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KEYWORDRESEARCHFOR SEORESEARCH, ANALYSIS, AND EVALUATIONWITH NICK EUBANKS @nick_eubanks

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TIP #1:DON’T MAKEASSUMPTIONS.DO RESEARCH. @nick_eubanks

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ASSUMPTIONS COST MONEYRESEARCH MAKES MONEY @nick_eubanks

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VANITY VERSUS TRAFFIC Vanity: We want to rank #1 for “plumbing Philadelphia” VS.Traffic: We want to rank #1 for relevant high traffic keywords @nick_eubanks

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LET THE DATA DECIDE @nick_eubanks

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NOW THAT’S OUT OF THE WAY… @nick_eubanks

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RESEARCH – WORD GATHERINGBrainstorming • Problem • What problems does your product solve? • Compliments • What phrases, adjectives, or nouns are tangential to your product but may be used to describe it’s function or benefit? • Product • Words directly describing your product • Adjectives that describe your product or it’s benefits @nick_eubanks

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RESEARCH – WORD GATHERING Industry: Pet Waste RemovalBut What’s THE PROBLEM? @nick_eubanks

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RESEARCH – WORD GATHERING Industry: Pet Waste Removal @nick_eubanks

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RESEARCH – WORD GATHERING Industry: Pet Waste Removal @nick_eubanks

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RESEARCH – WORD GATHERING Just Because This is Awesome @nick_eubanks

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RESEARCH – WORD GATHERINGUse Ubersuggest For What’s it’s Good For • Head term variations • Intent variations • Long-tail research @nick_eubanks

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RESEARCH – WORD GATHERINGNot So Sneaky Ways to Mine Competitor DataConversion Terms Traffic Terms Engagement Terms• PPC • Product Page Titles • Blog comments• URL Link Targets • Blog Post Page Titles • Executive Bio’s• Social Ad Titles • Guest Post Titles + • Public responses: • Linked In Anchor Text • Quora • Facebook • Social Profile Anchor • Linked In Text • InboundAnywhere there is a • Linked Indirect cost! • Google+ Anywhere they can describe their business Anywhere they can in their own words! edit their anchor text! @nick_eubanks

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LOOK AT HOWTHEY ADVERTISETHEMSELVES. @nick_eubanks

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RESEARCH – WORD GATHERINGAnalyze Customer Contact Channels: • Support Tickets • Sales team or call center reps • Contact Form Submissions • Social Media WITHIN your vertical • Linked In – Groups, questions, etc. • Quora – product or services related to your business • Yahoo! Answers • Twitter – conversations about the benefits of your product OR questions *hint* @nick_eubanks

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TIP #2: YOU ARE LOOKING FOR POSITIONING LANGUAGE. @nick_eubanks

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GOOGLE KEYWORD TOOL.10 KEYWORDS AT-A-TIME.DOWNLOAD ALLSUGGESTIONS TO EXCEL.REPEAT…REPEAT.. @nick_eubanks

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REPEAT @nick_eubanks

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DE-DUPE @nick_eubanks

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THAT’S WHERE YOU’REGOING, BUT WHERE HAVEYOU BEEN? @nick_eubanks

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ANALYSIS – PERFORMANCE AUDIT• Go into Google Analytics and pull down your top organic traffic driving keywords• Dump into Excel• Copy and paste into Google’s Keyword Tool• Divide potential traffic by actual traffic• Look for opportunities for rank and or content.Reference: http://www.zazzlemedia.co.uk/blog/keyword-performance-audit/ @nick_eubanks

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ANALYSIS – LOOK AT INTENTSearch intent is usually grouped into 4 top-level buckets:1. Navigational Queries Example: “skout media philly”2. Information Queries Example: “video production company works with milkboy”3. Commercial Investigation Example: “video production services in Philly”4. Transactional Queries “video production Philadelphia pricing”Reference: http://getstat.com/blog/search-intent-conversion-optimization/ @nick_eubanks

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ANALYSIS – SEGMENT FOR INTENT• Avoid low-intent keywords (informational) at least in your primary optimization investments• Common behavior of informational queries: • Contain words like “ways to,” “how to,” “what is,” etc. • Contain informational helpers like “list,” “playlist,” “top,” or “best” • Searchers tend to view multiple results pages (SERP’s) @nick_eubanks

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EVALUATION – VOLUME VS. INTENTRemember Vanity vs. Traffic?Same goes for Traffic vs. Conversion @nick_eubanks

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TIP #3: IF AKEYWORD CREATED A SALE, CHANCESARE IT WILL CREATE ANOTHERDON’T GET HUNG UP ON LOW SEARCH VOLUME IF IT’S CREATING REVENUE @nick_eubanks

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EVALUATION – SEASONALITY &TRENDSYahoo! News Trending Nowhttp://news.yahoo.com/blogs/trending-now/Bing Search Blog Archiveshttp://www.bing.com/blogs/site_blogs/b/search/archive/2012/11/26/year-end.aspxBing Keyword Research Toolshttp://www.bing.com/toolbox/keywords @nick_eubanks

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SO YOU’VE GOT YOURKEYWORDSNOW WHAT? @nick_eubanks

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CONTENT! @nick_eubanks

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BAKING YOUR KEYWORDS INTOYOUR STRATEGY• Use keywords in your marketing • Events • Whitepapers • Anything that has the potential to be used as a link anchor• If you don’t have content built around your keywords, curate it.• Crowd-source intelligently – ASK!• What kind of content does your audience share? • Topsy • Followerwonk @nick_eubanks

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OTO VS. SEOORGANIC TRAFFIC ≠ SEARCH TRAFFIC (AT LEAST NOT ALWAYS) @nick_eubanks

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OTO VS. SEO @nick_eubanks

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QUESTIONS? @nick_eubanks

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RESOURCES FOR FURTHER COMPREHENSION• How To Do Keyword Research For SEO• SERP Analysis – Dissecting Your SEO Competitors• An Evergreen Forest Of Digital Marketing ResourcesWANT ME TO DESIGN YOUR SEO STRATEGY, FOR FREE?http://www.seonick.net/keyword-strategy-giveaway @nick_eubanks