INTERNET MARKETING

The explosion of the Internet as a marketing medium has brought with it certain challenges and opportunitites for small business owners. Challenges because the platforms are so new and in some cases unfamiliar, and opportunities because the competitive landscape has never been more level than it is today. Everyday Joes have the ability to compete with megafirms in an unprecedented way. Many are, and winning big.

The viability of the Internet as a revenue-generating marketing medium is a forgone conclusion. Millions of companies around the globe, from Deloitte to Ferarri, and from your local church to the corner baker, are successfuly using the Internet to increase product awareness, drive engagement, and increase sales.

The Internet Marketing practice at First Blog Media is based on years of research and hands-on experience which has given us the insight we need to leverage the Internet for your brand. Our search marketing services include

• Pittsburgh SEO, which emphasizes best practices for keyword-rich content development with appropriate tagging for optimum results from the search engines like Google, Yahoo!, and Bing
• Pay Per Click Marketing, built around our partnership with Google and its Qualified Individual program.
• Local Business Optimization, which uses Google Places, Bing! Local, and Yahoo Local!, as well as review sites such as Yelp, Urbanspoon, and Citypages, to locally optimize your marketing message for your area.

Social Media

While seo and click marketing are the foundation of most Internet Marketing campaigns, social media, and in particular Blog platforms such as Wordpress and Tumblr, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube, have emerged as tremendously useful media for enaging with your clients and users in never-before-seen ways. We've distilled all of our social media insight into four services, CrowdBlogger, Facebook BOOST, Twitter Engagement Stream, and YouTube ViewJump. While each of these are designed to function on its own, we've built them with integration and interoperability and mind. Choose any one, or combine them to expose new layers of powerful, profitable engagement.