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The Findability Formula: The Easy, Non-Technical Approach to Search Engine Marketing [Paperback]

Heather F. Lutze
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Book Description

March 9, 2009
To be successful in business you must be able to attract the right clients and persuade them to buy. However, on the internet, people only see what the search engines direct them to and the competition for those top spots is fierce. So how do you ensure that your business is front-and-center when prospects are searching for solutions? The answer is The Findability Formula. The Findability Formula is for anyone who wants to improve results from Internet marketing. The book is specifically written for business owners who are frustrated with a website that is not showing up in search results and not generating business. The Findability Formula will help readers understand how prospects and customers search for products and services on the Internet, and will show them, step-by-step, how to optimize their findability. The book will be a non-technical guide to effectively building and implementing, from the ground up, an Internet search marketing program that gets results. The reader will learn how paid search works, and how paid and organic search can work together to create optimum web visibility and reduce paid search costs over time. The basic message of the book is that there is a formula for findability and for converting prospects to purchasers.

Readers' Benefits from The Findability Formula:
* A complete step-by-step approach to search engine marketing applicable to any product or service, The Findability Formula will include easy-to-follow instruction from chapter to chapter as well as launch checklists in the appendix.
* The most up-to-date search research and statistics available, including uncommon ways to connect with your online buyer.
* Shows the reader how to avoid common search marketing mistakes that cost big money. How to not be bullied and take control of in-house e-commerce department strategies and SEM agencies.
* A small company can compete successfully in search with larger, well-established competitors. How to work smarter to get even better search engine "findability".
* Maximizes the reader's investment. The reader won't waste money by needlessly paying for "clicks" from customers who have no intention of buying. The investment in this book will be repaid thousands of times over.
* Saves time, money and energy in creating in-house search marketing programs and properly tracking results by keyword. Negates the need to hire outside SEM agencies

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"...shows how to position your business front and centre when prospects are searching online for solutions you can provide." (Globe and Mail, April 2009)

From the Back Cover

Get your business noticed—and make more profits!—with world-class search engine marketing

If you're dissatisfied with your Internet marketing, The Findability Formula will show you how to make your business more visible to customers when they're ready to buy.

Whether you're a seasoned search marketer, a paid search advertiser, or a complete novice, this book will help position your business front-and-center when prospects are searching for solutions online. In simple, non-technical language, renowned search engine marketing expert Heather Lutze reveals how to achieve "findability" through the use of the ideal keywords applied to both pay per click campaigns and organic search optimization. She includes a wealth of creative strategies for keeping campaigns fresh and effective, so that you can re-energize stale Web sites or tweak successful ones to make them even more profitable. In addition, Lutze explains how to respond to your customers and understand their issues, wants, and needs so that you can more easily turn prospects into customers. Her step-by-step approach, up-to-date research, and warnings about common pitfalls make this the ultimate practical guide to getting your business noticed on the Internet.

"Getting more attention than your competition is about more than Flash. The Findability Formula shows you how to get to the front of the line and stay there.?We could not have done it without?this book."
—Patrick Cox, President, TaxMasters (txmstr.com)

"Lutze is a true leader and visionary in SEM. Businesses of all types and sizes will benefit from reading her insights and implementing her recommendations."?

—Wendy St. Clair Pearson, Senior Director of Marketing and Communications, Verio, Inc. (verio.com)


Product Details

  • Paperback: 288 pages
  • Publisher: John Wiley & Sons; 1 edition (March 9, 2009)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0470420901
  • ISBN-13: 978-0470420904
  • Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 0.6 x 9.2 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (42 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #482,964 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Heather is the widely acclaimed speaker, trainer, and consultant who literally wrote the book on search engine marketing. Two books, in fact--The Findability Formula: The Easy, Non-Technical Approach to Search Engine Marketing and the brand new Thumbonomics: The Essential Business Roadmap for Social Media & Mobile Marketing. Her writing and in-demand keynotes and workshops are delivered with the same witty, "no-geek-speak" style that has managed to demystify internet marketing for countless business owners.

Breaking free of corporate "cubicle" jobs well over ten years ago with nothing more than a dream of entrepreneurship and a basement computer, Heather has built her business into a multimillion dollar Denver SEM company--the Findability Group.

These days, you will usually find Heather either preparing to leave for a speaking engagement or just getting back from one. (Apparently, jet-lag is not an issue.) As for her "street cred," Heather spent three years training advertisers in Paid Search techniques for Yahoo! Search Marketing. She is a member of the National Speaker's Association, a sought after Vistage International Speaker and has shared the stage with Tony Robbins Business Mastery in Fiji and London. And yes, Heather has even been on Oprah twice.

Heather founded Findability Group in 2000 in response to all the frustrated web site owners who had paid good money for beautiful, high-tech web sites that weren't bringing in business. Heather speaks around the US and Globally, please visit her at www.Findability.com.

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In the first part of the book Lutze starts out with the basic aspects of search engine optimization. Derry B. Betts  |  10 reviewers made a similar statement
I recommend this book to anyone who has this same need. Aymaraman  |  5 reviewers made a similar statement
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19 of 20 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is a great book for anyone just getting started with Search Engine Marketing as the author gives a great overview of the steps needed to set up pay per click campaigns.

Advanced users might find it a bit basic, but that's not who this book is designed for. This book is designed for the small business owner who knows Search Engine Marketing is an important web traffic driver for his/her business, needs to get up to speed fast, and wants someone to explain it sequentially.

The author does a great job in setting up Search Engine Marketing step-by-step in an easy to follow way that should be very helpful to anyone who has never run a marketing team and needs to learn to do this themselves.

There are more advanced books out there for those who need to delve into the nitty-gritty, but if you are just getting started, and are a non-technical person who wants easy to follow instructions, then this book is a must read.
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28 of 32 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Good place to start good results. May 20, 2009
Format:Paperback
I will keep this short and simple. I am a web developer ( stuffdone.com ) but not an SEO expert. I thought I would start to learn more.

I bought the book.
I followed the instructions.
I now have THREE different sites on page one of Yahoo ( without paying them their $299 fee! )
and one on page one of Google. All within two weeks of reading the book.

It works !
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great book for novices March 14, 2009
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As a beginner, I learned so much from this book, with easily understandable language and concepts...even I could do it!
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5.0 out of 5 stars I should not tell you this, but .....
Like most small business owners I am always looking for an edge, and one edge I found is Heather. She is one of my best kept secrets. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Christopher T. Fennell
4.0 out of 5 stars The Findability Formula : Helpful, but too Repetitive
This book was easy to understand and every concept was thoroughly explained. They main points are outlines clearly, but there is too much unnecessary repetitions of the same... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Megan Stotts
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book
I am studying this book and find it very good in giving me all of the things I need to think about and address as I go forth in building a web prescence. Very thorough.
Published 2 months ago by Grady T. Birdsong
4.0 out of 5 stars Great book on PPC and the Art of Keywords
I wanted an introduction to PPC, keywords and Google adWords, and landing pages so I knew this book was not about SEO. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Susana T. Hildebrand
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing book and easy to follow
Perfect for the beginner that wants to get results (I think even better results than than hiring a company to do it for you)
Published 3 months ago by Print Pointe
5.0 out of 5 stars great informations
learned alot about the internet and what you are looking to add to your web pages to get found, would recommend to someone wanting to do the research before failing by just setting... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Diane Pinger
5.0 out of 5 stars Just get it
I had the pleasure of learning about Heather during a webinar. What a wonderful firehose of information. I knew I needed the book. She tells you why and how to get found. Read more
Published 5 months ago by James Brewer
5.0 out of 5 stars The Findability Formula
Heather Lutze's information on internet marketing in The Findability Formula is easy to understand and complete. Read more
Published 14 months ago by cat303
5.0 out of 5 stars Informative primer on marketing with the search engines
David Ogilvy wrote "Confessions of an Advertising Man" and rocked Madison Avenue. He gave away his trade secrets! He told people how he came up with his campaigns! Read more
Published 17 months ago by Vincent Poirier
5.0 out of 5 stars Great read for those new to search marketing
I recently read this book, after building a few quasi-commercial websites, and much wondering how the world of paid search really works and how to leverage it. Read more
Published 19 months ago by Aymaraman
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Nora - Thank you so much for you kind words. I am very excited about this new book. I hope it really does help businesses draw back the curtain and get to the real issues of search engine marketing for business owners.
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