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Topics flow from sales to marketing
Topics flow from sales to marketing
Content flows from marketing to sales
@crestodina
source: “Determining the informational, navigational and transactional intent of Web queries” Bernard Jansen, et al
Online searches by type
Informational
Transactional
Navigational
@crestodina
Online searches by type
Informational
Transactional
Navigational
?
$
brand
source: “Determining the informational, navigational and transactional intent of Web queries” Bernard Jansen, et al
They want info.
We want leads.
@crestodina
@crestodina
source: keywordtool.io
@crestodina source: answerthepublic.com
source: answerthepublic.com
Quora.com
Quora.com
@crestodina
Topics and focal distance
@crestodina
Topics and focal distance
Is Beer At
Work a
Dumb Idea?
Awesome
Office Kitchens
Top 10
Office Perks
@crestodina
Answer all the
related questions
source: answerthepublic.com
@crestodina
@crestodina
THE REPORT OF
BROKEN DREAMS
How is your website unsatisfying?
Behavior > Site Search > Search Terms
Behavior > Site Search > Search Terms
Behavior > Site Search > Search Terms
Behavior > Site Search > Search Terms
Behavior > Site Search > Search Terms
Behavior > Site Search > Search Terms
@crestodina
1. Search for each phrase yourself. Find it?
2. Your page isn’t ranking? Optimize it!
3. You don’t have a page? Create it!
4. Adjust your navigation to help visitors find
things faster
ACTION: Insights from the Site Search report
@crestodina
Which pages have ranking potential?
Find the low hanging fruit!
How can we make more of these?
Initial spike from
email and social
(one week)
Daily visits from
organic search
(months or years)
@crestodina
Acquisition > Search Console > Queries
@crestodina
Acquisition > Search Console > QueriesAcquisition > Search Console > Queries
@crestodina
Acquisition > Search Console > Queries
@crestodina
Acquisition > Search Console > Queries
@crestodina
Acquisition > Search Console > Queries
SEMrush
How high
are we ranking?
How high are
we ranking?
Current ranking
for phrase: #9
The Control + F Test
Semantic SEO: Work in the related phrases…
answerthepublic.com
@crestodina
ACTION: Optimize the “almost high-ranking” pages
1. Search for the phrase. Find the page. Confirm the rank.
2. Improve the page by adding detail, keywords,
examples, images, video, internal linking, etc.
@crestodina
This really works...
@crestodina
Make the best page on the
internet for your topic
@crestodina
The Power of
Original Research
Amazing
Contributor
Weak
Contributor
Perceived Content PerformanceActual Content Performance
source: Moz, BuzzSumo
@crestodina
Most content gets
no links and few shares
source: BuzzSumo, Moz
...if you want to create content that achieves a high level of both
shares and links then you should concentrate on
opinion forming, authoritative content...
or well researched and evidenced content.
...if you want to create content that achieves a high level of both
shares and links then you should concentrate on
strong opinions
original research
@crestodina
Three ways to produce research
1. Observation: Pick a data set. Gather data.
@crestodina
Three ways to produce research
1. Observation: Pick a data set. Gather data.
2. Aggregation: Combine data from existing sources
@crestodina
Three ways to produce research
1. Observation: Pick a data set. Gather data.
2. Aggregation: Combine data from existing sources
3. Survey: Mass outreach and analysis
observe
@crestodina
aggregate
source: Orbit Media
source: Orbit Media
@crestodina
@crestodina
survey
source: 2018 Blogger Survey, Orbit Media
“What do people in our industry
often say but rarely support?”
Find the missing stat
source: State of Original Research, Mantis
Have you published original
research in the last 12 months?
Only 47% of companies publish original research
@crestodina
10x Effort = 100x Results
Don’t take shortcuts;
they take too long.
Sonia Simone
CCO, Copyblogger Media
@crestodina #eventname
1 in 5 bloggers
does things differently
source: 2018 Blogger Survey

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