How marketing can dominate natural search

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Being more visible than your competitors is a basic requirement for success online although many marketers see it as a technical backwater. But today, marketing and PR are the key levers to beat competitors in natural search, while at the same time most marketing and PR agencies don’t understand natural search. So how can a hard working marketeer expect to achieve natural search dominance from this start-point? This session draws on Tolkien, Google and Text Book Marketing to illustrate how you can dominate natural search by working your existing marketing. Questions: 1. Why are marketing and natural search on a collision course? 2. How do I marshal ATL and BTL marketing to dominate natural search? 3. What is Google seeing when it looks at my website? 4. How do I influence my agency's behaviours to achieve natural search dominance? 5. What are the quick wins my marketing can do to move up search rankings?

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How Marketing Can Dominate Natural Search September 2013

Mark Iremonger

Chief Strategy Officer

@iremonger

Adam Skalak

Head of SEO

@adamskalak

Marketing

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ATL

BTL

PR .com

Social

Media

Earned

Perception & Relationship

Paid Awareness & Reach

Owned Behaviour & Action

End justifies means

Unethical shortcuts

Relentless & resourceful Independent

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Wise peacemaker Marshals resources

BTL

.com

Old School

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ATL

PR

Social

Media

SEO

Visibility

Partner

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ATL

BTL

PR .com

Social

Media

SEO

The One Ring

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ATL

BTL

PR .com

Social

Media

SEO

SEO

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WHY?

The Answer Is In The Story Search Then Now-ish

BY H

AN

D

Time

Traditional SEO Pillars

Technical Optimisation

Link Building

Keyword Optimisation

Website Visibility

Keyword Dominance

Increased Relevance

90%

4% 3%

Google

Bing

Yahoo!

Ask Jeeves

Other

Source: Hitwise (12 weeks ending Sep 12)

The Dominant Silverback

90% Of all UK Search

Do Great Content. Stop Gaming Me

Amplify User Signal Significance

In Search Results

Amplify Social Signal Significance

In Search Results

Stop Link Tactics

Influencing Search Results

Poor Content

In Search Results

TIME

Do Great Content. Stop Gaming Me Then Now-ish Next

BY H

AN

D

MICROSOFT BING

SOCIAL SIGNALS & USER DATA

LINK EQUITY

Time

PUB

CERTAIN

Less Influence More Risk

Impact 1: Unnatural Link Building Is Not Sustainable

Technical Optimisation

Keyword Optimisation

Unnatural Link

Building

More Influence

Impact 2: Two New SEO Pillars

New SEO Pillars

Influencer Engagement

Consumer Engagement

+ New Outcomes:

1.  Natural Links

2.  Social Signals

3.  User Data Signals Technical Optimisation

Keyword Optimisation

Unnatural Link

Building

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Restricted Content Slides 19-26

Unnatural Link Building

The New Pillars of SEO Maximise Effectiveness, Minimise Risk

Influencer Engagement

Consumer Engagement

Technical Optimisation

Keyword Optimisation

Connected SEO

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ATL

BTL

PR .com

Social

Media

SEO

SEO Influencer

Engagement Consumer Engagement

Will SEO remain in a silo in 2014? Connected SEO

ATL

BTL

PR .com

Social

Media

SEO

SEO

Are your agencies or organisation capable of supporting Connected SEO?

Do you have an influencer strategy that supports SEO?

How can you tap your other marketing activity to generate SEO value?

Do PR and SEO talk?

Do digital data insights feed into your marketing?

Is your SEO agency capable of being a ‘trusted partner’?

Does SEO contribute to campaign strategy and planning?