In the beginning there was SEO. By stuffing the right keywords in the right places and buying some links, you could achieve web marketing greatness.
We all know those days are gone, and social media is a large reason why. Learn how things such as authority, relevance, and branding that cause social media to work well are the same things that cause SEO to work too. Discover specific ways that you can use social media to assist with SEO and your total web marketing campaign.
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Search vs. Social Media
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Organic search drives majority of all traffic
SEARCH VS. SOCIAL MEDIA
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Social traffic is catching up
http://insights.buzzfeed.com/industry-trends-2014/
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Social can drive more traffic than search
http://insights.buzzfeed.com/industry-trends-2014/
SEARCH VS. SOCIAL MEDIA
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Social media is ever more integrated into our daily lives
http://www.jeffbullas.com/2014/01/17/20-social-media-facts-and-statistics-you-should-know-in-2014/
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Time spent on social networks per hour
http://www.jeffbullas.com/2014/01/17/20-social-media-facts-and-statistics-you-should-know-in-2014/
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Businesses and marketers love social media
http://www.jeffbullas.com/2014/01/17/20-social-media-facts-and-statistics-you-should-know-in-2014/
SEARCH VS. SOCIAL MEDIA
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Social media can’t go it alone
Source: The Virtuous Circle: The Role of Search and Social Media in the Purchase Pathway, February 2011
http://www.wpp.com/NR/rdonlyres/CA49ED29-06A4-4E10-A1F0-C25BAA35CF2A/0/groupm_search_the_virtuous_circle_feb11.pdf
51%
48%
1%
Search & Social Conversions
Search Alone
Search + Social
Social Alone
SEARCH VS. SOCIAL MEDIA
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How Social Media Changed Web
Marketing
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Social media is sexy
Alluring
Top of
Mind
Sought
After
HOW SOCIAL MEDIA CHANGED WEB MARKETING
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Social media is closely tied to branding and loyalty
Source: The Virtuous Circle: The Role of Search and Social Media in the Purchase Pathway, February 2011
http://www.wpp.com/NR/rdonlyres/CA49ED29-06A4-4E10-A1F0-C25BAA35CF2A/0/groupm_search_the_virtuous_circle_feb11.pdf
64%
Consumer Connections via Social Media
AFTER Purchase
Likely to Follow
Unlikely
Unsure
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Social media influences purchasing decisions
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Internet Search
Blogs
User-generated
Message boards
Social networks
Magazines
TV
Newspapers
92%
53%
46%
34%
26%
20%
Info for Purchasing Decisions
Media Used Frequently* by US Internet Users** to Find Information
to Help with Purchase Decisions, March 2010
eMarketer.com
79%
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Do social shares help with SEO?
http://moz.com/blog/google-plus-correlations
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6243451
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The real question: Does social media help SEO?
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Correlation vs. causation
Source: http://xkcd.com/552
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Correlation can assist causation
Social Media --------------------------> Rankings
HOW SOCIAL MEDIA CHANGED WEB MARKETING
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Social media increases ranking opportunity
HOW SOCIAL MEDIA CHANGED WEB MARKETING
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How Social Correlation Impacts
SEO
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Quick indexing of socialized pages
Pages posted to
can be crawled quickly.
HOW SOCIAL CORRELATION IMPACTS SEO
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Grows exposure
HOW SOCIAL CORRELATION IMPACTS SEO
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Increases traffic to site
HOW SOCIAL CORRELATION IMPACTS SEO
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Indirect increase in links
HOW SOCIAL CORRELATION IMPACTS SEO
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Demonstrates popularity
HOW SOCIAL CORRELATION IMPACTS SEO
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Signal of relevance
HOW SOCIAL CORRELATION IMPACTS SEO
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Adds branding
HOW SOCIAL CORRELATION IMPACTS SEO
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Builds authority
HOW SOCIAL CORRELATION IMPACTS SEO
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Where is Web Marketing
Going?
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Google’s algorithm in…
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WHERE IS WEB MARKETING GOING?
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WHERE IS WEB MARKETING GOING?
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Google is just looking for the winners
WHERE IS WEB MARKETING GOING?
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Social Media is Just Rented
Space
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Posting to your social profiles is not enough
SOCIAL MEDIA IS JUST RENTED SPACE
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Blog to get social traffic to your website
Write Blog Posts
Link Back to Blog
Promote Blog Posts
on Social Media
SOCIAL MEDIA IS JUST RENTED SPACE
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Sales
Convert social traffic with email marketing
Social Media
Landing Page
Lead Gen
Form
Email
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• Email subscribers are more likely
to convert
• “Own” your list rather than
“renting” on social media
• Continue to “touch” subscribers
via email AND social media
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Importance of strong branding
Get your audience to follow you to new social
networks when old ones go out of style
(MySpace, anyone?)
SOCIAL MEDIA IS JUST RENTED SPACE
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How To Win At Social Media
(and Web Marketing Too)
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Write killer headlines
Direct Approach: Free Diabetes eBook
Indirect Approach: Cut the Sweet Talk
News Headline: Hospital Opens New Diabetes Clinic
How-to Headline: How to Lower Your Blood Sugar
Question Headline: Is Your Diabetes Out of Control?
Command Headline: Get Help for Your Diabetes Now
Reason Why Headline: Five Reasons to Get Diabetes Under Control
Testimonial Headline: “I Got My Life Back, Thanks a Diabetes Clinic.”
*Adapted from The Copywriter’s Handbook by Bob Bly and Copyblogger.com.
HOW TO WIN AT SOCIAL MEDIA (AND WEB MARKETING TOO)
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Each headline must do three things
Grab attention
Compel
Use keywords
HOW TO WIN AT SOCIAL MEDIA (AND WEB MARKETING TOO)
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Have a stimulating introduction
Grab attention
Compel
Use keywords
HOW TO WIN AT SOCIAL MEDIA (AND WEB MARKETING TOO)
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Add visual flare
HOW TO WIN AT SOCIAL MEDIA (AND WEB MARKETING TOO)
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Match persona to quality content
Website
Blog
News
Podcasts
Video
Photos
Articles
White
Papers
E-books
Case
Studies
E-mail
HOW TO WIN AT SOCIAL MEDIA (AND WEB MARKETING TOO)
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Stay organized and stick to the point
HOW TO WIN AT SOCIAL MEDIA (AND WEB MARKETING TOO)
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Speak human
HOW TO WIN AT SOCIAL MEDIA (AND WEB MARKETING TOO)
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Invest in
Chosen
Channels
Share Your
Content
Share
Others’
Content
Engage with Customers
in Two-way
Conversation
Engage with your readers
Social media is not a publishing platform, its an engagement platform!
HOW TO WIN AT SOCIAL MEDIA (AND WEB MARKETING TOO)
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Provide a solution for problems
Sympathize with their
needs
State importance of
solution
Explain solution you
offer
Show you care
Convince them you can
help
HOW TO WIN AT SOCIAL MEDIA (AND WEB MARKETING TOO)
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Ask (and answer) questions
Who?
What?
How?
When?
Where?
HOW TO WIN AT SOCIAL MEDIA (AND WEB MARKETING TOO)
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Make sure they learn something new
How to…
Ways to…
Ideas for…
News
about…
Recent
events?
HOW TO WIN AT SOCIAL MEDIA (AND WEB MARKETING TOO)
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Move them to take action
Tackle hindrances
Overcome obstacles
Justify the purchase
Provide examples
HOW TO WIN AT SOCIAL MEDIA (AND WEB MARKETING TOO)
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Make quality content findable
Keywords and
Long-tail
Phrases
Metadata
Headline
Useful
Content
Call to Action
HOW TO WIN AT SOCIAL MEDIA (AND WEB MARKETING TOO)
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Don’t depend only on organic traffic
Organic Reach
HOW TO WIN AT SOCIAL MEDIA (AND WEB MARKETING TOO)
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Set up remarketing ads on social media
Acceptable stalking . . . When done right
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