Modern Seo for Local Search

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MODERN SEO FOR

LOCAL DISCOVERY

SETH PRICE VP, INDUSTRY RELATIONS AT PLACESTER

DIGITAL BREAD

CRUMBS OF TRUST

You don’t control your brand anymore, your customers do. Your brand is being shaped by

online reviews, peer referrals, conversations on social networks and the content consumed by

your socially connected customers.

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HANSEL & GRETEL HERE WE GO

We need to create the breadcrumbs for discovery today. Otherwise it’s far too easy for our prospects and customers to get lost along the way

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In 2015 found that Google searches containing “near me” have multiplied 34 times since 2011

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PEOPLE NEED TO FIND SH*T

3 Billion Searches on Google Every Day

THERE ARE MORE THAN

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how do i stand out?????

50% Of Google Searches Are Mobile

MORE THAN

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Forrester Research

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“70-90 percent of the consumer journey happens

online"

WE’RE UP AGAINST

STIFF COMP

Surprisingly, the competition is not always who you

think it is.

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WE’RE DISTRACTED

BY PUPPIES

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CONSUMED WITH PUPPY LOVE

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CRAZY FOR LOL

CATS

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ADDICTED TO TRAIN WRECKS

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ATTRACTED TO PEOPLE

WRECKS

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POSSESSED WITH OUR PHONES

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WE’RE WORSE THAN GOLDFISH

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The average human attention span in 2000 was 12 seconds, but by 2013 it was only 8 seconds (1 second shorter than a goldfish)

“We do a lot of one night stands in lead gen, not

enough long term relationships."

Michael King @ipullrank

GOOD SEO CREATES A PATH TO DISCOVERY

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IS IT ROCKET

SCIENCE?Well…it requires some thinking,

maybe even a lot of thinking. and a mindset shift to look at your brand

from the customers perspective.

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START BY FOCUSING ON YOUR… CUSTOMERS AUDIENCE PEOPLE TRIBE

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Age, Education, Sex, Sexual orientation? Political party? Active? Activist? Environmentally conscious? Sports fan? Which one? Exercise? Vacation?

Local, Domestic, International or never? Where do they shop for food?

WholeFoods, Kmart? Do they get the news?

TV, Online, Cable, RSS or Newspaper? Kindle or books? Flip phone, Android or iPhone?

Dine out? Fast food or farm to table? Any children? How many and how old?

If they don’t have children, why? Any pets? How many and what are they? What type of home do they currently live in? Who (if anyone) shares their home?

WHAT DO THEY CARE ABOUT?

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HOW CAN YOU MAKE YOUR CUSTOMERS BETTER, HEALTHIER, RICHER, HAPPIER?

HOWCAN YOUCREATEVALUEALONGTHEIR JOURNEY?

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“Modern SEO is about creating

value & the signals of trust all along the consumer’s

journey"

COLLECT SEO

PUZZLE PIECES

Modern SEO is not one thing, it’s a series breadcrumbs that help consumers find

their way to you.

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A WEBSITE TO DEMONSTRATE VALUE AND TRUST

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CITATIONS FOR SEOGUIDEPOSTS

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REVIEWS LIKE YOUR BUSINESS DEPENDS

ON IT Seth Price @sethstuff

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“72% of online consumers say they

will only do business with a company if

they read a positive review."

WHO WOULD YOU RATHER CHOOSE?

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KEY WORDS

ARE STILL HOW

PEOPLESEARCH

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SEARCHES HAVE

NICHES THAT HAVE

VALUABLERICHES

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GOOGLE KEYWORD PLANNER IS FULL OF GOODIES

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SOCIAL SIGNALS

DRIVE DISCOVERY

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Americans collectively check their phone upwards of 8 billion times per day.

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PLAN TO WIN

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@sethstuff @Placester

DON’T DO TOO

MUCH AT ONCE

OR YOU WILL FAIL

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“Marketing is a contest

for peoples attention"

Seth Godin

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USE TOOLS TO HELP YOU MANAGE SOCIAL Seth Price @sethstuff

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USE TOOLS TO HELP YOU MANAGE SOCIAL

APPLY CONTENT

MARKETINGTO AMPLIFY

TRUST

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- Content Marketing Institute

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SHOW TELL AND

BE USEFUL

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IT ONLY

WORKS IF YOU

ACTUALLY DO THE WORK

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CONTENT PROMOTION IS A MUST

ONCE YOU CREATE IT, YOU HAVE TO ACTIVELY PROMOTE. I HATE TO SAY IT, BUT CONTENT CREATION IS THE EASY PART. GETTING PEOPLE TO READ IT IS WORK.

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Make Those Around You Look Good

SMS

@Plan Ahead

Grow your influencer network before you

need them.

Co-Create with Them Nothing better than creating content with those you admire and sharing in the promotion and audience building.

Share Their Expertise Classic, Dale Carnegie. We like to hear the sound of our own names. And more than that, we love it when our ideas are discovered by others.

Make Them Successful Sounds counter intuitive, trust me on this one. If you help others succeed, I guarantee all ships will rise with the tide.

Connect on Social Share their content, comment on their content, create content about them.

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INFLUENCERS RULE!

ATOMIZE AND

CREATE CONTENT

FROM YOUR

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Create an Awesome Pieces of Pillar Content

Repurpose In Guest Posts Use pieces of your pillar content within your guest posts and link respectfully

Make Lots of Sharables Images, slides, infographics that can be shared on Pinterest, Instagram,

Twitter, Facebook & more…

Voiceover into Video Make a video from your post, guest post

or slides. For FB, YouTube & your site

Write Umpteen Tweets Use different titles and different images to share your pillar posts on all the platforms that you focus on.

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ATOMIZATION ROADMAP

SEO SUCCESS

WON’T HAPPEN

OVERNIGHT

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SAY HI… I DON’T BITE

Placester

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Craft of Marketing

Why I Stay Up At Night The blog and podcast where I share everything I learn about marketing.

Speaking

How I Share Have me come speak at your event. I’m on a mission to help others win.

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