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An Analytical 
Approach to SEO 
Content that Converts & 
Doing More with Less 
https://www.flickr.com/photos/usgeologicalsurvey/
using referral data for 
an audience analysis 
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find these guys instead 
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92% fewer visitors 
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672% more likely to 
convert 
https://www.flickr.com/photos/1234abcd/
this is simple shit! 
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@McGswagg https://www.flickr.com/photos/midima6n/
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$4,000 
1.08% Conversion Rate 
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$10,000 
1.37% Conversion Rate 
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$4,000 
1.08% Conversion Rate 
$10,000 
1.37% Conversion Rate 
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26% higher Conversion Rate 
from the republished article 
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Another 
Comparison 
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$7,500 Quote Requests 
0.62% Conversion Rate 
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$27,000 
4.73% Conversion Rate 
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$7,500 
0.62% Conversion Rate 
$27,000 
4.73% Conversion Rate 
@McGswagg
Don’t 
assume. 
@McGswagg 
Use your data. 
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92% fewer visitors 
@McGswagg 
672% more likely to 
convert 
https://www.flickr.com/photos/1234abcd/
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@McGswagg https://www.flickr.com/photos/va3u3vau/
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FIND 
KEYWORDS 
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that convert 
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OLD DATA 
organic keywords 
prior to September 
2013 
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GOAL 
TRACKING 
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KEYWORDS 
that convert 
https://www.flickr.com/photos/keylosa/ 
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EXPORT 
THAT 
SHIT! 
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CLEAN 
UP 
THE 
DATA 
search for 
common themes 
@McGswagg https://www.flickr.com/photos/jspad/
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REMOVE not provided 
REMOVE BRANDED 
REMOVE LOW 
PRIORITY 
Order A-Z 
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Visits Conversions 
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Visits Conversions 
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Is that so 
Keyword Planner? 
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https://www.flickr.com/photos/robsogood/
the reality 
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these 862 terms 
averaged only 5 
visits each 
over a year-and-a-half 
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750 of these terms 
each yielded only 1 
conversion 
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but that’s 
a cumulative of 
750 conversions! 
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which made up 
26% of their total 
organic conversions! 
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$375,000 
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low volume 
does not mean 
low value 
@McGswagg https://www.flickr.com/photos/malinkrop/
another way 
to find 
high value 
low volume keywords 
@McGswagg https://www.flickr.com/photos/22719239@N04/
sign in 
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before you 
hit enter 
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before you 
hit enter 
“average monthly search volume” 
10 
0 
0 
0 
20 
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after you 
hit enter 
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after you 
“average monthly search volume” 
hit enter 
0 
10 
10 
10 
10 
10 
10 
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follow the 
intention trail 
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0 
before you 
hit enter 
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0 
30 
10 
20 
40 
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after you 
hit enter 
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10 
0 
0 
0 
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@McGswagg Thank you mindmeister.com!! 74
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CLEAN 
UP 
THE 
DATA 
search for 
common themes 
@McGswagg https://www.flickr.com/photos/jspad/
anotherway to 
find high value 
longtail keywords 
@McGswagg https://www.flickr.com/photos/saxonmoseley/
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CLEAN 
UP 
THE 
DATA 
search for 
common themes 
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an average length of 5 words 
per search query 
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an average length of 7 words 
per search query 
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longtail and 
low volume 
align with 
hummingbird 
semantic search 
intention-based search 
mobile voice searches 
@McGswagg https://www.flickr.com/photos/nanagy9ei4/
create the content 
@McGswagg https://www.flickr.com/photos/rubin110/
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How’d it do? 
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March 1 – July 31, 2014 
Organic 
Visits 
8,443 
Organic Quote 
Submissions 
9 
Conversion 
Rate 
0.11% 
Original 
Content 
[30 Pages] 
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March 1 – July 31, 2014 
Organic 
Visits 
8,443 
Organic Quote 
Submissions 
9 
Conversion 
Rate 
0.11% 
Organic 
Visits 
703 
Organic Quote 
Submissions 
6 
Conversion 
Rate 
0.85% 
Original 
Content 
[30 Pages] 
Longtail 
Content 
[17 Pages] 
92% fewer visitors 
672% more likely to convert 
@McGswagg
low volume 
does not mean 
low value 
@McGswagg https://www.flickr.com/photos/malinkrop/
Amanda McGowan 
@mcgswagg 
SEER Interactive
Appendix
you didn’t have 
goal tracking enabled 
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ADVANCED 
SEGMENTS 
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An Analytical Approach to SEO & Content that Converts

Editor's Notes

  1. Not surprisingly many longer tail terms are extremely intention based include ‘I want to’ and also highly related to full length questions, but the same terms appear repeatedly for many brands
  2. Not surprisingly many longer tail terms are extremely intention based include ‘I want to’ and also highly related to full length questions, but the same terms appear repeatedly for many brands
  3. Now that we understand this and we understand what converts – lets make the content!