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  • Creating a safety net through quality contentSMX WestbyJosh Moody@gotmoody@97thfloor

  • introintro

  • we live in an unpredictable time

  • algorithms costing companies big $$$

  • you could be pushed out of sight

  • and your data could disappear overnight

  • no need to be afraid

  • you just need to mitigate riskby diversifying your traffic sources

  • social postcards

  • Social postcards for espnW

  • shared well on social

  • use as twitter cards

  • use as open graph images

  • picked up by many sites = referral traffic

  • social postcards increased Pinterest followers from103 followers

    3,770 followers

  • BuzzFeed

  • BuzzFeed had 941million views in the last 30 days

  • How can I get a piece of that traffic?

  • join the BuzzFeed communityhttp://www.buzzfeed.com/community

  • make sure your post is robust and picture/gif heavy

  • we added a social postcard and call to action at #3

  • thats what Im talking about

  • trafficWeve seen up to 10% of total views as referral traffic10% of 370,000 = 37,000 views

  • Slideshare

  • take some of your content

  • chop it up for slideshare

  • another infographic to slice up

  • chop it up for slideshare

  • Then reuse in BuzzFeedBuzzFeed postPlacement within post

  • Great exposure AND referral traffic!

  • Thank you!@gotmoodyJosh Moody97th [email protected]