{"id":28100,"date":"2013-10-01T09:14:42","date_gmt":"2013-10-01T16:14:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bruceclay.com\/blog\/?p=28100"},"modified":"2014-09-15T15:26:43","modified_gmt":"2014-09-15T22:26:43","slug":"diversify-marketing-to-increase-organic-traffic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bruceclay.com\/blog\/diversify-marketing-to-increase-organic-traffic\/","title":{"rendered":"Life Beyond Google: Diversifying Your Digital Marketing to Increase Organic Traffic (#smx #12B)"},"content":{"rendered":"
I\u2019ve got my cookie and it\u2019s go-time for session two in the SMX East 2013 SEO Track. Search Engine Land and Marketing Land Editor In Chief Matt McGee<\/a>\u00a0(@mattmcgee<\/a>)\u00a0is our moderator.\u00a0This session is all about Life Beyond Google! How to make connections, drive traffic, and make the big bucks all while taking our heads just an inch or so out of the keester of Google for a minute.<\/p>\n <\/a>Ted Ives, Principal, Coconut Headphones (@tedives<\/a>)\u00a0is up first.<\/p>\n How are we thinking about getting traffic? What does it mean to try to get traffic and how do we go about it? He\u2019s bringing us some foundational ideas, and will mostly be discussing the value of using White Papers for B2B.<\/p>\n Ted says its not really enabling to think \u201chow am I going to get traffic by thinking about channels.\u201d<\/p>\n We need to think about the whole system: What are we going to communicate, who are we going to communicate to, and how are we going to communicate it?<\/p>\n It\u2019s all about Marketing content –> marketing channels –> marketing audience.<\/b> You need to worry about all three. Not just one or two of them.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Start by designing and documenting a marketing content<\/b> process. (He emphasizes marketing content and the power of process)<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Considerations while designing your process:<\/p>\n Thought leaders are difficult to herd, but once they\u2019ve said their magic you can repurpose it in 8 different ways.<\/p>\n White papers are a great way to bring in traffic. White papers can be repurposed a ton of different ways. \u00a0(NOTE: It\u2019s important that content is reworded and reworked to avoid duplicate content issues. Heed this warning!)<\/b><\/p>\n Generally: White papers should be 6-8 pages; three tables; 2 diagrams; \u201cReally beefy.\u201d Include lists. Lists of solving problems; pluses and minuses. \u00a0Leverage the heck out of your white paper in 50 different ways.<\/p>\n White papers should\/can:<\/p>\n Other tactics worth considering:<\/p>\n Matt Ballek<\/a>, Director of Strategic Distribution Services, Magnet Media (@MattBallek<\/a>)\u00a0going to take us on a YouTube Adventure:<\/p>\n Some topics he\u2019ll touch on:<\/p>\n Optimization and promotion are both necessary to support your video(s). Remember YT is the second largest search engine AND the second largest social network (behind Facebook). This is why you need to optimize YT as a diverse PLATFORM.<\/p>\n What\u2019s the right YT KPI? Rather than considering Views we should be considering how much ENGAGEMENT each video is getting.<\/b><\/p>\n The YT algo factors in actual watch time, comments, likes and dislikes. So a video with less views can easily outrank a video with more views if it has better engagement metrics.<\/p>\n The Average Watch Time per day of subscribers is HIGH! This means your subscribers are IMPORTANT!<\/p>\n The people who watch your videos can be organized into a triage shape: Viewers on the bottom (the most), then fans, then super fans (the least).<\/p>\n Look at the networks of your superfans for new opportunities for YT collaboration. (If they like you, they like your competitors as well as the people you should be in cahoots with .)<\/p>\n Drive more viewers (bottom of the pyramid<\/i>) with Evergreen videos + tutorials (IE: How to build a deck if you\u2019re Lowes); Drive more fans by creating content that allows you to have conversations with viewers \u2013 EG: Q&A sessions, industry news, etc.; Reach Superfans with bonus videos and videos that allow you to COLLABORATE with your fans. You need to take your engagement to the next level with your superfans who love you and are more willing to take action.<\/p>\n YT.com\/Audience is a tool that can help you get an idea for who your most engaged superfan subscribers are<\/b><\/b>. Having a consistent audience requires consistent content. Here\u2019s Matt\u2019s process:<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Brandon Hassler<\/a>, Senior Account Manager, 97th Floor (@brandonhassler<\/a>)\u00a0is going to talk about Social opportunity.<\/p>\n He says that with the up rise of Not Provided people are peeved with Google and that\u00a0 maybe Google will no longer be the hub of our SEM activities in the next..say\u2026 30 years. We all laugh.<\/p>\n He asks how many people are with agencies and how many are in-house. By show of hands we\u2019re about a 50\/50 crowd.<\/p>\n Brandon\u2019s talking SlideShare! (CA: W00t! I love this as a content marketing tool!<\/i>)<\/p>\n First \u2013 infographics. What about slicing an infographic up into slides?? (Genius!) Every slide has a different fact from the infographic.\u00a0 (CA: I know this is about getting away from Google, but SlideShare presentations are also indexed so this has good organic SEO potential.)<\/i><\/p>\n People who typically come to your website from SlideShare tend to stay on your website longer than people who come to your website from Facebook or other social media channels.<\/p>\n KEY! Make sure to end the SlideShare with a call to action!<\/b> IE: \u201cView the full graphic here.\u201d Brandon says he\u2019s found that buttons and arrows work really well. People are just magnetically drawn to the arrow.<\/p>\n SlideShare allows you to take advantage of Twitter. He puts a Twitter bird on each of his SlideShare slides to encourage viewers to Retweets facts and slide stats.<\/p>\n Shifting gears, Brandon is now talking about Pinterst. He says people on Pinterst are looking for inspiration; to learn how to do something new or feel better. They don\u2019t want to read infographics. He says to use \u201cInstructographics.\u201d IE: Graphics that explain to people how to do something.<\/b><\/p>\n <\/b>Each instroctographic should be 500px wide x 2500 px long. Make the header big but make the actual instructions just a little hard to read so they actually have to click through to the website to see the instructographic instructions clearly.<\/b><\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n He says 5pm and 5am Eastern are the best times to post on Pinterest.\u00a0Work hours are the dead zone for pinners; the best times are right when they wake up and after work.<\/p>\n\n
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