S.M.A.R.T Report Card CSC – Digital Marketing Group

There is a massive opportunity to own the Internet with insurance. There is an enormous amount of competition and the business is massive. It is clear in the competitive landscape that the only thing that has been done is a website. Nothing in the basics of Social Networking, social media, content sites, authority sites, wiki’s, blogs, vlogs, podcasts, press releases, articles or testimonials have been done. Creating a targeted funnel to route traffic to the businesses website and blog will be easy. As customers look for an insurance provider in your industry, what will they find? The key is to create an online communications solution that works in tandem with your traditional means of client acquisition. Sales and marketing, brand affinity and brand strategy are easy to accomplish online. In our high level S.M.A.R.T. Report Card overview we outline some of the aspects of the industry that we believe are opportunity and some of the ways in which we can surgically define the business as well as catapult the brand online.

Search presence – Our finding for the name “mercury insurance” on Google ranks 1st in the organic search but has some digital reputation issues. Many other companies in both organic search and dynamic media search outperform any and all of your efforts for many of the high trafficked terms. We’ve selected only a handful of the hundreds of competitors online. We were not able to find you in organic search for the services that you sell. With our online platform we create for you it gives you your online foundation, syndication and other channels to own your industry online. Positive – Your website ranks first in the organic search. Negative – You need more search presence and content. Competitors findings –

Creating your foundation and funnel

Let’s take a look at where you stand online

Search & Social Marketing vs. your Website

The following images show sites or pages linking to your website and very little content or information about you online. Links: 2,520,000 This number is very high and indicates the potential strength of the brand online.

Site: 6,490 results

Social Networking sites – In our findings there is little to no social registry. With a vast amount of social networks there should be presence as well as syndication of all your sites to appeal to the search engines. This creates a customer funnel to your business. Currently there is none. Social networks are highly indexed by the search engines and create a massive search presence for your business. Whether it is for funding, customer acquisition, customer retention, or fund raising there must be a network of syndicated social sites to capture this traffic and to create a movement. In addition, when creating a presence online you want to make it easy for your audience to find you. One of the key ways to do this is to keep a consistent usernames across the Social Networks.

Presumers

Social & Search Registry We Checked 600 of the top blogs, book marking, photo, video, content, authority and social sites for your name.

Local Search – Your Agents Have no “bullets” (Exposure) Mercury Insurance agents are no where to be found in local search in every city we looked at. *customers search their local area and do business within a 5 mile radius usually. 60% of this traffic comes from mobile devices.

Good Job BUT -you are at risk “Los Angeles Car Insurance” search on google, pushed down the page but is letter “A” or #1 in google places.. I call this luck – Major issue with your places page and you lack reviews. You have not confirmed ownership and if you do not soon you will be removed.

Content site ranking There is no content site format and zero syndication for media delivery. You haven’t created any content sites. Competitor ranking There are dozens of other Insurance companies. Most of them have a much better position online. Many of them have much better reviews and web presence. However, in the search and social presence many of them have not created much of a diverse web and social presence. We find in this space that the surgical use of the Social Media and Internet Marketing strategies would have massive penetration and potential growth online.

Your Website from an SEO Perspective

Media Monitoring The current phrase ‘mercury insurance’ and ‘mercuryinsurance.com’ in the media from a content site and social site is virtually non existent. This is a great indicator that a digital media strategy set fourth to own the airwaves will be easy. The industry and surrounding industries around ‘mercury insurance’ are wide open from a brand affinity perspective relevant to metals and parts. The insurance business is highly competitive on the Internet and it is easy to develop penetration in these verticals online. Mercury Insurance can become the recognized brand locally, nationally and globally. A digital media campaign could easily be developed relevant to your products.

Overall online presence Our findings are conclusive there is little to no search presence. This presents great opportunity to Mercury Insurance, especially with regard to setting up your foundation online. Your online foundation will consist of a series of elements, such as social sites, content sites, blog sites, authority sites, and portals to syndicate the funnel to your business. We believe in 6 weeks time we can have all of this done to create a massive presence online

In the next several slides we show you the power of keyword and phrase marketing to demonstrate the overwhelming amount of search volume in your industry. Keyword and Phrase Marketing Analysis Mercury Insurance can be the leader online.

Keyword and Phrase Car insurance

Life Insurance

Renters Insurance

Business Insurance

Umbrella Insurance

In this initial S.M.A.R.T. Report Card outline. We have discovered massive opportunity for Mercury Insurance in the online sector. There is incredible opportunity for brand equity, brand strategy and brand affinity. We believe in a short period of time this online strategy can bolster the brand recognition through sales, marketing and joint ventures online. Mercury Insurance can be the leader of insurance and needs to participate in the online world for greater market penetration.