2. Why Go Online? Website Necessities What Consumers Do Online Social Media Use is on the Rise Online Reputation Affects Consumer Decisions Agenda Consumers Watch Videos Online The Rise of the Smartphone The Shift from Online to Mobile All Online Advertising is Growing Is internet Worth for your Business?

3. Internet as One of Life's Fundamental Resources  Air  Water  Internet One of every three college students and employees surveyed globally (33%) believes the Internet is a fundamental resource for the human race Go Online

4. Why Go Online? Online Media is a Powerful tool for Building your Brand Connecting to Consumers Acquiring New Customers 24/7/365 Update Information Quickly Improve Communication

5. How Does the Web Affect Your Business? The Web is dramatically influencing consumer behaviour and changing how your business connects with potential customers. Web presence that allows Consumers to find you Connect with you Support you Do business with you online. This isn’t just a trend. It’s a new way of doing business.

6. We Spend Lot of Time Online Today, most Americans have access to and are using the Internet. In the U.S. alone, 82% of adults use the Internet, with the typical user spending an average of 38.8 hours per month online. That’s a little over an hour a day. And they spend a lot of that time on social networking, searching, and reading content.

7. Website Necessities Whether you’re a Barber Plumber Restaurant owner Jewellery maker Massage therapist Bakery Medical Non-profit organization Or “ Your Kind of Organization” A website is extremely essential in today’s viral digital World.

8. Every Businesses Need an Online Presence 85% of consumers are searching for local businesses online. But, there’s a big number of small businesses that might not show up online. Consumers Searching for Local Businesses Online Small Businesses Without a Website Small Businesses That Don’t Show Up in Search Results

9. Set your Website Goal A website without a goal is like a ship without a rudder

10. What is your website going to do for you? Set a SMART goal S pecific M easurable A chievable R elevant T ime-Bound

11. Examples of good website goals To increase email subscription numbers by 50% within 6 months To attract 10 new online requests for services per week To sell Products online with a total value of US$5,000 Per Month

12. How to Identify & Target your market ? Make your website for your market ; “not for your self”

13. Don’t try and appeal to everyone You will only dilute your Impact

14. Why would someone be interested in your website? Identify the benefits that your website provides

15. Who are your competitors targeting?  Can you target the same group?  Is there another untargeted group?

16. Can you appeal to this market more than your competitors?  What makes your product / Service stand out?  Is it realistic to enter this market?

17. Finally: Revisit your website goal and include any findings

19. Use Content to Meet Customer Needs

20. SEM Vs. SEO – What is the difference?

21. " 90% of all clicks happen on the 1 st page of Google results. If a user doesn't find what they are looking, they try again with a different keyword. "

22. Consumers Use Search Engines Consumers rely on Google, Yahoo!, and Bing to help them find information, making these search engines important tools in your online marketing strategy. Meet Customer Needs with the “RIGHT CONTENT”

23. Consumers Use Search Engines Consumers rely on Google, Yahoo!, and Bing to help them find information, making these search engines important tools in your online marketing strategy.

24. Consumers Use Search Engines Consumers rely on Google, Yahoo!, and Bing to help them find information, making these search engines important tools in your online marketing strategy.

25. Consumers Use Search Engines Consumers rely on Google, follow Google Webmaster guidelines to make it Google Friendly – we call it Optimize your Website Optimize your Website

26. Landing Page Alignment Promises Make sure your page title and copy match why/how your visitor arrived Make information simple to access If coming through paid search or display ads, make sure content look and feel match

27. Search Engine Rank Matters How well you rank in search engine results significantly affects whether or not consumers find your business, products, and services. Both paid search advertising and organic search engine optimization are essential tools to help you show up in search engine results.

28. The Most Important SEO Matrices

29. Social Media Amplify Your Reach with Social

30. Benefits of Social Advertising

31. Social Media Use is on the Rise Since 2005, social networking has been the fastest-growing online activity. 66% of adult Internet users access social media. It was ONLY 8% of online adults using social media in 2005. Now …..

32. Consumers Socialize Online Social networking is one of the most popular activities online. For some consumers, posting updates to their social media profiles has become part of their daily routines. People are engaging on social media.

33. Consumers “Like” Facebook There are 155 million Facebook users in the U.S.20 and over 955 million active monthly users in the world. Chances are, many people in your target marketing audience are using Facebook.

34. Consumers Socialize on Many Platforms

35. Online Reputation Affects Consumer Decisions Online reviews and recommendations are playing an important role in how consumers make their purchasing decisions. 7 out of 10 Consumers said they trust online reviews as much as personal recommendations. 5 out of 10 Consumers said they were more likely to use a local business that has a positive reputation.

36. Consumers Engage with Business Videos Online Because online videos are becoming more mainstream, consumers are becoming more willing to watch them to get the information they want. 8.5 out of 10 People may watch a video if it contains product information. 8.7 out of 10 People reported they may watch demonstrations of a product.

37. Conversion

38. Is it Worth ?

48. Internet Advertising is increasing in UAE?? Are you Digitally Ready??

49. "Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning." — Winston ChurchillWinston Churchill It’s your turn now!! The Digital Movement Just Begun?

50. QuestionsPlease