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INTRODUCTION




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INTRODUCTION
Chad H. Pollitt
Director of Marketing

» Featured in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times,
  Inc., PR Daily, BtoB Magazine, on MSNBC and others

» Internet Marketing Masters Certification
  University of San Francisco

» Former Army Commander and Iraq War Veteran

» Author of The Content Marketing Manifesto and
  The Enterprise Blog Post Optimization Guide

» Over $10 Million of tracked ROI for SEO


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AGENDA

» SEO Yesterday
» SEO Today
» Why the Change?
» What Does this Mean?
» SEO Tomorrow?
» Q&A




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SEO YESTERDAY




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SEO YESTERDAY
TECHNICAL SEO
»   On-page Sculpting

»   Link Building

»   SEO Programming

»   Competitor Audits

»   SEO Architecture

»   Content for the Sake of Content



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SEO YESTERDAY




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SEO YESTERDAY


PAY PER KEYWORD
PAY PER RANKINGS
 PAY FOR TRAFFIC


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SEO YESTERDAY




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SEO TODAY




Data from the MarketingTechBlog.com


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What Does This Mean?
          Takeaway #1 »


 Where you rank doesn’t matter –
HOW MANY KEYWORDS DRIVE
     TRAFFIC DOES


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SEO TODAY




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SEO TODAY




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SEO TODAY
Traditional SEO vs. Inbound Marketing




    +2 WHITEPAPERS /year   +12 WHITEPAPERS /year
                           +1 WEBINAR /month
                           +1 VIDEO /month

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SEO TODAY
# of Organic Visits




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SEO TODAY
# of Organic Keywords Driving Traffic




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SEO TODAY
# of Organic Leads




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SEO TODAY
                         10 posts/week

5 posts/week




     13 MONTHS                     13 MONTHS


                                                                   556%
Traffic from 2,480
Keyword Phrases          +    Traffic from 13,798
                               Keyword Phrases              =      Increase
  2-3 posts per week            5-10 posts per week



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SEO TODAY
1» CONTENT 2» DISTRIBUTION 3» ENGAGEMENT




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WHAT ARE THE CAUSES?

“. . .make sure that your site adds value.
Provide unique and relevant content that gives
users a reason to visit your site first.”
                          -GOOGLE’S WEBMASTER GUIDELINES




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WHAT ARE THE CAUSES?



 GOOGLE PANDA LAUNCHED FEB 2011
       Many Subsequent Panda Updates




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What Does This Mean?
     Takeaway #2 »


  CREATE ORIGINAL,
  PROBLEM-SOLVING
       AND/OR
ENTERTAINING CONTENT

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WHAT ARE THE CAUSES?
GOOGLE CAFFEINE UPDATE “FRESHNESS” NOV 2011
           Google Caffeine Launched June 2010




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What Does This Mean?
     Takeaway #3 »


  PUBLISH CONTENT
    FREQUENTLY


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WHAT ARE THE CAUSES?
J.C. PENNEY, FORBES & OVERSTOCK.COM GET
  CAUGHT DOING BLACK HAT LINK BUILDING
                 Feb 2011




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WHAT ARE THE CAUSES?
   GOOGLE PENGUIN UPDATE
           April 2012




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What Does This Mean?
              Takeaway #4 »


Don’t buy links or use link building services
POST CONTENT AND ATTRACT REFERENCES
     FROM TRUSTED SOURCES ONLY



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WHAT ARE THE CAUSES?
GOOGLE LIMITS KEYWORD SEARCH QUERY INFO
                OCT 2011




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WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?




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WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?



    22% of Total
   Organic Search
                               33% of Total
                              Organic Leads




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What Does This Mean?
     Takeaway #5 »


  SEARCH RESULTS &
TECHNICAL SEO ROI ARE
  HARDER TO TRACK


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WHAT ARE THE CAUSES?


         GOOGLE +1 LAUNCHED
                March 2011

GOOGLE+ SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM LAUNCHED
                 June 2011

   GOOGLE+ BUSINESS PAGES LAUNCHED
               November 2011



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WHAT ARE THE CAUSES?

GOOGLE & BING ADMIT TO USING SOCIAL SIGNALS
                 December 2010


     GOOGLE SEARCH, PLUS YOUR WORLD
                 January 2012




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What Does This Mean?
       Takeaway #6 »


 DISTRIBUTE CONTENT VIA
SOCIAL MEDIA – BE SOCIAL


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WHAT ARE THE CAUSES?
TRANSITION RANK (RANKING DOCUMENTS PATENT)




                  August 2012

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What Does ALL of This Mean?


   IN ORDER TO MAXIMIZE
 SEARCH ENGINE VISIBILITY &
 ORGANIC LEADS YOU MUST…



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What Does This Mean?
     Takeaway #7 »




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SEO TOMORROW?




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TAKEAWAYS
1. Where you rank doesn’t matter –
   how many keywords drive traffic does

2. Create LOTS of original, problem-solving
   and/or entertaining content

3. Publish content frequently


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TAKEAWAYS
4. Don’t buy links or use link building services –
   Post content and attract references from
   trusted sources only

5. Search results & technical SEO ROI are
   harder to track

6. Distribute content via social media –
   be social
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TAKEAWAYS


7. INBOUND MARKETING IS THE NEW
   SEO EMBRACE IT ALL. . .




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@CPollittIU | www.SlingshotSEO.com
THANK YOU
Chad Pollitt
director of marketing




Chad.Pollitt@SlingshotSEO.com
OFFICE  » 317.575.8852 ext. 256
TWITTER » @CPollittIU
WEB     » SlingshotSEO.com


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  • 3. INTRODUCTION @CPollittIU | www.SlingshotSEO.com
  • 4. INTRODUCTION Chad H. Pollitt Director of Marketing » Featured in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Inc., PR Daily, BtoB Magazine, on MSNBC and others » Internet Marketing Masters Certification University of San Francisco » Former Army Commander and Iraq War Veteran » Author of The Content Marketing Manifesto and The Enterprise Blog Post Optimization Guide » Over $10 Million of tracked ROI for SEO @CPollittIU | www.SlingshotSEO.com
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  • 29. WHAT ARE THE CAUSES? GOOGLE LIMITS KEYWORD SEARCH QUERY INFO OCT 2011 @CPollittIU | www.SlingshotSEO.com
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  • 34. WHAT ARE THE CAUSES? GOOGLE & BING ADMIT TO USING SOCIAL SIGNALS December 2010 GOOGLE SEARCH, PLUS YOUR WORLD January 2012 @CPollittIU | www.SlingshotSEO.com
  • 35. What Does This Mean? Takeaway #6 » DISTRIBUTE CONTENT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA – BE SOCIAL @CPollittIU | www.SlingshotSEO.com
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  • 42. TAKEAWAYS 7. INBOUND MARKETING IS THE NEW SEO EMBRACE IT ALL. . . @CPollittIU | www.SlingshotSEO.com
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