subject: 6 SEM Tasks to Outsource to a Virtual Assistant [print this page] 6 SEM Tasks to Outsource to a Virtual Assistant
An Internet Marketing Virtual Assistant can assist with your search engine marketing by:Keyword Research and Selection - Keyword research can be incredibly time consuming, but without doing the proper research your marketing campaign is doomed for failure. An Internet Marketing Virtual Assistant (IMVA) is specifically trained in keyword research and can help you find the best keywords.Search Engine Competetive Analysis - Involves checking out what your competitors are doing. What is their Google page rank? What is their Alexa rank? It's essential to know what your competitors are doing and how they rank in the search listings. An IMVA can provide you with a detailed spreadsheet which will provide valuable insight on your competition.Google Analytics - This involves tracking visitor behavior and activity based on the particular PPC keywords you are bidding on. With Google Analytics you can effectively monitor PPC and natural search performance. Again an Internet Marketing Virtual Assistant has specific training to assist you with this task.Search Position Tracking - This involves using particular web tools to track current Search Engine Ranks based on particular keywords. Businesses who are performing a whole variety of SEO activities need to track their performance in the natural search listings for their target keywords.Link Building Activities - Link building refers to the process of getting high quality websites and blogs to link to your website in order to improve your Search rankings and listings. Link building involves:- - Submitting website and content (articles and press releases) to Web directories, Press Release networks, Article & Social media news sites- - Researching and sending link requests to quality, relevant sites- - Using Social Media and Blogs to build one-way links back to your site.Article, Directory, Press Release and Social Media Submissions - These are ongoing, time consuming tasks for all online business but they are essential in improving website rankings and web traffic. Article submission involves submitting keyword targeted articles to popular article directories such as Ezine Articles. With a Press Release you submit to Press Release Directories such as PrWeb. Social Media submission involves submitting and syndicating blog posts and articles through the major Social News sites (Digg, Stumble Upon, Redit, etc.).Some other online submissions - an Internet Marketing Virtual Assistant could do:- - Podcast Submissions - Submit your podcasts through popular channels as Itunes and Podcast.net- - Video Submissions - Sharing videos through YouTube, Meacafe, Viddler, etc. http://www.articlesbase.com/internet-articles/6-sem-tasks-to-outsource-to-a-virtual-assistant-2756368.html
