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Be Seen By Google

Be Seen By Google

Presented at the Brandsmash workshop on 1/26/14

Scott Wyden Kivowitz

January 26, 2014
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  1. Before we keep going… ! - Choose the Right Keywords

    - Optimize Your Website - Build Links - Optimize for “Local” Search - Social Media & SEO ! !
  2. 1. Google 2. YouTube (powered by Google) 3. Bing 4.

    Yahoo (powered by Bing) 5. Ask 6. AOL (powered by Google)
  3. Primary: Single Most Important Philadelphia wedding photographer ! Secondary: 3-6

    Next Most Important Philadelphia engagement photographer King of Prussia wedding photographer ! Long Tails: Lots of Specific Phrases Philadelphia Pennsylvania wedding photographer South Jersey engagement photography Northeast Philadelphia wedding photographer Keywords
  4. Primary -> Homepage optimized for primary keyword yourdomain.com Secondary ->

    Priority Pages yourdomain.com/philadelphia-engagement-photographer Long Tail -> Blog Posts yourdomain.com/blog/northeast-philadelphia-wedding-photographer Keywords Mapped to Pages
  5. - SEO Friendly Platform (ie, WordPress) - SEO Friendly URLS

    (readable) - SEO Friendly Title Tag Rules - Sitemap vs Robots/Noindex (Tells Google what to index and what to ignore) - Internal Linking Structure (Tells Google which pages are important and how pages are related) Site Structure
  6. 1. Keyword Phrase: One per page 2. URL: Keyword in

    URL 3. Title: Keyword in Title 4. Subtitle: Keyword in Subtitle 5. Text: 300+ Words, Keyword 4-5 Times 6. Meta Tags: Keyword in Meta Description & Image Alt Tags 7. Linking: Link to Page with Keyword The 7 Steps for Optimizing Any Page
  7. - Homepage for primary phrase - Secondary Pages for secondary

    phrases - Blog Posts for long tail phrases Use the previous 7 steps to optimize
  8. Linking & Link Building ! Links = Votes ! The

    more votes = the more trusted
  9. How to Tell a Good Link from a Bad One?

    ! - Site Quality, Popularity, and Authority - PageRank - Relevance - Link Anchor Text - Absence of “Gray” Practices - Good Links = Hard to Get Linking & Link Building
  10. Easy Links (Less Valuable) ! • Your Websites • Your

    Social and Forum Profiles • Friends & Family • Photography Directories • General Directories • Local Business Directories • Blog Comments • Press Releases (less valuable recently) • Exchanging Links Linking & Link Building
  11. Hard Links (More Valuable) • Guest Posting (One of Best

    Options) • Submitting “Feature” Images/Profiles • Links from Clients • Links from Venues, Vendors, Partners • Let Other Websites Use Images (with Link) • Create and Promote Link Bait (Photos, Blog Posts, Ebooks, Tools) • Charity – Give or Do • Government domains (.gov) • Education domains (.edu) • Wikipedia Linking & Link Building
  12. What’s involved? ! • Any location specific search • Location

    can be inferred from IP address • Different search result structure • Highlights Google Business Listings • Different Ranking Factors from General Search • Consistency of Business’s Web Presence Local Search
  13. Getting Your Business on Google+ ! If Just Getting Started

    ! • Claim Your Business • http://www.google.com/business/placesforbusiness/ • Google Places = Google+ Local • All in One Business Listing and Google+ ! Already Have a Page? Total Mess ! • Google Places (Old) – No Google+ Integration • Google+ Business Pages Local Search
  14. Ranking Factors for Local Search ! • Real Business Address

    Near City Center • Choose Most Relevant Categories • Use Keywords in Business Title and Description (doesn’t typically read well to people when used in titles) • Quantity and Quality of Reviews • Quantity, Quality, Consistency of Citations • Links to Main Website (Not Places Page) • Business Info and Location on Main Website Local Search
  15. • Google favors Google+ engagement • Google utilizes Google+ for

    Authorship • Build “Social Signals” • Use Social to Promote Content & Build Links • Bing favors Facebook, Quora, LinkedIn and other social media engagement Social Media’s Role
  16. Dive deeper into SEO and your specific website ! http://www.photographers-seo.com

    ! http://www.moz.com http://www.quicksprout.com http://www.woorank.com http://www.browseo.net http://www.seositecheckup.com https://www.pluginseo.com http://rankchecker.net
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  20. ~ 70% of traffic comes from blog content ! ~

    15% of home page visitors will visit the blog ! Potential clients will view the blog for recent work and knowledge even before your portfolio!
  21. Blogging generates discussion = discussion generates movement = movement catches

    attention = attention improves search engine rankings
  22. Blogging A Photograph Of Orange Kittens? ! - What equipment

    you used to photograph orange kittens ! - Why you used that equipment to photograph orange kittens ! - The toys used to get the attention of the orange kittens? ! - The best lighting conditions to photograph orange kittens ! - Examples of other photographs of orange kittens and how they could improve them ! - Why someone should hire you to photograph their orange kitten ! - How to dress up your orange kittens for a photograph ! - What a clowder of orange kittens should know before being photographed
  23. Blogging For Customers ! - Talk about your new product

    or service - Share insides into how to use your product or why your service is AWESOME - Mention upcoming events you are attending or speaking at - Publish worthy testimonials that are blog worthy - Educate your customers about product or service related topics - Talk about industry related topics - Provide advice for your customers on how to use your product or preparing for your service
  24. What do you photograph? How do you want to make

    money? ! Once you know that, finding topics becomes easier...
  25. Keep an editorial calendar ! Google Calendar, iCal, WordPress Editorial

    Calendar (plugin), Excel, Edit Flow (plugin), CoSchedule (premium plugin)
  26. What’s blogging schedule like? ! 1 - Published photo/article Tuesdays

    & Thursdays at 8am 2 - Share on social channels right away 3 - Add to BufferApp for future re-posting 4 - Email to blog subscribers at 7pm Tuesdays & Thursdays 5 - Add to monthly newsletter subscriber email for 1st week of the month
  27. Always use a compelling media related to the content !

    How I Photographed Historic Cotton & Wool Mills
  28. Blog Management ! Always brainstorm and log (Evernote, Notes) !

    Set aside a block of time to write ! Close everything on your computer except your writing software ! Create blog drafts from each article ! Schedule for future publishing ! Promote when articles are published
  29. Social media produces almost 2x the leads of trade shows,

    cold calling, direct mailing, or PPC. ! Companies that generate over 1,000 Facebook Likes also see around 1,400 website visits a day. ! Women are more likely than men to regularly check out a company’s social media page (48% vs. 43%). ! Around 46% of Internet users rely on social media when making a purchase decision. ! Average number of friends per Facebook user is 141.50
  30. Are they on Twitter? ! Are they on Facebook? !

    Are they on Pinterest? ! Are they on Google Plus? ! Are they on LinkedIn? ! Are they on Yelp? ! Are they on FourSquare? ! Where are they?
  31. Use tools and research to determine best times and days

    ! Use tools to automate with a personal touch ! Use hashtags, when appropriate ! Mention your customers, when appropriate ! Tag your customers when appropriate ! Ask your customers before using them publicly ! Add sharing buttons to your blog and/or pages
  32. Be consistent ! Don’t automatically follow, like, etc. ! Share

    happy, positive things ! Share content of yours and others ! Listen to your connections ! Ask and answer questions ! Offer advice to potential customers ! Try new things (Vine, Instagram, etc.) ! Use Google Analytics to track social media performance and ROI ! Don’t Like, favorite, retweet, +1 your own posts on social media
  33. 28% of U.S. Internet users between the ages of 18

    and 29 use Instagram ! Tell your customers you are on Instagram and they will follow
  34. Fine tune your posting strategy until you find one that

    works. Each social channel will be different
  35. Asking for shares and likes can do better than ads.


    Organic posts & shares get better click throughs than ads