FSU MBAA Social Media Forum - "Succeeding In Business With Social Media"
1. MBAA Social Media Forum – "Succeeding In Business With Social Media" April 6th David Wells Founder of SocializeYourCause.org Inbound Marketing Consultant @HubSpot Twitter: @DavidWells
2. What did I get myself in to? What is Inbound Marketing? Overview & why you should care The three key components SEO, Content Creation, and Social Media SEO, Content Creation & Social Media How these concepts can apply to you in your soon to be job search A.k.a Personal Branding! 2
32. Summary: SEO Ground Rules Page 1 is all that matters Never-ending long term process Every page should be different Don’t obsess over individual ranks Leverage the long tail Measure traffic and leads/sales 26
39. A Word of Caution Writing for your personas DOES NOT mean writing about the products and services you sell them Write about the things they want to learn about
40. Biggest Blogging Mistake A “free” URL from Blogspot or Typepad HubSpot.blogspot.com – NO! HubSpot.typepad.com – NO! Blog.HubSpot.com – Yes HubSpot.com/Blog – Yes SmallBusinessHub.com – Yes
41. Blog Frequency Steady readership? At least weekly, more is better. SEO focused? Frequency is less important.
45. Ducks in a row 1. On page SEO 2. Creating valuable Content 3. Building your community and social presence
46. Social Media = Cocktail Party Social media is similar to a cocktail reception Without constraints of time or space More public – easier for other people to listen in Flickr: TECHcocktail
49. Ask questions, trust others’ adviceJust like a networking event if you stand in the corner not talking with anyone, it doesn’t work You must be continually active! Flickr: TECHcocktail
71. Thanks for coming! David Wells InboundNow.tv SocializeYourCause.org Twitter: @DavidWells Email: Dwells@hubspot.com 60
Editor's Notes
Social media + blogging = organic SEO Growth. Provided you are creating remarkable content that is solving your respective customer base or future customer base’s questions and being a great resources
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This is a no brainer that costs 7 dollars a year.Hosting is rather cheap too at 6 dollars a month. Can you spend 151 dollars a year for a leg up against the competition? I think so.
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