How can SEO help my business?
Posted on: April 1, 2015
According to the latest stats on Wikipedia out of 7.1 Billion people there are 39% people who use the internet and these numbers are increasing as you are reading this article. Now that 39% alone is a huge number of users on the internet, most of which are your prospective customers. Many of them are searching for products or services that your business might be selling. So, obviously there is a lot of potential for your business to do online marketing to reach out to them. However, it is important for you to know how Search Engine Optimization (SEO) can help your business to make its optimum use.
Helps to Generate Leads
If your business’ website has been optimized for search engines then it can be quite helpful in generating leads, leads that can convert into sales and being a business owner you would definitely love to have more and more sales. It is apparent that not all leads would convert into sales, but the more leads you have the more chances of converting them into sales. So, do you exactly get more leads with SEO? Its simple SEO helps to bring up your site on the front pages of search engines. It’s quite likely that when people would see your website on the top or among the other top sites, your website will be visited quite often and hence more leads.
Gives Your Business Better Exposure
It is possible that your online business is already doing quite good and you are fine the way things are. But as mentioned earlier, there are billions of potential customers out there for your products/services and if your business is known to suppose 5,000 people on the web then SEO can give your business much better exposure and your business will become visible to other 5,000-10,000 prospective customers. Therefore, if you want to double your revenues and improve your existing online business than investing in SEO can be really worth it. So, maybe it is something that your business might not really need but it can be really good if implemented.
Things to take note
Getting your website on the top of the SERPs (Search engine results page) is one thing and maintain your rankings is another story. SEO isn’t a one-time thing, you have to consistently keep an eye on your website and keep it optimized. You must be thinking why? It’s because search engines like Google, Bing and Yahoo keep changing their methods of ranking sites by introducing different algorithms and updates. Some of these methods are known to the public while others are kept secret by these giants.
However, in general the more user friendly your website is and the more accurate content it has along with following the guidelines of search engines the higher the chances of getting better rankings. Therefore, consistent SEO of your website keeps your site among the top ones.
These are just few among many other reasons how SEO can help your business. But if taken seriously, they can be quite beneficial for your business.
