COUNTERINTUITIVE SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI AT #BARBADOSSEO COUNTERINTUITIVE SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI AT #BARBADOSSEO Counterintuitive SEO Going Beyond Best Practices to Achieve Long Term Success

COUNTERINTUITIVE SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI AT #BARBADOSSEO It’s hard to achieve SEO goals in 2023 https://hub.seofomo.co/seo-auditing-survey/ Only 17% of SEOs said they achieved goals more than 90% of the time

COUNTERINTUITIVE SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI AT #BARBADOSSEO We face recurring SEO execution challenges Less buy-in, resources, and support to execute Higher implementation constraints Greater difficulty predicting organic search traffic https://hub.seofomo.co/seo-auditing-survey/

COUNTERINTUITIVE SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI AT #BARBADOSSEO As well as new threats along with persisting ones that make our day to day even more challenging - + Level of Control Potential Effect* Unpredictability of Core Updates Overlook of configurations affecting crawlability and indexability Lack of SEO Validation of 
 Web migrations 😱 🕹 + Uncertainty of Generative Search

COUNTERINTUITIVE SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI AT #BARBADOSSEO But if we want different results, we need to go beyond those SEO “best practices” we tend to adopt that are already failing us

COUNTERINTUITIVE SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI AT #BARBADOSSEO Let’s go through 3 of them, as well as counterintuitive approaches to achieve success Starting SEO execution only after delivering recommendations Including all SEO issues and opportunities in recommendations Saying It Depends whenever decision makers ask about results 1. 2. 3.

COUNTERINTUITIVE SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI AT #BARBADOSSEO 1. BEST PRACTICE TO KILL STARTING SEO EXECUTION ONLY AFTER DELIVERING RECOMMENDATIONS

COUNTERINTUITIVE SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI AT #BARBADOSSEO SEO long term nature is one of the main 
 reasons for its execution challenges “Lack of time, delays, or impatience from clients expecting immediate results”

COUNTERINTUITIVE SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI AT #BARBADOSSEO Rankings, Keyword & Competition Research Content Audit T echnical Audit Link Popularity Audit SEO Strategy & Prioritized SEO Roadmap Initial SEO Analysis for an SEO Process SEO Roadmap Implementation Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 SEO 
 Process Goals It doesn’t help that it takes so long to develop an initial SEO audit to understand the site context

COUNTERINTUITIVE SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI AT #BARBADOSSEO COUNTERINTUITIVE APPROACH FOR SUCCESS DEVELOP A PARALLEL SEO LOW HANGING FRUIT FRAMEWORK TO EXECUTE FOR QUICK WINS

COUNTERINTUITIVE SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI AT #BARBADOSSEO IMPACT EFFORT 1. To Execute 
 Now Don’t Do 2. To Assess 
 2. To Assess 
 Low hanging fruit should be the first to prioritize, as they have the highest impact with the lowest effort There are always context agnostic SEO low- hanging fruit opportunities across processes

COUNTERINTUITIVE SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI AT #BARBADOSSEO Rankings, Keyword & Competition Research Content Audit T echnical Audit Link Popularity Audit SEO Strategy & Prioritized SEO Roadmap Initial SEO Analysis for an SEO Process Parallel Low Hanging Fruit Assessment Low Hanging Fruit SEO Opportunities Assessment SEO Roadmap Implementation Low Hanging Fruit Recommendations Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 SEO 
 Process Goals These can be developed in parallel to initial 
 SEO analysis to achieve results much faster SEO Low Hanging Fruit Execution SEO

COUNTERINTUITIVE SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI AT #BARBADOSSEO Mitigate client or decision maker impatience towards results Show value of SEO implementation faster to gain further support Minimize concerns of complex implementations starting with easiest actions Establish a good coordination base for more complex implementation later on This also helps to address some of the big 
 SEO recommendations execution challenges

COUNTERINTUITIVE SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI AT #BARBADOSSEO More traffic for 
 already ranked pages More Popularity 
 for Key Pages Refreshed Targeting 
 to Regain Traffic For example, here are 3 SEO low-hanging fruit actions you can easily execute across processes Improving the CTR 
 of already top- ranked pages Optimizing internal linking 
 of almost best ranking pages Identifying search shifts and content decay to update & rank better

COUNTERINTUITIVE SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI AT #BARBADOSSEO These will tend to have an important aggregate traffic impact fast

COUNTERINTUITIVE SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI AT #BARBADOSSEO Non-Relevant Term for your Site Poor SERPs CTR Relevant Term for your Site Non-Relevant Ranked Page Lack of content to be created to effectively target the query Non-Relevant / Unattractive Titles and Meta Descriptions to Optimize Relevant Ranked Page SERP features inclusion that you’re not leveraging but could SERP features inclusion that you’re not leveraging but can’t use More ads inclusion that lowers CTR Search intent satisfied directly in search results, generating a non-click Content Cannibalization to fix between many similar/relevant pages High Priority 
 Medium Priority 
 No Priority Set a validation checklist for common scenarios of low hanging fruits, eg. poor SERPs CTR

COUNTERINTUITIVE SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI AT #BARBADOSSEO Create resources, like Dashboards to identify top opportunities like this for poorer CTR performers HTTPS://DATASTUDIO.GOOGLE.COM/REPORTING/8FBF65E6-9C0A-4627-95AC-F858BFAC89E2

COUNTERINTUITIVE SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI AT #BARBADOSSEO or Sheets workbooks to easily spot important meant to rank pages lacking internal links

COUNTERINTUITIVE SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI AT #BARBADOSSEO Automate the process using tools like Ryte or SEOtesting, that feature CTR Underperformers RYTE AND SEOTESTING. COM

COUNTERINTUITIVE SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI AT #BARBADOSSEO Or SEOTesting content decay report to spot 
 pages decreasing in clicks, needing a refresh SEOTESTING. COM

COUNTERINTUITIVE SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI AT #BARBADOSSEO It’s about tackling common existing scenarios faster to achieve results sooner

COUNTERINTUITIVE SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI AT #BARBADOSSEO Take a look at my SearchLove presentation 
 for more SEO Low Hanging Fruit tips https://speakerdeck.com/aleyda/seo-low-hanging-fruit-number-searchlove

COUNTERINTUITIVE SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI AT #BARBADOSSEO 2. BEST PRACTICE TO KILL INCLUDING ALL SEO ISSUES & OPPORTUNITIES IN YOUR SEO RECOMMENDATIONS

COUNTERINTUITIVE SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI AT #BARBADOSSEO We know how critical is to establish action driven, solution-focused, prioritized recommendations https://www.aleydasolis.com/en/seo-flowcharts/#1-2

COUNTERINTUITIVE SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI AT #BARBADOSSEO IMPACT EFFORT 1. To Execute 
 Now Don’t Do 2. To Assess 
 2. To Assess 
 Recommendation Impact [0-10] Effort [0-10] To Prioritize Higher Medium impacting with high effort 6 4 12 Low impacting with high effort 4 4 8 Low impacting with very high effort 4 2 6 Very low impacting with very high effort 2 2 4 To achieve goals more easily, we already prioritize SEO recommendations based on impact and effort

COUNTERINTUITIVE SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI AT #BARBADOSSEO There are many frameworks for this, I shared 
 an SEO Actions Prioritization Template to help HTTPS://DOCS.GOOGLE.COM/SPREADSHEETS/D/15DD2VFZE203ZIKD-VTQLG3WG-YQY9A-HS5J7AT- S4JA/VIEW

COUNTERINTUITIVE SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI AT #BARBADOSSEO However, this is not enough, 
 most SEOs are already doing it • +90% of the time: 62% SEOs • 70%-89% of the time: 24% SEOs • 50%-69% of the time: 10% SEOs • 20%-49% of the time: 2% SEOs • -20% of the time: 1% SEOs • Balancing Impact vs Effort • Focus on Business Goals and Objectives Achievement • Setting an Optimized Web Base First • Balancing Resources and Feasibility SEO Prioritization Frequency SEO Prioritization Criteria https://hub.seofomo.co/seo-auditing-survey/

COUNTERINTUITIVE SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI AT #BARBADOSSEO https://hub.seofomo.co/seo-auditing-survey/ “Insufficient resources, including human resources, budget, or development capacity” But it’s clearly not working, we face buy-in, resources, and support issues for execution https://hub.seofomo.co/seo-auditing-survey/

COUNTERINTUITIVE SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI AT #BARBADOSSEO COUNTERINTUITIVE APPROACH FOR SUCCESS PROVIDE A MAXIMUM OF TOP 7-10 SEO SOLUTION FOCUSED ACTIONS PER RECOMMENDATIONS

COUNTERINTUITIVE SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI AT #BARBADOSSEO Prioritized Tech SEO Recommendations Even if prioritized, who goes through all of these and has the resources to implement them?

COUNTERINTUITIVE SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI AT #BARBADOSSEO + Prioritized Tech SEO Recommendations Prioritized Content Recommendations And those were only the tech SEO ones! What when we add content into the plan? It’s too much!

COUNTERINTUITIVE SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI AT #BARBADOSSEO FIXING IMPROVING BUILDING Creating key content to target new relevant queries through user search journey to grow organic conversions further to achieve goals Optimizing key existing content through the customer journey to grow organic conversions for already targeted relevant queries Minimizing crawlability or indexability challenges on key pages to keep and grow rankings, traf fi c and conversions SCOPE OF YOUR SEO RECOMMENDATIONS BEFORE Your recommendations shouldn’t include all that matters, is too complex & won’t be done anyway

COUNTERINTUITIVE SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI AT #BARBADOSSEO It’s time for a radical prioritization, w/ a maximum of 7-10 high impact solution driven, action plan FIXING IMPROVING BUILDING Creating key content to target new relevant queries through user search journey to grow organic conversions further to achieve goals Optimizing key existing content through the customer journey to grow organic conversions for already targeted relevant queries Minimizing crawlability or indexability challenges on key pages to keep and grow rankings, traf fi c and conversions SCOPE OF YOUR SEO RECOMMENDATIONS LATER

COUNTERINTUITIVE SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI AT #BARBADOSSEO You will only include what you should execute now, and leave the rest for future iterations IMPACT EFFORT 1. To Execute 
 Now Don’t Do 2. To Assess 
 2. To Assess 
 Eliminate anything that doesn’t have a high impact towards your current goals: only must-have, not nice-to- have! Be specific of the scope of the execution (type and number of pages) Clearly specify how each action will help achieve the established seo goal and the business importance Provide examples of what needs to be executed, so it shows viability

COUNTERINTUITIVE SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI AT #BARBADOSSEO Your recommendations will become 
 easier to go through and execute vs IMPACT EFFORT 1. To Execute 
 Now Don’t Do 2. To Assess 
 2. To Assess 
 SEO RECOMMENDATIONS BEFORE SEO RECOMMENDATIONS AFTER

COUNTERINTUITIVE SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI AT #BARBADOSSEO Leverage data storytelling to explain, engage & drive action with each of your recommendations What happened? Why Did it Happen? How to Proceed? SETUP CONFLICT RESOLUTION RECOMMENDATION X WHAT IS THE ISSUE/OPPORTUNITY ABOUT & WHY IS IT SO IMPORTANT CAUSE OF THE ISSUE/OPPORTUNITY PROPOSED SOLUTION FOR ISSUE/OPPORTUNITY

COUNTERINTUITIVE SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI AT #BARBADOSSEO WHAT IS THE ISSUE/ OPPORTUNITY ABOUT & WHY IS IT SO IMPORTANT CAUSE OF ISSUE/ OPPORTUNITY PROPOSED SOLUTION FOR ISSUE/OPPORTUNITY WHAT IS THE ISSUE/ OPPORTUNITY ABOUT & WHY IS IT SO IMPORTANT CAUSE OF ISSUE/ OPPORTUNITY PROPOSED SOLUTION FOR ISSUE/OPPORTUNITY SEO RECOMMENDATIONS STRUCTURE Executive Summary PAGE 1 PAGE 2 PAGE 3 ACTION 3 ACTION 2 ACTION 1 SEO ACTIONS TO ACHIEVE GOALS Setup Conflict Resolution Setup Conflict Resolution Setup Conflict Resolution Conclusion Data Appendix ACTION 2 ACTION 3 Feature an executive summary at the start 
 to facilitate it further to decision makers WHAT IS THE ISSUE/ OPPORTUNITY ABOUT & WHY IS IT SO IMPORTANT CAUSE OF ISSUE/ OPPORTUNITY PROPOSED SOLUTION FOR ISSUE/OPPORTUNITY ACTION 1

COUNTERINTUITIVE SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI AT #BARBADOSSEO Remember you’re not paid to spot all 
 SEO issues, but for achieving SEO goals by solving those that are actually hurting the business Feature a maximum of 10 high impact to goals actions Use storytelling to better communicate importance and drive action Add an easy to understand executive summary for decision makers

COUNTERINTUITIVE SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI AT #BARBADOSSEO 3. BEST PRACTICE TO KILL SAYING IT DEPENDS WHENEVER DECISION MAKERS ASK ABOUT SEO IMPACT

COUNTERINTUITIVE SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI AT #BARBADOSSEO We complain that “Clients prioritize other channels as they fail to understand the impact of SEO recommendations” but we continue saying “it depends” when asked

COUNTERINTUITIVE SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI AT #BARBADOSSEO COUNTERINTUITIVE APPROACH FOR SUCCESS PROVIDE POTENTIAL OUTCOMES VIA SEO FORECASTING, TESTING AND AUTOMATION

COUNTERINTUITIVE SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI AT #BARBADOSSEO It’s time to stop those “it depends” and start SEO forecasting to give potential outcomes depending on execution support SCENARIO 1 SCENARIO 2 EXECUTING ACTIONS X, Y, Z EXECUTING ACTION X

COUNTERINTUITIVE SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI AT #BARBADOSSEO Develop forecasts with tools like AWR for targeted queries impacted by different SEO actions ADVANCED WEB RANKING

COUNTERINTUITIVE SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI AT #BARBADOSSEO You can also use free resources like 
 Miracle’s guide in Excel https://erudite.agency/insights/forecasting-for-seo-creating-expectation-and-showing-return-on-investment/

COUNTERINTUITIVE SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI AT #BARBADOSSEO Use this to explain how results are tied to execution scenarios and compound over time ADVANCED WEB RANKING

COUNTERINTUITIVE SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI AT #BARBADOSSEO This will help to establish reasonable expectations and show importance of decision makers support

COUNTERINTUITIVE SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI AT #BARBADOSSEO Do decision makers still not support SEO despite showing opportunity? Show what they can lose!

COUNTERINTUITIVE SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI AT #BARBADOSSEO Include in your SEO forecasts how much would it cost to achieve it with paid search, to show how cheap SEO can be

COUNTERINTUITIVE SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI AT #BARBADOSSEO As well as how behind they can fall in marketshare, by forecasting competitors & showing gap

COUNTERINTUITIVE SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI AT #BARBADOSSEO Are decision makers still unsure? Offer doing 
 SEO tests or pilot projects to prove value

COUNTERINTUITIVE SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI AT #BARBADOSSEO This is also a way to address obstacles from other areas, eliminate ego and opinions out of SEO execution decision making “Political issues, top management vetoes, or internal conflicts affecting implementation.” “Bureaucratic processes, approval delays, or challenges in communication across stakeholders.”

COUNTERINTUITIVE SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI AT #BARBADOSSEO There are now a few SEO tools like SEOTesting or Ryte that facilitate the development of SEO tests SEOTESTING.COM

COUNTERINTUITIVE SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI AT #BARBADOSSEO You can prove the value of your recommendations by executing them faster in a small group of pages, and get support for full execution SEOTESTING.COM

COUNTERINTUITIVE SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI AT #BARBADOSSEO Select a few categories to implement fast and assess impact vs similar unchanged ones: 
 
 * Positive result? Replicate to rest. 
 * Negative outcome? Move to other implementations! Eg. to show value and address conversion or speed concerns when featuring FAQs, Descriptions or Q&As in ecommerce category pages

COUNTERINTUITIVE SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI AT #BARBADOSSEO This will facilitate not only decision makers buy-in but eliminate blockers from other areas/channels vs Conversions Speed …

COUNTERINTUITIVE SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI AT #BARBADOSSEO Can’t you implement actions at all due to restrictive Web platforms? It’s time to use AI and Edge solutions! “Technical complexities, limitations, or difficulties in implementing recommendations” “Legacy systems, technical debt, or platform constraints affecting implementation”

COUNTERINTUITIVE SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI AT #BARBADOSSEO For example, to implement and automate 
 from structured data to internal linking INLINKS, WORDLIFT

COUNTERINTUITIVE SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI AT #BARBADOSSEO Using tools like InLinks or Wordlift, 
 by just adding a script on your site pages INLINKS

COUNTERINTUITIVE SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI AT #BARBADOSSEO Something similar can be done via Edge SEO solutions leveraging CDN workers Botify

COUNTERINTUITIVE SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI AT #BARBADOSSEO These can help to workaround execution bottlenecks to show value and gain support faster

COUNTERINTUITIVE SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI AT #BARBADOSSEO BONUS: BAD PRACTICE TO KILL SENDING SEO REPORTS TO ONLY COMMUNICATE RESULTS

COUNTERINTUITIVE SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI AT #BARBADOSSEO Nivel de texto 1 Nivel de texto 2 Nivel de texto 3 Nivel de texto 4 Nivel de texto 5 Texto del título 41% of SEOs said to only use a dashboard with data for reporting https://twitter.com/aleyda/status/1459202085715591174

COUNTERINTUITIVE SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI AT #BARBADOSSEO SEO dashboards, even personalized ones, 
 can’t achieve all SEO reporting goals Only partially this one COMMUNICATE RESULTS EXPLAIN THE CAUSE OF RESULTS DRIVE ACTION TO ACHIEVE GOALS

COUNTERINTUITIVE SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI AT #BARBADOSSEO COUNTERINTUITIVE APPROACH FOR SUCCESS USE SEO REPORTS TO COMMUNICATE AND ALSO DRIVE SEO ACTIONS

COUNTERINTUITIVE SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI AT #BARBADOSSEO Follow these 3 principles to maximize the value of your SEO reports and help achieve goals MEANINGFUL KPIS CLEAR 
 DATA PRESENTATION DATA STORYTELLING COMMUNICATE RESULTS EXPLAIN THE CAUSE OF RESULTS DRIVE ACTION TO ACHIEVE GOALS

COUNTERINTUITIVE SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI AT #BARBADOSSEO Nivel de texto 1 Nivel de texto 2 Nivel de texto 3 Nivel de texto 4 Nivel de texto 5 Texto del título Avoid using proprietary metrics which are unreliable and difficult to connect with your SEO goals

COUNTERINTUITIVE SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI AT #BARBADOSSEO Nivel de texto 1 Nivel de texto 2 Nivel de texto 3 Nivel de texto 4 Nivel de texto 5 Texto del título Don’t add to reports all what you monitor, only KPIs connected to SEO goals each audience care about CMO WILL CARE ABOUT THIS THIS WILL ONLY ADD CONFUSION TO CMO

COUNTERINTUITIVE SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI AT #BARBADOSSEO Nivel de texto 1 Nivel de texto 2 Nivel de texto 3 Nivel de texto 4 Nivel de texto 5 Texto del título What’s the ROI? What’s the revenue? What’s our traffic marketshare? Eg. Management and decision makers will care about business SEO KPIs, not indexability What’s the ROI? What’s the revenue? What’s our traffic marketshare? How are we ranking? Are we gaining backlinks? Is new content attracting traffic? What’s our traffic marketshare? How are we ranking? Are we gaining backlinks? Is new content attracting traffic? Are key pages getting indexed? Are key pages getting crawled? What’s our traffic marketshare? How are we ranking? How’s the crawl budget trend? Is page speed better? Are key pages getting indexed? Are key pages getting crawled? CEO/CMO/NON-TECHNICAL CLIENT SEO TEAM HEAD OF SEO 
 / TECHNICAL CLIENT OTHER AREAS STAKEHOLDERS (EG. TECH, UX) MANAGEMENT/DECISION MAKERS OPERATIONAL STAKEHOLDERS

COUNTERINTUITIVE SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI AT #BARBADOSSEO Nivel de texto 1 Nivel de texto 2 Nivel de texto 3 Nivel de texto 4 Nivel de texto 5 Texto del título Here’s a Sheet version of the SEO report planner for using meaningful KPIs for each audience https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1g88EW02BRQGtaHQQ6wohL0jUVrSqcozaLUcTqbveNfQ/view?usp=sharing

COUNTERINTUITIVE SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI AT #BARBADOSSEO Nivel de texto 1 Nivel de texto 2 Nivel de texto 3 Nivel de texto 4 Nivel de texto 5 Texto del título It’s also not about “creating a pretty report” but about making your data easy to understand Top Ranked Queries Beautiful but difficult to understand

COUNTERINTUITIVE SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI AT #BARBADOSSEO Nivel de texto 1 Nivel de texto 2 Nivel de texto 3 Nivel de texto 4 Nivel de texto 5 Texto del título vs Have Visits in the Last Quarter improved 30% YoY? Difficult to understand Sometimes a simpler scorecard will be easier to understand than a fancy time series Easier to say

COUNTERINTUITIVE SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI AT #BARBADOSSEO Nivel de texto 1 Nivel de texto 2 Nivel de texto 3 Nivel de texto 4 Nivel de texto 5 Texto del título Here’s a Sheet of the Charts Usage Checklist To use for clear data presentation https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1g88EW02BRQGtaHQQ6wohL0jUVrSqcozaLUcTqbveNfQ/view#gid=2882816

COUNTERINTUITIVE SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI AT #BARBADOSSEO Nivel de texto 1 Nivel de texto 2 Nivel de texto 3 Nivel de texto 4 Nivel de texto 5 Texto del título Data storytelling creates compelling narratives to help audiences understand & drive action https://www.forbes.com/sites/brentdykes/2016/03/31/data-storytelling-the-essential-data-science-skill-everyone-needs/

COUNTERINTUITIVE SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI AT #BARBADOSSEO Nivel de texto 1 Nivel de texto 2 Nivel de texto 3 Nivel de texto 4 Nivel de texto 5 Texto del título Be careful to not misrepresent the data bringing to wrong conclusions though Cherry-pick data Manipulate scale Be inconsistent Show the Whole Picture Give Full Visual Context Keep visuals & language 
 consistent across report DON’T DON’T DON’T DO DO DO https://ppcexpo.com/blog/storytelling-with-data

COUNTERINTUITIVE SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI AT #BARBADOSSEO Nivel de texto 1 Nivel de texto 2 Nivel de texto 3 Nivel de texto 4 Nivel de texto 5 Texto del título Explain and drive action without misleading, even if results are not positive, to keep trust 2021 2020 What’s the site organic search traffic trend? What’s the site organic search traffic trend? vs Q3 2021 Q4 2021 The site organic search traffic has had a strong +39% growth in Q4 2021 versus Q3, in a steady trend to achieve goals of 30% YoY in 2022. The site organic search traffic had a -8.3% decrease in 2021 vs 2020 due to drop in Q2 and Q3 2021after being hit by Google Core Updates. However, content optimization efforts started in May and thanks to them the site started to recover in Q4 and has now a steady positive trend and is expected to fully in January 2022. If content optimization efforts continue to be made for the positive performance to be kept through 2022, the 30% YoY traffic goal for 2022 should be achievable. A bit misleading More accurate April Google Update Content Optimization Process June Google Update

COUNTERINTUITIVE SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI AT #BARBADOSSEO Nivel de texto 1 Nivel de texto 2 Nivel de texto 3 Nivel de texto 4 Nivel de texto 5 Texto del título Start by crafting a compelling narrative 
 for each KPI using the 3 act structure What happened? Why Did it Happen? How to Proceed? SETUP CONFLICT RESOLUTION https://towardsdatascience.com/how-to-build-a-narrative-from-data-85e327940c13

COUNTERINTUITIVE SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI AT #BARBADOSSEO Nivel de texto 1 Nivel de texto 2 Nivel de texto 3 Nivel de texto 4 Nivel de texto 5 Texto del título Here you have the steps and a template to use for each KPI Goal: X% of [METRIC] by [DATE] Audience: [ROLE] 
 KPI: [KPI NAME] [DESCRIPTIVE KPI PROGRESS SUMMARIZING HEADING] Introduction explaining what happened and if the expected results have been achieved or not. 
 
 Why [THE RESULT IS THE ONE IT IS]? Explain why this happened, good or bad. How to achieve the expected goal? Summarize the proposed next steps to start, continue or stop executing to achieve the expected goal. RESOLUTION CONFLICT SETUP KPI CHART

COUNTERINTUITIVE SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI AT #BARBADOSSEO Nivel de texto 1 Nivel de texto 2 Nivel de texto 3 Nivel de texto 4 Nivel de texto 5 Texto del título Even when results have fallen short to what was expected, it works Goal: 30% branded traffic share by December Audience: CEO/CMO 
 KPI: Branded Traffic Share What’s the branded traffic share? Website Traffic January - December 2021 
 Source: Google Search Console December Branded traffic Share reached 28.9% but Still Fell Short from 30% Goal Despite an important increase from 8% to 28.9% in the last month, December’s branded traffic share results have fell short from the 30% goal. Why have we fell short? The “Branded Content” initiative meant drive the increase of branded traffic share suffered a 4 months delay: Planned to be released in March 2021, faced UX & development Partial 1st Release Partial 2nd Release constraints, only launching 40% of planned content then, leaving 60% to be launched until October, leaving too little time to see the full results for December. How to achieve the expected goal? Given the release delays, it’s expected to reach the +30% branded traffic share in January, a month later than what was initially planned, however, this also means a delay in the expected +50% goals for next year for which the “Commercial Branded Content” initiative had been planned to release in March. It’s then recommended to launch them in January instead, to catch up with expected results. CONFLICT SETUP RESOLUTION

COUNTERINTUITIVE SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI AT #BARBADOSSEO Nivel de texto 1 Nivel de texto 2 Nivel de texto 3 Nivel de texto 4 Nivel de texto 5 Texto del título Download the SEO report template 
 in Google Slides Format from here https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1jFumv0jI0tAfnkIkbEu8x5JwuOq_k93sVcWe5vZMeR0/edit?usp=sharing

COUNTERINTUITIVE SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI AT #BARBADOSSEO It’s about tackling the biggest SEO execution issues with a counterintuitive SEO approach Avoid Starting SEO execution only after delivering recommendations Don’t include all SEO issues and opportunities in recommendations Don’t say It Depends whenever decision makers ask about results 1. 2. 3. Don’t send SEO Reports To Only Communicate Results Bonus

COUNTERINTUITIVE SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI AT #BARBADOSSEO Is it hard? Perfect, fewer people will be willing to do it, meaning less competition for those who do

COUNTERINTUITIVE SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI AT #BARBADOSSEO It will be hard only at the start too and is not bad if goals are achieved and ROI is positive

COUNTERINTUITIVE SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI AT #BARBADOSSEO I’m Aleyda Solis * SEO Consultant & Founder at Orainti * SEO Speaker at +100 Events in +20 countries * Author “SEO. Las Claves Esenciales.” * Crawling Mondays Video & Podcast Series Host * #SEOFOMO & #MarketingFOMO Newsletters Author * Maker LearningSEO.io * European Search Personality of the Year in 2018 * remoters.net Co-Founder Thanks! Questions? COUNTERINTUITIVE SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI AT #BARBADOSSEO