SEO is the Holy Grail, right? But wait, what if your aim is to deliver great content that keeps people reading while helping search engines find you? Turns out you can do both but you have to experiment. If you deliver what the reader wants, Google will be happy and you can be proud of your work.
2. “I have been complimented many times
and they always embarrass me; I
always feel that they have not said
enough.”
I have been complimented many
times and compliments always
embarrass me; I always feel that
compliments have not said enough.
WHAT IF MARK TWAIN OPTIMIZED FOR SEO?
3. SEO & CONTENT SYNERGY
SERP
Headline
ParagraphURL
Image
Keywords &
Social signals
4. • Keyword tools
• Social Media Analytics tools:
• Listen to customers:
• Listen to the competition
• Do your research:
FIND OUT HOW YOUR CUSTOMERS THINK!
5. KEYWORDS + KEY CONTENT = OSCAR
WINNER
URLDirector
•Most important for SEO
HeadlineBest Actress
•Grabs Attention
First ParagraphSupporting
•Makes them stay
Social SignalsAudience
•Recommends to friends
6. SEO & CONTENT SYNERGY
SERP
Headline
ParagraphURL
Image
Keywords
7. • Set tone: Funny, personal, authoritative,
inspiring
• Know who you‟re talking to
• Make people curious: I want to learn
that. Click.
• Stay true: Make a promise and keep it
THREE-SECOND RULE FOR
HEADLINES
10. POSE A CHALLENGE BY ASKING A QUESTION
Daniel Russell
LifeHacker
Via SearchResearch.com
11. 1ST PARAGRAPH HAS SUPPORTING ROLE
SERP
Headline
ParagraphURL
Image
Keywords
12. • Keeps the headline‟s promise
• Engages audience,keeps them reading
• Further explains purpose of content
• Further identifies audience
• Matches tone of headline
FIRST PARAGRAPH AMPLIFIES
HEADLINE
16. • Most important element for SEO
• Concise way to say what the topic‟s
about
• Opportunity for branding
• Synergy with SERP title & meta-
description
DON‟T MISS OUT ON URL
OPPORTUNITY
17. PUT KEYWORD IN TITLE + URL + 1ST
PARAGRAPH
URL adds branding and avoids spamming
/circular-references-excel-error-message.aspx
“Millions of people using Excel don't get why they see the
„circular reference‟ error message right after they've
entered a formula.”
22. • Trust is built on reputation
• Quality of content builds reputation
• People evaluate & recommend content
via Twitter, bookmarking, FB Likes, FB
posts, etc.
TRUSTWORTHY = SOCIAL MEDIA AUTHORITY
23.
24.
25. THANK YOU.
FOLLOW US AT
HTTP://TWOPENS.COM
@TWOPENS2 CYNTHIA HARTWIG
@EMILY2PENS EMILY WARN
26.
27. 1. Pick a customer problem
2. Pick a keyword
3. Pick the one thing you want to get across
(takeaway)
4. What headline approach to engage your audience
Humor, authoritative, empathetic,
5. Brainstorm five headlines
6. Write
WRITING GREAT HEADLINES
34. • Concise way to say what the topic‟s about
• Opportunity for branding
• Synergy with SERP title & meta-description
IMAGE HELPS TELL THE STORY
35. Reshaping results based on…
Where you are
What you‟ve searched for
What you personally do or visit
What others you know do or share
What people in aggregate do or visit
Both Google & Bing do in various ways
SEARCH 4.0: PERSONALIZED & SOCIAL
SEARCH
Search 4.0: Social Search Engines & Putting Humans
Back In Search
http://selnd.com/wTDIN
36. • Ask questions (Fill in the blank!)
• Rant
• Tell stories
• Shout out
• Make offers (coupons!)
SOCIAL SONAR: SENDING & RECEIVING
SIGNALS
Notas do Editor
SEO Tactic and tools get people to your pageGreat content makes them stay, take action, and share on social media
Keyword research is the foundation of all things SEO, adding context to your marketing efforts and accepting you may not speak your customers language is imperative to success. Search is still the majority of initiating sources for people finding your website / product – At Office we break this down into brand, product and non brand
The Cast:The Directors: URLs—the most important thing for SEOSupporting actors: First paragraphs make headlines & URLs shineBit players: other headers, body copy, alt image, title tag, meta description, and moreGreat Content + SEO Tactics – Number One at Box Office & Gossip Sites
SEO Tactic and tools get people to your pageGreat content makes them stay, take action, and share on social media
Headlines are often all that people read to decide to stay…To grab people’s attention they need to set tone, identify audience, tell people what they’re going, a promise the content has to keep
Pokes fun at oneself while promising to deliver useful information to users at specific levels of expertise.Tone: Empathetic + humorous + humbleAudience: Beginning & intermediate Excel usersLearn: What a circular reference isPromise: Demystify a confusing error message
Surprise subject (overtime the audience never knows what to expect from you, so checks back often) that identifies audience yet funny enough to reach beyond it. Uses word playTone: Funny, smart, hipAudience: Grammarians, writers, and rap loversLearn: A grammar tip from a rapper
Tone: Challenging + Entertaining + ScientificAudience: People who are interested in search, but just about anybodyLearn: The answer to the question. Find out the connection between fish and football by searching
SEO Tactic and tools get people to your pageGreat content makes them stay, take action, and share on social media
Continues empathetic and humorous tone of headlineFurther explain “popular”Further explains “circular reference” by defining itRepeats “circular reference” in first and third sentencesStates purpose of post—CTA—to get people to read a newly written help topicKeeps readers engaged
Identifies who the “I” is in headlineAdding name amplifies the personal toneExplains purpose of post: why Ribbon works better than menusEngages audience through empathy
Directs search engine
If you get the URL is, you’re 95% there.Most blogging platforms pul the headlineRe-write it
Slide Telligent Workaround
SEO Tactic and tools get people to your pageGreat content makes them stay, take action, and share on social media
How often do we take recommendations from people in our network? Quite often, right?•Would you trust the information presented in this article? •Is this article written by an expert or enthusiast who knows the topic well, or is it more shallow in nature? •Is this the sort of page you’d want to bookmark, share with a friend, or recommend?
Identifies who the “I” is in headlineAdding name amplifies the personal toneExplains purpose of post: why Ribbon works better than menusEngages audience through empathy
Identifies who the “I” is in headlineAdding name amplifies the personal toneExplains purpose of post: why Ribbon works better than menusEngages audience through empathy
Pickdentify3 examples pick one, are yoOrganizational Based HeadlineThink about keyword you want to use
What other image could convey what’s missing? Breakfast plate with bacon & toast but no egg
What’s an image about keeping a secret?
What’s the role of this headline?. In this ad for Harley Davidson created by Momapropaganda, you the reader have to “get” that the six year old we’re looking at is a tattooed and bitchin’ Harley rider in the making
What’s the role of this headline?. In this ad for Harley Davidson created by Momapropaganda, you the reader have to “get” that the six year old we’re looking at is a tattooed and bitchin’ Harley rider in the making
What’s the role of this headline?. In this ad for Harley Davidson created by Momapropaganda, you the reader have to “get” that the six year old we’re looking at is a tattooed and bitchin’ Harley rider in the making
SEO Tactic and tools get people to your pageGreat content makes them stay, take action, and share on social media
If you get the URL is, you’re 95% there.Most blogging platforms pul the headlineRe-write it