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In the last post we discussed the importance of a business remaining viable and newsworthy as a part of their effort to achieve a high enough level of success. The second that people stop talking is often when any momentum begins to decline as well. This same philosophy applies to a great number of businesses including web sites. With web sites, remaining viable and newsworthy comes down to working a comprehensive marketing program inclusive of a number of elements. As we discussed, the first element included in this comprehensive plan is search engine optimization as this is essentially what will get visitors in the door. Following is:

• Substance. Search engine optimization does a web site no good if it attracts web traffic only to let them down once they get there. A web site – if it goes to the trouble of marketing itself aggressively through SEO – essentially owes their visitors the payoff of finding the products, services, and information they were promised. Those web sites that are not able to deliver will not find themselves in the game for very long.

• Marketing above and beyond. Networking is key to survival in a number of industries and the online arena is no exception. In order to keep the buzz alive, web sites must be committed to engaging in the networking practices that are effective online including reciprocal linking, posting on social and business networking sites, and promoting themselves in whatever marketing vehicle that presents itself.

Online marketing can be ambiguous and it is up to the web site owner to be creative and aggressive in their efforts. Often a web site optimization firm can be quite helpful on this front – helping web sites to think outside of the box and expand their ideas of marketing in order to be most successful.