonder that it can be confusing and even frustrating to business owners to understand. These frustrations can be resolved by leveraging the knowledge and talents of your staff to help in your SEO efforts. Utilize the wealth of information they possess to create content for your website, your blog and social media presence. Your managers know better than anyone what customers are seeking in their local area, they know local demand, they know what people store, they know what goes wrong in storing goods and what goes right. This knowledge, if used correctly, can be fashioned into very relevant ongoing content that can give a serious boost to your organic efforts. Meaningful, relevant and useful )