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In the last 12-18 months, several factors have come together to form what could be described as the ‘inbound marketing perfect storm,’ transforming content into the foundation of both Search and Social. First, search algorithm changes that de-emphasized thin content in the SERPs pushed Marketers to focus on quality content. Second, as is evident from the chart below, social developed into a legitimate content discovery platform for online users. The result? Content is now the foundation of SEO and Social—the bread to SEO’s peanut butter and Social’s jelly, if you will. Content has become so central for the online marketer that improving on their content development strategy is their number one goal in the next 12 months: The Brand as … Continue reading
An article on Geekwire (We Need More Startup Marketing Minds (a.k.a. Full-Stack Marketers) muses that the startup community needs more ‘full-stack marketers’. That is, more Marketers who can live comfortably throughout the Marketing stack rather than those who are specialized: …And that’s exactly what’s missing with most marketing folks who want to join a startup. You have to know (nearly) it all. You don’t have to be good at everything, but you have to have enough exposure and experience at all levels of the marketing “stack” to be able to make good calls on how to spend your time, money and other startups resources in order to maximize the value you bring to the table. I think there are some … Continue reading
Our guest post is from Adam Dince, the Head of Organic Search for Deluxe, E-Business. Find Adam on twitter @AdamDince Throughout the course of my career, I’ve had the opportunity to work with and meet really amazing SEOs. One of things I dig about our community is that we SEOs love talking shop. And in talking shop, we often discuss roadblocks we face within our organizations. Two of the most consistent challenges I hear are: Difficulty implementing recommendations Lack of enterprise support for the SEO program These two challenges exist both on the agency and corporate side of the business. Image Source On the agency side: It happens in the larger full-service digital houses where teams work in silos and account leads … Continue reading
Our guest poster today: Josh Braaten is the Associate Director of Inbound Marketing at Rasmussen College, a content scientist, and avid Squarespace blogger. Working with other departments as an SEO can feel as muddy as swimming in old pudding. You’ve seen countless mission-critical projects fail, stall, or never receive approval in the first place – all thanks to the linguistic and systematic dysfunction between SEOs and, well, everyone else. Any in-house SEO worth his or her mettle knows the best SEO programs employ tactics that reach across departments and teams, and yet, full buy-in from your organization is required to reach those results. This is undoubtedly one of your biggest opportunities and biggest challenges. Increase your ability to drive internal … Continue reading
In the previous two parts of this series, we’ve discussed nearly everything you need to get you started on the path to SEO success. Last time, we discussed competitor discovery, scaling keywords, and the start of building a content calendar. In this final chapter today, we’re going to cover: 7. Increasing Social Presence in Search 8. Gain Visibility in Universal Search 9. Measuring ROI from Your SEO Efforts 10. Adopting Technology to Scale your SEO Step 7: Increase Social Presence in Search Hand-in-hand with a strong content strategy goes a social media strategy. Social media can be used to drive traffic to the content you create and to engage with content consumers, and increasingly, social results are appearing in the … Continue reading
Last time in Part 1 of this series, we covered the first three crucial steps to get started on a path to SEO success: 1. Understanding the natural search market opportunity 2. How to grab those first quick, easy wins 3. Getting company buy-in for your SEO objectives This week, we’re going to delve into the SEO competitor landscape, scaling your keyword set, and building a content strategy and calendar. Let’s get started! Step 4: Discover Your Competitive SEO Landscape As you start to gain some traction from following the steps in part 1 of this series, in the search engine results pages by capturing the quick, easy wins, start to pay a bit more attention to the competitive landscape … Continue reading