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How Localized Content Can
Double Your Link-Earning
Potential
Amanda Milligan
Head of Marketing at Stacker Studio
Stacker is the world’s
leading data-journalism
newsroom, publishing
engaging research features
across a network of the
world’s most authoritative
news outlets.
Bagheera
(“Bean” for short)
For better or for worse,
I am from Florida
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We care about
what’s happening nearby
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So then why don’t we care as much
about local media pickups?
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DA: 94 DA: 90
DA: 92 DA: 87
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✓ Follow link
✓ High domain authority
✓ Respected publication
✓ Earned, not paid for
AND it gives us the
opportunity to
scale up link earning
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310 national + 639 local
= 949 total pickups!
2:1 link results
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So, how can you
create local content?
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A site with
sound
technical
SEO
On-site
content
that shows
expertise
Shared the
content to
build
authority
Pre work…
STEP 1: Find an interesting,
comprehensive data set.
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Example data sets
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Example data sets
What local news sites
want…
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What local news sites want
● Employment & job trends
● Rent & real estate trends
● Trends in crime stats and rates
● Ways to avoid scams
● “News you can use” stories
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The topics they prefer
1. Lifestyle (arts & culture, food, pets)
2. Money (business, careers, education)
3. News (government, military, politics)
4. Entertainment (celebrities, movies, TV
shows)
5. Sports (baseball, basketball, football)
STEP 2: Illustrate the
data/story both nationally
and locally.
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Superlatives
All Others
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Repurpose!
STEP 3: Promote/distribute
the national and local
content.
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● Who covers the topics you’re
pitching?
● Do they write about explicitly hard
news or feature news too?
● What format does their content
typically have?
Find out:
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Pitch with the local angle everywhere!
In the subject line
In the body of the pitch
In any data you share
Let’s look at a
final example
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160
follow
links
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298
follow
links
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458 follow
links total!
You after a
job well done
Thank you!
amilligan@stacker.com
@millanda
studio.stacker.com

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