How to deliver cheap (not nasty) SEO - Brighton SEO 04/2014

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Full slide deck from my talk at BrightonSEO on 24th April 2014. Plenty of actionable advice on how to run a cheap SEO campaign without it becoming cheap and nasty, with proof that you don't need to break the bank to get results. This presentation also covers how to manage the expectations of your boss or SEO client when working with low budgets - while still providing ROI based on tangible KPIs.

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How to Provide Cheap(Not Nasty) SEO

Matt Fielding

@MattFieldingSEO

“I felt exactly how you would feel if you were getting ready to launch and knew you were

sitting on top of two million parts - all built by the lowest bidder on a government contract.”

NASA astronaut John Glenn

Respect your website enough not to hand control

to the lowest bidder

ROI:CHEAP ≠ NASTYSCALABILITY?

SIMPLICITY IS KEY

http://www.theholidaylet.com/checklist

http://www.theholidaylet.com/checklist

First things first;

Manage Expectations

Realistic expectations

• Realistic ROI model• Improve year-on-year revenue• Conservative % increase• Positive return relative to profit margins• Work towards agreed targets

Rankings and traffic are indicators of progress, not measures of success.

Tangible KPIs

E-commerce client – local print service provider

Revenue from organic search

+92%year-on-year

Do you need more traffic?

Do you need more traffic?

If your traffic doesn’tCONVERT

increasing trafficis not an efficient way to increase

revenue

Do you need more traffic?Cost-effective CRO options:

Optimizely £12 p.m. free trial available

VWO $49 p.m. free trial available

Crazy Egg From $9 p.m. free trial available

Do you need more traffic?

CRO tips:

unbounce.com/blog/

conversionxl.com/blog/

visualwebsiteoptimizer.com/split-testing-blog/

Onsite SEO

Basic SEO issues:• Sitemap•404 errors

Onsite SEO

PageSpeedInsights

Cost = £0

Schema

•Microdata/structured data• Joint project by major search

engines (Google, Bing)• Communication of data

Schema

Schema

Cost = £0

Link Building

Leverage existing assets for links

Leverage existing assets for links

Images

http://themeld.co.uk/image-link-building/

Leverage existing assets for links

Information

http://www.physioroom.com/news/english_premier_league/epl_injury_table.php

Leverage existing assets for links

Othermarketingactivity

More cheap (not nasty) link building

Blogging – nasty:

• Low-quality content• Loosely-related• Written to increase # of indexed pages

More cheap (not nasty) link building

Blogging – nasty:

• Low-quality content• Loosely-related• Written to increase # of indexed pages• Copy of other people’s posts

More cheap (not nasty) link building

Blogging – cheap:

More cheap (not nasty) link building

Blogging – cheap:• High-quality content

More cheap (not nasty) link building

Blogging – cheap:• High-quality content• In-depth• Break down longer articles into multiple posts

More cheap (not nasty) link building

Blogging – cheap:• High-quality content• In-depth• Break down longer articles into multiple posts• Genuine expertise

More cheap (not nasty) link building

Blogging – cheap:• High-quality content• In-depth• Break down longer articles into multiple posts• Genuine expertise• Shareable – prove it through promotion

More cheap (not nasty) link building

Blogging – cheap:• Promotion is key

More cheap (not nasty) link building

Blogging – cheap:• Promotion is key• Won’t build 100s of links overnight

More cheap (not nasty) link building

Blogging – cheap:• Promotion is key• Won’t build 100s of links overnight• Discovered through longtail search• Quality posts attract links

More cheap (not nasty) link building

Blogging – cheap:• Promotion is key• Won’t build 100s of links overnight• Discovered through longtail search• Quality posts attract links• Leverage internal links to commercial pages

More cheap (not nasty) link building

• Blogging – cheap:

http://www.mattfieldingseo.co.uk/improve-ctr-with-magnetic-meta-descriptions/

More cheap (not nasty) link building

• Blogging – cheap:

http://www.mattfieldingseo.co.uk/improve-ctr-with-magnetic-meta-descriptions/

More cheap (not nasty) link building

• Blogging – cheap:

More cheap (not nasty) link building

• Blogging – cheap:

Good thingshappen when you

blog…

Good thingshappen when you

blog……well

Cyrus Shepard - http://moz.com/blog/bad-linkbait-needs-to-die

“You can turn any unique knowledge into a linkable asset

without shooting a video or adding fancy graphics”

Matt Fielding – Brighton SEO

“You can turn any expert knowledge into a linkable asset

without shooting a video or adding fancy graphics”

Thanks!@mattfieldingseo | @custardmedia

mattfieldingseo.co.ukcustard.co.uk