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Develop a Spectrum of Content
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Since the release of ‘penguin’ Google has made it clear that traditional SEO methods will decline in efficacy, giving way to quality content as the paramount route to discoverability. The Rise of Real Content means that brands can no longer seek quick SEO fixes to drive organic traffic to their owned properties. They must create real content that drives actual engagement in order to earn the Google juice. Google is also using social signals and context from content and engagement on Google+ to determine quality of content and AuthorRank as signals for which content to display.
The dynamic between social and search is realized by developing a spectrum of content, from short-form content optimized for social, to long-form content optimized for search. Visual content and social poster content that combines visuals overlaid with text, straddle the line between social and search.
create compelling real-time content that is conversation aware and creative. For example, when the Space Shuttle Endeavour was on its final voyage, the topic became the #2 trend on Twitter and high on Facebook.
Volkswagen took note and decided to join the conversation. Acceptable to write a simple, note and post it to Facebook, but sort of boring. For example, “VW celebrates the final journey of the Shuttle Endeavour. What an adventure it has been.”
Instead, the Volskwagen social media team put its own visual VW spin on the story. With discussion about the new VW Beetle convertible starting to bubble up about the same time, the VW social team took an image of the Shuttle Endeavour being transported on the back of a 747 and updated it with an image of a “VW Shuttlebug.” The post simply said: “SPOTTED: Shuttlebug.” The community went wild for it, sharing the image nearly 2,000 times. In fact, the post generated 6 times the engagement of the typical visual post on the VW Facebook page. Combining a popular conversation with a compelling image works.
Increased brand awareness. 93% of buying cycles start with a search online, so if your company shows up high in the search results, you’ll get “free” brand awareness.
88% of clicks come from organic search. The remaining 12% of clicks go to paid keywords (pay per click). 88% 12% Brand Awareness www.google.com/search/increase_brand_awareness/ PAY PER CLICK ORGANIC SEARCH
Steps
Develop Buyer Personas
Mine existing content
Audit content
Generate topic and keyword list
Create content conversion plan
Content for the buyers journey
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Make it worth sharing
Share and spread it.
Reuse and repurpose
Measure