Natalie Henley and the Volume Nine team spoke at Denver Startup Week 2015 about "How to Actually Rank for Your #1 Keyword". Learn more through our slides today!
10. Company XYZ has a problem: it does everything.
Security Alarm
Smoke Detector
Room Thermometer
Detects Water Leaks
Checks Open Doors
Finds Open Windows
Motion & Light Sensor
Guards Safes & Valuables
Checks Keg Capacity
Carbon Monoxide Detector
12. Keyword Mapping: Wine Cellars Page
What is the page REALLY trying
to win?
But we all know that
people search differently.
What topics might a searcher
expect to see on a page about
wine cellar monitoring?
SENSOR
13. How to Actually Build & Optimize The Page
SEO 1.0
•Page Title
•Meta Description
•H1 Tags
•Primary KW in
Title: Wine Cellar Monitor | Company
XYZ
MD: Bring the power and connivance of
Company XYZ Wine Cellar monitors to
your cellar.
<H1> Wine Cellar Monitors
<Body> Company XYZ is the leading
technology for wine cellar monitors
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14. How to Actually Build & Optimize The Page
SEO 2.0
•Highly Targeted
•Topical Relevancy
•Rich Media
•Call To Action
Focused: 400+ words about wine
cellar monitoring
Relevance: temperature, storage,
humidity, sensors, etc.
Rich Media:
CTA: Download Product Kit Info
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18. Website Content
Home Page
Website Pages Company PagesCompany Blog
- Keyword X Service
- Keyword Y Product
- About Us
- Locations
- Contact
- Keyword X Tips
- Keyword X Common
Mistakes
- Keyword Y How To
- Keyword Y Trends
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20. You Must Have a Personality!
Golden Rule
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21. Additional Areas that Establish your Brand
Local Listings (e.g. Google My Business)
Directories
News Coverage
Guest Blogging
Participating In Local Events
23. Ok…I’ve got all of this stuff, how do I make sure it’s all
pointing back to my SEO strategy.
24. Tactical Breakdown
How to Match your
Offline Brand to your
Online Brand
Ashley Berman Hale
@BermanHale
25. Start at Home – Build a Great Website
Offsite
Onsite
Technical
Invite people over
Get the order right
&
Never stop improving
Make it a home
Build the house
26. Get the Foundation Right
Is your Site:
• Crawlable
• Properly
indexed
• Organized well
• Fast
• Mobile Friendly
• Secure
Top Tools:
• Google Search Console
• Google Analytics
• V9’s Audit Checklist
27. Be Better Than Everyone Else
• Unique, Quality Content
>Create a good experience
>Authenticity & sincerity go a long way
>Add significant unique value
Tips:
• Check Bounce Rates
>40 – 60 % = normal
• Review Conversion Rates
> 1- 2 % = normal
• Take a step back & read your pages
28. For the Love of God, Stop Link Building
• Marketing vs. link building
>Natural vs. unnatural links
>Good marketing leads to
natural links
• Be share worthy
>Give ‘em something to talk
about
>Cut through the noise
• Be newsworthy
>Earn links with PR, but don’t
do PR for links
29. Build Your SEO in Social
• It’s not about the links!
• It is about engagement.
• Social + SEO
>More fans = more legitimate
shares/links = SEO GOLD!
31. A Few Content Marketing Stats
70% of consumers prefer getting to know a
company via articles rather than ads
A Consumer is 42% more likely to become a
customer if you evoke their interests or passions
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34. Strategy
Main Website Page
*Primary Keyword Focus*
Supporting Page
Supporting Page
Supporting Page
Anchor Creative
Stats don’t lie...
Social Posting
“10 Things you Need to Know about X vs
Y”
3 Tips for Doing X Yourself Blogs
35. Tactical Breakdown
How to Leverage Your
Content to Push Rankings
& Explode your Traffic
Allison Nuanes
@AllisonLaDean
36. How to do This (and useful tools!)
1. Set Your Keyword Focus – “Local Business Marketing”
2. Persona Development
3. Creative Asset Idea & Creation
>Webinar, Infographic, Quiz, Long Blog Post, etc.
4. Content Calendar Development
>Main Asset
>At least 4 blog posts & 20 social posts
5. Amplification Tactics
>Influencer Outreach
- Recommended Tool: InkyBee
38. Build Great Content – Don’t Suck
Less is more – Focus KWs & Content
Brand Matters – Build SEO & Brand Together
39. See You at the Top!
Website: V9SEO.com
Twitter: @Marketing_Nat
Email: Info@V9SEO.com
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/volume9i
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Natalie Henley
President
Volume Nine