The purpose of content marketing is to attract and retain customers by consistently creating relevant and valuable content with the intention of enhancing the consumer’s behavior. Content marketing is an ongoing process that needs to be integrated into a company’s overall marketing strategy. When communicating with your customers and prospects you want to deliver information that helps the reader solve an issue or learn more about your company, products or services in a non-salesy way. If you are able to provide valuable content to your target audience, they will ultimately consider your business when it’s time to make the purchase.
So where does search engine optimization (SEO) and social media marketing fit into all SEO, Social Media and Content Marketing Trainingof this? Creating high quality content for your website is only part of the game, but getting your potential customers to find and read your content is ultimately what you’re trying to achieve. Your content needs to be optimized so that Google and other search engines will list it in their search results. The higher you rank in organic searches, the more traffic you’ll get to your website. And by incorporating social media marketing into your online marketing mix, you’ll increase your chances of getting your content found by a multitude.
In this interactive online session, Laura and Chris will discuss the principles and many best practices of content marketing; they’ll share proven and tested search engine optimization and social media marketing tactics and strategies, and you’ll also learn how to develop and execute an online marketing strategy and how to measure the results of your online marketing efforts.
The webinar targets business owners, marketing professionals, online marketing professionals, SEO consultants and anyone interested in learning more about content marketing, SEO and social media marketing.
Presenters
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Laura Lear, Vice President of Marketing at Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) and Chris Raulf, online marketing expert and founder of Boulder SEO Marketing
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Introduction to Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Social Media and Content Marketing
1. [Webinar] An Introduction to Content
Marketing, SEO and Social Media Marketing
February 27, 2014
Laura Lear
Vice President of Marketing
Medical Group Management Association
Chris Raulf
Online Marketing Expert & Founder
Boulder SEO Marketing
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chris@boulderseomarke.ng.com
2. Agenda
• Introduc*on
to
Content
Marke*ng
• Campaign
Based
Content
Marke*ng
– Crea*ng
search
engine
op*mized
content
around
an
online
event
•
•
•
•
•
Search
Engine
Op*miza*on
Social
Media
Marke*ng
Track
and
Measure
Results
Bonus
SEO
Tip
Ques*ons
and
Answers
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3. About
Us
Laura Lear
Vice President of Marketing
Medical Group Management Association
• LinkedIn:
hDp://www.linkedin.com/in/lauralear
• TwiDer:
hDps://twiDer.com/lauralear
Chris Raulf
Online Marketing Expert & Founder
Boulder SEO Marketing
• LinkedIn:
hDp://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisraulf
• TwiDer:
hDps://twiDer.com/swisschris
• Google+:
hDps://plus.google.com/+ChrisRaulf
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4. If
you
do
…,
then
this
could
happen:
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5. Buzzword
“Content
Marke.ng”
• Nothing
new
• We
all
do
it
• We
all
can
do
it
beDer
• Get
the
most
out
of
content
marke*ng:
Campaign
based,
Search
Engine
Op*miza*on
&
Social
Media
Marke*ng
• Content
Makes
Marke*ng
by
Laura
Lear:
hDp://goo.gl/Wb4pY
• The
Advanced
Content
Marke*ng
Guide:
hDp://www.quicksprout.com/the-‐advanced-‐guide-‐to-‐content-‐
marke*ng/
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6. Quick
Poll
Content
Marke*ng
is
being
done
systema*cally
at
my
company!
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11. story
structure
2.0
what
could be
what is
what
could be
what is
new bliss
what
could be
what is
(new norm)
what is
Source: Nancy Duarte, Duarte Design
21. Campaign
Based
Content
Marke.ng,
Search
Engine
Op.miza.on
and
Social
Media
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22. Webinar
Planning
Phase
Webinar
schedule:
– 4
–
12
months
plan
– How
ocen:
1
per
month,
every
other
month,
1
per
quarter?
– Commitment
– Resources
– Goals
– Etc.
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23. Webinar
Planning
Phase
Guest-‐Speakers
are
lead
magnets
Customers
-‐
Success
stories,
best
prac*ces,
etc.
Industry
experts
-‐
Unbiased
-‐
Credibility
Partners
-‐
Tab
into
their
network
=
More
leads
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25. Have
a
Plan…
and
Share
it
with
the
Team
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26. Webinar
Planning
Phase:
Checklist
– Target
aDendees
• Exis*ng
/
New
Customers
• Target
*tles
• Specific
geographic
target
regions
– Goals
/
Ac*on
Items:
• Define
primary
and
secondary
goal
of
hos*ng
the
webinar
• What
are
the
3-‐5
key
“take-‐aways”
we’d
like
our
audience
to
walk
away
with
• What
ac*ons
do
we
want
our
audience
to
take
acer
the
webinar
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33. On-‐Page
SEO
Tips
+/-‐
500
words
Include
a
link
to
another
related
page
on
your
site
If
possible,
add
an
image
and
include
an
alt
tag
with
a
target
keyword
Place
keyword(s)
in
applicable
H1,
H2
&
H3
heading
Try
to
include
an
important
target
keyword
in
the
first
paragraph
as
well
as
the
last
– Op*mized
meta
tags:
–
–
–
–
–
• Title
• Descrip*on
• Keywords
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34. Off-‐Page
SEO
Tips
– LinkedIn,
Facebook,
etc.
company
pages
– SliderShare,
DocStoc,
etc.
– Directories
– Press
releases
(PRWeb,
PRLog,
etc.)
– Guest
blog
post
– Etc.
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48. Keyword
Rank
Tracking
Tools
• Swiss
Made
Marke*ng:
hDp://swissmademarke*ng.com/ranktracker/
• Moz
Rank
Tracker:
hDp://moz.com/tools/rank-‐tracker
• SEO
Book:
hDp://tools.seobook.com/rank-‐checkers/
• SEO
Centro:
hDp://www.seocentro.com/tools/search-‐engines/keyword-‐
posi*on.html
• Plugins,
etc.
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49. Keep
Track
of
Your
Rankings
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50. …and
Measure
the
Results
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51. Bonus
SEO
Tip
Get
your
new
web
pages
indexed
and
searchable
on
Google
in
no
*me:
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52. April
8
&
29
in
Boulder
and
Denver
Register
by
Thursday,
March
6,
2014
and
get
$100
off
the
registra*on
fee
with
code
Feb27.
Learn
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at:
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53. Intro to Content Marketing, SEO & Social Media Marketing
Questions?
Connect with Laura:
LinkedIn:
hDp://www.linkedin.com/in/lauralear
Twi[er:
hDps://twiDer.com/lauralear
Connect with Chris:
LinkedIn:
hDp://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisraulf
Twi[er:
hDps://twiDer.com/swisschris
Google+:
hDps://plus.google.com/+ChrisRaulf
Connect with Boulder SEO Marketing:
LinkedIn:
hDp://www.linkedin.com/company/boulder-‐seo-‐marke*ng
Twi[er:
hDps://twiDer.com/Marke*ngSEOWiz
Facebook:
hDps://www.facebook.com/BoulderSEOMarke*ng
Google+:
hDps://plus.google.com/+Boulderseomarke*ng
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54. Thank You and See
You Next Time J
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