Just about sixty-three percent of consumers will go to the internet to do research about your martial arts business before they contact you. About eighty-percent will start with a search engine.
Once they land on your site your you have about three seconds to capture their attention. If you don’t have some sort of lead generating and capture device your prospective martial arts student will go right on to the next martial arts business and forget about you.
Use compelling offers and give good value to get a lead into your marketing funnel.
When it comes to search engines.
To stay ahead on Internet Marketing trends it’s best to watch the big boys…
The big boys like Google of course – but also big internet retailers. Why? Because the competition for search engine placement is fierce for these companies.
Competing in your local area for search engine placement is easy compared to what these companies fight for!
So here’s what happened…
Back in April of 2010 Google made changes to their algorithm. One retailer, Ham-Go Dot Com, dropped from 5000 visitors per day to just 1200! OUCH!
Search Engine Optimization is something that needs to be kept up on if you want your martial arts business to remain visible.
Why?
– Changes like the one described above.
– New Competition coming into the market.
– And competitors who get savvy.
An 80% drop in your web traffic would not be good thing.
Of course – and 80% increase would be nice wouldn’t it?? So be sure your website for your martial arts school is based on solid marketing principles. Then, maintain your search engine strategy.