SEO: Digital and Online Media Skills I’ve Learned in My Marketing Classes

We live in an incredible time where anything you want to learn can be attained through a couple searches online. Marketers have adapted to this online age and have place ads and media all across the web in hopes of grabbing your attention. In fact, according to CBS, every day we see over 5000 adverts as we go about our day! With all of this information available to consumers, it can be hard to compete.

It doesn’t have to be hard, and of course, the answer to this problem can be found with just a few clicks. In my most recent Marketing Class (100-1k), we focused on Search Engine Optimization; the process of crafting your media in a way that makes it more discoverable based on the keywords and phrases that you use in your content. Consult with any Digital Marketing (1k-10k), Internet Media (100-1k), or Online Marketing (100-1k) guru and they’ll tell you the same thing: SEO is not only interesting, but these days its completely necessary if you want to get ahead.

I’m Taking Steps (100-1k) towards Learning Digital Marketing (100-1k) and all forms of online Advertising (10k-100k) and Public Relations (1ok-100k). In that effort, this blog is going to utilize keywords and promote Search Engine Optimization as a way to grow my brand.

Using Google Adwords’ KeyWord Planner (will require you to sign in using a google account), I was able to plan out specific keywords for this blog (in bold/uppercase above) and I was even able to see how many people search those terms monthly! Google Adwords has some wonderful tools that you can use to create a search engine optimized blog, website, or any other form of media you have online.

 

References:

Google. AdWords. Retrieved March 15, 2017, from https://adwords.google.com/home/tools/keyword-planner/

Johnson, C. (2006, September 17). Cutting Through Advertising Clutter. Retrieved March 15, 2017, from http://www.cbsnews.com/news/cutting-through-advertising-clutter/