2. About Me Director, Product Management @ Vocus Speaker@ SES, SMX, PubCon, Newcomm Forum, etc. Published in SES Magazine, PRSA Tactics, Visibility Magazine, DMNews, etc. Blogs @ newinfluencer.com and bloggingprweb.com MSc in Media/Comm. @ the LSE.
4. A press release is…. PR Publicity Media relations Communications SEO Link building Web traffic Customer acquisition ROI of Online News Releases, SNCR (2007)
5. The Case for Search Pew Internet and American Life Project (2009)
8. Journalist Media Consumption 91% of journalists reported using standard search engines to perform activities such as research companies, past media coverage and subject matter experts. Journalist Use of Search Survey, TopRank (2008)
12. Search Engine Optimization A set of methodologies that make it easier for search engines to find, index, categorize, and rank Web content. Lee Odden / TopRank Online Marketing
17. PPC (Pay-Per-Click) Headline Use keywords in your headline Draw the audience in Dynamic Keyword Insertion (DKI) Test Description Use a call-to-action (CTA) Get creative Test
SEO and PR are different fields Skillsets have been traditionally different
Great example of this is the study SNCR did a couple of years back What were the types of reasons that these two professionals were issuing news releases But the truth is that PR and SEO are comingled SEO people care about PR – but why should PR people care about SEO?
Because at the end of the day, PR is about connection.And when it comes to connection, nothing beats search online. Search seeps into everything – You might think, well news is my domain
But it’s not completely your domain….search is seeping into the newsphere. And search is not only dominating news consumers; but news producers
Journalists are using search to keep up on news.
And journalists are using search as a research tool. So we see that as PR professionals, search is becoming an increasingly important part of our everyday livesIt is impacting the way we need to connect with key audiences and key stakeholdersSo we are presented with the question – How do we use search to communicate?
And that is what we are here to discuss today. .
And that is what we are here to discuss today. . . And a good place to start is with a crisis
And that is what we are here to discuss today. . . And a good place to start is with a crisis
And that is what we are here to discuss today. . . And a good place to start is with a crisis
This is not the same results page as five years ago Today, search has become blended There are a lot of things to consider but also a lot of opportunities
PPC On demand Pay to play Complimentary to natural listings
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This is where things get a little more interesting Recently, we have seen Google serving news with more and more frequency News items are the most clicked type of result within blended search results (iProspect, 2008)News is our domain – but the prominence given to news by Google has also created a lot of interest in the SEO community
What are the important things to note in regards to ranking in news search. The other thing worth noting is that it’s not just about getting into mainstream news outlets.
It’s also possible to get into news search – Placement in news search is based on the outlet. News distribution services (like PRWeb) are considered to be news outlets by search engines. And the news release is something we are all familiar with But the optimized news release is something I want to focus on for a moment
On it’s surface it doesn’t seem fundamentally different than the press release we’re all used to – there is a title, sub-head, body, quotes, etc. The devil is in the details
On it’s surface it doesn’t seem fundamentally different than the press release we’re all used to – there is a title, sub-head, body, quotes, etc. The devil is in the details
If we go back for a moment we see that
For one, the optimized news release places a premium on keywords Keywords are important for a number of reasons
On it’s surface it doesn’t seem fundamentally different than the press release we’re all used to – there is a title, sub-head, body, quotes, etc. The devil is in the details
On it’s surface it doesn’t seem fundamentally different than the press release we’re all used to – there is a title, sub-head, body, quotes, etc. The devil is in the details
1. That is the power of anchor text.
This is not the same results page as five years ago Today, search has become blended There are a lot of things to consider but also a lot of opportunities
SEO and PR are different fields Skillsets have been traditionally different