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Digital eMarketing        State-of-the-Art Techniques
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Communication or Marketing
  • The Essence of Marketing is Effective Communication


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Do You Know These Golfers?
How Do We Communicate – What Tools to Use
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“Desktop Marketing”
Using The Computer Screen
  • Today’s computer delivers messages everyday
  • Text, Graphic, Photographic, Audio, and Video
  • Messages are delivered with or without the Internet
  • 35 Million+ golfers are Internet users - NGF
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Asset Management
  • What is it . . .  Public Relations On-line for Clubs.
    • The assets – photos, logos, documents
    • Control over your image to the public
    • Easy access for employees, vendors, media
    • Asset distribution – use the Internet quick and easy
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Creating Assets
  • Present your property / project  1+ years early



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Asset Management
  • Log on and download your story/photo/logos
    • Password protected - Add and delete content


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Website Visitor Wants
It’s all about “ I ” – as in “ I ” want
    • I want club information - visitor
    • I want to find specific details - anyone
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Simple Navigation
    •  Collect Data -  Archive Articles -  A Resource – Links
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Photos and Content
    •  Four photos to support content – easy to navigate
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Unique Navigation
    •  A new way to open the site – note copy for search
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Nice Backdrop
    •  Very Interactive Site with Navigation
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Their First Site
    •  Founded in 1900 – Everybody Starts Sometime
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Tough to Find Photos
    • Be careful when choosing a panoramic design
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Tough to Find Photos
    • Good looking – just make sure of photos FIRST
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Designed For Quick Access
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Interesting Shape
    • Clear Navigation is a key to all sites
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Web Follows Patriotic Theme
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Traditional and Warm
    • Color alone made this site more interesting
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Outside the Box Site
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Build Website Traffic
  • Why will a visitor return to the website – sticky.
    • To purchase from the online golf shop/specials/coupons
    • To view the calendar of events or newsletter content
    •  Book, review, sign-up or reserve services (tee times?)
    • To send an e-postcard or view the web cam
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Simple Data Collection
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Digital Data Collection
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Match Content to Desire
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On-line Real Estate Request
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Digital Data Collection
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Digital Data Collection
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Good Communication Comes From Knowledge
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Create Multiple Data Lists
Customer service – Only send them what they want
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Top 10 Ways to
Collect Email Addresses
  • Preferred Golfer Loyalty Program
  • Website Collection
  • Auto-responders and “Send to a Friend”
  • E-Postcards
  • Joint-Venture eMail promotions
  • Digital photo shoot at your most scenic hole
  • Coupon redemption
  • Tournament registration with give-a-way
  • Online contest / give-a-way
  • Contest registration box
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The New Digital Tools
  • Online PR or Asset Management
  • Database Collection Techniques
  • “Hot Linked” Screensavers – Daily Branding
  • Broadcast eMail Programs and Tracking


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Screen Savers – Brands your Look Keeps you top of Mind with Your Member
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Direct E-mail Communications
  • Targeted permission based e-mail – Not Spam
    • Mail to your prospects and your members
    • Reminders for club specials – newsletter
    • Frequent but not annoying
  • Collect e-mail addresses
    • Opt-in forms on your website
    • Use surveys to target “likes” – “dislikes”
    • Sign-up at events
  • Use dynamic e-mail everyday
    • Image and presentation in color
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Standard E-Mail
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E-Mail Stationary
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E-Mail Stationary
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Interactive Stationary
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Interactive Stationary
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Target Marketing
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Newsletter Style eMail
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Built as Part of Your Website
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eNewsletter Looks Like Web
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Activity Report
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Real Time Stats
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Send to a Friend Link
Better than a forward – An endorsement.
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Driving in the Fog ?
How can you measure what you cannot see
  •  To achieve results you must know your activity.
  •  To achieve sales you must know who your client is.
  •  To keep members involved – communicate.
  •  eMail must be tracked to be effective.


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Are You Part of the Future?
How can eMail can help you market today
  • Custom templates to Improve Your Professionalism
  • Create Multiple Databases for each of your services
  • Reports – Know who read your eMail By Name
  • Drive clients to your on-line Information and Specials
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Google and SEO Techniques
The game has changed – so has search engines
  •  Load your site, or page descriptions with Key Words
  •  Provide content laced with your Key Words
  •  Meta-tags are page titles – if “Golf Lessons” is #1
  •    Say it - “Golf Lessons” – NOT Coaching-Instruction-Teaching
  •     Training-Education-Schooling . . . . www.wordtracker.com helps.


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Example Rich Content
  • The fastest way to improve is by taking golf lessons. By taking a simple golf lesson we understand the game at a much deeper level. Another advantage of golf lessons is your PGA professional can monitor your growth and set goals for your future golf lessons by any one of our certified teachers here at the Academy.


  • Weekday Golf Lesson Schedule:
  • Monday – Friday – 10:00 am
  • Weekend Golf Lesson Schedule:
  • Saturday – Sunday – 9:00 am


  • 7 uses of the key word – Golf Lesson(s)


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Are You Linked?
How can links can help you market today
  • Link your site to others . . .
  • . . . “Mutual Link Exchange”
  • Link to high traffic sites
  • Do contests with click links
  • Create a controlled Blog
  • Buy keyword Ads – Google/Others
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How to Make Changes
A few simple tricks
  •   Query your demographic and market to their desires
  •   Get your photography and branding assets in order – impressive
  •   Give your website a check-up from the neck-up
  •   eCommunicate to make them feel valuable – Track the results
  •   Work your web with keyword content and links or hire it done
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Digital eMarketing        State-of-the-Art Techniques
  • The Future is Yours – Is This the Year to Make a Change?
  • Go Home With a Plan
  • Talk to your eDesigner – Webmaster - Newsletter
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Our Expertise Include
  • Digital marketing and web site design
  • eMail Marketing programs and systems
  • Collateral brochures, copy writing and ad campaigns
  • Golf course and clubhouse photography
  • Media and public relations programs and consulting