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SOCIAL AS A RESEARCH
TOOL
SMX London 2014
Jon Quinton
Agency Manager
jon@builtvisible.com
@jonquinton1
The biggest risk to creative
based SEO?
No-one cares…
Our last 12 months have
about solving this
problem.
Where does social fit in to the
research phase?
Social is enabling our
team to achieve the
required sign-off
stages
Monthly active users 2013:
0
200
400
600
800
1,000
1,200
1,400
Facebook Google+ Linkedin Twitter Instagram Pintrest
Monthly active users 2013:
0
200
400
600
800
1,000
1,200
1,400
Facebook Google+ Linkedin Twitter Instagram Pintrest
That’s 1.2 billion
people [including my
Mum]
“What content is most
likely to work?”
“Which publishers should I
be targeting?”
“Which journalists should I
be talking to?”
“What’s currently working
well for others?”
1. Identifying Top Domains
Domains your followers share:
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
Count of Follower Domains Average of DA
Top social channels shared by
your followers:
0
50
100
150
200
250
youtube.com twitter.com twitpic.com vimeo.com plus.google.com flickr.com linkedin.com
Comparing interest across
multiple sources:
LinkingtoClient
LinkingtoCompetitor
1
LinkingtoCompetitor
2
Mentionedinthe
twitterbioof
someone whofollows
Client
Mentionedinthe
twitterbioof
someone whofollows
Competitor 1
Mentionedinthe
twitterbioof
someone whofollows
Competitor 2
Sending referraltraffic
toClient We then examine this data to see
which websites intersected with
the most sources, but are not
currently linking to you
Domains which intersect these
datasets:
0
1000
2000
3000
4000
5000
6000
7000
8000
9000
10000
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
Sum of Number of Datasets site exists in Average of Referring Domains
2. Identifying Hot Topics
Reviewing Engagement Type:
Using birdsong we can also
view current bit.ly links:
As a result, we can gain an
overview of traffic:
YouTube Insights
Spikes in YouTube interest can
be telling:
Exploring new formats
Take a reputable publication:
http://www.theverge.com/
longform
Crawl for content you’re
interested in:
Use a tool of your choice to
extract social metrics:
Export and sort by social
success:
3. Identifying Top People
Again, pick a publisher:
Crawl + export your post URLs:
Scrape author names:
Sort authors by social success
& topical relevancy:
Want some more
information?
Thanks Google Plus!
Collect number of profile
views:
− Follower Count
− Profile Views
− Location
− Job Title
Want to know who else your
author writes for?
The [social] world is your
oyster.
Happy scraping
researching!
THANK YOU
Any Questions?
Jon Quinton
Agency Manager
jon@builtvisible.com

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