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Written by Robert Geiger Wednesday, 10 February 2010 07:45
Last September, 2009, I was talking to my favorite CPA, Marc Gilfillan. He was complaining, yet again, about his "web site" and I proposed to him that we remedy that problem. BUT - we were not going to just put up a web site, rather, we were going to engage in a marketing program to create a LEAD GENERATION MACHINE and a CUSTOMER CONVERTER out of the new web site we created for him.
So, we embarked on a mission - to prepare the web site and position Marc in the search engine rankings for his search terms by Tax Season. That would be a little over 3 months. So, during the 4th quarter of 2009, we put Marc's new site in place and began promoting it with a steady stream of well planned activities designed to create Marc as the most "Relevant" CPA in Cary, Raleigh and the triangle area. Relevant, that is, in the eyes of the search engines.
Using a well orchestrated weekly process designed to let the search engines know that when someone asked the question, "Who can I get to do my taxes in Cary, NC?," the best response was, naturally, Marc Gilfillan, we watched him slowly rise through the ranks.
Almost immediately, Marc appeared in the top 100 between 40 and 100. Then, between 30 and 80. Then, between 12 and 30 (That's page 2-3 on Google). By January, Marc topped the lists on Google, Yahoo and Bing.
But the most important results were the NEW CLIENTS. 10 new clients in January from online searches! Compare that with ZERO new clients for the years past during that same time from online searching! And, best of all, to know Marc, is to love Marc - these are clients FOR LIFE! All we had to do was get them in the door!
Wait! We weren't satisfied to simply sit back and wait. We created a special discount marketing program for Marc, as well, called "G-BUCKS." You can see them for yourself on his site www.MarcCPA.com. Marc's getting calls almost every day from new clients wanting to cash in now!
The future looks bright, indeed, for W. Marc Gilfillan, CPA and it looks like we will be achieving our goal of DOUBLING Marc's business this year. It's only a matter of time. And, all that from a well orchestrated, ongoing, online marketing campaign designed to GET NEW CUSTOMERS. Yes, there is a difference between getting Traffic and getting customers. And that's can be the difference between failure and success.