{"id":148,"date":"2009-10-29T13:29:06","date_gmt":"2009-10-29T23:29:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pananadesign.com\/blog\/?p=148"},"modified":"2020-04-03T19:04:04","modified_gmt":"2020-04-04T05:04:04","slug":"all-the-seo-in-the-world-wont-help-if","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pananadesign.com\/blog\/2009\/10\/29\/all-the-seo-in-the-world-wont-help-if\/","title":{"rendered":"All the SEO In The World Won&#8217;t Help If&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>All the SEO in the world won&#8217;t help if&#8230;.you don&#8217;t complete the transaction. This is a real problem for most business on the web including, very possibly, yours.<\/p>\n<p>SEO gets the searcher to the site. It can confirm consciously and unconsciously that they&#8217;re at the right place to get what they want.<\/p>\n<p><em>BUT SEO alone isn&#8217;t going to get the sale.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>WHERE &amp; HOW SEO ALONE\u00a0 FAILS YOUR BUSINESS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve seen site after site that is well optimized for search, but fails miserably at moving people through the door to a Conversion. Why?<\/p>\n<p>Because they do things like show a product, but then fail to give the visitor an obvious way to buy it.<\/p>\n<p>Some I&#8217;ve seen don&#8217;t give a way to buy at all. It&#8217;s like a store putting their products behind glass and the cash register behind a locked door. It makes no sense, but it happens all over the Internet.<\/p>\n<p>Once the searcher arrives you have to continue to talk to them. To sell to them. Many sites have the attitude of &#8216;Thanks for coming. You&#8217;re now on your own. Good Luck.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>You must guide them, give them a clear path to get where they want to go. You still have to tell them why they should buy or why they should contact you for a follow up.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SEO ISN&#8217;T THE ENDS, IT&#8217;S THE MEANS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>SEO is a means, a vital one. But it&#8217;s not the ends. It&#8217;s the important step of getting them through your door. But your job isn&#8217;t done.<\/p>\n<p>Even those stores you&#8217;ve walked out of without buying from had to get you in there first.<\/p>\n<p>Think about why you&#8217;ve walked out of those stores or service businesses empty-handed that you had every intention of buying from. What happened? Because it&#8217;s probably happening on your site as well.<\/p>\n<p>Emphasize SEO but complete the sales process, whatever that may be for you &#8211; a purchase, a lead, a consultation request, whatever.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s what we provide along with our SEO services. Going beyond the Arrival is crucial if you&#8217;re going to succeed in today&#8217;s competitive Web.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;d be happy to discuss what we can do for your business if you <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pananadesign.com\/contact-us\/\">contact us today<\/a>. Why wait?<\/p>\n<p>You could be losing sales right now and the consultation\/proposal is free. We look forward to talking with you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All the SEO in the world won&#8217;t help if&#8230;.you don&#8217;t complete the transaction. This is a real problem for most business on the web including, very possibly, yours. SEO gets the searcher to the site. It can confirm consciously and unconsciously that they&#8217;re at the right place to get what they want. 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