1. Internet Marketing 101
It’s all about the content
Lee Weber
Content Marketing Director
Ivana Janevska
Marketing Manager
2. Who’s speaking today?
We are… Addiction Blog has…
• 0 – 1M monthly in 4 years
• 38K unique visitors a day
• 1500 articles + images
• 60+ contributors
• Writers
• Editors
• SEO Marketers
3.
4. Agenda
Why internet marketing?
What is SEO?
What is content marketing?
A guide to content marketing
Action plan
5. Why is internet marketing important?
Consumers use the internet
Cost-effective advertising
Access to your audience
Control your branding
Increase sales
6. Before you convert, you must be seen
SEO = Search Engine Optimization
Top Google rankings that last
Quality content
Quality backlinks
Shareability
Long term process
Customers see you as the industry leader
7. Why ranking in search matters
#1 position = 50+ %
#2 position = 10-15%
#3 position = 5-10%
#4 position = < 5%
All others = < 2%
9. What is content marketing?
Content marketing is:
“the art of understanding exactly what your
prospects and customers need to know. Then
delivering that content to them in a relevant
and compelling way to grow your business.”
11. What is the goal of content marketing?
There are only four basic things a marketer
needs from any piece of content:
To be shared
To get comments
To generate leads
To make sales
14. Types of content
TEXT
Comments
Articles
Copywriting
Brochures
Books
PRESENTATIONS
IMAGES
VIDEO
AUDIO
WEBINARS
15. Important starting points
Can you embrace your niche?
Can you position yourself as the expert ?
Can you create a value exchange?
Can you invest years into the process?
16. 1. Your website
Content should be:
Based on keywords
Be written for humans
Be interesting and engaging
Created regularly
24. 5. Presentations
Use existing knowledge
Target principle sites
Set yourself up as an expert
Share on multiple networks
LinkedIn
Slide Share
Other PPT share networks
30. Looking Ahead
Stick with what you know!
Build authority and backlinks
Keep generating offsite content in a variety of
ways and on a variety of top ranking websites
Text
Images
Audio
Video
32. Your Action Plan
Audit your current marketing strategy
Identify the holes in your online strategy
Identify main goals and measures
What are your keywords?
Where can you build authority?
Where can you generate backlinks?
How can you build your brand?
Contact me today
lee@addictionblog.org
To win in the SEO space you need great content
Google is ever evolving
All content should work together
I know we used to be able
To win in the SEO space you need great content
Google is ever evolving
All content should work together
I know we used to be able
How do you become an authority? How does this happen?
To win in the SEO space you need great content
Google is ever evolving
All content should work together
I know we used to be able
To win in the SEO space you need great content
Google is ever evolving
All content should work together
I know we used to be able
This is the most important content
Your website is the most critical
Well structured
Built around keywords
Help with conversions
The face of your business
This is where you are going to create credibility
It’s an investment in your business
This is the most important content
Your website is the most critical
Well structured
Built around keywords
Help with conversions
The face of your business
This is where you are going to create credibility
It’s an investment in your business