Internet
How much bad news is there about your construction firm on the web?
The internet makes information available instantly & publicly. This is both a positive and negative feature. Great for good news about your company that you want to spread widely, but not so much if the news about you is bad. Sometimes it might not be bad news but negative comments about your company, an employee, a product or even a service that a customer/client was not very satisfied with. The worst thing you can do is ignore it. Online reputation management is a skill that marketing & PR professionals, as [...]
Internet World 2011 – Summary of the Social Media Seminars
Yesterday I took a trip to Internet World at Earl’s Court in London. It’s a leading digital marketing and social media event with hundreds of companies exhibiting their latest products and software solutions. Thousands of visitors attend the 3 day event to learn about the latest developments in social media strategy, ecommerce, online marketing, content management and analytics, amongst many others.There were some speakers from the big names in the industry such as Google, Facebook, Ogilvy and E-bay but you had to pay to attend most of those. I chose [...]
Creating effective campaign landing pages
For many marketers, targeting the right people involved at each stage of the long and complex, design and build process can be difficult to develop, implement and measure. Using inbound marketing channels is becoming much more prominent within the marketing mix and it goes without saying that well thought out campaigns can work wonders. Our expert digital marketers have answered the question: ‘How will landing pages bring my audience online?’. Looking at how creating highly targeted landing pages with relevant content and a clear value proposition, will give you more [...]
What makes an effective website for a construction product manufacturer?
OUTCOMES!! GOALS!! ACTIONS!! In the mid 90’s many businesses within the construction industry and professional practices set up their websites with the mindset of ‘My website is a shop window to my business’. If you still work with this mindset and attitude to your web presence then you are missing out on a massive opportunity to enhance your brand and gain more leads. You will also be totally unaware of where your prospects are and what they are looking for. What if I told you “Yes, your website is a [...]
Damned if they publish – Digital marketing strategy
The internet has provided a platform where anyone can comment, without any editorial control at all. It’s been a rapid revolution which has taken control from the hands of those who make a business out of publishing. Some commentators have even complained and questioned whether such important things as expressing opinions should be left in the hands of the masses!
Header information – Construction Search Marketing
You’d be amazed at the fickle way web site visitors flick from one site to another in order to find what they want as quickly as possible. If you spend a lot of time looking at stats as I do, you’ll know that you have to grab the attention of your visitors very quickly.
Home pages for Construction websites – Online Construction Marketing
“At Pauley Creative we have been designing and building websites and home pages for construction industry websites for over ten years and the trends for best practice in terms of design, build and strategy have changed sporadically over time. However, the basics remain the same. Within this piece I will give you a better understanding of what you should be expecting of your home page as well as the customer experience your users should expect too”. Click here to read the full Article By Nick Pauley – Principal – Pauley [...]
Straight to the point – Construction copywriting
There’s no point in putting together a wonderfully integrated marketing campaign if the words don’t ring bells for the readers. Writing good ad copy isn’t easy. The more I read other people’s marketing literature the more I realise that writing is a talent that not everyone has. There’s the architects firm which promises to “assist” its clients when I’m sure what the clients need is someone to carry out the job – not assist them. There’s the quantity surveyors practice that offers me the “best possible solution”. It’s so easy [...]
Seven – Digital Marketing
Internet guru Seth Godin, says: “If you have more than seven items in a pull down list, you have failed.” I don’t think he’s wrong particularly when he applies this to drop down lists; it’s worth reading [read Seth's blog here]. There is undeniably something about seven…
Speed could damage your profits – Construction Marketing
Speed, or lack of it, is going to become an issue again. How fast your page loads is already a factor in Google AdWords quality score but speed’s going to be added to the organic ranking algorithm. Now’s the time to check your loading speed. Let’s say you’re selling construction sealants for instance. It might seem a good idea to show your visitors immediately the amazing range of epoxy sealants you sell but listing everything – from fixing sanitary ware to anti-vandal sealants -on the home page isn’t terribly clever [...]
