Mortgage Broker SEO Services
Your goal is to drive more organic leads for your mortgage lender services. Our goal is to elevate your website’s conversion power and authority to boost business growth.
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How Our SEO Services Will Drive Leads To Your Mortgage Business
In today’s existing market, SEO is no longer a luxury, but a necessity if you want to beat out the competition in the competitive mortgage space. And, with over 92% of borrowers doing research online before even speaking to a lender, it is essential mortgage brokers have a strong online presence. Our 20 years of SEO experience combined with expertise in the mortgage space allows us to assess and pursue the best opportunities with the highest conversion power.
Unlike other agencies, we don’t believe in prioritizing SEO tactics that won’t move the needle. While some agencies will recommend dedicating hundreds of hours to lower impact fixes, we know your money and resources are more valuable than that. That’s why, using our SEO for Revenue methodology, we only focus on lead-driving tactics that will lead to meaningful business growth. We believe that the SEO strategies worth pursuing are the ones that increase revenue, not just rankings.
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What High Impact Mortgage SEO Services Does Our Agency Provide?
1. KEYWORD RESEARCH AND SEARCH INTENT ALIGNMENT
While it’s important to identify which keywords have the highest search volume, it’s even more important to make sure that those keywords match the intent of the page you want to rank.
- Understand the search intent of keywords you are targeting. We evaluate the keywords you are currently targeting that lead to rankings, but not conversions. Does the ranking page match the search intent of users searching for that keyword? For example, “mortgage broker massachusetts” would be best targeted with an informational directory or an optimized Google My Business listing, since the intent is to find different lender options in the area.
- Develop content to target new conversion intent keywords. We develop a keyword strategy that ensures we only target search result pages that align with your service offerings and will capture leads.
2. CONVERSION RATE OPTIMIZATION
We start with conversion strategy before developing content strategy. As a result, you will develop an intimate understanding of your customer–specifically the questions they ask when making a buying decision and the messaging that will convert them into customers.
- Identify pain points customers have. What are the questions someone is asking themselves before applying for a mortgage? Do they want to compare other lenders in the area or calculate their expected monthly payments? We recommend high impact ways to address these questions on your website.
- Align CTAs with your users’ journey. Based on your understanding of your customers’ motivations and pain points, we create custom call-to-actions with messaging that aligns with their search intent.
3. TECHNICAL SEO HYGIENE
While technical SEO is important, most agencies recommend investing excessive time and money into technical fixes that don’t move the needle. We only prioritize addressing technical fixes that will lead to meaningful organic visibility and revenue.
- Audit for technical issues. We develop a prioritized list of show stopping technical issues that need to be addressed in order for your site to thrive organically.
- Monitor your site’s technical SEO hygiene. We consistently monitor your site to ensure that if any new high-impact technical issues pop up, we address them in a timely manner before they affect your website, not after.
4. BRAND AUTHORITY BUILDING
What’s the reputation of your products from your own website? Do you have any online presence that can vouch for your mortgage services?
- Establish credibility in your industry. Partner with authoritative authors in your space, build relationships with top websites and mortgage broker directories, and develop a community around your brand through reviews and influencer marketing.
- Engage with current and potential customers. We create content and assets on your website that help current and potential customers answer questions about your brand and products, showing Google that you are the ultimate thought leader in your space.
5. Niche audience targeting
Oftentimes, we see a lot of mortgage websites leaving niche audience and use case opportunities untapped. We identify what niche audience and use case keywords should be targeted with a service page and optimize existing service pages to rank and convert better.
- Local audience targeting. We research the locations where your services are the most prominent and identify how to best target those local audiences through niche location pages, Google My Business, and more.
- Service page creation and optimization. In order for customers to find your services, it’s important to create specific pages targeted towards their unique needs. We optimize existing service pages to make sure they are targeting conversion intent keyword and develop new pages to target untapped customers.
6. CONTENT MARKETING For mortgage brokers
Our content team will audit all of your existing content, uncover opportunities for new or existing content, and build out content that performs.
- Competitor strategy gap. We take a deep dive into your SEO competitors to identify their content marketing strategy. Then, we find the gap that competitors in your space are not capitalizing on.
- Alternative content format creation. Although blog content can drive traffic, oftentimes it is resource intensive and doesn’t lead to conversions. That’s why we identify if there are alternative content formats that will cost less to create and will lead to revenue. For example, location based landing pages or niche mortgage calculator pages.
Are Our Mortgage SEO Services Right For Your Business?
Hone In On Revenue, Not Just Traffic
Getting a lot of traffic, but not a lot of leads? Maybe you’re focusing on the wrong kind of traffic.
For example, we worked with a mortgage company who were seeing lots of traffic to their blog, but not a lot of leads. We quickly identified that their blog was targeting low intent topics like “Best Places To Live In Florida”. While this blog was ranking well and has some topical relevance, it has a much lower conversion intent.
Instead of continuing to focus on this low conversion intent blog content, using our SEO for Revenue methodology, we developed a niche calculator page strategy. This strategy led to the development of mortgage calculator pages customized for specific locations, such as “Greater Boston Mortgage Calculator”. Since these keywords had much higher conversion intent, the niche calculator pages led to an increase in leads.
Interested in learning more about our SEO for Revenue methodology and how it can apply to your mortgage business?
Case Study
Conversion focused content yields 4x leads for mortgage company
A tech-savvy company providing mortgage lending services approached Fire&Spark with stagnated organic search traffic. Using a conversion-focused approach, Fire&Spark prioritized developing their target customer, understanding what compels their customers to convert, and building content that aligns with their unique search intent.
Frequently Asked Questions About Mortgage SEO
What Is SEO In Mortgage?
In the mortgage space, SEO is increasing a site’s organic search exposure to increase organic traffic and conversions. Most search campaigns focus on search engines like Google, Bing, and Yahoo. An effective mortgage SEO strategy will not just focus on rankings, but will also focus on content marketing, conversion rate optimization, understanding your users’ journey, and more.
Where Can I Get Leads As A Mortgage Broker?
Here are 5 simple ideas for generating leads as a mortgage broker:
1. Increase your website’s presence on organic search result pages
By ranking for keywords like “mortgage brokers in massachusetts” or “how to apply for a mortgage?”, you increase your chances of obtaining leads through people searching for more information on applying for a mortgage.
2. Optimize your Google My Business listing
If your website is primarily local, or only serves mortgage borrowers in a particular area, it is essential that you have an optimized Google My Business listing. This ensures that you show up in the Google Map Pack that is featured on search results.
3. Ask to be featured on online directories
There are many mortgage directories online that list and feature brokers. Getting in one of these directories is a great way to grow traffic to your website and generate more leads.
4. Offer incentives for referrals
Offer previous customers an incentive to refer a mortgage borrower to your company. This is a great way to grow brand awareness through word of mouth.
5. Show off your expertise through thought leadership articles
Oftentimes, one of the biggest barriers to a customer converting is their trust in the mortgage broker. Creating content on high authority topics in the mortgage space is a great way to show users that you have experience and are a thought leader in the industry.
