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Growing Your Reach Using Technology for SEO

Growing Your Reach Using Technology for SEO. BlogHer Handmade September 15, 2011. Connie Bensen @cbensen #bhhseo September 15, 2011. Connie Bensen. Community Management and Strategy http:CommunityStrategist.com. Know Your Audience. Who are your crafts for? (audience)

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Growing Your Reach Using Technology for SEO

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  1. Growing Your ReachUsing Technology for SEO BlogHer Handmade September 15, 2011 Connie Bensen @cbensen #bhhseo September 15, 2011

  2. Connie Bensen Community Management and Strategy http:CommunityStrategist.com

  3. Know Your Audience • Who are your crafts for? (audience) • What are they looking for? (keywords) • What supplies do you need (content) • Putting it together (crafting) • Tools to use (free technology)

  4. SEO Basics What do search engines prefer? Search engines rank websites on two factors: • Content and keywords (on-page) • Inbound links to your site (off-page) Two types of search: • Paid Search: Most common is Pay Per Click (PPC). The price increases with the popularity of the term. (Google Adwords & Facebook Ads) • Organic (or natural) Search: The phenomenon of ranking in search results due to keyword match and number of links to website. This is free! Research shows that people are 75% more inclined to click on organic results vs paid. (Hubspot)

  5. A Pattern for Blinging Out Your Blog • Gather list of Keywords - Tools • Optimized Blog – On Page SEO & Off Page SEO • Content & Editorial Calendar • Engage, share & network • Refine keywords & measure

  6. Keywords andTools

  7. Keyword Research => Market Research • Know Your Audience via Keyword research • What people are interested in • Relevance and reach • Insight into actual language • Competition and authority • Free Tools • KeywordDiscovery.com • Wordstream.com • SEMRush.com • Google Adwords, Insights & Trends • Facebook Ads

  8. KeywordDiscovery.com • Create a Free Account • Offers ability to drill in to terms on left (results show in right column)

  9. WordStream.com These free tools are located in the middle of the bottom of the page. Free Keyword Tool Free Niche Tool

  10. SEMRush.com • Volume indicates challenge to rank for SEO • Provides niche ideas

  11. Adwords.Google.com • Search by word, phrase or URL • Uncheck ‘Broad” and check ‘Exact’ • Star items and they are collected on the right

  12. Go Broad Rather than Narrow Common Mistake: A Keyword List of the most common terms How to Avoid that: • Consider many avenues (build a broad list) • Usethesaurus.com to find synonyms for your main terms • Find high-traffic phrases that are less competitive • Spy on your competition and look at their titles, meta tags, and content Use add-ons for Firefox or Chrome • Use BackLinkWatch.com and the URL to see pages linking to the site & anchor text Knitting types of yarn specific types of items (socks, baby items, sweaters, etc) techniques gift giving demographics: men, children

  13. Reverse Engineer Facebook Ads • Facebook.com/Advertising • Click on ‘Create Ad’ • Type any word in “Body’; Click on ‘Continue’ at bottom • Type the topic in the ‘Precise Interests’ field • Watch the dropdown as additional words appear and the respective audiences • Click on the right to add additional terms

  14. Google Insights for Search

  15. Google Trends

  16. Behind the Scenes

  17. On-Page SEO • Try Website Grader (www.websitegrader.com) to see how your site appears to search engines • Use keywords for: • Content • Page title • URL • Tags • Headings • Put keywords in the invisible places on your site • Meta-tags • Alt-text on images

  18. Off Page SEO • Build more links within context Anchor text: the text that is hyperlinked to another page on your site • Encourage inbound links from other sites into yours • Link building tips • Submit your website to directories like Yahoo! and Business.com • Build relationships with others in your industry (blogs) • Create compelling tools and content (that people will share & link back to) • freebies

  19. Content andEditorial Calendar

  20. Content is King • Interesting content is not enough • Need to focus on people that are interested in your topic • Use keyword research for ideas • Find related words • Create compelling headlines

  21. Engage, Share andNetwork

  22. Join the Community • Read industry blogs • Set up Google reader & subscribe to RSS feeds • Comment • Add a point, a useful link, ask a question or disagree • Write • Use your own domain (not blogger.com or typepad.com) • Find blogging software (MS LiveWriter) • Frequency of once a week • Topic Ideas • Lists • Recent experiences • Answer questions received • Comment on other blog posts • Convert a press release • Promote on Social Sites .

  23. Share • Help Others • Answer questions • Be helpful • Publish everywhere • Monitor what others publish and promote it • Use Tweetdeck • Use shareable sites • YouTube • Podcasts • Slideshare

  24. Refine Keywords and Measure

  25. Web & Social Analytics Blog metrics • Number of blog visitors • Number of subscribers • SEO • rankings • Technorati blog rank. • Number of leads and customers from blog Social Media metrics • Del.icio.us bookmarks • Inbound links • Facebook fans, Twitter followers, connections on LinkedIn SEO metrics • Number of inbound links • Keyword rank over time and compared to competition

  26. Make Keywords Are Your BLING! SEOMoz.com

  27. Thank you! Connie Bensen Connie_Bensen@Dell.com @cbensen http://slideshare.net/conniebensen http://CommunityStrategist.com

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