When you publish a blog post, you immediately share it with your networks and gain instant site visits. But how do you keep people coming to your blog post over time? One key is optimizing each blog post, through visuals and text, so it continues to be shared on Pinterest and Facebook. Another key is using accessible SEO tactics so your post shows up on Google’s search results.
This presentation was originally given at Tech PHX on November 15, 2014.
14. GOOGLE RANKINGS
1. CONTENT: relevancy for a particular word
or phrase
2. CREDIBILITY: how popular your blog post is
compared to others (links)
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15. TYPES OF CONTENT
1. HEDONIC: less adapted for search engine
optimization
2. UTILITARIAN: more adapted for search
engine optimization
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16. TIP 1: WRITE AN AWESOME BLOG POST
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17. TIP 2: FIND OUT WHAT PEOPLE ARE
SEARCHING FOR
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27. RELATED KEYWORDS
Main Keywords
• Gifts
• Film
• Media Arts
• Screenwriting
• Graduate students
• Professors
Related Keywords
• Present
• Ideas
• Products
• Grad students
• Masters student
• Graduation
• PhD
• Movie
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28. TIP 6: USE ANALYTICS
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52. Bad Titles
• What I’ve Been Thinking About
• November Updates
• Cool Infomercials
Better Titles
• Why I No Longer Yell at My Children
• My New Novel is Coming Next Month!
(And Other November News)
• 26 of the Finest Acting Moments in
Infomercial History
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53. TIP 3: TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE FIRST
FEW SENTENCES
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62. PINTEREST RETAIL STATS
• Pinterest accounts for 25% of all retail traffic.
• Shoppers referred from Pinterest spend more than those referred by other networks.
• Amount spent per check out:
• Referred by Pinterest: $140-180 per order
• Referred by Facebook: $80 per order
• Referred by Twitter: $60 per order
• 43% of Pinterest users interact with brands or retailers on Pinterest; only 24% of
Facebook users interact with brands or retailers on Facebook
sources: digiday.com; entrepreneur.com @kathycowleyKatherine Cowley
74. TIP 3: OPTIMIZE YOUR IMAGE FOR
PINTEREST
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75. • No human
faces
• Little
background
• Multiple
colors
• Lots of red
• Moderate
light and
color
• Portrait style
source: wired.com @kathycowleyKatherine Cowley
76. TIP 4: USE GOOD IMAGE FILE NAMES OR
ALTERNATIVE TEXT
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