SEO and content marketing are two of the most crucial digital marketing strategies you need to implement in your business. Whether you run a small or large business in Dubai, you need to have SEO and content marketing to drive brand growth.
SEO
Before we discuss the difference between SEO and content marketing, you must have a solid understanding of what each of these strategies are. Let’s first have a look at SEO. SEO which stands for Search Engine Optimization refers to the process of making sure your site ranks high for keywords that are relevant to your business in search engines like Google.
Three Main Types of SEO
Technical SEO: This refers to improving the technical aspects of your website to increase the ranking of your pages in search engines. Some technical SEO tasks include creating an XML sitemap, applying SSL certificates, eliminating 404 or broken links, and so much more.
Off-page SEO: Off-page SEO, on the other hand, refers to the actions taken outside of your website to impact your rankings in search engines. This includes getting backlinks from relevant and authoritative websites that can help you increase your brand’s search engine rankings.
On-page SEO: This is where content marketing comes into play. On-page SEO refers to any content that’s available on your website pages. This includes your meta titles, meta descriptions, pages, links, blogs, product copies and more.
Content Marketing
If SEO focuses on search engine rankings, content marketing is all about creating customer experiences by building relationships and engaging with customers through content. Both SEO and content marketing is a long-term strategy and is less immediately achievable compared to other digital marketing strategies. However, both can offer tremendous results for your business once you have worked hard for it.
Types of Content
- Blog Posts
- Videos
- Images
- Case Studies
- Infographics
- E-books
Main Differences of SEO and Content Marketing
1. The Process
In SEO, you need to start with keyword research. Then you plan the content you want to create to help you target those keywords while still thinking about the valuable information you can offer to your customers. After planning and crafting the content, you also need to think about off-page SEO and Technical SEO. While content marketing always starts with customer research since you need to think about what your customers’ wants and needs are and how you can appeal to their emotions.
2. Content Placement
If you’re doing SEO, you will only need content for your website. However, if you want to focus on content marketing, you’ll need to produce content for different platforms such as your website, social media, emails and more.
3. Content Optimization
When doing SEO, we optimize content for both our clients’ target audience and the requirements of Google Algorithm. This is why it’s crucial to do keyword research first when doing SEO to make sure that we’re targeting the right keywords that will help our clients rank high in search engines. On the other hand, content marketing is focused on the quality of content and the needs of the target audience. Content marketing gives you more freedom when it comes to producing content since SEO can have strict requirements for you to rank high.
Does SEO and Content Marketing Work Together?
SEO and content marketing work hand in hand. SEO is the strategy used to get online users to visit your website while content marketing is what makes people stay and come back to your website. If you have bad content, you won’t be able to rank high on search engines and if you don’t rank well on search engines, customers won’t see the great content you have created. Therefore, you will need great SEO and content marketing strategies to be able to drive brand awareness, increase sales, and boost business revenue.
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