Outreach for SEO: Is it all about Hustle?

Outreach:Is it all about hustle? ROB OUSBEY @RobOusbey

Rob OusbeyVP Operations, Distilled @RobOusbey

Rob Ousbey - @RobOusbey OUTREACH ≠ LINKBUILDING

Rob Ousbey - @RobOusbey Infographic Guest Posting • Strategy & Project Management • Strategy & Project Management • Idea / Concept • Outreach • Data Analysis • Content Generation • Design Work • Editing • PR • Outreach Linkbuilding isn‟t an activity. It‟s the outcome of a variety of disciplines.

Rob Ousbey - @RobOusbey Great Great concept & execution outreach Great outreach is necessary but not sufficient for success.

Rob Ousbey - @RobOusbey Priorities for Outreach Build Relationships Get Coverage Acquire Links

Rob Ousbey - @RobOusbey People

Rob Ousbey - @RobOusbey Hustle Get it done. Get it done fast. Get it done no matter what.

Rob Ousbey - @RobOusbeySmart & Gets Things Done via Joel Spolsky: http://dis.tl/smart-gtd

Rob Ousbey - @RobOusbey Creativity & Ingenuity Internet Savvy & Fluency Curiosity http://www.seomoz.org/blog/what-makes-an-effective-link-builder

Rob Ousbey - @RobOusbey Passion

Rob Ousbey - @RobOusbey Team Building + Recruitment

Rob Ousbey - @RobOusbeyInterviewingSmart & GTD, Enthusiasm: ConversationGTD & Hustle: ‘tell us about a time’ when you got something done though there were policies or other roadblocks in place that made it difficult.Hustle & Ingenuity: ‘tell us about a time’ when you tried something new, and it failed or didn‟t work out.

Rob Ousbey - @RobOusbeyInterviewingCuriosity & Ingenuity: discuss any problem or issue; assess though processCuriosity: what‟s the latest new thing you‟ve learned?Web-fluency & Savviness: The „Internet Test‟

Rob Ousbey - @RobOusbey Processes

Rob Ousbey - @RobOusbey Identifying (Blogger) Targets

Rob Ousbey - @RobOusbey Men‟s Fashion Blogs allintitle:list fashion men Rock Climbing Blogs allintitle:"list of" climbing blogs Yoga Blogs “list of” intitle:blogs intitle:yoga People have done the manual work to curate lists of blogs. Google has done the work to rank these lists. Via GroupHigh: http://dis.tl/qeJlSi

Rob Ousbey - @RobOusbey Competitor Analysis • Find good-looking linkbait • See who embedded / linked to it • See who linked to those embeds Via @GeoffKenyon at Distilled: http://dis.tl/outreach-targets

Rob Ousbey - @RobOusbey FollowerWonk.com

Rob Ousbey - @RobOusbey Niche Directories Processing / Outsourcing www.blogged.com/directory Google Docs / APIs dir.blogflux.comwww.tumblr.com/tagged/your+topic www.mturk.com your-topic.alltop.com www.odesk.com

Rob Ousbey - @RobOusbey EG: beer.alltop.com

Rob Ousbey - @RobOusbey Making Contact

Rob Ousbey - @RobOusbey Dear Blogger: Love, Website A single step approach to outreach leads to getting what you want, or not. Usually, no one ends up happy here.

Rob Ousbey - @RobOusbey Hi John, I’m Sam from LearnToCook.com. We’re running a competition for bloggers to win an iPad and a ‘Learn To Cook’ gift box. Let me know if you’re interested in entering your blog, and I’ll send you all the details. Best wishes, Samantha A shorter introductory email means you can contact more people, but with lower barriers to response it is usually more engaging.

Rob Ousbey - @RobOusbey Dear Blogger: Dear Blogger: Dear Website: Dear Website: Love, Website Love, Website Love, Blogger Love, Blogger A longer conversation – a „multi-step‟ approach – likely brings better results. If there‟s only one change you make to your outreach efforts, do this. It forces you to build relationships.

Rob OusbeyFirst Contact StrategyFor example:• Follow them on Twitter• Comment on their blog• Retweet something of theirs• Tweet at them• Comment again on their blog• Email them

Rob OusbeyFirst Contact Strategy Follow Blog Comment Retweet @ mention EmailJonathan Smith ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓Joseph Bloggs ✓ ✓Annabelle Other ✓Stanley Burrell ✓ ✓

Rob Ousbey - @RobOusbey Objections

Rob Ousbey - @RobOusbeyObjections☺ Would you like to link to MyShop.com?☺ I can‟t right now☺ Would there be a better time?☺ Sure, I‟m traveling at the moment, but I‟ll be back next week.

Rob Ousbey - @RobOusbeyObjections☺ Could you link to our „Computers‟ page?☺ I‟d love to, but I have a relationship with another PC retailer.☺ We also have an „electronics‟ section, which is also awesome.☺ Sure.

Rob Ousbey - @RobOusbeyObjections☺ Can you link to our „Hawaii Vacations‟ page?☺ Sorry, the site has a policy of not linking to commercial content.☺ What about our free „Pacific Travel‟ ebook?☺ I‟d love to.

Rob Ousbey - @RobOusbeyObjections☺ Can you share our „reduce your electricity bill‟ guide with your readers?☺ That looks really cool, but I‟m far too busy at the moment.☺ No problem. If you only have a few seconds, but would like to help, perhaps you could retweet this for me?☺ Retweeted.

Rob Ousbey - @RobOusbeyObjections A few objections will account for a massive proportion of the people you contact. This will take Hustle & Ingenuity.

Rob Ousbey - @RobOusbey Journalists

Rob Ousbey - @RobOusbeyContacting JournalistsContacting the News Desk can be reasonably successful – for news Contacting the journalist is fine – but no one persuades them to write a particular story first timeIf you‟re an expert – plus personable, respectful – you’ll be a useful contact for them to have

Rob Ousbey - @RobOusbey PRIORITY: Stay on their radar. (But don‟t overdo it.)

Rob Ousbey - @RobOusbey Back to the Process

Rob Ousbey - @RobOusbey Know your VIPs Very invested in / big fans of your brand Knew you well when you contacted them Might talk about you regularly on Twitter May already link to your new content Have responded to outreach in the past

Rob Ousbey - @RobOusbey Keep your VIPs Keep in touch Flatter them Give them things that will benefit you Give them anything else you can think of

Rob Ousbey - @RobOusbey Outreach Metrics

Rob Ousbey - @RobOusbeyOutreach MetricsSimplest measure that exists: Unique Linking Domains AcquiredData comes from: Your own success information Tweets, analytics services SEOmoz / OpenSiteExplorer

Rob Ousbey - @RobOusbeyOutreach MetricsDerivative metrics, eg: ULDs / hourAllows for work to be broken down by tacticClassifying links gives more detailed information about ROI

Rob Ousbey - @RobOusbey With No Anchor Text Anchor Text Great Good Average Poor

Rob Ousbey - @RobOusbey With No Anchor Text Anchor Text Great 3 18 Good 5 Average 16 22 Poor

Rob Ousbey - @RobOusbey With No Anchor Text Anchor Text Great Good Average Poor

Rob Ousbey - @RobOusbey Tools

Rob Ousbey - @RobOusbey Buzzstream ToutApp FollowerWonk Linkstant

Rob Ousbey - @RobOusbey Linkstant.com – new link alert tool. Downside: built by some amateur hacker. Upside: at least it‟s free.

Rob Ousbey - @RobOusbey Look for people with hustle that are smart who can get things done who demonstrate creativity constantly solving problems who are continuously improving with passionate about the brand to get working on Outreach for your brand.

Rob Ousbey - @RobOusbey Create a „multi-step‟ process for your outreach

Rob Ousbey - @RobOusbey Consider how you can improve „first contact‟

Rob Ousbey - @RobOusbey Tabulate objections

Rob Ousbey - @RobOusbey Stay on the radar of the right journalists

Rob Ousbey - @RobOusbey Know your VIPs and do something awesome for them

Rob Ousbey - @RobOusbey Track your metrics Analyze them Iteratively improve them

Rob Ousbey - @RobOusbey Hustle

Thank you! @RobOusbey Rob Ousbey

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