Bleeding-edge content can define you as an expert in your niche. Become an authority in your field by predicting trends using everyday tools. Learn how to define your audience, dive into your analytics, and develop authentic content to drive traffic to your website.

1. PREDICTING TRENDS TO
CREATE KILLER CONTENT
K E L LY W H A L E N , M E L A N I E N E L S O N , K E L LY K I N K A I D

2. TWEET IT OUT!
• @CentsibleLife (Kelly Whalen)
• @chilihead (Melanie Nelson)
• @kellyology (Kelly Kinkaid)
• #fincon12
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3. WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
• What is an editorial calendar
• How using one can benefit you
• How to find content based on:
• Traffic
• Popular posts
• Data analysis
• Trends
• Keyword Tools
• Social Media
• How to Get Readers to Stay
• Tools to implement and maintain your calendar
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4. WHAT IS IT?
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6. WHY USE ONE?
• Plan your work schedule
• Keep track of your ideas
• Don’t ignore your ideas
• Focus your writing efforts
• Great for multi-author blogs
• Find similar topics & rearrange into a series or an e-book
• Know what’s coming up
• Let your advertisers know what’s coming up
• Integrate your social media updates
• See at a glance whether you can take on new projects
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7. FINDING CONTENT IDEAS
FOR YOUR CALENDAR
Example: Free Summer Activities Post
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8. CREATING CONTENT
Repurpose Posts: Free Summer Activities, based on
past post.
Other Ideas:
• Popular Posts
• New Spin
• Updates
• Adding photos, infographics, graphs
• Classic Topics
• New spin
• Ask the readers
• Latest News
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9. TRAFFIC SPIKES
What is a traffic spike?
Beyond normal fluctuations in traffic an influx of readers come
to a particular post or your site. Traffic spikes come from a
variety of places including social media, referrals, and
keyword searches.
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10. TRAFFIC SPIKES
Use analytics to find data
What are people searching for?
What post get the best response?
Social Sharing
Comments
Views
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11. EXIT PAGES
Pay attention to where readers exit.
If someone doesn’t click, they appear as ‘0’ seconds
in analytics.
What can you do to get them to stay?
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12. PLUGINS TO GET VISITORS TO STAY PUT
nRelate Plugin:
Related Posts
nRelate Plugin:
Popular Posts
Disqus Community
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13. ADD INTERNAL LINKS
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14. BOUNCE RATES
High Bounce Rate=
= Low Bounce Rate
Take it with a grain of salt, dig into the stats for details.
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15. ANALYTICS TOOLS
Google Analytics*
StatCounter*
SiteMeter*
JetPack for Wordpress
GetClicky*
(*available on WordPress and Blogger)
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16. HOW TO USE THE DATA
Compare Past to Present: 40 Free Summer Activities
Initial Post:
Traffic Spike following initial post (mainly due to Pinterest)
Visitors staying on average nearly 6 minutes on post
Visitors Clicking through to other post raise overall traffic
One Month Stats:
Pageviews up 109% vs. previous month
Average Time on Site up 23% vs. previous month
Through August 2012:
Pageviews up historically 70%
Time on site up 16%
Adsense Revenue Increased 34%
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17. HOW TO USE THE DATA
Keyword Terms on StatCounter over 20 hour period
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18. GOOGLE ADWORDS KEYWORD TOOL
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19. GOOGLE ADWORDS KEYWORD TOOL
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20. GOOGLE ADWORDS KEYWORD TOOL
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21. GOOGLE ADWORDS KEYWORD TOOL
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22. GOOGLE ADWORDS KEYWORD TOOL
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23. GOOGLE ADWORDS KEYWORD TOOL
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24. GOOGLE ADWORDS KEYWORD TOOL
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25. GOOGLE ADWORDS KEYWORD TOOL
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26. GOOGLE TRENDS
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27. GOOGLE TRENDS ANALYSIS
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28. GOOGLE TRENDS ANALYSIS
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29. GOOGLE TRENDS ANALYSIS
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30. NOW WHAT?
1. Don't get caught up in the analysis.
2. Use the keywords or keyword phrases you've discovered to
create blog post titles for your Editorial Calendar.
3. Use keywords or keyword phrases throughout the post.
Headers up to <h3>
In 1st Paragraph (first 150 words).
Last Paragraph – last sentence
5 times minimum per post per key word
Alt Text for Pictures
Text Links (Outbound and Inbound)
Vlog Titles
Vlog Transcripts
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31. FINDING TRENDS VIA SOCIAL MEDIA
• Facebook
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32. FACEBOOK INSIGHTS
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34. FINDING TRENDS VIA SOCIAL MEDIA
• Facebook
• Twitter
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35. SEARCH.TWITTER.COM
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36. HASHTAG.ORG
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37. MONITTER.COM
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38. FINDING TRENDS VIA SOCIAL MEDIA
• Facebook
• Twitter
• Pinterest
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39. PINERLY.COM
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40. REPINLY.COM
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41. PINTEREST RESOURCES
• Pinterest.com/popular
• pinreach.com/trending_pins
• www.pinreach.com/trending
• pinterest.com/source/YourWebsite.com/
• pinterestplugin.com/pincount
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42. FINDING TRENDS VIA SOCIAL MEDIA
• Facebook
• Twitter
• Pinterest
• Quora.com & LinkedIn
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43. QUORA.COM
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45. TOOLS YOU CAN USE
• Keep a notebook and pen handy!
• Use your phone to take voice memos.
• Classes
• Plugins
• Google Calendar
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47. WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
What is an editorial calendar
How using one can benefit you
How to find content based on:
Traffic
Popular posts
Data analysis
Trends
Keyword Tools
Social Media
How to Get Readers to Stay
Tools to implement and maintain your calendar
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48. TOOLS YOU CAN USE
Facebook.com/Kellyology.net
Facebook.com/BloggingBasics101
Facebook.com/CentsibleLife