If you are practicing a short-sighted content marketing campaign and struggling to produce results, perhaps it’s time to take a step back and look at the big picture.
Loren Baker, Founder at SEJ and VP of Business Development & Co-founder at Foundation Digital, will let you in on how you can gain maximum SEO value – and more – through content.
2. About Me!
• Founder, Search Engine
Journal
• Digital Marketng since
1998!
• Co-Founder, Foundaton
Digital
• @lorenbaker
3. Foundation Digital
Foundaton Digital is an award winning Los Angeles based boutque digital agency that
helps companies develop and execute data-driven earned media & marketng
strategies designed to increase market share, targeted trafc and overall brand
awareness.
Core Focus:
• SEO
• Content Strategy & Link Building
• Content Amplifcaton
• Blogging & Blog Management
• Infuencer Engagement
• Social Media Support
• WordPress Development
5. What I’m Talking About Today
• The Transiton from SEO Content Marketng to
Digital Content Marketng
• Not Setng Yourself Up to Fail #FailProof
Content
• Reinvestng Link Vendor Eforts into Content
and Inbound Marketng Eforts
• Ways to Squeeze More Value Out of Your
Content Marketng Eforts
6. Poll 1: What Is Your #1 Success
Metric with Content Marketng?
• Links for SEO
• Social Shares
• Press & Blog Mentons
• Other
7. Types of Content & Viral
Campaigns
We develop original content for mass & authority
link acquisiton. Ultmately this content helps with
onsite SEO strategy along with assistng mass
linking eforts for a natural linking approach.
13. Use Cases for Industry Content
• Use in Sales
Process
• Use in Segmented
Emails per Vertcal
• Outreach to
Industry Specifc
Publicatons
• Social Media
Targetng
17. Time to Go On a Book Tour!
(Be a Podcast Guest)
18. Data Driven Content for
Linking & Beyond
We feel that by developing proprietary data
driven content & research, we can go beyond
traditonal linking and empower successful PR
and branding initatves.
22. Viral Data Benefts & Tips
• Journalists love original data
• Positons your company as
The Source
• Data Scientsts are readily
available
• Have an Expert back you up
• ProTip: Find fans to pick
apart data before publishing
24. Survey Benefts & Tools
• Positon you as the Source
• Proprietary data
• Perfect for Link
Reclamaton / Link Repo
• Great Intro
• Superb for PR
• Gets Your Audience
Involved
26. Photos and Tutorials
Illustrated content is great, but
professional photographs and tutorials are
leading to massive growth in 2018 for
some vertcals.
29. Photos, Videos & Tutorials
• YouTube videos used
for lead nurturing
• Used for lead and
customer educaton
• Clips Used for
Facebook, Instagram
& SNAP
• Integraton in Ad
Campaigns
30. But What About the SEO?
• 430% increase in
SEO trafc to
blog.
• Increase in Leads
from blog.
• Natural Link
pickup from
beauty sites and
news pubs!
31. What Does This Mean for 2018?
Revamping campaign to focus on How To’s,
Tutorials and Real Life Situatons … Content is Social
First; Blog Second (but optmized on site for SEO)
32. Local Guides Ruling Local
Search
Having people create original content
about businesses and locatons in their
environment is leading to .
33. Local Guides & Lifestyle Content
• Find Local Experts &
Photographers
• Write about things in the area
that only locals would know or
enjoy.
• Menton & review businesses
in the area then perform
outreach to those businesses
for social share or even LINKS!
• Local content on landing pages
which masters SEO & Local
Pack but also helps with
conversions!
36. Poll 2: Would You Like to Learn
More About How We Can Help
With Your Content Marketng in
2018?
• Yes
• No
• Absolutely, I’m Planning My 2018 Strategy
Now and Need to Talk to Loren!