TrackMaven
Supercharging Your SEO Strategy With
TrackMaven
Spark 2016
Adam Monago
VP Product Marketing
@adammonago
Goals of the Session
Understanding of the most important
changes in modern SEO: Topics,
Quality and Brand
A workflow for SEO-Content-Social
team collaboration.
Applying this workflow with
TrackMaven.
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Search Matters
‣ Showing up at the top of search results is
critical to meet the intent of any buyer or
influencer.
‣ Number of search platforms is increasing.
SEO
Common Workflows
‣ Start with your primary
keywords
‣ Put them into Google
Keyword Planner for other
suggestions
‣ Rate them on difficulty and
search volume potential
‣ Hand to your content team
to generate content ideas
‣ Measure rankings
‣ Rinse/Repeat
‣ You start by researching the
content that you think is
most impactful for your
audience
‣ You research, write and
develop the content
‣ You ask SEO to optimize the
content
‣ Wait for SEO
recommendations to be
applied
‣ Measure rankings
‣ Rinse/Repeat
OR
SEO
Keyword Oriented Content Oriented
What kind of SEO
workflow do you have
in your organization?
SEO
SEO Is Being Transformed
by 3 Major Forces
1. Topics over keywords
2.Content quality over links
3.Rising importance of “Brand”
SEO
TrackMaven
Topics Over Keywords
SEO
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Topics Over KeywordsSEO
TrackMaven
10x Content: Quality Over Links
SEO
What is the UX like? How detailed/thorough
is each result?
Do the results provide any
new, unique information?
What is missing from each?
What is the quality of
writing in the articles?
What kind of visuals
are provided?
TrackMaven
10x Content: Quality Over Links
SEO
TrackMaven
The Weight of Your Brand
‣ Social Signals In Addition to Domain
‣ Indexing of social content
‣ Co-Occurrence
‣ How often your brand name and key terms appear
together on different domains around the web
‣ Panda patent
‣ Search engines use co-occurrence to generate
similar results when, in the future, comparable
queries are made without the mention of the brand
SEO
Putting a Shared Workflow Into Practice
Activity Which Role Owns? Key Outputs
Competitive Analysis Content
‣ Competitive Brand List
‣ Identify key channels
‣ Inventory of the types of
content people are reading
and responding to
Topic and Keyword Research SEO
‣ Prioritized topics for content
strategy
‣ Keyword list
Content Development Content
‣ Prioritized content plan
‣ Content calendar
Distribution and
Measurement
Social
‣ Content distribution strategy
‣ Ongoing monitoring of topics
and competitors for most
engaging content
Workflow
Applying it in TrackMaven
Apply
Research
Brand List
Related Keywords
Analyze and Tag
Set Saved Views
Set Autotags
TrackMaven
Build and Start Tracking Your Brand
List
Your Competitors Industry Influencers 10x Content
Apply
Benchmark Brand
TrackMaven
Build Your Related Keyword List
for Your TopicApply
How do you do keyword
or topical research?
Apply
TrackMaven
Use the Content Feed to Analyze and Tag
Competitors Content for Your Topic
‣ Filter content feed using tags
inspired by your topical research
Apply
TrackMaven
Save Views to Support Workflows
‣ Save views to support workflows
between the SEO, Content and Social
team members.
Apply
TrackMaven
Monitor Ongoing Content
‣ Create an auto-tag rule using your
related keywords.
Apply
Applying it in TrackMaven
Apply
Measure
Domain Authority
External Links
Brand Mentions
TrackMaven
Regularly Monitor Domain Authority
‣ A metric that does not change
frequently, but still a leading indicator
that good (or bad) things are
happening.
Apply
TrackMaven
Regularly Monitor External Links
‣ Links still matter for ranking.
TrackMaven provides you an easy
way to monitor changes in this critical
metric.
Apply
TrackMaven
Regularly Monitor Brand Mentions
‣ How are our efforts translating into
quantitative signals about our brand
health?
Apply
Applying it in TrackMaven
Apply
Research
Brand List
Related Keywords
Analyze and Tag
Set Saved Views
Set Autotags
Measure
Domain Authority
External Links
Brand Mentions
LET’S TALK
VP Product Marketing
adam@trackmaven.com
Adam Monago
+1 973-202-8617
@adammonago
THANK YOU

Supercharging Your SEO Strategy With TrackMaven

  • 1.
    TrackMaven Supercharging Your SEOStrategy With TrackMaven Spark 2016 Adam Monago VP Product Marketing @adammonago
  • 2.
    Goals of theSession Understanding of the most important changes in modern SEO: Topics, Quality and Brand A workflow for SEO-Content-Social team collaboration. Applying this workflow with TrackMaven.
  • 3.
    TrackMaven Search Matters ‣ Showingup at the top of search results is critical to meet the intent of any buyer or influencer. ‣ Number of search platforms is increasing. SEO
  • 4.
    Common Workflows ‣ Startwith your primary keywords ‣ Put them into Google Keyword Planner for other suggestions ‣ Rate them on difficulty and search volume potential ‣ Hand to your content team to generate content ideas ‣ Measure rankings ‣ Rinse/Repeat ‣ You start by researching the content that you think is most impactful for your audience ‣ You research, write and develop the content ‣ You ask SEO to optimize the content ‣ Wait for SEO recommendations to be applied ‣ Measure rankings ‣ Rinse/Repeat OR SEO Keyword Oriented Content Oriented
  • 5.
    What kind ofSEO workflow do you have in your organization? SEO
  • 6.
    SEO Is BeingTransformed by 3 Major Forces 1. Topics over keywords 2.Content quality over links 3.Rising importance of “Brand” SEO
  • 7.
  • 8.
  • 9.
    TrackMaven 10x Content: QualityOver Links SEO What is the UX like? How detailed/thorough is each result? Do the results provide any new, unique information? What is missing from each? What is the quality of writing in the articles? What kind of visuals are provided?
  • 10.
  • 11.
    TrackMaven The Weight ofYour Brand ‣ Social Signals In Addition to Domain ‣ Indexing of social content ‣ Co-Occurrence ‣ How often your brand name and key terms appear together on different domains around the web ‣ Panda patent ‣ Search engines use co-occurrence to generate similar results when, in the future, comparable queries are made without the mention of the brand SEO
  • 12.
    Putting a SharedWorkflow Into Practice Activity Which Role Owns? Key Outputs Competitive Analysis Content ‣ Competitive Brand List ‣ Identify key channels ‣ Inventory of the types of content people are reading and responding to Topic and Keyword Research SEO ‣ Prioritized topics for content strategy ‣ Keyword list Content Development Content ‣ Prioritized content plan ‣ Content calendar Distribution and Measurement Social ‣ Content distribution strategy ‣ Ongoing monitoring of topics and competitors for most engaging content Workflow
  • 13.
    Applying it inTrackMaven Apply Research Brand List Related Keywords Analyze and Tag Set Saved Views Set Autotags
  • 14.
    TrackMaven Build and StartTracking Your Brand List Your Competitors Industry Influencers 10x Content Apply Benchmark Brand
  • 15.
    TrackMaven Build Your RelatedKeyword List for Your TopicApply
  • 16.
    How do youdo keyword or topical research? Apply
  • 17.
    TrackMaven Use the ContentFeed to Analyze and Tag Competitors Content for Your Topic ‣ Filter content feed using tags inspired by your topical research Apply
  • 18.
    TrackMaven Save Views toSupport Workflows ‣ Save views to support workflows between the SEO, Content and Social team members. Apply
  • 19.
    TrackMaven Monitor Ongoing Content ‣Create an auto-tag rule using your related keywords. Apply
  • 20.
    Applying it inTrackMaven Apply Measure Domain Authority External Links Brand Mentions
  • 21.
    TrackMaven Regularly Monitor DomainAuthority ‣ A metric that does not change frequently, but still a leading indicator that good (or bad) things are happening. Apply
  • 22.
    TrackMaven Regularly Monitor ExternalLinks ‣ Links still matter for ranking. TrackMaven provides you an easy way to monitor changes in this critical metric. Apply
  • 23.
    TrackMaven Regularly Monitor BrandMentions ‣ How are our efforts translating into quantitative signals about our brand health? Apply
  • 24.
    Applying it inTrackMaven Apply Research Brand List Related Keywords Analyze and Tag Set Saved Views Set Autotags Measure Domain Authority External Links Brand Mentions
  • 25.
    LET’S TALK VP ProductMarketing adam@trackmaven.com Adam Monago +1 973-202-8617 @adammonago THANK YOU