How to Choose a Keyword for a Dermatologist Website

Posted: Saturday, September 17th, 2011 by | Filed under: , ,

Dermatology is an industry that offers a number of services, such as Botox, chemical peels, acne treatment, skin resurfacing and many others. All of these dermatology procedures are especially popular in New Jersey. When working on designing a website and implementing SEO into the content throughout the site, it’s important to do extensive keyword research. So, how do you choose keywords for a dermatologist?

Beyond the obvious, keywords referred to as local SEO keywords; include a geographical keyword/tag in the phrase. For example: “chemical peels northern NJ” would be a common phrase searched for in search engines. What’s important for businesses like dermatology is to dig deeper and use specifics. Local SEO is very important for any local business and geography is a large portion of what’s use by search engines to yield results. Combine general keywords, such as acne treatment, eczema, and others with a city, county, region, state or town.

When writing content for a website, you don’t want to go too big that search engines can’t distinguish which services you offer and which areas you service. Local SEO involves a lot of time and effort. As a dermatologist, it’s important to identify what areas are strongest for your business and what services you want to target. Focus on the top ten or top five and then go from there. Once you’ve decided on those, you can rank them on importance and begin the process. Read more …

Email Subject Line Best Practices

Posted: Monday, August 29th, 2011 by | Filed under: , ,

Knowing all the areas you need to cover in your email newsletter marketing campaign will give you the most value from your work. Once you’ve had a chance to evaluate the focus areas of your email, it’s important to craft an effective subject line. The subject line is almost as important as the content laid out in your email. It gives your customers a quick overview of what type of content is in your email.

An effective subject line will prompt your audience to open your email. It’s important to give your readers a peak at what’s inside through the subject line. Marketing with email is strategic and writing a subject line is tough.

There are some challenges that come with crating an effective subject line. Most email programs only display a certain number of characters (usually between thirty and fifty). This gives you a limited amount of space for your subject line. Aside from space allowance, your subject line needs to be catchy and intriguing – something that will cause your reader to open your email. Keep these things in mind when creating a subject line:

Theme: Most newsletter marketing campaigns are designed around a theme. Your email will most likely stay within a certain theme, which means your subject line should stay within that theme as well. Read more …