Diamonds in the Rough

Many of these keywords may not be available for PPC, due to their low search volume. However, they potentially represent millions of dollars to be captured via B2B search engine optimization.

Take, for instance, a B2B company whose goal it is to be an integral part of its customers supply chains. Landing a customer doesnt mean one sale. It means a long-lasting relationship with regular deliveries on a daily or weekly basis. When these relationships periodically go out to bid, its often the purchasing departments responsibility to find alternative suppliers to evaluate. In the case of new supplier relationships, an engineer in the prospect organization may need a supplier to help in the manufacturing of a new product being designed.

When searching for alternative suppliers, people in the purchasing department often get fed up with researching a lot of companies just to find out if those companies even have the capabilities to deliver what they need. That frustration often leads to some creative searching. Instead of searching for companies that extrude aluminum profiles, searchers may type in the number of the unusual aluminum alloy needed (e.g., those used in the aerospace industry.) In another example, in looking for a finishing company, rather than search for finishing companies, the searcher may simply type in the obscure number of the finishing specification needed by his customer (e.g., PV 98015 for the wheels of a BMW).

By remembering to include and optimize information related to these obscure specification numbers on your site, you make the searchers job extremely easy. Not only are you likely to be one of only a handful of potential suppliers in the search results, but your knowledge of obscure specifications creates credibility in the mind of the searcher, i.e., if you list this obscure specification number, this must be what you specialize in.

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