Clean Up Your SEO & Social Media with The SassySEO!
1. Clean Up!
Your SEO & Social Media
With The SassySEO
Kristin Rohan
Kristin@SassySEO.com @TheSassySEO
2. Today’s Topics
• What is SEO & Social Media?
• What’s Your Strategy?
• On Site Techniques
• Off Site Tactics
• How To Drive Traffic
• How To Build Community
• Measuring Results
• Paid Search
• Handy Dandy Tools / Advice
Kristin@SassySEO.com @TheSassySEO
3. Secret of SEO & Social Media
• Simple
• Takes Diligence
• Authentic & Passionate
• Ongoing & Long Term Strategy
• Creating Valuable & Relevant
Content (SEO)
• Building & Engaging in your
Community (Social)
Kristin@SassySEO.com @TheSassySEO
4. Before you begin, know…
• Objective of your Site/Business
• Focus = Your Message / Niche
• Customers / Community
• Competition
• Products/Services = $$$
• Long Term Strategy
• If You Have Analytics In Place
Kristin@SassySEO.com @TheSassySEO
5. Take a Peek at the Competition
• Put in Key Terms & See who Ranks
• Look at their Site & Key Terms
• http://backlinkwatch.com- for possible Listings &
Directories
Kristin@SassySEO.com @TheSassySEO
6. Key Terms or Phrases
• Choose 10 Terms that Focus on your
Business for Home Page
• Research Terms
• Change Terms/Content for each Page
• Not your Business Name
• Phrases 3 - 5 Words
• Check Rankings - may need to tweak if too
much Competition
• Use Analytics to see how People Find you
Kristin@SassySEO.com @TheSassySEO
7. Site Navigation
• Simple Organisation
• Think Customer Experience - how will a
visitor move thru the site and eventually
purchase
• Use Call To Actions
• Organise Content / Sections as Mini
Destinations
Kristin@SassySEO.com @TheSassySEO
8. Home Sweet Home Page
• Most Important Page
• Contact Info Easily Found
• Capture Visitor Info
• Social Media Badges/Links
• Explain Exactly What You Do
• Use Little Flash - don’t give up best real
estate to images
Kristin@SassySEO.com @TheSassySEO
9. Content
• Relevant
• Valuable
• Contains Key Phrases
• Don’t Overuse/Stuff Site with Key Phrases
• Home Page Content Most Important
• ***Update & Refresh Content***
Kristin@SassySEO.com @TheSassySEO
10. Meta Data
• Title - Business Name Last
• Description - Include Contact Info
• Key Terms/Phrases - Variety is the Spice
Kristin@SassySEO.com @TheSassySEO
12. Search Engine
Site Map & Universal Footer
•Reflects Top Menu & Offerings
•Needs Keyterms
•Update Regularly
•Use Keyterms
•Search Engines Will Crawl
Kristin@SassySEO.com @TheSassySEO
13. Internal Links
• Link to Other Pages on Your Site
Kristin@SassySEO.com @TheSassySEO
14. External Links or Back Links
• Link to Relevant Sites
• Links to Your Site
• Users,
• Relevant Sites
Kristin@SassySEO.com @TheSassySEO
15. Tag Media with Key Terms
• Images
• PowerPoint Presentations
• Videos
• Articles
• PDF’s
• Hashtags on Twitter
• Tags in Blog
• Tags in Social Bookmarking
Always Use Key Terms!
Kristin@SassySEO.com @TheSassySEO
17. Video, Video, Video
• Product Demos
• Advertising Opportunity
• Message from an Executive
• Promote an Event
• Testimonials
• On-Site Tours
• Post on YouTube.com
Kristin@SassySEO.com @TheSassySEO
18. Submit Media to Sites
• Google Video
• YouTube
• Flickr
• Slideshare
Kristin@SassySEO.com @TheSassySEO
19. Customer
Communication Plan
• Relevant
• Valuable
• Periodic & Realistic- Monthly, Bi-Weekly
• Keep it Up - Have a Long Term Strategy
• Goal is to Build a Community
– Surveys
– Offers
– Newsletter
• Prospect Content
• Customer Content
• Call To Action
• Send on Tuesdays
Kristin@SassySEO.com @TheSassySEO
20. Get Social
• Facebook - Build Fans & Engage; Lite Site;
Promote Events & Video
• Twitter - Promote; Follow; Engage
• LinkedIn - Network; Find Partnerships; Build
Expertise
• Flickr - Promote Business Using Photos
• Delicious - Drive Traffic Thru Relevant Articles
& Posts
• StumbleUpon - Get Site Found &
Recommended; 2nd Largest Social Site
• YouTube - 2nd Largest Search Engine; Promote
Expertise
Kristin@SassySEO.com @TheSassySEO
21. Blog
• Who is an Expert in Your Company?
• Will You Blog on a Regular Basis?
• Do you have Valuable Contributions?
• Read Relevant Blogs & Post Thoughtful Comments
• Link Back to Your Site
• Use Newsletter as a Guide and Expand on Content
• Invite Guest Bloggers
• Reflect Content On Site & Drive Visitors To Blog
for More Info
• Keyterms in Titles, Posts, Tags
• ALWAYS Have a Call To Action!
Kristin@SassySEO.com @TheSassySEO
22. Use Your Users’ Content
• Get Customers Involved & Excited to Submit:
– Images
– Videos
– Personal Blog Entrys
– Testimonials
– Content as a Guest Blogger
Highlight Content using their
Preferred Channel - don’t create a
new channel!
Kristin@SassySEO.com @TheSassySEO
23. Measure
• Use Google Analytics
• Social Media Tool
• Too much Data is Too Much
if you don’t use it
• Analyze Periodically
• Optimise
Kristin@SassySEO.com @TheSassySEO
24. Monitor Rankings
• No Guarantee to #1 on Search Engines
• Make Sure Your Site is Indexing Under Key Terms
• Better to be on Page 1 or 2 in Organic Search Results
• Most Click-Thru’s Happen with Organic Results
• Social Media helps Rankings!***
Kristin@SassySEO.com @TheSassySEO
25. Paid Search (SEM or CPC)
• Keyword Research
(adwords.google.com)
• Ad Creative / Offer
• Landing Page
• Quality Score
• More Words = Not Better
• Ongoing Optimisation
Kristin@SassySEO.com @TheSassySEO
31. Be a Human Search Engine
• Attend Events
• Meet People
• Watch Twitter
• Read Articles
• Connect & Share
• Play with Tools
• Experiment w/ a Personal Site
Kristin@SassySEO.com @TheSassySEO
32. Handy Tools
• SEO Book: seobook.com
• Google Analytics: google.com
• Back Link Watch: backlinkwatch.com
• SEO Quake: seoquake.com
• RankChecker: rankchecker.net
• WebCEO: webceo.com
• SEOMoz: seomoz.org
• Google AdWords: adwords.google.com
Kristin@SassySEO.com @TheSassySEO
33. From Me to You…
FREE
One hour Consultation
with the SassySEO
Plus!
Home Page Essentials & Content
Essentials via Email
Contact me:
Kristin@SassySEO.com
0427 326 013
Kristin@SassySEO.com @TheSassySEO