Is SEO is the right acquisition channel for you? — Farzad Rashidi // Respona

Farzad Rashidi, Lead Innovator at Respona, talks about strategies for organic growth. Do you know where people are looking for your products and services? When you're trying to figure out what the right acquisition channel is for your company, getting to know your customer’s journey is crucial to figuring out a long term acquisition channel. Today, Farzad discusses whether SEO is the right acquisition channel for you.
About the speaker

Farzad Rashidi

Respona

 - Respona

Farzad is Lead Innovator at Respona

Show Notes

  • 02:07
    Choosing the right marketing channels for your business model
    There are three main marketing acquisition channels. These channels include cold outreach, paid ads, and SEO. Take your business model into consideration when choosing channels.
  • 05:11
    Paid media investments
    Paid ads can generate a high volume of leads. However, targeted lead generation requires more budget, making it a difficult channel to scale for bootstrapped companies.
  • 07:12
    Using SEO as an organic growth channel
    Google is peoples go-to resource when searching for solutions. Through SEO optimization, you can get your site to show up in the places people search for products like yours.
  • 08:55
    Assessing marketing channel maturity
    Ultimately, the aim should be figuring out a long term acquisition channel. Paid ads and cold outreach provide the data that can help to determine the right acquisition strategy.
  • 10:45
    Researching customer journeys
    How your ideal customers discover your product should determine the marketing channels you focus on. Conduct customer interviews to determine the keyword to target.

Quotes

  • "After COVID, we noticed a significant drop in ROI. The fact is that when you double your paid ads budget, it doesn't normally result in double the conversions." -Farzad Rashidi, Lead Innovator, Respona

  • "Instead of spending all of our cash to become a household name, let's try to show up in places where people who are looking for a product like ours can organically find us." -Farzad Rashidi, Lead Innovator, Respona

  • "If you optimize your website to organically show up in search results for your target keyword, youll get an unlimited, evergreen flow of traffic thats consistently bringing you customers." Farzad Rashidi, Lead Innovator, Respona

  • "How are we going to acquire customers? Not only today, but five or 10 years from now. That dictates the amount of focus were putting on each channel." -Farzad Rashidi, Lead Innovator, Respona

  • "Up to this day, we still do paid ads and cold outreach. But, I would say 90% of our focus is predominantly on SEO." -Farzad Rashidi, Lead Innovator, Respona

  • "How your ideal customers come across your product should be crystal clear from your customer interviews and asking your target audience." -Farzad Rashidi, Lead Innovator, Respona

About the speaker

Farzad Rashidi

Respona

 - Respona

Farzad is Lead Innovator at Respona

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