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SEO Espionage: Learn Your Competitors' Strategy & How to Beat Them
Mike Turner Senior SEO Analyst
Director of Business Development Webmarketing123
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Webinar Agenda
1 The Marketing Landscape Has Changed. Again. Why We Care About Search Marketing
2 Competitive Analysis – Where to Begin? It's not Rocket Science; It is about Rigor
3 Is Your Act Together? Get This: Scorecards Linked to your KPIs
4 Why Do This in the First Place: ROI Holding SEO accountable for business results
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Webinar Agenda
1 The Marketing Landscape Has Changed. Again. Why We Care About Search Marketing
2 Competitive Analysis – Where to Begin? It's not Rocket Science; It is about Rigor
3 Is Your Act Together? Get This: Scorecards Linked to your KPIs
4 Why Do This in the First Place: ROI Holding SEO accountable for business results
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Digital Marketing is Evolving Is Your Marketing Keeping Pace?
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Google Think B2B Conference 2012
B2B customers are now more discerning
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Google Think B2B Conference 2012
B2B internet usage skyrocketed in the past year
Search engines are the #1 source for B2B information
Top online sources for B2B customer research
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Google Think B2B Conference 2012
Online sources help B2B customers discover new brands
% of B2B customers using the following sources to discover new brands
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Lead Generation is the #1 Objective of B2B Marketers
SEO Makes the Biggest Impact on Lead Generation
B2B Marketers Rely on SEO for Lead Generation
(2012 State of Digital Marketing Survey)
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4 Billion Searches on Google Every Day
95% of Clicks Happen on the 1st Page of Search Results
60% of Clicks are on Top 3 Results
(Optify, Brandtech study)
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B2B buyers are moving 60-70% of the way through the sales funnel before they engage directly with sales reps.
Key Thought: Is your website robust enough to function as a virtual sales force?
A Shift in the Purchasing Process
(Google (57%), Forrester (70%))
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Webinar Agenda
1 The Marketing Landscape Has Changed. Again. Why We Care About Search Marketing
2 Competitive Analysis – Where to Begin? It's not Rocket Science; It is about Rigor
3 Is Your Act Together? Get This: Scorecards Linked to your KPIs
4 Why Do This in the First Place: ROI Holding SEO accountable for business results
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Competitive Analysis – There’s A LOT to it…
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Before You Begin – What’s At Stake? Understanding the opportunity
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Before You Begin – What’s At Stake?
Annual Cost of Not Ranking: $2,700,000 monthly cost multiplied by 12 months
= 32 million+/year
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Step-by-Step Calculation
of the Cost of Not Ranking on Page 1 of Google
1. Keyword Search Volume
2. CTR on Search Results (New Visitors)
3. Visitor Lead Rate
4. Lead Qualified Lead Rate
5. Qualified Lead Closed Deal Rate
6. Average Deal Size
7. (# of Closed Deals) x (Avg. Deal Size) = Revenue Potential
If you want this for your site, reach out via Q&A
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Competitive Analysis – It’s All About Keywords
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Competitive Analysis – Keyword Tracking:
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Competitive Analysis – Use Google Tools:
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Organic Ranking Position Matters:
<< If you’re here, you’re invisible.
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Keyword Length Matters: Keyword Selection
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Not All Keywords Are Created Equal:
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Competitive Analysis – Additional Tools:
• Simply “View Source”
• Google Keyword Tool
• Doubleclick Ad Planner
• Alexa (Amazon)
• Compete
• Quantcast
• URL Trends
• SEMRush
• SpyFu
Estimate traffic and unearth competitor’s keyword strategy
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What to Look for?:
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Are they writing for Search Engines? Start with the Obvious:
Above the Fold
Below the Fold
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What We See
What Google Sees Why Content Matters:
What Google Sees
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Main Elements Consist of: a) Page Title
b) Description
c) And sometimes… Keywords
Meta What?:
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Main Elements Consist of: a) Page Title
b) Description
c) And sometimes… Keywords
Meta What?:
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aceook Groups: B2B Lead Gen Keywords in the First or Second Position of the Page Title Have the Highest Impact!
Include descriptive keywords and phrases in page titles Meta What?:
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Inbound Links Links from other highly relevant websites, back to yours
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1 The Marketing Landscape Has Changed. Again. Why We Care About Search Marketing
2 Competitive Analysis – Where to Begin? It's not Rocket Science; It is about Rigor
3 Is Your Act Together? Get This: Scorecards Linked to your KPIs
4 Why Do This in the First Place: ROI Holding SEO accountable for business results
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Get your Own House in Order:
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Make a Plan Keyword Selection Keyword Mapping
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Make a Plan Content Guidelines
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Content Mapping Document
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Link Strategy Document
Content is the fuel that powers a link building strategy
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Reporting is Key
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A Scorecard Process helps overcome implementation obstacles
Which KPIs are your priorities?
What will winning look
like?
What benchmarks should we
use?
What are the next steps?
ü Standardizes Metrics ü Creates Common Vision, Shared Goals, Accountability
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A ranking report should show steady progress over time.
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1 The Marketing Landscape Has Changed. Again. Why We Care About Search Marketing
2 Competitive Analysis – Where to Begin? It's not Rocket Science; It is about Rigor
3 Is Your Act Together? Get This: Scorecards Linked to your KPIs
4 Why Do This in the First Place: ROI Holding SEO accountable for business results
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But reporting shouldn't stop there. How are individual keywords performing in terms of revenue?
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Which Keywords are Converting. At What Value?
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Webinar Agenda
1 The Marketing Landscape Has Changed. Again. Is your agency fat, happy and complacent?
2 "Black Box" = BS It's not Rocket Science; It is about Rigor
3 What Does Metrics-Based Reporting Look Like? Get This: Scorecards Linked to your KPIs
4 Opportunity Analysis Holding SEO accountable for business results
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As marketers are increasingly responsible for the P & L, it’s more important than ever to quantify potential at the front-end and consistently measure performance against KPIs. Quantify
Measure
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Your revenue should be rising.
Not just your traffic.
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WE ARE EXPERTS AT BUILDING TOP LINE REVENUE GROWTH FOR GLOBAL ENTERPRISES WITH TARGETED, COST-EFFECTIVE DIGITAL MARKETING
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