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                   PR and SEO Convergence
                                            by
                                            James Crawford
                                            Managing Director,
                                            PR Agency One
                                            February 2013




Copyright © PR Agency One 2013
my company and i:
PR Agency One:
•	 a PR agency for a digital world
•	 Our focus is on building businesses
•	 We believe our impact can be measured
•	 Tracking corporate reputation – perceptions
•	 eCommerce metrics – immediate commercial benefit

Clients range from:
                                                      James Crawford, Managing Director, PR Agency One
•	 Major national and international brands
•	 Fast-growing and forward thinking SMEs
The assumptions
 before we begin:
 I am assuming that you know the basics of:
   Google’s PageRank
   The value of links / social shares
   Domain / page authority
     The benefits of a well built and planned website
   Google Analytics and what can be measured...

 				
  ...if not,
 					let’s discuss it now…
what is
seo pr?
          SEO PR improves online
          visibility using a range of
          marketing communications,
          public relations and social
          media techniques...
PR influences PageRank
Why is SEO PR becoming more relevant?




 … because of Google’s Penguin update and -
 to a lesser degree - Google Panda...
what does seo pr look like?
 SEO PR:
    consists of many traditional PR tactics
    puts your website at the heart of the strategy
    uses the social web to full effect
    targets links and shares
      is measured by driving traffic and online visibility
by doing a, we achieve b:
 A. Real world marketing    B. SEO PR


   1.	ncreased visibility
     I                       1.	 igh authority links
                               H
   2.	 rand association
     B                       2.	 nline visibility
                               O
   3.	 onesty and trust
     H                       3.	 rganic search traffic
                               O
   4.	 esponsive and
     R                       4.	 eferral traffic
                               R
     engaged                 5.	 ocial media footprint
                               S
examples of tactics
its not just press releases that generate links...
                     Consumer Media                  Trade / B2B
                     News and Features               Thought Leadership
                     Stunts                          Guest Posts
                     Features                        Research
                     Product Reviews                 Content Marketing
                     Competitions                    News and Features
                     Advertorials                    Market Reports
                     Research
one for the future: authorship




                             l + 1ed my own post



                        Second post is higher because
                             of Google + circles
essential prerequisite for seo

    A good, content rich website that’s well
    planned for SEO (meta data) and is built
    to web standards
    A place on the website to publish content
    and link to, e.g. a blog
example of a business benefiting from seo pr




  Hat tip to Jackie Hole, Malcolm Coles, Richard Thornton, Rhys Wynne
  and Richard Kershaw, founder of Wish.co.uk for input in the next couple of slides:
example of a business benefiting from seo pr
example of a business benefiting from seo pr
example of a business benefiting from seo pr
example of a business benefiting from seo pr
example of a business benefiting from seo pr
the roi of seo pr
Instant ROI:
- Traffic that converts from the following sources
•	 branded
•	 direct
•	 referral
•	 long tail

Long term ROI: (For me, the exciting bit)
•	 Acquiring links and shares
•	 building domain authority.
•	 improving search visibility
a copy of this presentation is available here:
http://www.pragencyone.co.uk/seo-pr/the-seo-pr-insights-at-search-me/
contact us

             James Crawford,
             Managing Director,
             PR Agency One
             m: 07793 441 686
             e: james@pragencyone.co.uk
             w: www.pragencyone.co.uk
any questions?
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