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Convergence of Search, Social & Content MarketingARNIE KUENN, PRESIDENT, VERTICAL MEASURES - @ARNIEK
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Twitter: @ArnieK #Content
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“…create great linkable content…”“…great content WILL triumph.”
– Matt Cutts, head of the webspam team at Google.
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Companies Are Getting It!
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Strategy & Audit
Research Ideas
Create Content
Optimize Content
Promote Content
Content Distribution
Build Links
Measure Results
Twitter: @ArnieK #Content
8 Steps in the Content Marketing
Chain!
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#1 Develop Your Strategy• Why are you creating the content you are creating? • Who is your audience and who are you?• What will you measure? What does success look like?
What is different a year from now?• Where do you plan to publish your content?• When & how will you develop your content? (Calendar!)
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#2 Keyword & Market Research
• Keyword research should be the foundation• Brainstorm for keyword phrases your customers use
when searching• Use your research to build targeted content • Think long-tail!• Try tools like:
– Google keyword suggest & instant search– Google Adwords keyword tool– Google Insights & Google Trends– SEOMoz.org Keyword Difficulty tool– Bing’s Commercial Intent
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Online Market Research• Check trending topics on Twitter, Yahoo and MSN• Look at answer sites like Yahoo Answers or LinkedIn to
figure out what people are asking about in your industry• Check sites like Digg, StumbleUpon, Reddit and Mixx. • What are your competitors doing that is working?
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Identify Types of Content to be Created
• Your research determines what types of content your audience prefers and consumes.
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Identify Where Content will be Placed
• Your Blog?• RSS feeds?• Social accounts?• News Feeds?• Sites for Videos, Images, Slides, PR, etc?• Your web pages for Videos, Images, Slides, PR?• Will you have content to download?
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#3 Create Great Content
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Brainstorm for Powerful Ideas
• Who?– Customers, Staff, Friends, Events
• What?– Highest Viral Potential– Easiest to Share– Drive User Generated Content (UGC)?– Add real value to the reader: Unique, Informative,
Entertaining, Relevant• And remember, customers don’t care about YOU!
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Must Have a Corporate Blog• Gives you a vehicle to post new content• Allows for internal linking• Keeps the search engines coming back –
have 434% more indexed pages*• Have 2X as many backlinks*• Your site gets 55% more traffic*• You have 79% more Twitter followers*
*Hubspot
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How Often?
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#4 Must Optimize Your Content• Content is found through social media and
search engines – so optimize it!• Web pages, News, Local, Images & Videos
1. Links pointing to your content2. Titles & title tags (viewed in results)3. Description meta tag (viewed in results)4. Image alt text tags 5. H1 Tag (headline tag – only one!)6. URL structure (short & include KW’s)7. Page load times
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#5 Promote Your Content• Understand who your
customer is and where they are online.
• Conduct PR and blogger pitches
• Develop relationships & build partnerships
• People share your ideas, link to your content.
• Those references and citations will help with rankings
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#6 Distribute or Repurpose Content
• RSS feeds• Email Campaigns• Article Syndication• Web 2.0 Sites• Social Media Sites• Video, Photo, Presentation & Podcasts sites• These links will help your rankings!
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#7 Build Links to Your Content
• Indentify low hanging fruit– Internal links– Blog & forum participation
• Targeted Links via…– Competitive research for similar content– Use search operators to find opportunities
• When all else is equal, links win!
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#8 Measure!
• Measure for successes… and failures• Check your rankings, traffic, conversions and
other key metrics• Focus on the strategies that are providing the
best ROI and keep rolling out the content
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Results Like This…
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19 out of top 25 landing pages
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All 8 Steps Matter
Available April, 2011
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When all the links in the chain work together, just as in a bicycle chain, the net effect is acceleration.
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Content Marketing WorkshopApril 7, 2011 in Phoenix
instructed by Arnie Kuenn, author of
Accelerate! Content Development & Marketing to Grow Your Business Online. Kuenn will guide students through the
8 Critical Steps in the Content Marketing Chain:
Each student will leave with:
Free copy of Accelerate! Free Copies of 5 How-to-Guides:
Facebook, Twitter, Keyword Research, Local Search, Blogging Workbook filled with exercises, resources and list of free tools!
Limited Seats AvailableRegister at verticalmeasures.com/workshop
Content Strategy PromotionKeyword Research Distribution
Content Development Link Building
Optimization Measurement
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Thank You!Q & A
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Contact: 888-476-1881 www.VerticalMeasures.com