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SEO The Industry, The Agency, The Art
Scott Cowley scottcowley@zagg.com Twitter.com/scottcowley Linkedin.com/in/scottcowley ZAGG Facebook.com/zagg Twitter.com/zaggdaily ZAGGdaily.com
The SEO World
SEO In Agency Practice
SEO In Agency Practice Failure Points
Deal-Breakers Website Flash (Site can’t be indexed) (Lack of) Customization (Site can’t be fully optimized) Ugly/Untrustworthy (No traffic will result in sales) No Goal Tracking (Inability to show success) Complicated conversion process (High exit rate) Penalization (Delisted) Client Knows nothing about websites (2-3X the time to explain and implement) No communication/Too busy (Not invested, not truly happy) Knows everything (Won’t listen to recommendations) Ignorant changes (Setback to the campaign) Crazy (Distracts from project goals, improper expectations) Business Desperate (SEO must save the business) Legal red tape (Forbidden keywords) Some startups (Lack of business focus, new website, capital shortage, expectations) No development resources (Slow implementation)
Keyword Trends
Why Competitive Analysis?
Site Optimization On-page Optimization One Word…  Checklists
Link Building {Insert Open Discussion}
Link Building Spectrums
Doing vs Managing SEO
The Paradox
ZAGG.com 18 million site visits in 2010 3.6 million visits from search engine results 455,000+ Keywords (YTD 2011 has already exceeded 2010 results)
Using Social Media To Aid SEO
Quick SEO Wins
Webmaster Tools Audit
Content Search Result Audit
Analytics Audit
On-page Optimization Audit
Easy Linkbuilding Audit
Want To Learn More About SEO? *Books written since 2008 are 80% relevant (Read up on Panda) **SEOmoz.org, SEObook.com, SearchEngineLand.com ***Follow SEOs on Twitter, talk to SEOs at events
Scott Cowley scottcowley@zagg.com Twitter.com/scottcowley Linkedin.com/in/scottcowley ZAGG Facebook.com/zagg Twitter.com/zaggdaily ZAGGdaily.com

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SEO - The Industry, The Agency, The Art

Editor's Notes

  1. Bio Slide
  2. SEO Review
  3. The Account Manager Workflow
  4. The Account Manager Workflow
  5. Look at site, Talk to the client
  6. Keyword Research
  7. Competitive Analysis
  8. Site Optimization
  9. Link Building