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FOR BAITING BRAND
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STACEY CAVANAGH
HEAD OF SEARCH
TECMARK

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Link Bait
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But I don‟t believe Google
has rooms full of people
„doing‟ this manually

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BRANDS MAKE NOISE.

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GUEST BLOGGING
EDITORIAL
UP YOUR GAME.

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ALL GUEST BLOGGING WAS
NOT MADE EQUAL

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Play here and be seen by few

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Play here and be seen by many

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I hereby dub thee…

“Guest editorial contributor”

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THE FIRST HURDLE IS FINDING
THE RIGHT PUBLICATIONS

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AND NOT LIKE THIS…

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#1
• Which publications does your
client/boss/industry read?
• What‟s the best piece of coverage
your biggest competitor secured?
• What publications do your
customers/clients‟ customers read?
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#2

http://www.magazinesubscriptions.co.uk/magazines

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#3

http://www.allyoucanread.com/

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#4
Clean up your language

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SURVEYS MAKE NOISE

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I asked 1000 Americans to name a British City
other than London.

http://blogsession.co.uk/2013/09/british-cities/
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The investment in that piece of
content:
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$25 on survey responses

•

2 hours on writing the post
and some of the initial social
social sharing
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AWESOME. SO ALL I NEED TO IS
ASK SOME PEOPLE A
QUESTION?

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AND NOBODY GAVE A CRAP.

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#5
Surveys are kick ass – but
only if the results tell an
interesting story

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#6

www.quicksurveys.com

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#7

http://www.google.com/insights/consumersurveys/home

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DISCOUNT ALERT!!!
http://www.google.com/insights/consumersurveys/offer/eventcard

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#8

https://www.onepoll.com/

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FREEDOM OF
INFORMATION

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https://www.gov.uk/make-a-freedom-of-information-request
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It‟s generally free to request the information
but authorities can make a reasonable
charge if answering your request will take
a particularly long time.

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FOI REQUESTS
We‟ve asked:
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local councils about businesses in debt to them
(accountancy)

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the DSA about disqualified drivers by town
(automobile)

•

VisitBritain about their spend marketing Britain as
a tourist destination in various countries (travel)
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#9

http://goo.gl/MN1Ij8

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#10

https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/

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#11

http://journalisted.com/

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#12

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IMAGES FOR LINKS
ATTRIBUTION

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#13
Share your photos on Flickr
under Creative Commons.

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#13.5
And tell people how to
attribute.

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#14
On Page SEO for your
images.

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On Page SEO for your
images.

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#15
Off page SEO for your image
pages!

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#16
Chase up those who
don‟t credit!

http://www.google.com/imghp

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#17

http://www.imageraider.com/

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#18

Learn more at http://moz.com/blog/say-hello-to-fresh-alerts

http://freshwebexplorer.moz.com/

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PASSIVE IMAGE LINK
BUILDING IS GREAT.

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ACTIVE IMAGE LINK
BUILDING IS AWESOME

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#19
CENTRE OUTREACH
AROUND IMAGES

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#20
IF SOMEONE (INFLUENTIAL) USES
ONE OF YOUR IMAGES AND CREDITS
PROPERLY, OFFER THEM MORE
EXCLUSIVE ONES

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BUILD IT AND THEY
WILL COME.

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#21

http://www.buzzstream.com

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#22

http://www.grouphigh.com/

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#23

http://www.inkybee.com/

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#24

http://backtweets.com/

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#25

http://www.helpareporter.com/

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#26

http://flacklist.com/

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#27

http://www.newscertified.com/

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#28

http://muckrack.com/

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#29

http://wordpress.org/plugins/title-split-testing-for-wordpress/
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#30

http://www.outbrain.com/

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#31

Clicks available for pennies with carefully targeted
non-commercial keywords.

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#32

Approx $0.10 per view
https://www.stumbleupon.com/pd

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#33

http://www.zemanta.com/?wpst=1

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#34

http://www.reddit.com/ad_inq/

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#35

https://www.facebook.com/advertising/

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#36

Pick up the phone!

That‟s my Nan!
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THANK YOU

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http://www/gplus.to/staceycav

stacey.cavanagh@tecmark.co.uk

Stacey Cavanagh_SearchLove London 2013