Web content: Just make it good

My twitter feed has been going berserk this month with links, info and opinions about the quality of web content.

Why? Because it’s reckoning time. The internet isn’t a little kid anymore—it’s a recent college grad waking up and smelling the coffee. Online sales, ROI, content management, quality web content and keywords that convert are what matter. And what does that spell? It spells quality content. You need it to survive in today’s internet marketing world.

Kevin Cesarz’s recent post highlights one of the most annoying and ineffective types of online content: banter content. You might be excited that you have a new website, but no one else is. The only place to mention this is in a blog post or press release—not in the main content of your site.

What does this mean?

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Copywriting & SEO: Internet Marketing Magic

I’ve recently been reaching out to businesses in my area that are sanctioned to the 3rd, 4th and 5th pages of Google searches in their keyword markets. Many of these sites are basic info sites; they share contact information, basic principles and products/services the company offers.

In nearly every case, little or no attention is given to meta data, ROR sitemaps, Online indexing sites, html title and headliner tags or even keyword-rich content. These are the kinds of companies that can really benefit from a modest investment in content management. That’s where I come in. Copywriting is more than billboard advertisements and direct mail postcards: it is about generating quality content that sells your products and services. Often times that means getting search engines to give more value to your site.

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