Content Jam: Fortune and Glory, How to Make Friends, Rank High and Get Famous Using Social Media

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Fortune and GloryHow to Make Friends, Rank High

and Get Famous Using Social Media

#contentjam

Andy Crestodina, Orbit Media Studios

@crestodina

There are 2 kinds of people on the internet.

There are two kinds of people on the internet

source: Wikipedia

Creators

Contributors And “lurkers”

Two Types of Social Media

Two Types of Social Media

Content Promotion Online NetworkingTraffic and Branding Relationships with Influencers

Two Types of Social Media

Content Promotion Online NetworkingTraffic and Branding Relationships with Influencers

...direct benefits ...indirect benefits

• Journalists• Authors• Podcasters• Academic Researchers• Event Producers

And of course...• Bloggers and blog editors

Who makes content?

Connect with people who have already built the audience you need to reach...

Then borrow that audience in a sensitive and considerate way.

lead

lead

traffic

conversions

lead

traffic

conversions

rank

lead

traffic

conversions

rank

content

links

lead

traffic

conversions

rank

content

content

relationships links

HOW TO FIND INFLUENCERS

1

Social media is the world’s greatest phone book

Source: FollowerWonk.com

Follower Wonk

Build a List

MAKING FRIENDS WITHCONTENT CREATORS

2

Subscribed to blog by feed / email Use Talkwalker, Newsle and Brand24 Google+: Add to circle Twitter: Follow Twitter: Add to a “radar” list

Part One: LISTEN

source: Online Networking Guide, Orbit Media

Twitter “Radar”

Feedly

Google+ Circles of Creators

Favorite their tweets +1 their posts Like comments on other blogs Comment on their blog

Part Two: ENGAGE

source: Online Networking Guide, Orbit Media

Connect on LinkedIn Like LinkedIn posts, mention them Endorse on LinkedIn Write a recommendation on LinkedIn Send friend request on Facebook Like Facebook posts, mention them

Part Three: CONNECT

source: Online Networking Guide, Orbit Media

LinkedIn Tagging

Follow on Quora, Medium, Instagram, Yelp, MeetUp, Storify, Listly, etc.

Follow on apps like Spotify, Runkeeper, FitBit, etc.

*REVIEW PODCAST on iTunes *REVIEW BOOK on Amazon

Part Four: EXTRA MILE

source: Online Networking Guide, Orbit Media

Cross the Streams…the strength of weak connections!

1. Publish…2. Share here…3. Say thanks there!

Mention them in your content Get a contributor quote Include them in an expert

roundup Deep dive interview

Part Five: COLLABORATE

source: Online Networking Guide, Orbit Media

Phone call, Skype or Google+ Hangout

Face-to-face meeting Mastermind group Hand-written thank you note

Part Six: FRIENDSHIP!

source: Online Networking Guide, Orbit Media

If you’re not making friends, you’re doing it wrong.

THE BIG ASK3

Everything in marketing is based on relationships

…including search rankings.

Source: MOZ Search Ranking Factors

links are credibility

more links = more credibility

links from credible sites =much more credibility

many outgoing links =less credibility per link

Content + Visibility = Link

Find the missing stat...

source: Skyrocket’s Link Building Survey: 2014

Which link building tactics are most effective?

Social actions. Search Outcomes

Social actions. Search Outcomes

Traffic Sources

Social Traffic Conversion Rates

Search Traffic Conversion Rates

The Thing About Content

Which Topics Have an SEO Advantage?

Scraped from Google Suggest

source: Keywordtool.io

Topic + Collaborator = Content

Topics and Focal Distance

Topics and Focal Distance

Why do Dogs Bark at Night?

Hotels and Dogs: A Canine Guest Guide to

Staying

10 Travel Tips for

Dogs

Every topic in the universe fits into a giant fractal

Puppy Training

Best Practices: 5 Tips for Raising a Good Boy

5 Dog Training Mistakes That Will Get You

Bit

Remind your audience what they’ll miss, risk or lose by

not using you

YOUR SITE

OTHER SITES

Locations

Blogging vs. Guest Blogging

Content = 2Links = 0Friends = 0

Content = 3Links = 1Friends = 2

Round Two…

(better links + real connections)

Content = 4Links = 0Friends = 0

Content = 6Links = 2Friends = 4

Round Four…

Nice blog, but… This is what great content marketing looks like.

Influencer Marketing Tools

InkyBee

InkyBee

GroupHigh

Get Out There!...events are the biggest shortcut

SOCIAL SCHEDULING4

Social Sharing Schedule

source: KISSmetrics

SOCIAL AUTOMATION5

How to share ...big time• The content that get shared,

get clicked and gets visitors to act• The times of day that are best

for your followers• The tool that keeps those

posts in rotation at those times

Share what gets shared the most

source: BuzzSumo

Share what gets clicked the most

Share what converts the most

Share when people tend to be active

Share when your audience is active

source: FollowerWonk

Load the posts into the tool...

Use every trick in the book• Headline (clarity and benefits)• Secondary headline (number)• Special characters

☝Use copypastecharacter.com• #Hashtags• Linebreaks• Image• The Link!

Load the schedule into the tool

Thank you!I really hope that was useful...

#contentjam

Andy Crestodina, Owner, Orbit Media Studios

@crestodina

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