How to find content gaps when
you don’t speak the language
Catherine ‘Pear’ Goulbourne // Oban International
SLIDESHARE.NET/OBAN-
IDForum
@copyranting | @ObanIntl
What we will cover
Why you need to know your market first
Who are you up against?
How to find the gaps
How to take your work one step further
Final Recap
@ObanIntl
What we will not cover @ObanIntl
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Why you
need to
know your
market first
@ObanIntl
Preferred search engines may
vary in each market
Understanding the
search engine split
allows you to decide
what kind of content
to create!
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Who are you
up against?
@ObanIntl
How you see your
competitors
Perceived
Competitors
@ObanIntl
How you should see your
competitors
Perceived
Competitors
(4 max)
SEO
Competitors
(4 max)
@ObanIntl
How to find your SEO
competitors
@ObanIntl
SEO competitors vary in
each market
Perceived Competitors SEO Competitors
USA JAPAN
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How to find
the gaps
First know what you already have @ObanIntl
Identify
content gaps
Produce
content
Publish
content
Add to content
inventory
Report on
content
SEMRush to see competitor
keyword equity
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Tools to help you find the gaps
AHrefs to see competitor
keywords
@ObanIntl
Tools to help you find the gaps
Screaming Frog to
crawl competitor
websites
@ObanIntl
Tools to help you find the gaps
Excel to
sort and
add extras
@ObanIntl
Tools to help you find the gaps
You! Look at the content on your
site and on competitor sites.
Look at content types, where the
content is, what the content
themes are, etc.
Tools to help you find the gaps @ObanIntl
What you should have by now @ObanIntl
Market
Research
(Document or
Power Point)
Competitor
Research
(Excel)
Audit your
own content
(Excel)
Content Gap
Analysis
(Power Point)
Your content gap analysis
should have
@ObanIntl
Overview
SEO competitor section
Perceived competitor section
Other recommendations section
Next Steps
@ObanIntl
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How to take
your work
one step
further
Get yourself some LIMEs @ObanIntl
(Local in-Market Experts)
@ObanIntl
Localise, DON’T translate
US Dairy Association’s
Mexican campaign:
‘Got milk?’
‘Are you lactating?’
Localise: why bother? @ObanIntl
Client example: 125 menu items creating 650,000 extra
searches a month when localised rather than translated
Localisation implementation
and impact
@ObanIntl
Implementing localised
keywords and keyword
usage resulted in an
increase in visibility in
the German market
continued over time
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Final
Recap
What can you do? @ObanIntl
CAN’T understand the
language
Market Research
Competitor Analysis
Content Themes
Content Gap Analysis
CAN understand the
language
Produce content
Provide market insights
Localise content
QA localised content
How to find content gaps when
you don’t speak the language
Catherine ‘Pear’ Goulbourne // Oban International
SLIDESHARE.NET/OBAN-
IDForum
@copyranting | @ObanIntl

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