SEO, Facebook, Twitter & Blogging for Fitness and Martial Arts Professionals

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http://FatCowBusiness.com/KMAPresentation at Martial Arts Success Seminar on "SEO, Facebook, Twitter & Blogging for Fitness & Martial Arts" by Hapkido Black Belt & A4uExpo/Affiliate Summit Speaker Dave Cupples

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Dave CupplesFatCowBusiness.com

FatCowBusiness

@FatCowBusiness

Martial Arts ProfessionalsMaster Minds Success Seminars- 17th March 2012

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While in School in 1998-99 … Image: onechickennugget.wordpress.com

Rule #1 - Don’t do things blindly …

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Be an Entrepreneur and pick the gaps in the market

Want Search Engine Traffic? Pick the gaps in the Market

• Pick the GAPS in the market:↑More Searches / Demand ↓Less Competition / Websites= the low hanging fruit

• Most people don’t look past first 3 search results

• Target a specific term where you can rank up top

Background: marspec.comImage: ardant.co.uk

Google Keyword Tool – http://fcow.co/GK• Choosing page titles – check Search Volume of each keyword

SeoQuake for Firefox (Free)• Tells PR, Alexa Rank, Backlinks, Domain age• How hard to rank on Page #1 → http://fcow.co/SQ

Example Search:“travel”

Google Insights - http://fcow.co/GI

Scrape Google Suggest → Übersuggest• http://fcow.co/US

Google Places for Local Businesses• Free if your business has a physical location• Appears above other search results and in

Google Maps Search and Mobile Search• Claim & verify your listing at google.com/places

Question / Answer Sites & Forums• Top 10 Q & A sites → http://fcow.co/QA

• Quora → Social Q & A site for influencers who share and retweet

Getting PR – iclothing.com.au

Journalists wanting sources – SourceBottle & HARO

Reverse engineer what is working for your competitors

Rule #2- Learn from others. Don’t reinvent the wheel …

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• Open Site Explorer – Free http://fcow.co/OSFind competitors most linked & shared pages

Example: incomediary.com

Example: sherdog.com

Find competitors top backlinks

How to steal competitors customer information to laser target Facebook Ads

QuantCast

FemaleAged 35-50+High IncomeCollege / Grad

School

LIKES

Spy on competitors and see what keywords they are targeting in Google

• SEMRush –http://fcow.co/SR

Facebook Ads – Which Factors make the most difference:

Im-age70%

Body

Text20%

Title10%

Source: Shoemoney.com 2010 (Facebook’s 3rd biggest Advertiser) - http://fcow.co/SM

Shoemoney’s Facebook Ad Board Click Thru Experiment

• Made Ad Boards of actual Facebook ads, people asked to click

• Over 1 million total clicks• Used Clicktale Heatmap / Mouse tracking

software

Source: Shoemoney.com 2010 http://fcow.co/SM

Source: shoemoney.com

Source: shoemoney.com

61% of all clicks

Source: shoemoney.com

Even when foreign language text was used with US English audience …

47% 58% 49%

• Takeaway → IMAGE makes by far the most difference

Source: Shoemoney.com http://fcow.co/SM

Rule #3 – Work Smart – Best Automation Tools

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Wordpress• Free, easy to install in a few clicks. Install

Wordpress Guide – http://fcow.co/WO• SEO friendly URLS with keywords• Free plugins for everything e.g. FB share / post• Writing new blog posts as easy as sending email

Automatic Sharing by Users to Social Media – WP Plugins

• Sexy Bookmarks – Includes Google +1 http://fcow.co/SB

Screenshot:jamesmartell.com

• Sharebar - http://fcow.co/SH

Screenshot: mashable.com

Screenshot: wpbeginner.com

Best tools for Scheduling Facebook & Twitter Updates

• Tweetdeck (Free) – auto link shortening• Hootsuite (Best) – Upload from Excel / CSV

- Full Facebook links + image preview

Syndicating Blog Posts from RSS feed to Twitter

• Twitterfeed

Automatically Publish Blog Posts to Facebook

• NetworkedBlogs - http://fcow.co/NB

Step 2 - SyndicationStep 1-

Register a Blog

Rule #4- The Real Money from online Business is REPEAT Customers

It is far cheaper to market to an

existing customer than to a

new customer

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First time customers

Questions, Scammers, Timewasters, Hassles … NO TRUST

Image: gottatopic.com & swing-smarter-baseball-hitting-drills.com

The value in a “business” is your list of people and the relationship you have

with those people

Repeat customers = Trust, Rapport, Relationship

Image: merchantstand.com

Customer just placed their 89th order … their #1 customer has 246 Orders

CatchOfTheDay.com.au 2 brothers = $200 million

Group Buying Daily Deals• Spreets, Scoopon, Groupon, Living Social• List of Group Buying sites - http://fcow.co/GR

Rule #5 – Nothing will happen unless you make it happen

If you want visitors to Opt-In, Follow, Share on Social Media → INCENTIVIZE!

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Mint.com / Strongmail Case Study• Split test → 3 different incentives to refer friends

to join Mint.com via email or social media

A – Competition to Win iPod NanoB – No incentive (control group)

C – Beta access to exclusive features

Source: strongmail.com - http://fcow.co/ST

How to supercharge email opt-ins • You MUST give an incentive → free eBook or

video or digital content• Email subscribe form BIG, BOLD, TOP RIGHT

THIS is the business asset you are building!

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• Pop it up and force them to make a decision• PopupDomination → increases signups 500%

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How to Incentivize users to LIKE your Facebook Page using an iFrame Reveal Tab

BEFORE clicking LIKE AFTER clicking LIKE

Free app - Static HTML: iframe tabs• Add Reveal Tab Tutorial → http://fcow.co/IF

How to incentivise visitors to share on Facebook & Twitter - http://fcow.co/IN

• Cloudflood – create free share button to access link• Social Easy Share – Unlock content by sharing

- Build Email List from Facebook App

• PunchTab – Uses Facebook Connect, earn loyalty points for liking, commenting, sharing

• List Eruption – No app access needed, Reward sharing special link on Social Media with gifts

Rule #6 – Give Value FirstHow Facebook differs from Search Marketing• Facebook says “find users before they search” • Earlier stage of sales funnel• Different approach → more “soft” sell• Give value first and create desire • Not “hunting” but more like “fishing”

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Social Media Fans are a lot like women …

Case Study – Aquabumps.com

Started by a surfer in Australia who posted photos of Bondi Beach every morning …

Started emailing a few mates to cheer them up at the office …

Give value first, build up desire, credibility and trust, and the $$$ will follow

Rule #7 – Partner with Influencers

• Find influencers with similar target market• Leverage off other databases• Reciprocal email broadcasts• Sharing on Facebook / retweeting on Twitter• Paper.li – mash up other blogs RSS feeds &

tweet• Start partnering with similar size and work up• Interviews, Testimonials, Reviews, Comments

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Guest Blogging: Write Content - Get Links• MyBlogGuest → connects Guest Bloggers to

websites looking for Guest Posts, Technorati.com• Find sites seeking Guest Posts → http://fcow.co/GU

• FollowerWonk – Find influencers in your Niche, search keywords in Twitter Bio

• WeFollow – lists top influencers tagged in each category like fitness, MMA …

Leveraging your Content to Other Websites

• Zemanta – Firefox Add-on http://fcow.co/ZE

Give value first + partner with influencers → potential for exponential reach …

Your audience now has an audience

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Keep in Touch

• Slides, Links, Free Videos + Tutorials at:

FatCowBusiness.com/KMAFacebook.com/FatCowBusiness

@FatCowBusiness, @DaveCupples

Dave@FatCowBusiness.com

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