Convergence of Social & Search

Impacting Your Search Visibility Using Social Media

Presented by:

David WallaceCEO/Founder - SearchRank

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Search Marketing Used To Be Easy

The Early Days

Title tags, meta tags, header tags, content, & image alt attributes did the job!

It didn’t take a genius to perform SEO!

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Birth of Google & PageRankAddition of Google

Birth and prominent growth of Google necessitated the need for inbound links.

Link Building industry is born!

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From Links To Social SignalsGoogle Trying To Be Facebook

Now that Google wants to be a social site, social signals are an integral part of their search algorithm (Google+, SPYW).

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Where Are We Now?On-Page SEO + Link Building + Content Marketing = Success

• On-Page Optimization (SEO) & Link Building are still essential ingredients, however they alone are often not enough.

• Google moving away from PageRank & focusing on social signals makes Content Marketing via Social Media another essential ingredient.

• Content Marketing Examples

- Resourceful Posts (Top 10s, How-Tos, etc.)- Guest Posts- Memes- White Papers- Videos- Infographics

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Infographic MarketingWhile a relatively new term to Internet marketing, infographics have been used throughout history, even dating back to the cavemen.

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It All Starts With a Great IdeaEvery great piece of content has to have its origin in the

quality of an idea!

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Ideas – Time Sensitive

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Ideas – Resourceful

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Ideas – Entertaining

Image Source: http://infographicjournal.com/geek-vs-nerd/

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Ideas – Historical

Image Source: http://www.palms.com/legendary-history-of-las-vegas-infographic/

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Back It Up With ResearchOnce you have a great idea in place, it’s time to gather the

research. Depending on the nature of the piece, your research may contain

• Historical Facts

• Current Data/Trends

• Creative Ideas

Make sure you list citations!

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Make Sure She’s PrettyA good idea is crucial, but how it looks is not far behind in

importance.

• Do you want your Infographic to stretch horizontally or vertically?

• Will you display a smaller version of it or crop a section out?

• Make sure format loads relatively quickly (.bmp, .png and .tiff bad idea)

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Promoting InfographicsHow and Where?

• The general nature of the piece will determine which social networks it will do best on.

• Share on Facebook & Twitter; consider utilizing Facebook Ads & Sponsored Tweets.

• Use StumbleUpon Paid Discovery to draw more attention to your Infographic.

• If content is interesting, time-sensitive or controversial, it should do well on Reddit.

• Set up and post to Pinterest, Tumblr and visualize.us accounts.

• Send an optimized press release via online PR sites such as MarketWire & PRWeb.

• Utilize dozens of bookmarking sites including Infographic sites (next slide).

• Having a large network of followers (influential status) will help promotion efforts.

• If you lack influence, it might be wise to hire someone who does to share content.

• Include an “Embed This Code!” (http://infographicjournal.com/embed-code-generator/)

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Promoting InfographicsInfographics Archives/Directories

• Infographic Journal – http://infographicjournal.com/

• visua.ly - http://visual.ly/ (self-serving)

• Cool Infographics - http://www.coolinfographics.com/

• InfographicsArchive - http://www.infographicsarchive.com/

• Infographic Site Dot Com - http://infographicsite.com/

• Submit Infographics - http://submitinfographics.com/

• OMGInfographics - http://www.omginfographics.com/

• The Infographics Showcase - http://www.infographicsshowcase.com/ ($100)

Additional Sites – http://infographicdatabase.com/list-of-infographic-submission-websites/

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Measure For SuccessMeasure 3-4 Weeks After Publishing

• Use Google Analytics or similar to see how many people visited the Infographic, learn where they came from and even discover what they did after landing on the page.

• Utilize backlink checkers such as Raven Tools’ Backlink Explorer and SEOmoz’s Open Site Explorer to discover who has linked back to the piece.

• Finally you’ll want to see how the content did on the most popular social networks. How many Stumbles did it earn? How many retweets or Facebook shares? How many times was it “re-pinned?”

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Case Study - Barcodes

• Over 1,400 Stumbles• Over 100 Tweets; 100 Google+• Over 900 inbound links to date• Ranks # 3 for “how barcode scanners work”

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Case Study – QR Codes

• Over 1,300 Stumbles• Over 185 Tweets; 150+ Facebook Shares• Almost 800 inbound links to date

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Case Study – Infographic Journal

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Case Study – Infographic Journal

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Case Study – Infographic Journal

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Key Takeaways• Social signals are now integral to the ranking algorithm.

SEO and link building are still essential but you need social signals as well!

• Infographics are one of many effective content marketing strategies that can earn social signals.

• Infographics that are well thought out, well designed and marketed aggressively can do very well across multiple social platforms.

• If you have yet to establish a social media presence on all the major sites, what are you waiting for?

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Thank You!

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