Think Outside The Search Box by Mike Mindel

Wednesday, 27 November 13
THINK	
  OUTSIDE	
  THE	
  
SEARCH	
  BOX

Wednesday, 27 November 13
Mike	
  Mindel
•
•
•
•

CEO,	
  Founder	
  of	
  Wordtracker,	
  the	
  first	
  industry	
  standard	
  Keyword	
  Tool.
Started	
  1998,	
  same	
  year	
  as	
  Google	
  was	
  founded.
14	
  years	
  technical	
  and	
  digital	
  markePng	
  experience.	
  
It's	
  simple	
  -­‐	
  we're	
  sPll	
  around!

Why listen to me?
Wednesday, 27 November 13
We	
  believe	
  that	
  markets	
  reveal
themselves	
  through	
  words.
“Markets are places
where people trade, and
goods and services are
exchanged.”
Wednesday, 27 November 13
The	
  words	
  people	
  use	
  online	
  indicate	
  
their	
  thoughts/needs/wants.
collapsible
shot
glasses

Wednesday, 27 November 13
Buyers	
  use	
  words	
  to	
  get	
  what	
  they	
  
want.

Wednesday, 27 November 13
Sellers	
  use	
  words	
  to	
  a:ract	
  buyers.

Wednesday, 27 November 13
Words	
  are	
  the	
  bridge	
  between
buyer	
  and	
  seller,	
  between	
  the	
  customer	
  
and	
  your	
  business.

Wednesday, 27 November 13
The	
  buyer	
  has	
  many	
  op4ons.

Wednesday, 27 November 13
Buyer	
  decides	
  which	
  words	
  to	
  use.
Pia

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sso

Piano Lessons

Pi

Wednesday, 27 November 13

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Le

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Seller	
  chooses	
  words	
  to	
  a:ract	
  buyers.	
  
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Piano Lessons
Piano Lessons

Pi

Wednesday, 27 November 13

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Le

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If	
  you	
  use	
  the	
  wrong	
  words	
  for	
  your	
  
market,	
  the	
  customers	
  won't	
  find	
  you!

Wednesday, 27 November 13
If	
  you	
  use	
  the	
  language	
  that	
  people	
  
actually	
  use	
  in	
  the	
  market	
  in	
  your	
  
website	
  then	
  you	
  become	
  more	
  visible.
Yaay, I'm visible!

Wednesday, 27 November 13
Words	
  are	
  the	
  bridge	
  between
buyer	
  and	
  seller,	
  between	
  the	
  customer	
  
and	
  your	
  business.

Wednesday, 27 November 13
The	
  3	
  big	
  quesEons	
  for	
  the	
  seller.
1. How	
  do	
  I	
  find	
  a	
  big	
  and	
  profitable	
  enough	
  market?
2. What	
  content	
  should	
  I	
  create	
  for	
  my	
  website?
3. How	
  do	
  I	
  structure	
  my	
  website	
  to	
  get	
  the	
  most	
  
targeted	
  traffic?

Wednesday, 27 November 13
What	
  are	
  the	
  s1cky	
  words	
  I	
  can	
  create	
  my	
  
site	
  with?	
  This	
  sEckiness	
  is	
  key!	
  Keywords.	
  

Wednesday, 27 November 13
Coffee	
  machines

Wednesday, 27 November 13
What	
  are	
  the	
  s4cky	
  keywords	
  from	
  the	
  
seller	
  perspecEve?
They	
  are	
  a	
  specific	
  type	
  of	
  words	
  which	
  deliver	
  higher	
  levels	
  
of	
  targeted	
  traffic	
  to	
  your	
  website.	
  These	
  kind	
  of	
  keywords	
  
usually	
  lead	
  to	
  more	
  conversions	
  and	
  more	
  profits.

Wednesday, 27 November 13
4	
  criteria	
  for	
  selecEng	
  high-­‐performing	
  
sEcky	
  keywords?
1.
2.
3.
4.

Traffic	
  -­‐	
  more	
  people	
  that	
  search,	
  the	
  more	
  popular	
  the	
  keyword.	
  
Relevancy	
  -­‐	
  words	
  must	
  be	
  relevant	
  to	
  your	
  content.	
  
Compe11on	
  -­‐	
  number	
  of	
  web	
  pages	
  opPmised	
  for	
  that	
  keyword.
Commerciality	
  -­‐	
  where	
  is	
  your	
  visitor	
  in	
  the	
  buying	
  cycle?

Wednesday, 27 November 13
The	
  buying	
  cycle
Awareness

Review

Buy

Wednesday, 27 November 13

Interest

Research

The	
  thought	
  process	
  we	
  all	
  go	
  
through	
  when	
  we	
  buy	
  things	
  
online
The	
  keyword	
  buying	
  cycle
Awareness

Review

Buy

Wednesday, 27 November 13

City	
  breaks

Interest

Research

Crown	
  plaza	
  paris	
  
review

Crown	
  plaza	
  paris

Paris	
  city	
  breaks

Paris	
  hotels
You	
  use	
  these	
  keywords	
  to	
  focus	
  your	
  
content	
  &	
  make	
  it	
  visible	
  &	
  sPcky.

Wednesday, 27 November 13
A	
  high	
  score	
  in	
  each	
  of	
  the	
  four	
  criteria	
  
means	
  a	
  keyword	
  is	
  a	
  high-­‐performing	
  
keyword,	
  not	
  just	
  any	
  old	
  keyword.	
  
Can you remember
the 4 categories?
Wednesday, 27 November 13
A	
  high	
  score	
  in	
  each	
  of	
  the	
  four	
  criteria	
  
means	
  a	
  keyword	
  is	
  a	
  high-­‐performing	
  
keyword,	
  not	
  just	
  any	
  old	
  keyword.	
  
1.
2.
3.
4.

Wednesday, 27 November 13

Traffic
Relevancy	
  
Commerciality
Compe11on
Without	
  strength	
  in	
  these	
  four	
  
criteria,	
  you	
  just	
  have	
  a	
  word,	
  not	
  
even	
  a	
  keyword.	
  
Words	
  by	
  themselves	
  don't	
  convert	
  and	
  
usually	
  aren't	
  profitable.
Wednesday, 27 November 13
No	
  Adwords	
  for	
  "cat"

Wednesday, 27 November 13
Cats	
  are	
  cute.	
  We	
  like	
  cats.

Wednesday, 27 November 13
TradiEonal	
  source	
  of	
  keywords?	
  Search	
  
terms	
  from	
  keyword	
  tools.

Wednesday, 27 November 13
Layer	
  more	
  data	
  to	
  find	
  the	
  high-­‐
performing	
  keywords	
  -­‐	
  the	
  ones	
  with	
  
the	
  most	
  poten4al.
1.
2.
3.
4.

Wednesday, 27 November 13

Traffic
Relevancy	
  
Commerciality
Compe11on
You	
  need	
  a	
  lot	
  of	
  search	
  data...
•
•
•
•

Over	
  15	
  years	
  worth	
  of	
  keyword	
  data.
We	
  now	
  have	
  around	
  3.5	
  billion	
  searches	
  every	
  month.
350	
  million	
  unique	
  keywords	
  and	
  counPng.
Segmented	
  down	
  to	
  the	
  minute	
  and	
  the	
  postcode.

Wednesday, 27 November 13
Problem	
  with	
  using	
  just	
  search	
  data:	
  
narrow	
  results.

Wednesday, 27 November 13
Problem:	
  Google	
  turned	
  the	
  
lights	
  out!

Wednesday, 27 November 13
A	
  soluEon?

THINK	
  OUTSIDE	
  THE	
  
SEARCH	
  BOX

Wednesday, 27 November 13
A	
  soluEon?

Think	
  less	
  about	
  search	
  data	
  and	
  more	
  
about	
  where	
  to	
  find	
  words	
  that	
  
ma?er.	
  

Wednesday, 27 November 13
We	
  believe	
  those	
  words	
  can	
  
come	
  from	
  anywhere!	
  

Wednesday, 27 November 13
Words	
  are	
  everywhere.
•
•
•
•
•
•
•

It's	
  how	
  we	
  express	
  our	
  intent	
  on	
  the	
  web
Every	
  word	
  is	
  a	
  potenPal	
  keyword
Anchor	
  text	
  in	
  links	
  contain	
  keywords
Every	
  web	
  page	
  is	
  full	
  of	
  keywords
Every	
  Google	
  search	
  is	
  full	
  of	
  keywords
Every	
  Twicer	
  page
Meta	
  data
look see we're words and
we're everywhere!

Wednesday, 27 November 13
Get	
  words	
  from	
  everywhere?	
  
Use	
  Wordtracker	
  Scout!

Wednesday, 27 November 13
Uncover	
  the	
  true	
  language
of	
  your	
  market

Wednesday, 27 November 13
Keyword	
  tool	
  example:	
  
coffee	
  machines
useful but
narrow results

Wednesday, 27 November 13
Google	
  Search:	
  Coffee	
  machines

Wednesday, 27 November 13
Scout:	
  Coffee	
  machines

Wednesday, 27 November 13
Scout:	
  Coffee	
  machines

Wednesday, 27 November 13
Scout:	
  Coffee	
  machines

Wednesday, 27 November 13
Scout:	
  Coffee	
  machines

Wednesday, 27 November 13
Scout:	
  Coffee	
  machines

Wednesday, 27 November 13
Scout:	
  Coffee	
  machines

Wednesday, 27 November 13
Import	
  into	
  a	
  project/list

Wednesday, 27 November 13
Let	
  your	
  compe4tors	
  do	
  your	
  
research	
  for	
  you.	
  

Wednesday, 27 November 13
Google:	
  Coffee	
  machines

Wednesday, 27 November 13
Amazon:	
  Coffee	
  machines

Wednesday, 27 November 13
Scout:	
  Coffee	
  machines

Wednesday, 27 November 13
Scout:	
  Coffee	
  machines

Wednesday, 27 November 13
Scout:	
  Coffee	
  machines

Wednesday, 27 November 13
Problem	
  with	
  using	
  just	
  search	
  data:	
  
narrow	
  results

Wednesday, 27 November 13
Scout:	
  Coffee	
  machines

Wednesday, 27 November 13
WT:	
  Coffee	
  machines

Wednesday, 27 November 13
Best	
  market?

Coffee	
  maker	
  may	
  have	
  been	
  a	
  more	
  
profitable	
  market	
  to	
  target.

Wednesday, 27 November 13
WT:	
  Amazon	
  keyword	
  list

Wednesday, 27 November 13
Scout:	
  Wikipedia	
  keywords

Wednesday, 27 November 13
Takeaway

We	
  believe	
  that	
  markets	
  reveal
themselves	
  through	
  words.

Wednesday, 27 November 13
Takeaway

Words	
  with	
  high	
  traffic,	
  relevancy,	
  
commerciality	
  and	
  reasonable	
  
compe44on	
  are	
  keywords	
  because	
  
they	
  generally	
  lead	
  to	
  	
  more	
  traffic	
  and	
  
conversions.
Wednesday, 27 November 13
Takeaway

Think	
  outside	
  the	
  search	
  box	
  to	
  find	
  
more	
  high-­‐performing	
  keywords	
  than	
  
just	
  using	
  a	
  keyword	
  tool	
  by	
  itself.

Wednesday, 27 November 13
Takeaway

Use	
  Scout	
  to	
  mine	
  the	
  web	
  and	
  uncover	
  
the	
  true	
  language	
  of	
  your	
  market.

Why wouldn't you?
It's free!
Wednesday, 27 November 13
Free	
  Chrome	
  plugin

www.wordtracker.com/scout
@mikemindel
facebook.com/mikemindel
mikemindel@wordtracker.com

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Think Outside The Search Box by Mike Mindel