For our June 2019 event, Search Social & Attribution, we had two fantastic speakers.
Dale Nguyen presented: Developing a Data-Driven Link Building Strategy Using Google, Competitor, & Industry Insights
Francois Goube presented: What I learned from crawling 10 billions of Pages and analyzing 5 Trillions of log lines.
For full recaps of this and past events, head on over to utahdmc.org
For our June 2019 event, Search Social & Attribution, we had two fantastic speakers.
Mark Irvine presented: Search and Social: 3 Tricks to Make Your Advertising Work Better Together
Simon Poulton presented: Democratizing Attribution: Understanding the incremental impact of your digital marketing
For full recaps of this and past events, head on over to utahdmc.org
Robert Brady
Utah Digital Marketing Conference 2019
Learn more at: utahdmc.org
Go beyond SpyFu/SEMrush/iSpionage with your competitive research. This session will specifically discuss the following:
Using scripts to pull Auction Insights data automatically from Google Ads, graph it & help you easily identify major shifts in competitor behavior
Getting into competitors’ best audiences so they basically gift wrap their best stuff and send it to you
Researching your competitors Facebook advertising efforts to keep your social game on point
Tapping into the new Bing Competition tab
Level up your competitive research by attending this session.
Oli Gardner - Frankenpage: Using A Million Little Pieces of Data to Reverse ...Marketing Festival
Theory. Principles. They’re essential to guide how we design our campaign experiences. But, if they aren’t backed up by data, our decision making powers are missing a critical piece of the conversion equation. In the only landing page session you’ll need to attend this century, Oli will share a series of conversion data stories that have never been seen publicly before. After mining through a million data points to uncover and dissect how conversion actually works, Oli will channel lightning bolts and body parts as he sews together the ultimate landing page.
What does it take to grow your customer base from 0 to 25,000 in just 2 years and multiply both revenue and clients 10X in 3?
In this webinar, find out the lead generation strategies behind these 2 REAL growth stories of startups LeadPages and WordStream. Conversion Educator Tim Paige and Founder and CTO of WordStream Larry Kim reveal the secrets and tactics behind their almost unbelievable success.
You’ll walk away with a trifecta of know-how:
-3 lessons learned from processing over 4 MILLION opt-ins per month
-3 ways to exponentially increase conversions with paid search advertising
-The 3 most important landing page elements to test
For more information, visit www.wordstream.com.
Growth is the easy part. Attracting and retaining a profitable client base is the real challenge for agencies. As the demand for digital increases, many agencies are offering new services, evolving internal processes, and evaluating alternate revenue and pricing models. In this presentation, Paul Roetzer provides 15 actionable tips to maximize your agency’s profits in the new era of marketing services.
For our June 2019 event, Search Social & Attribution, we had two fantastic speakers.
Mark Irvine presented: Search and Social: 3 Tricks to Make Your Advertising Work Better Together
Simon Poulton presented: Democratizing Attribution: Understanding the incremental impact of your digital marketing
For full recaps of this and past events, head on over to utahdmc.org
Robert Brady
Utah Digital Marketing Conference 2019
Learn more at: utahdmc.org
Go beyond SpyFu/SEMrush/iSpionage with your competitive research. This session will specifically discuss the following:
Using scripts to pull Auction Insights data automatically from Google Ads, graph it & help you easily identify major shifts in competitor behavior
Getting into competitors’ best audiences so they basically gift wrap their best stuff and send it to you
Researching your competitors Facebook advertising efforts to keep your social game on point
Tapping into the new Bing Competition tab
Level up your competitive research by attending this session.
Oli Gardner - Frankenpage: Using A Million Little Pieces of Data to Reverse ...Marketing Festival
Theory. Principles. They’re essential to guide how we design our campaign experiences. But, if they aren’t backed up by data, our decision making powers are missing a critical piece of the conversion equation. In the only landing page session you’ll need to attend this century, Oli will share a series of conversion data stories that have never been seen publicly before. After mining through a million data points to uncover and dissect how conversion actually works, Oli will channel lightning bolts and body parts as he sews together the ultimate landing page.
What does it take to grow your customer base from 0 to 25,000 in just 2 years and multiply both revenue and clients 10X in 3?
In this webinar, find out the lead generation strategies behind these 2 REAL growth stories of startups LeadPages and WordStream. Conversion Educator Tim Paige and Founder and CTO of WordStream Larry Kim reveal the secrets and tactics behind their almost unbelievable success.
You’ll walk away with a trifecta of know-how:
-3 lessons learned from processing over 4 MILLION opt-ins per month
-3 ways to exponentially increase conversions with paid search advertising
-The 3 most important landing page elements to test
For more information, visit www.wordstream.com.
Growth is the easy part. Attracting and retaining a profitable client base is the real challenge for agencies. As the demand for digital increases, many agencies are offering new services, evolving internal processes, and evaluating alternate revenue and pricing models. In this presentation, Paul Roetzer provides 15 actionable tips to maximize your agency’s profits in the new era of marketing services.
Consumer search behaviour is complex.
You perform multiple searches on multiple devices over multiple days; where everything you see and experience, in the SERPs and beyond, influences your brand preference and purchase decisions.
Traditional funnel analysis and marketing models do a poor job of measuring and managing this ecosystem.
We need to re-think the way we talk about, measure and manage SEO if we want bigger budgets, integrated strategies, and to win big - and we need to move fast; some of the world's biggest companies are already beating us to it.
A strong presence on social media is an absolute must for any modern-day company – but it is crowded, noisy, and competitive. It’s not easy to stand-out and get noticed by potential customers.
Cue social media advertising. It allows your brand to break through the craze and connect with your audience in a place they are already frequenting on a daily basis.
Larry Kim, long-time search geek turned Facebook enthusiast, is pairing up with results-driven advertising guru Perry Marshall to bring you the latest hacks to elevate your social presence. Don’t miss the chance to supercharge your paid social efforts.
Outsmart your competition. In today’s highly competitive business world, you need to be aware of what others in your industry are doing and how you can adapt their best techniques to make your business even stronger.
Tune in for our live webinar with experts from WordStream and iSpionage; we'll show you the latest paid search strategies so you can outshine your rivals, attract more leads, and win more business. Don't miss your chance to learn how to increase your competitive advantage in the marketplace - register now!
During the webinar, you'll learn:
-How to strategically write ad copy to snipe traffic from competitors
-How to use custom affinity to divert leads from rival companies
-How to use innovative paid placements on Gmail and YouTube to steal traffic from competing businesses
SearchLove San Diego 2017 | Tom Critchlow | The State of ContentDistilled
It’s time for a look at the landscape of content in 2017. Tom has worked with content businesses large and small, and will walk through the trends and technologies that shape content distribution today. Looking at different platforms, business models and influencers, there will be insights for anyone who publishes content to the web.
The power of integrating B2B influencer marketing with content marketing, a presentation given by Lee Odden of TopRank Marketing at the Oracle Modern Marketing Experience MME16 conference 2016.
In this highly interactive session, affiliate marketing veteran Ola Edvardsson takes a fresh look at what really works in the affiliate marketing space.
We’re going to cover best practices that top brands use to drive referrals and customer acquisition:
The following best practice examples come from companies that actually sell something. !
People always ask: “How do I get more referrals?” ! That’s easy. ! Focus on two things that really move the needle. ! User participation & Optimization
Again, two things really ‘move the needle’ for referral program performance. User Participation Optimization
User Participation Location matters
Homepage & Navigation Best practices: ! • Site-wide • Highly visible (upper-le#)
Order Confirmation Page Best practices: ! • Pop-up overlay • Varied offers
User Account Page Best practices: ! • Embedded • On button click - if you have to • PURLs
Stand Alone Referral Page Promote / drive traffic from: ! • Homepage & Navigation • Dedicated email blasts • Trigger emails & newsletters • Social following • Customer service follow up • Email signature
Dedicated Email Blasts Best practices: ! • Single call to action • Clear offer • Schedule (monthly / quarterly)
Your ‘reach’ may be bigger than you think…
Optimization Increase sharing rates and referral conversion rates
What to measure Shares ! Widget Impressions ! = Sharing Rate Conversions ! Referral Visits ! = Referral Conversion Rate Referral Visits
Sharing Rate - optimize call to action Best practices: ! • Clear call to action • What’s in it for them • What their friends get (if double-sided) • Address book importing
Sharing Rate - optimize design + 42% sharing rate • Red, italic headline • Background image
A B C • Purple bracelets • Green bracelets • “Expires in 24 hours!” • Woman on beach • “Expires in 24 hours!” + 35% Gain
Doubled referral visits and referral sales
Welcome overlay • Friend incentive • Email capture • Reveal code
Session-based • Dynamic message
Dedicated landing page • No distractions
1 Offers for sharer & friend 2 Calls to action for sharer & friend 3 Shared content (copy & images) 4 Shared email subject line Elements for testing 5 Referred visitor experience
Calls to Action - quick tips Tip 1: Verb + What’s in it for me? Tip 2: “I want to ___________.” • Get $10 in store credit. • Get a free month. • Give $10, Get $10 • Share and earn $10
Referral Benchmarks How are you doing?
Sharing
Referral Visits
Referred Visitors
Cost Per Acquisition CPA
Revenue Lift
Examples of Campaign Metrics Example companies by size
Where to start optimizing (30 day snapshot - 3 companies) a Rockin’ b Work on sharing rate c Work on conversion rate
Party Foul ! The biggest mistake people make . . .
Don’t force a login or registration 90% drop off!
Recap Follow best practices and avoid common pitfalls.
Don’t let your business become another blooper with money-wasting ads.
A WordStream study found that a typical small business advertiser wastes 25% of total spend on average — missing out on tons of opportunities and sales. We’ve brought two of the most renowned paid search experts together to show you how to monitor and optimize your account to reach full potential in traffic and profits.
Larry Kim of WordStream and David Szetela of Bruce Clay will present their favorite, most cringe-worthy AdWords bloopers, so you can avoid these mistakes and stop throwing away your budget.
During this webinar, you'll learn how to avoid:
-Mistakes with conversion tracking
-Mishaps resulting from poor account structure
-Display targeting blunders that reach the wrong audience
100 Stats, Charts & Graphs to gain 'Buy-In' for Inbound/Content Marketing by ...Gus Wilson
HubSpot's newest collection of 100 Awesome Marketing Stats, Charts & Graphs, based on original research and data from a variety of sources, including analysis of our 4,500 customers, surveys with hundreds of small and medium-sized businesses, and dozens of top-notch publications like MarketingSherpa, eMarketer, Pew Research, McKinsey, and more.
Viral videos don't just happen. They require luck and serious data science research. Here are 5 proven complete strategies to use data to determine what viral video content will have the best chance of catching fire. These marketing strategies can be used for video, content marketing, social media marketing and SEO. They are from a presentation that I did at Digital Marketer's Traffic & Conversion Summit.
What the Heck is Inbound Marketing? HubSpotHubSpot
The Internet has transformed the way people learn about and shop for products. Today, people start their learning and buying process on the Internet, in search engines, blogs, and social media sites. Inbound marketing is all about getting found by the people already looking for you online and connecting directly with your prospects. This presentation covers: what is inbound marketing, why you should care, and how you can do it on a day-to-day basis.
Presented by Ellie Mirman and Rebecca Corliss at Geek Girl Camp Boston.
Larry Kim's Top 10 Facebook Hacks of all time!GrowthHackers
"These days content marketing feels like a suicide mission,” Says Larry Kim.
That’s in part because marketing demand generation has changed and has become so incredibly competitive. So how can brands and marketers get more leads and sales without spending an arm and a leg?
Two words: Social ads.
Facebook and Twitter Ads are governed by complex ad algorithms which govern how often your ads are shown and how much you pay per click.
The good news is: any algorithm has loopholes and can be cracked. Join Larry for a presentation of unusual-yet-proven social media advertising strategies designed to generate millions of page views at a tiny fraction of a penny per click, then how to convert those visitors into valuable leads and sales for your business.
In this webinar, Larry Kim will cover:
The algorithms of social ads: Relevancy Score and Quality Adjusted Bid - How much you should bid, which ads you should run, which ad objectives you should choose
Advanced ad targeting strategies, including how to use social ads to make content go 'viral' on social media outlets like Reddit, LinkedIn Pulse, Medium, Hacket News and more
Social re-marketing: strategies for turning clicks into leads and sales on the cheap
This is all about the (many) time(s) we’ve been fired by search clients. Understand, we get fired less often than we get hired. That’s why Portent still exists. But there are those cases where you fervently believe you did everything right, the client can’t point to any issues, and yet you still get thrown out on your behind.
Frustrating. So I started digging – I asked a lot of uncomfortable questions of my clients. Of former clients. Of clients in the act of becoming former clients.
75% of them – literally, I kept count – said things like “we just felt like we wanted… more.”
That was puzzling, because we’ve delivered within our scope of work, every time. Clearly, something else is going on.
I asked more uncomfortable questions (trust me, they’re not fun) and slowly realized that this isn’t about the work for which we were hired. It’s about the context in which the work took place. It’s about strategy.
The Brand as Publisher Masterplan - Content Marketing for the Next DecadeSimon Penson
Content Marketing faces major challenges ahead with increasing competition forcing brands to execute better. That's where brand as publisher comes in. It's content marketing for the next decade!
• 3. DOING BUSINESS ON THE WEB FOR 9 YEARS AND PLENTY OF FAILURES ALONG THE WAY
• 4. Start engaging yourpeopleThe lifeblood of your business ispeople. They interact with you andeven pay you… they are your users...your customers. Start getting to knowthem as fast as possible. “There is no black magic to successfully attracting customers via the web.” Rand Fishkin- Who are your customers?- Where do they hang out?- How should you engage?
• 5. WHO ARE YOURCustomers?
• 6. WHERE DO THEYHang out?
• 7. HOW SHOULD YOUEngage?
• 8. What is User Experience?
• 9. Who are your customers? ONLINE MARKETERS WITH Websites
• 10. Where do they hang out? #measure ON TWITTER
• 11. How should you engage?
• 12. How should you engage? 10,000 TWEETS 88,000 FOLLOWERS $0 BUDGET
• 13. Publish awesomecontentContent is king. Great content getspeople excited, it educates them, ithelps them be successful and evenmakes them want more! “No matter what, the very first piece of social media real estate Id start with is a blog.” Chris Brogan- Start a blog- Create content- Be consistently awesome
• 14. Start a blog SELF-HOSTED
• 15. Start a blog DRIP EMAIL MARKETING
• 16. Create content
• 17. Create content that teaches
• 18. Be consistently awesome
• 19. What is User Experience?
• 20. Start a blog $7.35 COST PER SIGN UP
• 21. Create content 50 INFOGRAPHICS 300 POSTS 10,000 COMMENTS
• 22. WE’VE DESIGNED & MARKETEDOVER 50 INFOGRAPHICS
• 23. 15K Tweets 5K Likes 1 Radio ShowCASE STUDYHOW DO COLORS AFFECT PURCHASES?
• 24. 4000 Tweets 500 Likes 300 LinkedIn SharesCASE STUDYBOUNCE RATE DEMYSTIFIED
• 25. 3900 Tweets 707 Likes 366 LinkedIn SharesCASE STUDYWHAT MAKES SOMEONE LEAVE AWEBSITE?
• 26. Be consistently awesome
• 27. Measure and optimizeyour contentFocus on actionable metrics for yourcontent. It’s easy to drown in a sea ofvanity metrics. Hone in on the metricsthat matter based on your own specificbusiness goals. “Be metrics driven and test a lot." Mark Suster- Design for conversions- Qualitative measurement- Quantitative measurement- Optimize & improve results
• 28. Design for conversions
• 29. Design for conversions
• 30. Design for conversions
• 31. Design for conversions
• 32. Design for conversions
• 33. Design for conversions
• 34. Design User Experience?What isfor conversions VANITY METRICS
• 35. Design User Experience?What isfor conversions VANITY METRICS WILL Kill Your ROI
• 36. Qualitative measurement
• 46. Optimize and improve results
• 51. Data Informed
• 52. ROI! $7.35 COST PER SIGN UP
After nearly 3,000 Google AdWords audits we are finding that nearly EVERYONE is making some of the same mistakes that are costing them big time.
The great news is that these mistakes are easy to fix and can literally double your profitability with AdWords over night.
During this webinar learn how to:
Stop robbing your most profitable keywords
How to organize your account for easy optimization and double the profitability
Avoid some gotchas that we've learned the hard way
[Elite Camp 2016] Stacey MacNaught - Nobody Pays the Bills in "Social Shares"...CXL
Content marketing has a tendency to be a bit of a "fluffy" term, too frequently measured against things like "shares." Nobody pays the bills in shares. In this talk, Stacey will be talking about content marketing that delivers against tangible marketing goals. Stacey will share tactics her team are using to come up with content ideas that deliver relevant (converting!) traffic and tips for executing the ideas for maximum impact.
What a wonderful day to celebrate the eternal sunshine of the spotless SEO mind! If you weren’t at the conference today or missed something, it’s alright, we’ve got your back - here are the key takeaways from the BrightonSEO September 2017 main stage. Check them out!
Consumer search behaviour is complex.
You perform multiple searches on multiple devices over multiple days; where everything you see and experience, in the SERPs and beyond, influences your brand preference and purchase decisions.
Traditional funnel analysis and marketing models do a poor job of measuring and managing this ecosystem.
We need to re-think the way we talk about, measure and manage SEO if we want bigger budgets, integrated strategies, and to win big - and we need to move fast; some of the world's biggest companies are already beating us to it.
A strong presence on social media is an absolute must for any modern-day company – but it is crowded, noisy, and competitive. It’s not easy to stand-out and get noticed by potential customers.
Cue social media advertising. It allows your brand to break through the craze and connect with your audience in a place they are already frequenting on a daily basis.
Larry Kim, long-time search geek turned Facebook enthusiast, is pairing up with results-driven advertising guru Perry Marshall to bring you the latest hacks to elevate your social presence. Don’t miss the chance to supercharge your paid social efforts.
Outsmart your competition. In today’s highly competitive business world, you need to be aware of what others in your industry are doing and how you can adapt their best techniques to make your business even stronger.
Tune in for our live webinar with experts from WordStream and iSpionage; we'll show you the latest paid search strategies so you can outshine your rivals, attract more leads, and win more business. Don't miss your chance to learn how to increase your competitive advantage in the marketplace - register now!
During the webinar, you'll learn:
-How to strategically write ad copy to snipe traffic from competitors
-How to use custom affinity to divert leads from rival companies
-How to use innovative paid placements on Gmail and YouTube to steal traffic from competing businesses
SearchLove San Diego 2017 | Tom Critchlow | The State of ContentDistilled
It’s time for a look at the landscape of content in 2017. Tom has worked with content businesses large and small, and will walk through the trends and technologies that shape content distribution today. Looking at different platforms, business models and influencers, there will be insights for anyone who publishes content to the web.
The power of integrating B2B influencer marketing with content marketing, a presentation given by Lee Odden of TopRank Marketing at the Oracle Modern Marketing Experience MME16 conference 2016.
In this highly interactive session, affiliate marketing veteran Ola Edvardsson takes a fresh look at what really works in the affiliate marketing space.
We’re going to cover best practices that top brands use to drive referrals and customer acquisition:
The following best practice examples come from companies that actually sell something. !
People always ask: “How do I get more referrals?” ! That’s easy. ! Focus on two things that really move the needle. ! User participation & Optimization
Again, two things really ‘move the needle’ for referral program performance. User Participation Optimization
User Participation Location matters
Homepage & Navigation Best practices: ! • Site-wide • Highly visible (upper-le#)
Order Confirmation Page Best practices: ! • Pop-up overlay • Varied offers
User Account Page Best practices: ! • Embedded • On button click - if you have to • PURLs
Stand Alone Referral Page Promote / drive traffic from: ! • Homepage & Navigation • Dedicated email blasts • Trigger emails & newsletters • Social following • Customer service follow up • Email signature
Dedicated Email Blasts Best practices: ! • Single call to action • Clear offer • Schedule (monthly / quarterly)
Your ‘reach’ may be bigger than you think…
Optimization Increase sharing rates and referral conversion rates
What to measure Shares ! Widget Impressions ! = Sharing Rate Conversions ! Referral Visits ! = Referral Conversion Rate Referral Visits
Sharing Rate - optimize call to action Best practices: ! • Clear call to action • What’s in it for them • What their friends get (if double-sided) • Address book importing
Sharing Rate - optimize design + 42% sharing rate • Red, italic headline • Background image
A B C • Purple bracelets • Green bracelets • “Expires in 24 hours!” • Woman on beach • “Expires in 24 hours!” + 35% Gain
Doubled referral visits and referral sales
Welcome overlay • Friend incentive • Email capture • Reveal code
Session-based • Dynamic message
Dedicated landing page • No distractions
1 Offers for sharer & friend 2 Calls to action for sharer & friend 3 Shared content (copy & images) 4 Shared email subject line Elements for testing 5 Referred visitor experience
Calls to Action - quick tips Tip 1: Verb + What’s in it for me? Tip 2: “I want to ___________.” • Get $10 in store credit. • Get a free month. • Give $10, Get $10 • Share and earn $10
Referral Benchmarks How are you doing?
Sharing
Referral Visits
Referred Visitors
Cost Per Acquisition CPA
Revenue Lift
Examples of Campaign Metrics Example companies by size
Where to start optimizing (30 day snapshot - 3 companies) a Rockin’ b Work on sharing rate c Work on conversion rate
Party Foul ! The biggest mistake people make . . .
Don’t force a login or registration 90% drop off!
Recap Follow best practices and avoid common pitfalls.
Don’t let your business become another blooper with money-wasting ads.
A WordStream study found that a typical small business advertiser wastes 25% of total spend on average — missing out on tons of opportunities and sales. We’ve brought two of the most renowned paid search experts together to show you how to monitor and optimize your account to reach full potential in traffic and profits.
Larry Kim of WordStream and David Szetela of Bruce Clay will present their favorite, most cringe-worthy AdWords bloopers, so you can avoid these mistakes and stop throwing away your budget.
During this webinar, you'll learn how to avoid:
-Mistakes with conversion tracking
-Mishaps resulting from poor account structure
-Display targeting blunders that reach the wrong audience
100 Stats, Charts & Graphs to gain 'Buy-In' for Inbound/Content Marketing by ...Gus Wilson
HubSpot's newest collection of 100 Awesome Marketing Stats, Charts & Graphs, based on original research and data from a variety of sources, including analysis of our 4,500 customers, surveys with hundreds of small and medium-sized businesses, and dozens of top-notch publications like MarketingSherpa, eMarketer, Pew Research, McKinsey, and more.
Viral videos don't just happen. They require luck and serious data science research. Here are 5 proven complete strategies to use data to determine what viral video content will have the best chance of catching fire. These marketing strategies can be used for video, content marketing, social media marketing and SEO. They are from a presentation that I did at Digital Marketer's Traffic & Conversion Summit.
What the Heck is Inbound Marketing? HubSpotHubSpot
The Internet has transformed the way people learn about and shop for products. Today, people start their learning and buying process on the Internet, in search engines, blogs, and social media sites. Inbound marketing is all about getting found by the people already looking for you online and connecting directly with your prospects. This presentation covers: what is inbound marketing, why you should care, and how you can do it on a day-to-day basis.
Presented by Ellie Mirman and Rebecca Corliss at Geek Girl Camp Boston.
Larry Kim's Top 10 Facebook Hacks of all time!GrowthHackers
"These days content marketing feels like a suicide mission,” Says Larry Kim.
That’s in part because marketing demand generation has changed and has become so incredibly competitive. So how can brands and marketers get more leads and sales without spending an arm and a leg?
Two words: Social ads.
Facebook and Twitter Ads are governed by complex ad algorithms which govern how often your ads are shown and how much you pay per click.
The good news is: any algorithm has loopholes and can be cracked. Join Larry for a presentation of unusual-yet-proven social media advertising strategies designed to generate millions of page views at a tiny fraction of a penny per click, then how to convert those visitors into valuable leads and sales for your business.
In this webinar, Larry Kim will cover:
The algorithms of social ads: Relevancy Score and Quality Adjusted Bid - How much you should bid, which ads you should run, which ad objectives you should choose
Advanced ad targeting strategies, including how to use social ads to make content go 'viral' on social media outlets like Reddit, LinkedIn Pulse, Medium, Hacket News and more
Social re-marketing: strategies for turning clicks into leads and sales on the cheap
This is all about the (many) time(s) we’ve been fired by search clients. Understand, we get fired less often than we get hired. That’s why Portent still exists. But there are those cases where you fervently believe you did everything right, the client can’t point to any issues, and yet you still get thrown out on your behind.
Frustrating. So I started digging – I asked a lot of uncomfortable questions of my clients. Of former clients. Of clients in the act of becoming former clients.
75% of them – literally, I kept count – said things like “we just felt like we wanted… more.”
That was puzzling, because we’ve delivered within our scope of work, every time. Clearly, something else is going on.
I asked more uncomfortable questions (trust me, they’re not fun) and slowly realized that this isn’t about the work for which we were hired. It’s about the context in which the work took place. It’s about strategy.
The Brand as Publisher Masterplan - Content Marketing for the Next DecadeSimon Penson
Content Marketing faces major challenges ahead with increasing competition forcing brands to execute better. That's where brand as publisher comes in. It's content marketing for the next decade!
• 3. DOING BUSINESS ON THE WEB FOR 9 YEARS AND PLENTY OF FAILURES ALONG THE WAY
• 4. Start engaging yourpeopleThe lifeblood of your business ispeople. They interact with you andeven pay you… they are your users...your customers. Start getting to knowthem as fast as possible. “There is no black magic to successfully attracting customers via the web.” Rand Fishkin- Who are your customers?- Where do they hang out?- How should you engage?
• 5. WHO ARE YOURCustomers?
• 6. WHERE DO THEYHang out?
• 7. HOW SHOULD YOUEngage?
• 8. What is User Experience?
• 9. Who are your customers? ONLINE MARKETERS WITH Websites
• 10. Where do they hang out? #measure ON TWITTER
• 11. How should you engage?
• 12. How should you engage? 10,000 TWEETS 88,000 FOLLOWERS $0 BUDGET
• 13. Publish awesomecontentContent is king. Great content getspeople excited, it educates them, ithelps them be successful and evenmakes them want more! “No matter what, the very first piece of social media real estate Id start with is a blog.” Chris Brogan- Start a blog- Create content- Be consistently awesome
• 14. Start a blog SELF-HOSTED
• 15. Start a blog DRIP EMAIL MARKETING
• 16. Create content
• 17. Create content that teaches
• 18. Be consistently awesome
• 19. What is User Experience?
• 20. Start a blog $7.35 COST PER SIGN UP
• 21. Create content 50 INFOGRAPHICS 300 POSTS 10,000 COMMENTS
• 22. WE’VE DESIGNED & MARKETEDOVER 50 INFOGRAPHICS
• 23. 15K Tweets 5K Likes 1 Radio ShowCASE STUDYHOW DO COLORS AFFECT PURCHASES?
• 24. 4000 Tweets 500 Likes 300 LinkedIn SharesCASE STUDYBOUNCE RATE DEMYSTIFIED
• 25. 3900 Tweets 707 Likes 366 LinkedIn SharesCASE STUDYWHAT MAKES SOMEONE LEAVE AWEBSITE?
• 26. Be consistently awesome
• 27. Measure and optimizeyour contentFocus on actionable metrics for yourcontent. It’s easy to drown in a sea ofvanity metrics. Hone in on the metricsthat matter based on your own specificbusiness goals. “Be metrics driven and test a lot." Mark Suster- Design for conversions- Qualitative measurement- Quantitative measurement- Optimize & improve results
• 28. Design for conversions
• 29. Design for conversions
• 30. Design for conversions
• 31. Design for conversions
• 32. Design for conversions
• 33. Design for conversions
• 34. Design User Experience?What isfor conversions VANITY METRICS
• 35. Design User Experience?What isfor conversions VANITY METRICS WILL Kill Your ROI
• 36. Qualitative measurement
• 46. Optimize and improve results
• 51. Data Informed
• 52. ROI! $7.35 COST PER SIGN UP
After nearly 3,000 Google AdWords audits we are finding that nearly EVERYONE is making some of the same mistakes that are costing them big time.
The great news is that these mistakes are easy to fix and can literally double your profitability with AdWords over night.
During this webinar learn how to:
Stop robbing your most profitable keywords
How to organize your account for easy optimization and double the profitability
Avoid some gotchas that we've learned the hard way
[Elite Camp 2016] Stacey MacNaught - Nobody Pays the Bills in "Social Shares"...CXL
Content marketing has a tendency to be a bit of a "fluffy" term, too frequently measured against things like "shares." Nobody pays the bills in shares. In this talk, Stacey will be talking about content marketing that delivers against tangible marketing goals. Stacey will share tactics her team are using to come up with content ideas that deliver relevant (converting!) traffic and tips for executing the ideas for maximum impact.
What a wonderful day to celebrate the eternal sunshine of the spotless SEO mind! If you weren’t at the conference today or missed something, it’s alright, we’ve got your back - here are the key takeaways from the BrightonSEO September 2017 main stage. Check them out!
There are more opportunities for your school’s content to show up on search engines today than ever before, such as “structured snippets”, “people also ask", and the list goes on. The problem is that the SEO needed to win those spots has become incredibly complex and technical.
But if you’re not optimizing your content with the right SEO, you’re losing critical opportunities to reach prospects when they’re searching for you and letting your competitors attract those users and build relationships with them.
Winning the SEO Game for Schools: How to Dominate Organic Search and Get in Front of the Right Students in 2023, a fast-paced executive briefing for schools on what you need to know about SEO in 2023 and how to ensure you “steals” every opportunity to show up on search engines for relevant searches entered by your potential students.
Brief Description about SEO and its Basics. It define the Concept of SEO and its use in Internet Marketing. Best suitable for the Beginner in Internet Marketing field
6 steps to earning more leads using Local SEOEagan Heath
People search online every day for local services and products, but unless your link appears in the top spots on the results page, chances are they aren't finding you. Local SEO agency owner Eagan Heath will share the steps his agency Get Found Madison takes to make themselves and their clients appear at the top of Google searches. He'll cover these actions in his "Local SEO checklist," a phrase which often ranks on page 1 nationally itself! Leave with an action plan for getting your small business found.
7 Ways To Boost Your Traffic With SEO And Content MarketingHappy Marketer
Whether you’re an individual establishing your personal brand online or an e-commerce company, the key to your online success is attracting web traffic to your site. Learn how to attract quality leads with these killer SEO and Content Marketing tips!
An Intro To SEO, SEM & Internet MarketingDave Davies
Dave Davies from Beanstalk Internet Marketing used this slide deck at SEM Summit 2016 in the opening session designed to educate attendees on the basis principles, terms and practices in SEO and SEM to ready them for the rest of the day.
See more or contact us at JumpStartWeb.com or PlusROI.com.
This deck features slides from the Web Marketing Success 2012 Seminar at Vancouver Island Tech Park. Presented by Robert Cooper of PlusROI Online Marketing and JumpStartWeb.
The slides are not necessarily self explanatory, but have some good information on some of the most important areas to consider for web marketing, as well as notes on some of the hottest emerging opportunities (like Mobile).
The key to using the Internet as a business tool is to reduce that frustration and connect with customers in the easiest, most direct way possible. SEO (search engine optimization) is, perhaps, the fastest growing marketing tool available today and it works by putting your website at the top of search results page on Google and Bing when customers are searching for terms relevant to your business.
The Internet can work wonders: If you are looking for guidance on a home improvement project, there is a YouTube video for every conceivable “how to.” Need a last-minute recipe or want to find a unique gift item? Presto, with a few clicks results appear on your screen. Of course, it can also be frustrating. The key to using the Internet as a business tool is to reduce that frustration and connect with customers in the easiest, most direct way possible. In other words, don’t let potential leads get lost on their way to your website! (http://bit.ly/2ghsK8H)
Similar to Utah DMC Presents: SEO Night - July 2019 (20)
We had an awesome event on February 19th, 2020 talking all about PPC marketing with Kyle Shurtz from Avalaunch Media and Navha Hopkins from Hennessey Digital.
Learn more about our events at https://www.utahdmc.org/
Cory Henke
Utah Digital Marketing Conference 2019
Learn more at: utahdmc.org
The only constant in our industry is change, and what I have seen change more than anything is our consumption of media specifically on mobile within platforms. In our session, we will explore organic and paid strategies as well as case studies via PowerBI dashboards custom-built for the Utah DMC. Moreover, we will take a look at creative, primarily vertical and similar to previous presentations we will compare, contrast, and evaluate data insights that uncover a story about human behavior.
Session takeaways:
Organic & Paid Instagram Strategies & Implementation
The value of data analysis and dashboard visualization
A deeper understanding of the value of Instagram and capability for building a brand
Audience development & retargeting strategies
Dennis Yu
Utah Digital Marketing Conference 2019
Learn more at: utahdmc.org
Double your remarketing conversion rates, turn Facebook into your PR machine, make your company look way bigger than it is, get your way effortlessly in that customer service problem, get the job you want, or drive awareness of a new product.
You don't have to be a programmer, have a big budget, or have a lot of marketing experience. This is about using the "dollar a day" technique to make Facebook work for you. Also known as the "influence the influencer" or "Inception" approach, these 6 phases are evergreen, meaning you can let them run forever.
In this session, we will share examples of applying these techniques and the strategy behind them.
Susan Wenograd
Utah Digital Marketing Conference 2019
Learn more at: utahdmc.org
When someone discovers a new method to reach an audience, everyone starts doing the same thing and oversaturates the audience. We should not be pounding the bottom of the funnel with the hard sell. We have to change what we have been doing in the past.
Learn how to approach creating effective Facebook ad funnels. This session will be filled with actionable content that will help you change what you've been doing for the better.
Marcus Sheridan
Utah Digital Marketing Conference 2019
Learn more at: utahdmc.org
Studies have shown that by the year 2019, 80% of all content consumed online will be video-based content. With such a dramatic trend, what is your business or organization doing to not only meet the demands of today's buyer but to also stay ahead of the marketplace and be prepared for what is next? In this action-packed keynote, Marcus Sheridan will show powerful stories of how B2B and B2C companies are using video to not only build their brand but significantly drive sales and marketing revenue in the process. Sheridan will also discuss exactly how any organization, regardless of size, can develop its own culture of video and experience incredible results.
See what type of video content does and does not move the needle in terms of sales and revenue.
Discover how to integrate video into the sales process to improve closing rates while decreasing sales cycles.
Learn how to set up an in-house "media company" and engage your team in the process.
And much, much more!
Scott Paul
Utah Digital Marketing Conference 2019
Learn more at: utahdmc.org
We will discuss the evolution of influencer marketing over the last decade and what works today that didn’t work last year. We will show you how you can recruit your customers to be your best advocates and reach more people than influencers in an authentic way. Learn Tips and tricks on free and paid tools to start influencer marketing program at your company today.
Neil Patel
Utah Digital Marketing Conference 2019
Learn more at: utahdmc.org
Neil Patel breaks down where digital marketing is headed and what you need to do to ensure your success.
Michelle Morgan
Utah Digital Marketing Conference 2019
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Lead generation presents different challenges than Ecommerce. The sale isn’t made in an instant on a website. We have to offer, show, and then deliver on value through a sometimes lengthy buyer journey, all while competing for our audience’s attention against distractions and competitors and also making sure they’re a good fit for our customer base. In this session, we take a step away from the keyword and bidding strategies and focus on the parts of lead generation campaigns that can help drive higher lead counts, better quality leads, and propel users through to customer.
Ian Lurie
Utah Digital Marketing Conference 2019
Learn more at: utahdmc.org
Marketing. Dungeons & Dragons. They aren’t that different. Seriously: Follow Ian on this quick romp through the world of role-playing games and how they teach you to be a better marketer.
Session Takeaways:
What a “niche” really looks like
Basic marketing math (what’s a click worth?)
Why return on time invested is the most important marketing metric
The best thing about marketing
Duane Forrester
Utah Digital Marketing Conference 2019
Learn more at: utahdmc.org
How Machine Learning is Changing the Landscape of Search, Discovery and Engagement
Today’s consumers have more choices than ever and are less brand loyal than at any point in history. We’ll examine pivotal inflection points driven by consumers that influence search and data discovery. These directly affect what search engines rank and show in results, so you need to know what you can control and influence. Data about your business, products, and services remains one key area under-explored by most businesses, and digital knowledge management is proving to have a deep impact on consumer engagement, revenue, and business success.
Drew Breunig
Utah Digital Marketing Conference 2019
Learn more at: utahdmc.org
Have you ever wished you could target audiences using their behaviors in the real world, the same way you might retarget based on the websites they visit or the content they view? With location intelligence you can do exactly that. In 30 minutes we'll make a complex subject simple as we take a whirlwind tour of location data -- how it's made, how it's processed, and how it's used -- so you can start using it in your marketing tomorrow.
Session Takeaways:
Learn how a phone figures out where it is and how that data is shared
Understand what location data can and can't do, so you can decide if it's relevant to your needs
See how marketers are using location data today to increase the relevancy of their campaigns
Discovery how you can leverage this data tomorrow
Dan Gingiss
Utah Digital Marketing Conference 2019
Learn more at: utahdmc.org
In this fun and engaging session, you will learn why there’s no such thing as an “offline” experience anymore, simple and inexpensive ways that companies can improve customer experience to create raving fans, and why your customers crave 1-to-1 engagement – especially in social media. You’ll see dozens of real-life examples of companies using customer experience to make the brand lovers louder than the haters, and you’ll leave inspired to do the same for your own customers.
Our First Presenter: Haley Fields spoke on the topic of: How Fixing These (Very) Common Social Media Marketing Mistakes Turned $25,000 to Over $1,000,000 in Revenue
Facebook, Instagram, and Google are CONSTANTLY changing. There is simply no way to keep up if you’re not working on those platforms daily across multiple accounts. For this very reason, about 99% of those using social media marketing are doing it WRONG – resulting in a lot of wasted time and money.
Our Second Presenter: JD Prater spoke about: Zag When Others Zig: Leveraging Quora Ads to Drive Results
Contrarian advertisers zag when others zig to get unexpected results. With marketers heavily relying on Google and Facebook, there's never been a better time to start zigging. Quora is every performance marketer’s dream – a highly engaged audience, the right context, and specific targeting. In this session, JD will take a dive deep into how you can start zagging to drive results with Quora Ads.
Learn more about all upcoming Utah Digital Marketing Collective events here http://www.utahdmc.org
At this event, we had the pleasure of having two fantastic presenters.
Elli Bishop, Director of Earned Media at Clearlink and her presentation Outreach from scratch: how to hire the right people to earn the coverage you need.
Bill Slawski, Director of SEO Research ay Go Fish Digital and his presentation Anchor Text, Phrase-Based Indexing and Semantic Topic Modeling
What a great night we had talking all about marketing automation.
First up was Micaela Wright from Lucid Software. Her topic was How we transitioned 12 million records to a new ESP in 8 weeks.
Second, we had Ian Shields from Artimus Health. His topic was Get More From Your Marketing Automation Platform (Even If You’re Not An Ops Pro)
Core Web Vitals SEO Workshop - improve your performance [pdf]Peter Mead
Core Web Vitals to improve your website performance for better SEO results with CWV.
CWV Topics include:
- Understanding the latest Core Web Vitals including the significance of LCP, INP and CLS + their impact on SEO
- Optimisation techniques from our experts on how to improve your CWV on platforms like WordPress and WP Engine
- The impact of user experience and SEO
Most small businesses struggle to see marketing results. In this session, we will eliminate any confusion about what to do next, solving your marketing problems so your business can thrive. You’ll learn how to create a foundational marketing OS (operating system) based on neuroscience and backed by real-world results. You’ll be taught how to develop deep customer connections, and how to have your CRM dynamically segment and sell at any stage in the customer’s journey. By the end of the session, you’ll remove confusion and chaos and replace it with clarity and confidence for long-term marketing success.
Key Takeaways:
• Uncover the power of a foundational marketing system that dynamically communicates with prospects and customers on autopilot.
• Harness neuroscience and Tribal Alignment to transform your communication strategies, turning potential clients into fans and those fans into loyal customers.
• Discover the art of automated segmentation, pinpointing your most lucrative customers and identifying the optimal moments for successful conversions.
• Streamline your business with a content production plan that eliminates guesswork, wasted time, and money.
Digital Commerce Lecture for Advanced Digital & Social Media Strategy at UCLA...Valters Lauzums
E-commerce in 2024 is characterized by a dynamic blend of opportunities and significant challenges. Supply chain disruptions and inventory shortages are critical issues, leading to increased shipping delays and rising costs, which impact timely delivery and squeeze profit margins. Efficient logistics management is essential, yet it is often hampered by these external factors. Payment processing, while needing to ensure security and user convenience, grapples with preventing fraud and integrating diverse payment methods, adding another layer of complexity. Furthermore, fulfillment operations require a streamlined approach to handle volume spikes and maintain accuracy in order picking, packing, and shipping, all while meeting customers' heightened expectations for faster delivery times.
Amid these operational challenges, customer data has emerged as an important strategy. By focusing on personalization and enhancing customer experience from historical behavior, businesses can deliver improved website and brand experienced, better product recommendations, optimal promotions, and content to meet individual preferences. Better data analytics can also help in effectively creating marketing campaigns, improving customer retention, and driving product development and inventory management.
Innovative formats such as social commerce and live shopping are beginning to impact the digital commerce landscape, offering new ways to engage with customers and drive sales, and may provide opportunity for brands that have been priced out or seen a downturn with post-pandemic shopping behavior. Social commerce integrates shopping experiences directly into social media platforms, tapping into the massive user bases of these networks to increase reach and engagement. Live shopping, on the other hand, combines entertainment and real-time interaction, providing a dynamic platform for showcasing products and encouraging immediate purchases. These innovations not only enhance customer engagement but also provide valuable data for businesses to refine their strategies and deliver superior shopping experiences.
The e-commerce sector is evolving rapidly, and businesses that effectively manage operational challenges and implement innovative strategies are best positioned for long-term success.
5 big bets to drive growth in 2024 without one additional marketing dollar AND how to adapt to the biggest shifting eCommerce trend- AI.
1) Romance Your Customers - Retention
2) ‘Alternative’ Lead Gen - Advocacy
3) The Beautiful Basics - Conversion Rate Optimization
4) Land that Bottom Line - Profitability
5) Roll the Dice - New Business Models
When most people in the industry talk about online or digital reputation management, what they're really saying is Google search and PPC. And it's usually reactive, left dealing with the aftermath of negative information published somewhere online. That's outdated. It leaves executives, organizations and other high-profile individuals at a high risk of a digital reputation attack that spans channels and tactics. But the tools needed to safeguard against an attack are more cybersecurity-oriented than most marketing and communications professionals can manage. Business leaders Leaders grasp the importance; 83% of executives place reputation in their top five areas of risk, yet only 23% are confident in their ability to address it. To succeed in 2024 and beyond, you need to turn online reputation on its axis and think like an attacker.
Key Takeaways:
- New framework for examining and safeguarding an online reputation
- Tools and techniques to keep you a step ahead
- Practical examples that demonstrate when to act, how to act and how to recover
The digital marketing industry is changing faster than ever and those who don’t adapt with the times are losing market share. Where should marketers be focusing their efforts? What strategies are the experts seeing get the best results? Get up-to-speed with the latest industry insights, trends and predictions for the future in this panel discussion with some leading digital marketing experts.
Most small businesses struggle to see marketing results. In this session, we will eliminate any confusion about what to do next, solving your marketing problems so your business can thrive. You’ll learn how to create a foundational marketing OS (operating system) based on neuroscience and backed by real-world results. You’ll be taught how to develop deep customer connections, and how to have your CRM dynamically segment and sell at any stage in the customer’s journey. By the end of the session, you’ll remove confusion and chaos and replace it with clarity and confidence for long-term marketing success.
Key Takeaways:
• Uncover the power of a foundational marketing system that dynamically communicates with prospects and customers on autopilot.
• Harness neuroscience and Tribal Alignment to transform your communication strategies, turning potential clients into fans and those fans into loyal customers.
• Discover the art of automated segmentation, pinpointing your most lucrative customers and identifying the optimal moments for successful conversions.
• Streamline your business with a content production plan that eliminates guesswork, wasted time, and money.
The session includes a brief history of the evolution of search before diving into the roles technology, content, and links play in developing a powerful SEO strategy in a world of Generative AI and social search. Discover how to optimize for TikTok searches, Google's Gemini, and Search Generative Experience while developing a powerful arsenal of tools and templates to help maximize the effectiveness of your SEO initiatives.
Key Takeaways:
Understand how search engines work
Be able to find out where your users search
Know what is required for each discipline of SEO
Feel confident creating an SEO Plan
Confidently measure SEO performance
Come learn how YOU can Animate and Illuminate the World with Generative AI's Explosive Power. Come sit in the driver's seat and learn to harness this great technology.
For too many years marketing and sales have operated in silos...while in some forward thinking companies, the two organizations work together to drive new opportunity development and revenue. This session will explore the lessons learned in that beautiful dance that can occur when marketing and sales work together...to drive new opportunity development, account expansion and customer satisfaction.
No, this is not a conversation about MQLs and SQLs. Instead we will focus on a framework that allows the two organizations to drive company success together.
Digital marketing is the art and science of promoting products or services using digital channels to reach and engage with potential customers. It encompasses a wide range of online tactics and strategies aimed at increasing brand visibility, driving website traffic, generating leads, and ultimately, converting those leads into customers.
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When most people in the industry talk about online or digital reputation management, what they're really saying is Google search and PPC. And it's usually reactive, left dealing with the aftermath of negative information published somewhere online. That's outdated. It leaves executives, organizations and other high-profile individuals at a high risk of a digital reputation attack that spans channels and tactics. But the tools needed to safeguard against an attack are more cybersecurity-oriented than most marketing and communications professionals can manage. Business leaders Leaders grasp the importance; 83% of executives place reputation in their top five areas of risk, yet only 23% are confident in their ability to address it. To succeed in 2024 and beyond, you need to turn online reputation on its axis and think like an attacker.\
Key Takeaways:
- New framework for examining and safeguarding an online reputation
- Tools and techniques to keep you a step ahead
- Practical examples that demonstrate when to act, how to act and how to recover
AI-Powered Personalization: Principles, Use Cases, and Its Impact on CROVWO
In today’s era of AI, personalization is more than just a trend—it’s a fundamental strategy that unlocks numerous opportunities.
When done effectively, personalization builds trust, loyalty, and satisfaction among your users—key factors for business success. However, relying solely on AI capabilities isn’t enough. You need to anchor your approach in solid principles, understand your users’ context, and master the art of persuasion.
Join us as Sarjak Patel and Naitry Saggu from 3rd Eye Consulting unveil a transformative framework. This approach seamlessly integrates your unique context, consumer insights, and conversion goals, paving the way for unparalleled success in personalization.
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36. DALE NGUYN
DEVELOPING A DATA-DRIVEN LINK
BUILDING STRATEGY USING GOOGLE,
COMPETITOR, & INDUSTRY INSIGHTS
VP OF PARTNER DEVELOPMENT
MULTIFUSE
SARATOGA SPRINGS. UT
TONIGHTS 1ST PRESENTER:
#UTAHDMC
37. How to Create a Link Building Strategy Using
Google Results & Competitor Data
Dale Nguyen
VP of Business Development
dale@multifuse.com
linkedin.com/in/dalenguyen
38. Link Building
has been a
primary ranking
factor for a
long, long time.
[In 2007,] link-related factors crowded the list [of top
ranking factors] - SearchEngineLand
The findings seem to illustrate the fevered pitch that link
building had reached around that time [2009-2013].
Who wouldn’t look at these results and dump a majority
of their resources into links in whatever shape or form
they could get? - SearchEngineLand
[In 2013], links are still believed to be the most important
part of the algorithm (approximately 40%). - Moz
[In 2016], backlinks remain an extremely important
Google ranking factor. We found the number of domains
linking to a page correlated with rankings more than
any other factor. - Backlinko
In summary [for 2019], our aggregated view shows a
very powerful correlation between links and ranking
position. - Stone Temple
39. “Lazy”
Strategies
Forums, web 2.0, bookmarks, PBN’s, paid links,
blog comments, directories.
Value-Based
Strategies
Q&A, local citations, widgets/tools, guest
blogging, link reclaiming, broken link building,
traditional outreach.
There are two
main categories
for link building
strategies.
40. This is what lazy, unnatural link building
looks like.
41. And, this is what natural, value-based link
building looks like.
42. What does
Google think?
https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/663
56?hl=en
Google does not want:
● Paying or incentivizing a webmaster for a link.
● Excessive link exchanges.
● Large scale campaigns with keyword anchor
text.
● Automated programs/software.
Google does want:
● The webmaster to maintain editorial control.
● Value for the user should they click on the link.
43. The line in the
sand is editorial
control.
“Lazy”
Strategies
Forums, web 2.0, bookmarks,
PBN’s, paid links, blog
comments, directories.
Value-Based
Strategies
Q&A, local citations,
widgets/tools, guest blogging,
link reclaiming, broken link
building, traditional outreach.
44. “Your backlinks should be high authority!”
True, but relative to competitors ranking
for your keywords.
45. Our step by step guide to creating a
personalized link building strategy.
Get your copy of the tool:
bit.ly/32xcRPF
46. Identify your
page’s most
important
keyword.
If your website is already optimized:
● What is your page’s primary keyword that all
other related keywords fall under?
If your website is not optimized:
● Ideally, you should have your keyword research
and keywords mapped to pages first.
● Moz, SEMrush, and Ahrefs all have great tools
to complete your research.
52. For each
competitor root
domain, record
the linking
domains by DA.
Manually record
data to the Step 4
tab in the tool for
each competitor
and DA tier.
53. Tip: if any of the competitors are strong outliers,
uncheck their column to avoid skewed data.
54. So, what does the ideal backlink profile
look like for “UTV Accessories”?
55. “Great! But, which strategy should we use?”
Any strategy that is value-based where the
webmaster keeps editorial control.
Create linkable assets on your target
pages to justify linking to them.
56. “What is a linkable
asset?”
It’s a
non-promotional
statistic, opinion,
or other
educational
resource.
WHITEPAPER BLOG POSTFAQ
STATISTIC QUOTE
59. Let’s recap.
Use Value-Based Link Building
Strategies
Target websites that maintain
editorial control.
Identify the needed quality and
quantity of backlinks using our tool.
Justify linking to your pages by
adding linkable assets to them.
60. Ending remarks.
This tool does not address backlink relevancy,
existing penalties, or anchor text ratios.
This tool is not perfect. It’s going to be directionally
accurate based on real data and help with timelines,
expectations, and budgeting.
This tool will be much more accurate than the
common, shot in the dark, gut feeling strategy.
62. FRANCOIS GOUBE
WHAT I LEARNED FROM CRAWLING 10
BILLIONS OF PAGES AND ANALYZING
5 TRILLIONS OF LOG LINES.
CEO & FOUNDER
ONCRAWL
BORDEAUX AREA, FRANCE
TONIGHTS 2ND PRESENTER:
#UTAHDMC
63. By @FrancoisGoube, CEO @Oncrawl
What I learned crawling
10 billion URLs
and analyzing
5 trillion log lines
67. “Au Menu”
Insights / Fun Facts / Weird facts
Best practices
Demistify some SEO Myths
68. ~5 Trillions
of Log lines
Pieces of Data I grabbed : Crawl & Logs
1
I crawled 250k random websites from the
Majestic Million up to Pagedepth Level 5
I used the data of 97 Oncrawl customers with
their agreement (sites from 10k to 100M+ Urls)2
= ~8B urls
= ~2B urls
~10B urls
3
I look deeply into the Logs Data from these
97 customers ~230 websites over 365 days =
69. I needed to map the websites
I asked our Engineers to run a Machine Learning Model based on
gradient boosting: regression trees to classify websites
Distribution by number of websites Distribution by number of URLs
75. “Taking crawl rate and crawl demand together we define crawl budget as the
number of URLs Googlebot can and wants to crawl.” (Google Webmaster
Blog)
✓ Everyday Google chooses how many and which pages to crawl
✓ Your mission is to bring Google to your Money Pages
Understand Google Crawl Budget
76. What Google says about crawl budget
If you observe that new pages are usually explored the same day
they are published, then you don't really have to worry about
the exploration budget
[…] if a site has less than a few thousand URLs, it will be browsed
correctly most of the time
[…] we do not have a single term to describe everything this term
seems to mean on the outsidene
77.
78. What Google should say is…
Help me point in the right direction,
Help me discover and value your money pages!
79. What Google should say is…
Help me point in the right direction,
Help me discover and value your money pages!
81. Things to know about crawl budget
Crawl budget looks like a Zero-sum game
Your Paid Campaigns might hurt your crawl budget.
Same behavior is observed on 92% of websites in the test
Standard Day Paid Campaign Day
DataSet: 230 Oncrawl monitored Websites
82. ▪ Freshrank is the average timeframe between two events:
1. Google crawled the page for the first time
2. Google sent the first Organic visit
How much time to get a visit on a new page?
Average Freshrank (days)
0.0
22.5
45.0
67.5
90.0
Ecommerce Media Media Niche Player
Average Freshrank vs PageDepth
0.1
1.0
10.0
100.0
1000.0
Ecommerce Media Media Niche Player
Average Freshrank PageDepth 1 to 3 PageDepth 3 to 5 Over PageDepth 5
DataSet: 230 Oncrawl monitored Websites
If you want to drive quickly Organic Traffic, be accurate on PageDepth Level Analysis
83. How to know if you are being migrated to the Mobile First Index ?
Simply look at Web vs Mobile bots hits from Googlebots
State of the Mobile-First Index
84. Are my competitors already in? What’s the state of my market?
State of the Mobile-First Index
86. How often Googlebot renders JS?
We checked only websites without any pre-rendering solutions
(yes there are some…)
On average Googlebots rendering JS are crawling these websites every 24 days
88. Best ranked pages are not always the most crawled by Google
Crawl Budget is not a ranking factor
89. Do people really care about 3XX, 4XX & 5XX?
Media Niche Player
Ecommerce Niche Player
Media
Classifieds
Ecommerce
0% 25% 50% 75% 100%
3XX 4XX 5XX
Not Compliant URLs
527,095,667
Indexable URLs
1,486,160,763
Indexable URLs Not Compliant URLs
90. Impact of 3XX or 4XX on Googlebots
The errors & redirects encountered
by Googlebots directly impacts your
Crawl Budget and how Google sees
your website
91. Impact of 5xx errors
5XX errors on pages ranking first page over the last 30 days
Gain Positions
No loss
Lost less than 5 positions
Lost more than 5 positions
0 1000000 2000000 3000000 4000000
We never find any direct correlation between 5XX errors and Bots behavior…
…But you might loose some rankings
DataSet: 230 Oncrawl monitored Websites: GSC vs Logs
92. Best SEO Trick of the Year: Cloaking 503
When migrating your website simply cloak your pages for
Googlebots with a 503 (service unavailable).
Googlebot will come back later and won’t index your pages.
Cloaking
isnota
Crime
93. The state of AMP
Ecommerce News Classifieds
0,0004% 0,007% 0,0002%
DataSet: 1.4 Billions compliant pages
% of pages implementing AMP
94. ▪ Crawl frequency on AMP Pages is always higher than any other pagetype
▪ AMP Pages take a huge part of your crawl budget
▪ Most advanced players (media) maintain a flat number of AMP Pages
(~5% of their pages / Rule depending on Pubdate)
Interesting Facts
AMPNot AMP
95. The use of structured data
Use of Schema.org on Articles / Product Pages / Ads
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Ecommerce Classifieds Media Ecommerce Niche Player Media Niche Player
2+ Schema Types Only 1 Schema type 0 Schema types
DataSet: Only Product pages / Article Pages / Ads ~900M pages
96. The real impact of Structured Data
Pages with Structured
Data get Rich Snippet
And Way better CTR!!
This is a good way to start predicting your SEO ROI
100. ▪ Niche Ecommerce players
Looks like Google knows very well each category
101. ▪ Let’s look at content size:
And behaves differently depending on website category
for each ranking factor
Ecommerce
Classifieds
102. ▪ Google does not treat your near duplicates the same way
depending on how you handled your canonicals
The weird behaviour on Nearduplicates w/ bad canonicals
103. Distribution of
Pages in structure > crawled > ranked > active
Pages in structure
Pages in structure crawled by Google
Pages in structure that are ranked in Google
Active pages in structure
0% 25% 50% 75% 100%
8%
19%
26%
32%
Use the Lookalike method to spot common caracteristics of PageGroups
! What are the pages with similar metrics to Active pages