We spend a lot of time discussing how beneficial a blog is to a managed service provider—or any B2B organization, really—as it serves as a simple means of attracting attention from search engines, demonstrating your business’ value, and boosting awareness of what problems you can solve for them. One question remains, however:
How do you get the appropriate eyes on your blog?
A major point of your website is to attract prospective clients to your business, educate them about your services, and entice them to contact you for more information (or even sign up!). Of course, for this to happen, these prospects must first visit your website, contributing to the all-important metric known as traffic.
This is where your content can prove its worth. Let’s discuss using it to attract as much organic traffic as possible.
When you’re trying to advertise your MSP services, your content—the materials you share with your audience, like service pages, blogs, deliverables, social media, and others—and its quality will be critical to your success. You need your audience to be informed, engaged, and even excited about what you have to offer.
Of course, for your content to have a chance of inspiring these reactions, you need your audience to read it first.
“Content is king.”
This is a relatively common piece of marketing advice, but what does it really mean?
Simple: Regarding your marketing, your content will communicate most of your message with your audience. It pulls traffic to your website, gives visitors a reason to be there, and gives them ample opportunity to reach out to you. That said, your content also represents your business, so let’s discuss how to ensure your content puts you and your company in the best possible light.
Is your MSP’s marketing plan taking your content for granted or worse, “phoning it in”? As Google continues to focus on user experience, they have implemented “The Helpful Content Update.” The goal of which is to ensure content provides users with the information they are searching for, while penalizing organizations that fail to do so with reduced page position.
There is no denying that SEO can seem to be a little... nebulous at times. However, there are many ways to measure if SEO is working for your MSP: your analytics, search position, and of course conversions. Despite these tangible measurements, many MSPs don’t feel their SEO is working. Before you call it quits, here are some questions to answer before you give up on your SEO.
We often say that a business’ website should serve as the centralized hub for all of its marketing efforts. It is where you should direct your prospects and contacts to really hammer home your value proposition and push them to convert. Your blog can (and should!) play a role in all this.
Let’s review some practices that will help you optimize your blog and make it as beneficial as possible.
Any successful marketing effort that a managed service provider—or any business, for that matter—puts out will need to be designed with a few key questions in mind, regarding the content it includes. Who is your content meant to assist? Why is it that this content is important for your intended audience to see? What is it about your content that makes it uniquely helpful?
These questions are a critical element to what is known as a content marketing strategy. Let’s go over what one of these strategies is made up of, and how to use it to its fullest potential.
Success! Your marketing efforts have paid off, and you’re seeing leads for your MSP. The only problem is you don’t know what worked or why. Here’s how to help figure out what worked and how to keep the leads coming.
The task of creating blogs for your marketing might seem daunting. But remember, you're the expert when it comes to the services your MSP offers. You can use your blog as a platform to showcase your experience and insights, convincing readers of your unparalleled expertise.
Have you been running those free online SEO audits, and have been disappointed with the results? Instead of fearing your website is trash, take a moment to understand the pros and cons of a free online SEO audit.
Instead of slowing down your efforts to market your MSP during the summer slowdown, there is a case for continuing to promote your services and keep your MSP top of mind. Here are some ways summer marketing can benefit your business and generate leads.
Have you been investing time and resources in SEO, content, and marketing for your MSP and aren’t seeing your website as part of the search results? You could be a victim of the Google algorithm’s effect on your page position. Here are three metrics to focus on to ensure that Google sees you, and shows you to searchers.
Are you using the most effective keywords for your MSP marketing goals? Moveover, are you using keywords in the most effective way to rank on page one? Here are the best keywords and how to use them.
Marketing success for your MSP is never a sure thing. While it is understandable to want to give up if you don’t see success, the reality is unless you market your business, potential leads won’t know your MSP exists. Here are 3 takeaways to learn from your unsuccessful marketing campaigns.
Have you been putting off investing resources into marketing your MSP? As the new year starts, now is your chance to take the necessary steps to generate the leads your business needs to grow. Take a moment to consider these New Year’s resolutions you can do to bring your MSP to the attention of potential customers.
Are you ready to invest resources into marketing your MSP, but don’t know where to find a partner to help you reach your marketing goals? With many marketing agencies vying for your attention, it’s hard to know which one is right for you. Take a moment to learn how to choose the best marketing resource for your MSP.
What is MSP marketing? Managed services marketing focuses on helping boost visibility and generate sales. Here are six steps you can take to help market your MSP and gain the leads your business needs to grow.
Are you writing content, as a box to check off or treating it as a vanity project? In reality your content is the main generator of leads for your MSP. Here are eight ways to turn your content from fluff to profit for your MSP.
MSP marketing is different from how most other businesses market their services. First and foremost, when someone considers contacting an MSP, they usually do so when something goes wrong. MSPs don't rely on impulse buyers. No one wakes up deciding they need a server and a service agreement. So, how do you convince them that they do?
