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Inconceivable Content: The Dread Pirate Rober's Guide to Creating Swashbuckling Content, Pillaging the Search Engines, and Commandeering a Treasure Trove of Conversions

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Good content is SEO’d content.

Text

SEO

Sales

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No content, no sales.

Keyword Content

Think Keywords

Hear Keywords

Search Keywords

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“Perfect” content still has to change.

Layout

Content

Headlines

Keywords

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No Hidden

Text

Publish Negative Reviews

No Hype Be Genuin

e

Trusted Content

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SEO

Keyword Selection

Keyword Guidance

Copywriter

Keyword Integration

Keyword Usage

Good content cannot be rushed.

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Start with keyword research.

Target Audience

Areas of Interest

Needs to be Met

Business

Students

Hobbyists

Education

Information

Ideas

Strategy

Direction

Community

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Keywords don’t always mean

what we think.

“cordless

telephone”

headset?

cordless “teleph

one headset

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Know your visitors.

Researchers

Shoppers

Buyers

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Use similar qualifiers together.

Exotic Widgets

Classic Widgets

Vintage Widgets

Quality Widgets

RedWidgets

Discount Widgets

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Ignore “old-school” nonsense.

• 7 percent?

Keyword Density

• 6.4 times?

Keyword count• 3rd, 12th

Words?

Keyword Positioning

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“Chosen” keywords aren’t always the right keywords.

Competitor Uses Doesn’t “fit” Single-word

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Write content no one else has.

Niche areas

Highly targeted keywords

Easy to rank

phrases

Info queries

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Write for your audience first.

Maintain reader value

Keywords not obvious

Persuasive content

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Don’t destroy the conversion process.

Interest

Conver-sions

Engag-ement

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1

•There is no magic amount of text

2

•Keep it as brief as possible

3

•Use no more than needed to convert

Be concise.

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Write for skimmers and scanners.

ResearchersParagraph Headings

Keyword Rich Links

Bullet Points

Bolded Text

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Use words that encourage action.

Action Words

Calls to Action

Textual Links

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Good content never dies.

Keep content up to date

Redirect deleted pages

Repurpose old content for new mediums

Link to and from historical pages

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