2. • Vice President of Client Solutions and Success for
DigitalRelevance
• 12 years plus digital marketing leadership
experience
• Directly responsible for managing multi-million dollar
campaigns for many Fortune 500 clients
Twitter | @MartyAMuse
Email | marty.muse@relevance.com
3. • SEO Manager at Rackspace Hosting
• MBA in Marketing from University of Texas at
Austin
• 7 Years online marketing experience including
SEO, PPC, Email, Social & Product Management
• In-house marketer for a range of Startup to Midsize
to Fortune 50 companies
Twitter | @drwhitworth
Email | david.whitworth@rackspace.com
4. 1. Eco-system update
2. Shift to inbound marketing
3. Impact and evolution
4. Campaign
5. Key takeaways
6. Rise of earned media
Agenda
8. The shift to inbound marketing
“…make sure that your site adds value. Provide unique and
relevant content that gives users a reason to visit your site first.”
- GOOGLE’S WEBMASTER GUIDELINES
Marketing ecosystem
9. Impact and evolution – Rackspace
On-Page/Technical
SEO Consultant
Content Strategist
10. Percentage
increase in (not
provided) data in
web analytics
August ‘11-July ‘13
Inbound Marketing – Driving Traffic and Leads
0.0%
10.0%
20.0%
30.0%
40.0%
50.0%
60.0%
70.0%
80.0%
Month
Aug-‐11
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Oct-‐11
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Dec-‐11
Jan-‐12
Feb-‐12
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Jul-‐13
Google Announcement Firefox 14 launches with
defaulted SSL searches
11. Campaign – Goals, Strategy and Tactics
Strategy
§ On-page relevancy
§ Earned media signals
Goals
§ Increase organic traffic
§ Increase brand authority Tactics
§ Leverage earned media
§ Increase social signals
§ Implement content strategy
21. What’s next for Rackspace?
Continue to expand scope of
SEO engagement to include all
Rackspace product lines
utilizing an integrated approach
CONTENT
STRATEGY
EARNED
MEDIA