(Search Engine Optimization) SEO for Visibility, Action & Conversion: Presented by Kevin Mullett for Social Media Breakfast Fort Wayne on September 21st, 2010 at the Saint Joseph United Methodist Church in Fort Wayne Indiana.
Search Engine Optimization, Let’s Get Visible - Fort Wayne ChamberCirrus ABS
A Fort Wayne Chamber Academy seminar presented by Kevin Mullett (@kmullett) for The Greater Fort Wayne Chamber Of Commerce on August 3rd in Fort Wayne Indiana.
SEO for Visibility, Action, & Conversion 2011Cirrus ABS
SEO for Visibility, Action & Conversion (2011): An updated SEO presentation to include information about Google Mayday, Google Panda, Bing Business Portal & other changes. Presented by Kevin Mullett for Cirrus ABS on April 14th 2011 at the Norhteast Indiana Innovation Center in Fort Wayne Indiana.
11 action steps to better SEO with information on organic SEO, how social media works with SEO, online reputation management, click through, improving visibility in search, and much more.
SearchLeeds 2017 - Mathew Court, SEO Consultant - Auto Trader - Mobile first ...Branded3
With Google beginning to test mobile first indexing, being just desktop friendly isn’t good enough anymore. This session will cover what we know of the update and how the different areas of Auto Trader are combating this change.
I presented this to an undergraduate class in marketing at the Information School of the University of Washington, on January 29, 2015. The lecture begins with an overview of the basics of SEO, and then delves deep into a technical SEO audit of the non-profit website www.ontheboards.org, which was the website that the class was using to learn about and deliver recommendations on for their class project. The lecture talks a lot about duplicate content and how to deal with it appropriately.
SEO for Travel Blogs - TravelCon 2019 Travel Bloggers Conference - Boston, MAKaitlin McMichael
I gave a presentation at TravelCon, a conference for those in the travel industry, in Boston, MA, on June 29th, 2019. The presentation was on SEO for WordPress Travel Blogs. The conference is run by Matt Kepnes, who runs the travel blog Nomadic Matt. When I was working in the travel industry, I remember following Nomadic Matt as an example of an effective SEO travel blogger. The blurb/intro to the talk is as follows:
If you are a travel blogger running your blog on WordPress, you should know about the plugins and other ways to improve your WordPress blog for search engine optimization. We’ll discuss the popular WordPress for SEO plugin by Yoast, as well as alternatives that can help with getting your blog posts seen by the right audience searching for your content on search engines. We’ll also discuss how to do keyword research, image optimization, and why you should be making use of Google Analytics and Google Search Console to make your blog the best it can be.
Kaitlin McMichael started a South America travel blog in 2011 on WordPress as a lead generation tool for the travel agency SouthAmerica.travel and wrote over 150 blog posts. Within a couple years, it was generating over many leads for the travel agency and was a core part of their marketing strategy.
Top Myths of International SEO by Kaitlin McMichaelKaitlin McMichael
-This webinar covers 15 common myths and misconceptions about international SEO
-We'll discuss why international SEO is so confusing, and cover how its changed over the last few years
-Myths fall into 3 categories: URL Structure, Page Tags, and Localization
-By the end of this Mozinar, you’ll have a much clearer understanding of how international SEO works, and how to apply the proper strategies and tactics to your website
Search Engine Optimization, Let’s Get Visible - Fort Wayne ChamberCirrus ABS
A Fort Wayne Chamber Academy seminar presented by Kevin Mullett (@kmullett) for The Greater Fort Wayne Chamber Of Commerce on August 3rd in Fort Wayne Indiana.
SEO for Visibility, Action, & Conversion 2011Cirrus ABS
SEO for Visibility, Action & Conversion (2011): An updated SEO presentation to include information about Google Mayday, Google Panda, Bing Business Portal & other changes. Presented by Kevin Mullett for Cirrus ABS on April 14th 2011 at the Norhteast Indiana Innovation Center in Fort Wayne Indiana.
11 action steps to better SEO with information on organic SEO, how social media works with SEO, online reputation management, click through, improving visibility in search, and much more.
SearchLeeds 2017 - Mathew Court, SEO Consultant - Auto Trader - Mobile first ...Branded3
With Google beginning to test mobile first indexing, being just desktop friendly isn’t good enough anymore. This session will cover what we know of the update and how the different areas of Auto Trader are combating this change.
I presented this to an undergraduate class in marketing at the Information School of the University of Washington, on January 29, 2015. The lecture begins with an overview of the basics of SEO, and then delves deep into a technical SEO audit of the non-profit website www.ontheboards.org, which was the website that the class was using to learn about and deliver recommendations on for their class project. The lecture talks a lot about duplicate content and how to deal with it appropriately.
SEO for Travel Blogs - TravelCon 2019 Travel Bloggers Conference - Boston, MAKaitlin McMichael
I gave a presentation at TravelCon, a conference for those in the travel industry, in Boston, MA, on June 29th, 2019. The presentation was on SEO for WordPress Travel Blogs. The conference is run by Matt Kepnes, who runs the travel blog Nomadic Matt. When I was working in the travel industry, I remember following Nomadic Matt as an example of an effective SEO travel blogger. The blurb/intro to the talk is as follows:
If you are a travel blogger running your blog on WordPress, you should know about the plugins and other ways to improve your WordPress blog for search engine optimization. We’ll discuss the popular WordPress for SEO plugin by Yoast, as well as alternatives that can help with getting your blog posts seen by the right audience searching for your content on search engines. We’ll also discuss how to do keyword research, image optimization, and why you should be making use of Google Analytics and Google Search Console to make your blog the best it can be.
Kaitlin McMichael started a South America travel blog in 2011 on WordPress as a lead generation tool for the travel agency SouthAmerica.travel and wrote over 150 blog posts. Within a couple years, it was generating over many leads for the travel agency and was a core part of their marketing strategy.
Top Myths of International SEO by Kaitlin McMichaelKaitlin McMichael
-This webinar covers 15 common myths and misconceptions about international SEO
-We'll discuss why international SEO is so confusing, and cover how its changed over the last few years
-Myths fall into 3 categories: URL Structure, Page Tags, and Localization
-By the end of this Mozinar, you’ll have a much clearer understanding of how international SEO works, and how to apply the proper strategies and tactics to your website
Hints and tips on configuring and testing your website to be ready for the changes
by Google to mobile-first indexing, including:
• Which mobile configuration is best?
• Should I build an AMP site?
• What are the risks in a mobile-first world?
• How can I test my mobile configuration for mobile-first indexing?
Programmatic SEO: How to Dominate SEO Like TripAdvisor, Yelp and ZillowBernard Huang
Last updated 5/15/17. How do you use unique data to create SEO-driven landing pages? Programmatic SEO (large websites, 25k+ URLs) presentation for 500 Startups Distro Dojo Toronto by Mushi Labs.
Topics covered include:
* What is programmatic SEO?
* Elements of programmatic SEO
* SEO Research & discovery
* Commonly overlooked technical mistakes
* Does Google actually like your content?
* How to fix your SEO content woes
* Recommended SEO Tools
The Future Of Technical SEO Isn't Your WebsiteKaizen
Google in the future will reduce traffic to ‘traditional’ websites as the mobile revolution continues. Learn how you can leverage this exciting new world of Technical SEO via App Indexing, Deep Linking, Structured Data and how to build your own API.
This presentation prepared by Aaditya Shah from SMG Convonix gives an in-depth analysis of Google Data Highlighter – a point & click tool which can help sites with structured content to allow users to find their content in enhanced search results.
Everyone hears they should be doing SEO, but what does that really mean? I will cover the core basics of SEO and provide insights and strategies that are actionable for attendee's that day.
The presentation will include:
- SEO as A.R.T.
- Topics vs. Keywords
- Title, Meta, and Content Optimization
- Importance of backlinks and citations
- Intro to technical considerations
Working in a digital role and not feeling confident with code? Then this beginners guide is perfect for you.
We take a look at the most popular use cases and occasions where you are likely to face or interact with code, and teach you basics in HTML, CSS & Javascript knowledge that will enable you to complete those tasks.
You will learn the followings:
-HTML & CSS Basics for Editing & Styling Content
- Understanding & Working with a Web-Pages Source Code (Using Inspect Element)
- How to Use EMBED Codes to Display Content from Social Media Platforms & Third-Party Sites (YouTube Videos, Tweets)
- Understanding & Working with 'Tracking Tags' (Google Analytics, Retargeting Pixels via Facebook, Twitter)
- Useful Resources for Ongoing Learning
SEO Checklist 2018 - Ranking in the first page of SERP organically.AVIK BAL
The book is NOW available for FREE till 23:59 IST TODAY.
Offer valid for first 100 clicks/buys.
ORDER LINK: http://amzn.to/2rxQfMN
AUTHOR LINK: www.avikbal.com/books
Best wishes for your online success.
Happy Reading. Delightful learning. Successful Practicing.
What is SEO? Scope? Options? Importance?
Types of SEO – OnPage, OffPage, Black, Grey, White Hat SEO
How search works ?
OnPage & OffPage SEO Techniques. (4 lessons)
Wordpress SEO & Yoast SEO Plugin-Installation & Features (5 lessons)
Local SEO, Technical SEO
Myths and Realities of SEO Practice (4 lessons)
Keyword Research & Analysis
100 proven ways of SEO. (4 lessons)
30 Tricks of SEO to rank in just 3-4 Weeks
Google Algorithm Updates
A practical guide to building SEO compliant websites before you hire an SEO agency. Understand the important aspects of technical SEO & find out the right questions to ask to make your website SEO friendly.
Fresh Egg Social Media presentation: Google+ and FriendsFresh Egg UK
A presentation from the Fresh Egg social media team titled 'Google+ and Friends'. This looks at where Google+ is right now as a social media platform and shares advice on why use it, how to create an optimised profile and the potential SEO benefits of using it.
Also it takes a look at Google+'s 'friends', including Google Authorship, Ripples and Enhanced Listings.
Dawn Anderson SEO Consumer Choice Crawl Budget Optimization ConflictsDawn Anderson MSc DigM
Optimizing for both humans and search engines can be challenging. Humans may be faced with too many choices online in ecommerce sites which are optimized for search engine crawling efficiency by SEOs. It is important that we consider both humans and search engine heuristic implementation to help both understand the information architecture of a website and achieve maximum SEO / UX / CRO harmony
SEO Seminar for Visibility, Action, & ConversionCirrus ABS
(Search Engine Optimization) SEO for Visibility, Action & Conversion: Presented by Kevin Mullett for Cirrus ABS on November 3rd, 2010 at the Northeast Indiana Innovation Center in Fort Wayne Indiana.
Hints and tips on configuring and testing your website to be ready for the changes
by Google to mobile-first indexing, including:
• Which mobile configuration is best?
• Should I build an AMP site?
• What are the risks in a mobile-first world?
• How can I test my mobile configuration for mobile-first indexing?
Programmatic SEO: How to Dominate SEO Like TripAdvisor, Yelp and ZillowBernard Huang
Last updated 5/15/17. How do you use unique data to create SEO-driven landing pages? Programmatic SEO (large websites, 25k+ URLs) presentation for 500 Startups Distro Dojo Toronto by Mushi Labs.
Topics covered include:
* What is programmatic SEO?
* Elements of programmatic SEO
* SEO Research & discovery
* Commonly overlooked technical mistakes
* Does Google actually like your content?
* How to fix your SEO content woes
* Recommended SEO Tools
The Future Of Technical SEO Isn't Your WebsiteKaizen
Google in the future will reduce traffic to ‘traditional’ websites as the mobile revolution continues. Learn how you can leverage this exciting new world of Technical SEO via App Indexing, Deep Linking, Structured Data and how to build your own API.
This presentation prepared by Aaditya Shah from SMG Convonix gives an in-depth analysis of Google Data Highlighter – a point & click tool which can help sites with structured content to allow users to find their content in enhanced search results.
Everyone hears they should be doing SEO, but what does that really mean? I will cover the core basics of SEO and provide insights and strategies that are actionable for attendee's that day.
The presentation will include:
- SEO as A.R.T.
- Topics vs. Keywords
- Title, Meta, and Content Optimization
- Importance of backlinks and citations
- Intro to technical considerations
Working in a digital role and not feeling confident with code? Then this beginners guide is perfect for you.
We take a look at the most popular use cases and occasions where you are likely to face or interact with code, and teach you basics in HTML, CSS & Javascript knowledge that will enable you to complete those tasks.
You will learn the followings:
-HTML & CSS Basics for Editing & Styling Content
- Understanding & Working with a Web-Pages Source Code (Using Inspect Element)
- How to Use EMBED Codes to Display Content from Social Media Platforms & Third-Party Sites (YouTube Videos, Tweets)
- Understanding & Working with 'Tracking Tags' (Google Analytics, Retargeting Pixels via Facebook, Twitter)
- Useful Resources for Ongoing Learning
SEO Checklist 2018 - Ranking in the first page of SERP organically.AVIK BAL
The book is NOW available for FREE till 23:59 IST TODAY.
Offer valid for first 100 clicks/buys.
ORDER LINK: http://amzn.to/2rxQfMN
AUTHOR LINK: www.avikbal.com/books
Best wishes for your online success.
Happy Reading. Delightful learning. Successful Practicing.
What is SEO? Scope? Options? Importance?
Types of SEO – OnPage, OffPage, Black, Grey, White Hat SEO
How search works ?
OnPage & OffPage SEO Techniques. (4 lessons)
Wordpress SEO & Yoast SEO Plugin-Installation & Features (5 lessons)
Local SEO, Technical SEO
Myths and Realities of SEO Practice (4 lessons)
Keyword Research & Analysis
100 proven ways of SEO. (4 lessons)
30 Tricks of SEO to rank in just 3-4 Weeks
Google Algorithm Updates
A practical guide to building SEO compliant websites before you hire an SEO agency. Understand the important aspects of technical SEO & find out the right questions to ask to make your website SEO friendly.
Fresh Egg Social Media presentation: Google+ and FriendsFresh Egg UK
A presentation from the Fresh Egg social media team titled 'Google+ and Friends'. This looks at where Google+ is right now as a social media platform and shares advice on why use it, how to create an optimised profile and the potential SEO benefits of using it.
Also it takes a look at Google+'s 'friends', including Google Authorship, Ripples and Enhanced Listings.
Dawn Anderson SEO Consumer Choice Crawl Budget Optimization ConflictsDawn Anderson MSc DigM
Optimizing for both humans and search engines can be challenging. Humans may be faced with too many choices online in ecommerce sites which are optimized for search engine crawling efficiency by SEOs. It is important that we consider both humans and search engine heuristic implementation to help both understand the information architecture of a website and achieve maximum SEO / UX / CRO harmony
SEO Seminar for Visibility, Action, & ConversionCirrus ABS
(Search Engine Optimization) SEO for Visibility, Action & Conversion: Presented by Kevin Mullett for Cirrus ABS on November 3rd, 2010 at the Northeast Indiana Innovation Center in Fort Wayne Indiana.
Cirrus ABS, in partnership with Element Three, presented it's Search Engine Optimization (SEO) seminar in Indianapolis. This is the second in a four part series to show businesses how to leverage the investment you have made in your website and how to integrate your offline marketing efforts with your website. Integrated into these slides are specific search engine optimization action items to help you enhance the effectiveness of your website.
SEO: Creating and Converting Lead Opportunities
In this presentation you will learn how to leverage search engine optimization. Learn from the experts ways you can get your company more visible on the web and how to turn your website into a lead generation tool for you. WIth over 1 billion searches daily on Google alone, optimization is a must for businesses and organizations. Without SEO for your company's website, you are missing out on big opportunities.
SEO for Online Startups - Small Business Festival Victoria 2015Optimising
A beginner's guide to search engine optimisation, including on-page SEO, off-page SEO, keyword selection, link building and local SEO. Originally presented by Melbourne SEO agency Optimising.com.au at Small Business Festival Victoria on 12th August 2015.
Our Founder Maricka is talking at the Into The West Blogger Network in Radisson Blu Hotel & Spa, Galway on Sunday 8th February 2015.
Maricka's focus on the day was #AllThingsSEO ... Let's face it, content is now so important to the longevity of SEO, bloggers are in a better position than most...
Check out www.GalwayMarketing.ie/ for all details on OMiG (Online Marketing in Galway)
AMA Atlanta Marketing Series: SEO 101 with Stephanie WallaceStephanie Wallace
The second 101 series hosted by AMA Atlanta will cover the basics of Search Engine Optimization. All facets of SEO will be discussed, including: a history of search engines, common terminology, on-page strategy, technical SEO, off-page campaign creation and general best practices. In addition, we'll highlight new trends and SEO opportunities on the horizon. If you're new to search engine marketing and want to learn the basics, or if you want to manage your own SEO campaign, this is the class for you!
Introduction to Search Marketing - Search Engine OptimisationRhys Downard
In this SlideShare we look at Search Engine Optimisation as part of Search Marketing. We consider the elements that can affect SEO as well as looking at some basic tools and strategies
Online and Offline Marketing: How To Connect the Dots - Fort Wayne Social Med...Cirrus ABS
This keynote presentation by Kevin Mullett, Director of Visibility and Social Media for Cirrus ABS, highlights the importance of connecting the dots with your online and offline marketing efforts.
Kevin discusses how to leverage offline marketing activities for online conversion, and how to maximize online relationship building for offline lead generation.
This presentation was made to Greater Fort Wayne, Inc.'s Social Media Summit on August 14, 2013.
Make It Easy for Travelers to Connect and Select You - IN OH Tourism ConferenceCirrus ABS
Kevin Mullett presents at the Indiana Ohio Regional Tourism Conference.
Many businesses unknowingly place barriers between themselves and the very travelers they are trying to reach and connect with. Others are unaware of key factors that cause potential customers to go elsewhere.
In this session we will look at actual examples of changes that can have a huge impact on your social media, mobile, and online marketing effectiveness. We will discuss actions you can take to maximize those that connect and select your business from pre-trip planning through the duration of their stay. And while we are at it, we will toss in ideas for making sure their friends and followers here all about you.
Social Media Failures and How to Avoid Them - AllFacebook SFCirrus ABS
Our own Kevin Mullett presents at the 2012 AllFacebook Marketing Conference in San Francisco.
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The success or failure of your online marketing and social media strategy rests in correct execution. And while we may have some success despite obvious mistakes, or when flying by the seat of our pants, we have to ask what are we leaving on the table. These small missing factors have a huge impact on the value and return from any campaign. How could we get more for roughly the same effort? What mistakes are leading to false proclamation that social can't work in your business, industry, or field? It's time for a second set of eyes and input. This session will highlight real world examples of social media usage that failed to connect the dots, and will provide minor adjustments that would have resulted in exponential results.
QR Codes are a potential technique, and like all techniques, they only work as well as the strategy and implementation behind the use. In this presentation we look at what QR Codes can do and how we might use them effectively.
QR Codes are not a 100% strategy. In other words they should be used to attract the percentage of people who are attracted to them and have the means and knowledge to do so. Expecting QR Codes to magically produce results exceeding those of all other forms of marketing is unrealistic.
Presented by Kevin Mullett, Director of Product Development for Cirrus ABS for NITA (Networking Information Technology Association)
NetCentered Seminar with Matt Nickols, Cirrus ABS CEO January 2012Cirrus ABS
NetCentered Marketing is Cirrus ABS' proprietary strategy for tying all your marketing efforts together – Internet-based and traditional – to best achieve your business goals. It also provides for the most thorough and accurate assessment of your marketing effectiveness. With NetCentered Marketing, you can, for instance, target ideal prospects and measure prospect-to-customer conversions with unprecedented accuracy. Other marketing strategies exist. But we believe – and our hundreds of clients will attest – that our NetCentered Marketing approach is the surest way to succeed online.
http://www.cirrusabs.com/services.aspx/netcentered-business-strategy
Google Plus Pages for Brands and Businesses: What Now? What Next? - webinarCirrus ABS
Webinar - Google Plus Pages for brands and businesses, marketers, and social media geeks. Discussing creation, optimization, engagement, connections, and more.
presented by Kevin Mullett for Cirrus ABS
Using Social Media to Reach New & Existing CustomersCirrus ABS
Using social media to reach your new and existing customers presentation by Kevin Mullett for the Alliance Open House comics and game retailers in Fort Wayne Indiana.
WaterFurnace International Online Marketing Case StudyCirrus ABS
Tim Litton, Director of Marketing for WaterFurnace International, Inc., presents an online marketing case study of how they effectively used technology to market geothermal systems.
Steve Franks, Director of Programs at the Northeast Indiana Innovation Center, gives a presentation about tools companies can use to manage new innovation within their company.
Growing & Supporting Your Dealer/Distributor NetworkCirrus ABS
Mark Burke, COO of Cirrus ABS, presents information on how to use marketing concepts and new technology to quickly and efficiently promote products from a central point to and through a geographically distributed dealer network.
Is Your Online Reputation Crap, Nonexistent, or Under Control? - Blog Indiana Cirrus ABS
Is Your Online Reputation Crap, Nonexistent, or Under Control? // Presented by Kevin Mullett (@kmullett) for Blog Indiana aka #BIN2011 on August 11th, 2011.
If you found value in this presentation please comment on it and use the link below to tweet some of your favorite quotes.
How To Measure Your Online Marketing - Fort Wayne ChamberCirrus ABS
How To Measure Your Online Marketing: A Lunch ‘n Learn seminar presented by Kevin Mullett (@kmullett) for The Greater Fort Wayne Chamber Of Commerce on July 20th in Fort Wayne Indiana.
This is a updated but shortened version of our Cirrus ABS presentation on Measuring Marketing.
Personal Brand Statement:
As an Army veteran dedicated to lifelong learning, I bring a disciplined, strategic mindset to my pursuits. I am constantly expanding my knowledge to innovate and lead effectively. My journey is driven by a commitment to excellence, and to make a meaningful impact in the world.
LA HUG - Video Testimonials with Chynna Morgan - June 2024Lital Barkan
Have you ever heard that user-generated content or video testimonials can take your brand to the next level? We will explore how you can effectively use video testimonials to leverage and boost your sales, content strategy, and increase your CRM data.🤯
We will dig deeper into:
1. How to capture video testimonials that convert from your audience 🎥
2. How to leverage your testimonials to boost your sales 💲
3. How you can capture more CRM data to understand your audience better through video testimonials. 📊
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Kyiv PMDay 2024 Summer
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Youtube – https://www.youtube.com/startuplviv
FB – https://www.facebook.com/pmdayconference
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This Digital Transformation and IT Strategy Toolkit was created by ex-McKinsey, Deloitte and BCG Management Consultants, after more than 5,000 hours of work. It is considered the world's best & most comprehensive Digital Transformation and IT Strategy Toolkit. It includes all the Frameworks, Best Practices & Templates required to successfully undertake the Digital Transformation of your organization and define a robust IT Strategy.
Editable Toolkit to help you reuse our content: 700 Powerpoint slides | 35 Excel sheets | 84 minutes of Video training
This PowerPoint presentation is only a small preview of our Toolkits. For more details, visit www.domontconsulting.com
Discover the innovative and creative projects that highlight my journey throu...dylandmeas
Discover the innovative and creative projects that highlight my journey through Full Sail University. Below, you’ll find a collection of my work showcasing my skills and expertise in digital marketing, event planning, and media production.
Company Valuation webinar series - Tuesday, 4 June 2024FelixPerez547899
This session provided an update as to the latest valuation data in the UK and then delved into a discussion on the upcoming election and the impacts on valuation. We finished, as always with a Q&A
Putting the SPARK into Virtual Training.pptxCynthia Clay
This 60-minute webinar, sponsored by Adobe, was delivered for the Training Mag Network. It explored the five elements of SPARK: Storytelling, Purpose, Action, Relationships, and Kudos. Knowing how to tell a well-structured story is key to building long-term memory. Stating a clear purpose that doesn't take away from the discovery learning process is critical. Ensuring that people move from theory to practical application is imperative. Creating strong social learning is the key to commitment and engagement. Validating and affirming participants' comments is the way to create a positive learning environment.
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SEO for Visibility, Action, & Conversion (SMBFTW)
1. SEO for Visibility, Action & Conversion // Kevin Mullett
cirrusabs.com
twitter.com/cirrusabs
facebook.com/cirrusabs
youtube.com/user/cirrusabs
linkedin.com/companies/cirrus-abs
2. SEO for Visibility, Action & Conversion // Kevin Mullett
kevinmullett.com
twitter.com/kmullett
facebook.com/kevinmullett
linkedin.com/in/kevinmullett
just google “kevin mullett”
director of product development
3. SEO // optimization, marketing, or visibility
search engine optimization is*:
developing a website utilizing best
practices and in such a manor that
there are no encumbrances to the
search engines ability to crawl a site
and properly understand the subject
of the site, find the sites pages, links,
and documents, so that it might be
included in the search engines organic
or natural index appropriately.
* but it depends on who you ask and
search engine marketing is an open debate.
4. SEO // technical, onsite & offsite factors
There are technical, onsite, & offsite factors that
contribute to your sites SERP performance.
5. SEO // winning requires knowledge
• what are the rules
• how can i optimize within the rules
• which races can i win while staying within my budget
• am i dedicated to the winning strategy
• how much is winning worth
6. SEO // is it the intent winner?
• social
• dm
• tv
• radio
• tradeshows
• newspaper
• yellow pages
• search Marketing
• SEO
7. SEO // visibility is online currency
• no visibility = no clicks
• unattractive or spammy titles & descriptions (snippets) = no clicks
• clicks for incorrect terms = no conversion
• poorly planned landing pages with no CTA = no conversion
8. SEO // are you in trouble?
if your site is…
• trapped by flash
• looking good but can’t
be found
• built in a way that
prevents you from
changing or adding content
• if you can’t change page titles, and meta descriptions
you’re in trouble.
ask for a free lame duck site evaluation
9. SEO // all things being equal
there are over 200 criteria so you must do competitive
analysis to maximize your return on efforts.
10. SEO // action 1
• create a list of competitors sites
• run competitive analysis with majestic SEO:
majesticseo.com/bulk-backlink-checker.php
• develop a plan to win or call in reinforcements
11. SEO // be local if local
• mobile device “local searches” on the rise
• local search instills high confidence with searchers
• social applications like brightkite, foursquare, gowalla
12. SEO // action 2
grab your local listings:
getlisted.org
13. SEO // action 3
review your local analytics
google.com/places
14. SEO // action 4
setup google profiles for you & your business
google.com/profiles
15. SEO // we all want to be #1
but we can’t all be number one
16. SEO // select the right keywords
We've taken clients to number one on Google
based on keywords they insisted had to be there, only to find out
that a slight derivation would have yielded exponential traffic.
17. SEO // action 5
• poll your customer facing employees; ask who are
your clients
• go to adlab.msn.com/demographics-
prediction/DPUI.aspx for additional insight
• write down what you really do & who you are
competing against
• take the keywords & keyword phrases you think are
important and verify volume with
adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal
18. SEO // i’ve nothing to write
a common complaint is not
knowing what to write & what
keywords to target
• fresh content is crucial
• newest articles win
all else being equal
• increases site depth
• increases crawl rate
19. SEO // technical considerations
when writing page titles
• keep the title to 70 characters when possible
• use localization and keywords/keyphrases early in the title
• think about attractiveness + bolded words (will it get clicked?)
when writing meta descriptions
(these usually become snippet)
• keep the description to 156 characters when possible
• think about attractiveness + bolded words
consider the impact on your CTR and visibility
words included in your titles and descriptions should also appear on the page
20. SEO // technical considerations
header tags: H1-H6
alt tags: often missed
(don't say picture or image of, google already knows its an image)
21. SEO // action 6
• for each page of your site run & review
tools.seobook.com/general/keyword-density/
(don't try so hard to get a certain saturation that you lose good long tail
connecting words or relevance! Don’t stress about duplicate content.)
• change title tags & descriptions first because they are
valuable & clarify thinking
• start with keywords & keyword phrases you already
rank for
• make sure there is a call to action on every page
22. SEO // internal linking; don’t click here
formulating your internal linking structure
• search engines want to know what’s on the other end
• keyword use where it is highly valuable
example: click here for our Search Engine Optimization Services.
23. SEO // all backlinks; aren’t equal
why do we want backlinks?
• visibility / brand recognition
• traffic generation / linkbait
(to pages or our site)
• to encourage page or site indexing
• increase page rank / authority to impact SERPs
• because someone told you to get them
24. SEO // action 7
• ask Suppliers for backlinks
• ask Customers (mutually beneficial btw)
• create new, subject matter expert, articles on
your site and tell the world
• link to the page with content, not always home
• look for places to post your site or site RSS feed
25. SMO // action 8
grab your brand
• mass id check with namechk.com
26. SEO // action 9
article awareness, distributing RSS
• social visibility mybloglog.com
27. SEO // action 10
network your brand
• join some groups on ning.com & linkedin.com
28. SEO // did it work? do it again
• check google analytics or server logs for:
bounce rates, time on site, pages visited, conversion pages,
confirmation pages (setup advanced filters & funnels)
• monitor contacts, calls, lead sources
• google a/b testing
30. SEO // upcoming social media seminar
join me for our upcoming social media seminar
Tuesday, September 28th, Fort Wayne Social Media Seminar RSVP
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SEO for Visibility, Action & Conversion: Presented by Kevin Mullett for Social Media Breakfast Fort Wayne on September 21st, 2010 at the Saint Joseph United Methodist Church in Fort Wayne Indiana.
SEO for Visibility, Action & Conversion: Presented by Kevin Mullett for Director of Product Development for Cirrus ABS. You can find Kevin: http://www.kevinmullett.com (blog), http://twitter.com/kmullett (twitter), http://www.facebook.com/kevinmullett (facebook), and on LinkedIn at http://www.linkedin.com/in/kevinmullett
Today we will discuss Search Visibility, which includes both Search Engine Optimization and Marketing. What does that mean? Not everyone agrees, but here has been my go to definition. The process of developing a website utilizing best practices and in such a manor that there are no encumbrances to the search engines ability to crawl a site and properly understand the subject of the site, find the sites pages, links, and documents, so that it might be included in the search engines organic or natural index appropriately.Searchengine marketing is an open debate, but I have generally went with the definition that describes it as increasing the search engines awareness of your site and it’s pages to improve their visibility in search engine result pages (SERPs). There is little argument that search engine optimization, search engine marketing, and paid search are all part of search engine visibility.
We will also discuss onsite (on page), offsite, and to a lesser degree technical (best practice) factors. And don't worry if you have no idea what that means, you will when you leave. I could bore you to death, and possibly will anyway, with search history, articles from the past, and crystal ball like predictions, but I won't. Some articles by top SEOs from last year have been rendered useless due to algorithmic changes. Some of the items I say today will have a limited shelf life. So goes search. There are some advanced concepts we use that are very time consuming and technical in nature. I could not begin to explain them all in this onehour presentation, so I will do my best not to digress into long explanations of such. So let's get to it.
To win against your competitors in the search optimization game requires some knowledge, unless your competition isn’t trying. It’s easy to win if there is no competition. To win requires an understanding of the rules so you don’t get disqualified. You can be the best driver, but if you are stuck in the back of the pack you will not have a chance to show it. Optimization is part of the race regardless if you have the knowledge or not. Of course you need to decide early on how much winning is worth and what your budget is to go after it. And like most things if you don’t have a strategy, well, we all know how that goes.At this very race a competitor was disqualified for getting a bit too creative with the rules. This is analogous to black hat search optimization techniques.
Right now, you need to be going where the traffic is or more pointently, where you can be visible. And while being visible is great, if efforts are put into areas where there is no intent for action, ROI will be low. Just who or what do we want to be visible too? The obvious answer is people who would like to use our product or service. The not so obvious answer is where search bots frequent.
Even if you show up well in the SERPs you must pay attention to click ability for overall conversion, an often overlooked part of the success equation. It doesn't matter how much traffic you can drive if it's the wrong traffic (wrong keywords) or if they never take action. Lack of conversion can be caused by things like, poor site usability, design not fitting subject or demographic, lack of calls to action (CTA), etc.
We simply do not have time today to cover the pitfalls common to poorly performing sites, nor can we go through step by step all the best practices. For the purpose of today I am going to assume you have a functioning website. A website that isn't a lame duck. We will be happy to look at your site and give you a free report on how it fairs. That said, here is a mach 1 flyby.
Take any of the 200 plus criteria and start by first comparing that to your competition. Let's say for example that your competition has a page (browser) title like this example (company name + service + location + stop words + other service + stop words) ALL THINGS BEING EQUAL you could likely win with (service + location | company name). Why include the company name? Branding and credibility which MAY lead to higher click through rate (CTR) from the SERP (search engine results page). Now if your competition has kept it to (service + location) and everything else was equal then you would want to match that method.
SEO // action 1:This seminar is all about having you leave today with actionable items. Care has been given to provide easy to implement SEO techniques that can have measurable impact on your websites performance. Knowing what your competition is doing allows you to extend efforts to the areas of highest return. And if all this seems too daunting, then it is time to call in reinforcements. 1.877.817.4442 // info@cirrusabs.com // http://www.cirrusabs.comLet’s use Majestic SEO, although there are many others, to check to see how many backlinks we have. Hey while we are at it, let’s pull out that competitor list from earlier and see how they fare. Keep in mind it is not simply quantity of backlinks but also quality of backlinks that is considered.
If you are not a national brand, localization matters. If you are a national brand, grabbing local listings is still a good idea. If you think of your own searching habits, you are very likely to have used localized search yourself. While mobile traffic directly to individual websites is still not stacking up to expectations and claims, mobile searches are defiantly on the rise. We also see local search as a high confidence indicator which can lead to higher CTR for no local listings lower on the SERP. And of course lets not forget about all our early adopter friends who are using location aware social applications like Brightkite, Foursquare, and Gowalla.
SEO // action 2: It’s free and easy to do. Go grab your local listings. Use http://www.getlisted.org to help with the process. Don’t forget to review your friends businesses, those service providers you appreciate, and ask clients to review yours.
SEO // action 3: It’s free and easy to do. Go grab your local listings,and set a reminder to go look at the Google places (formerly local business center) analytics. The Google places analytics is a separate service from the Google analytics on your website and is a newer feature released in 2009. Don’t forget to review your friends businesses, those service providers you appreciate, and ask clients to review yours.
SEO // action 4: Set up your Google Profile, tie in your various websites, social services, and create anchor text links in the about me section. You will also want to go through the process of verifying your name, which needs to be done through Google Knol. After you have your profile filled out and your name verified we optionally want to associate your Google profile with Google Buzz. Be aware though that as of right now, if you choose to cancel buzz it will close your Google Profile. Directly tying Twitter to Buzz is frowned upon because of the way Google pulls in tweets.While Google Buzz is still extremely new, it started life with a huge boost since it tied directly into to Gmail. Something that not everyone was crazy about. Either way it is already approaching the size of twitter in far less time. As with all the social services it really boils down to where you ideal client is spending time and what other perks come along for the ride.
Let’s have a little reality check here. Who doesn’t want to be number one? When dealing with SEO we need to have reasonable expectations for KW (keyword) and KWP (keyword phrase) SERPs. We also need to understand that the higher the competition for KW/KWP terms the longer it is likely to take to move up unless more effort is brought to bear. The thing we need to understand is that all keywords and phrases are not equally valued. That is why we need to know volumes of traffic. More ROI may be available by scoring better for less competitive terms (long tail), until you build authority and correct issues.
We've taken clients to number one on Google based on kw they insisted had to be there, only to find out that a slight derivation would have yielded exponential traffic. It can be the difference between the terms you use in the industry and what clients actually ask for, or much worse developing an entire website for the wrong profit centeror term. What we need is the right keywords, for the right demographics, that fit the budget and effort that will be used.
SEO // action 5: The quandary many are left with is how to find the right SEO terms to optimize your site for. Let’s start with understanding who your clients are. After that let’s clarify what products or services return the most value to you, and how they fit with your online marketing efforts. Be specific about what you really do, who you really are as an organization, and who you compete with. Now put in keywords and keyword phrases from those exercises, and ones we will do later, into Google’s Keyword selector tool. Knowing the volume of the keywords and keyword phrases you wish to rank for affords you the opportunity to place emphasis on those that will yield the highest return, and you are most likely to be able to place for.
Onsite SEO // If I have heard it once, I have heard it a hundred times; I’ve nothing to write about. We are back to the truism, if you don’t have the time or the expertise you will need to engage someone who does. This simply is too important to your online marketing efforts to avoid. There is no magic pill to make it all better. You need to have fresh content, significant site depth, and individual pages with keywords and keyword phrases, to draw both human and search engine bot traffic. There are many tools available to us to find good content. Start by familiarizing yourself with Google suggestions that drop down related words as you type into the search box (although if you have Google Instant turned on use that instead), and the Wonder wheel which is under the “show options” link at the top left of a Google SERP. We also encourage you to use RSS feeds and Google Alerts as additional ways to find good similar material you can write about. It should go without saying, don’t copy other peoples articles. Instead, pull a snippet and summarize what that article means to your clients or business and include a link to the original article. Frequency of updates directly affects crawl rate and freshness of content is one factor for determining your rank on a SERP. Look, you and those in your employ are subject matter experts, it’s time to tell the world about it.
Due to the limited time we have today, I will leave you with some simple technical techniques and generalities. When creating titles and meta descriptions, think of how you want it to appear on the SERP as well as what keywords need to be included. Pay particular attention to what words you want to be bolded in the SERP for each page, white paper, pdf, or article on your site. And of course do not sacrifice readability, CTA, and general conversion methods just to get traffic. The traffic is almost completely for naught if you can’t get them to convert. Almost.
Make sure that your website designer/developer has used appropriate header tags. You don’t need to use h1-h6, but you should at least have an h1 tag on the page and it should have the subject or keywords used in it. A commonly missed SEO item is picture or image alt text. Make sure to insert a descriptive alternate text representation of the pictures. Keep it short with a few keywords if applicable. Avoid mentioning that it is a picture or image as the search engines are already aware of that.
SEO // action6: Repeat after me; I will not fret over meta keywords…I will not. Sure go ahead and include meta keywords, but do not treat them as a focus. Instead, review pages on your site where the search engines may not be clear on the subject or purpose. Change title tags and your meta descriptions as you create and alter content first. They are of high value and have a way of clarifying your thinking with regard to the subject of the page. Keep in mind that what ever KW/KWP’s appear in your title tag must be in the content of the page. Do not “stuff” either. It is always helpful to start with keywords and keyword phrases that you already have placement on the search engines for, rather then starting for terms that you have never ranked for. Do make sure though that the words are the correct words. The ones we validated earlier.
Onsite SEO // We want to at least think about how we will create our internal website linking structure. The term “click here” returns 4 billion results. Do you really want to fight for relevance with that many other links? In our example we use keyword anchor text to send people to the page on our site that has the most relevant information. The search engines match what is in the link, with the subject on the page.example: click here for our Search Engine Optimization Services.
Someone told you that hundreds or thousands of backlinks were the key to SEO nirvana right? Well to be sure, backlinks are important, as it was one of the founding factors Google was based on. And yet we have the knowledge that there are over 200 criteria that Google uses to determine rank. Furthermore I have seen sites that have been active for years with tens of thousands backlinks still not rank well because they do not sufficiently cover other ranking factors. Which leads us squarely back to that all things being equal statement I keep saying.
SEO // action 7: Now lets look for ways to bolster our backlink strategy. Ask your suppliers to provide backlinks, but have them do so on relevant pages. Encourage customers and suppliers to have individual pages that make sense to be linking too and from. A giant page of links might be ok, but a page that is about XYZ uses our materials like this, is far better. Get into social media and tell the world about your new articles. A common mistake is linking to your home page, and while that is desirable in many instances, don’t forget to send people to inside pages that are more relevant.
SMO // action 8: Use a service like namechk.com to go grab your brands social id’s. I think it is wise for both branding reasons, and for online marketing presence to grab them. If you have an intern, this would be a great task to set them out on. Which ones are important? Which ones don’t you want a competitor or squatter to have? While the backlink value for many is not high, the fact that search engines are constantly crawling these networks is worth noting. This is especially important while the crawl rate on your website is low. Posting links to some of these networks, like ning.com or mybloglog.com where the search engines already spend a significant amount of time, can lead to pages being indexed in under an hour and subsequently lead to radical improvement in new pages being indexed on your site.
SEO// action 9: Now lets shoot for some social visibility. This concepts takes content you post via your website, twitter, facebook, linkedin, delicious and posts it on other services where others are spending time and where the search engines are crawling. Each unique URL on each service is a page that Google could choose to serve up in a SERP (Search Engine Results Page).
SMO // action 10: Last but certainly not least lets go sign up for groups on the ning network and through our personal linkedin accounts. As you can see in this example we were able to promote our Fort Wayne Social Media Seminar on one of the groups we belong to on ning. This page was crawled within hours by google and ranked on page one for many terms within one day.
A long time ago a client mentioned that they seen an abnormal spike in traffic in their analytics client. When asked what happen on that day, the client mentioned they had a story about them in the newspaper. Clearly the abnormal traffic was due to abnormal promotion. We want to look for successes so we can repeat them and failures so we can correct or avoid them. While it sounds geeky to discuss Google A/B or multivariate testing, this will not lead to conclusive results for clients with low traffic volume. It certainly may not provide enough measurable change to warrant the cost of creating those changes. This in no way means we should not constantly be testing for improvement. We can as an alternative look to landing page effectiveness, conversion funnels, bounce rates, time on site, and many other types of clues in order to fine tune ROI. We can also use the new Google Analytics annotation feature so you can look back and recall what caused a spike in traffic.
SEO // action 11: This would be a great time to input keywords you have selected based on validation efforts earlier into a tool like Rank Checker, a Firefox add-on, to establish a baseline for both your site, and that of your competitors. You will also want to express the need for everyone in the company to be committed to monitoring contacts, calls, and lead sources for clues on what is working so you can do it again.
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Were you aware of this change? Did you understand it? Did you research it? Do you know how that will affect you business or site? Do you have the time too? And more importantly did you change anything on your site to take advantage of it?
How is Google Instant going to change search engine optimization (SEO)? It may be a while before we really start to see all the nuances that come along with Google Instant. Various aspects of optimization will certainly have to take into account what comes up as people type, positioning to have your results come up as soon as possible to maximize traffic.
The Google Mayday update, which actually took place between April 28th through May 3rd, was an algorithmic change. Matt Cutts mentions in the video above that a increased emphasis on quality signals were added which hurt some sites that were using long-tail techniques on sites that were not relevant to the long-tail terms. This was not a webspam team change and no human intervention took place.
While Matt Cutts of Google recently downplayed previous comments about site performance as a potential criteria for ranking, there is no doubt that Google has made recent changes encouraging site performance. Google Caffeine is one of those changes. In short it makes Google’s old index look antiquated in size and speed. A heavy emphasis has been put on continuously updating their global search index.
Google has dozens of blogs, so it is hard to know which product is going to affect your business today. For example how does personalized search affect you? (you will think you are ranking better then you are!) The scary thought is that this is, so far only considering Google.
All backlinks are not ranked equally. Refer to slide.