From the SMX East Conference in New York City, September 27-29, 2016. SESSION: Adaptable Content: The "New Organic" SEO. PRESENTATION: Leveraging Search to Create A Unified Customer Experience - Given by Laura Ann Mitchell, @intel - Intel, Laura Ann Mitchell. #SMX #31A3
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You become a party of
one - an isolated island,
disconnected from the
core
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What happens when the isolated
islands span:
hundreds of domains
hundreds of thousands of pages
dozens of ccTLDs
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You get a plethora of siloed,
disparate sites across
multiple platforms that
rarely talk to each other
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Why is this a problem?
Because customers get a
plethora of siloed, disparate sites
across multiple platforms that
rarely talk to each other….
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Making it difficult for them to
find relevant content easily,
resulting in a poor user
experience
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And beyond that
Search plays an important
part in corralling the
disparate site experience
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How Exactly
is Search Going to Do that?
Search enables a unified
customer journey by
strengthening the connective
tissue between experiences to
deliver a User First approach
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What do we learn?
What are they interested in?
What problems do they have?
Who influences their journey?
What content types are they finding?
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With key insights from
search, we quickly learn the
most effective way to
connect with our audience….
Often before they have even
considered our brand.
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Enterprise Search & Content Maturity Curve
Maturity
BusinessValue
Afterthought Input Coordinated Unified
Brand
First
User
First
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Enterprise Search & Content Maturity Curve
Maturity
BusinessValue
Afterthought Input Coordinated Unified
Can you help us optimize this
content we already have?
Can you tell us what
keywords we should target
for the content we’re going
to create?
Can you tell us how to best
coordinate our content
efforts across our Business
Units/Brands?
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Enterprise Search & Content Maturity Curve
Maturity
BusinessValue
Afterthought Input Coordinated Unified
Can you help us define a unifying content
strategy across our BUs/Brands that delivers
a consistent and streamlined experience for
every user?
Paradigm Shift
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Solution Overview
BDM
Maker
Gamer
Strategy
Strategy
Strategy
Strategy
Strategy
Strategy
ITDM
Developer
Consumer
Each group creates their own content based on
their particular perspective
• Content is created in silos resulting in different
experiences across the site.
• We create large amounts of detail content with no
central hub of authority on topics.
In short, the user experience is inconsistent and
often results in poor journeys.
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Objective
Strategy
BDM
Maker
Current State Goal State
We are aligning to a
Unifying Central
Strategy that provides a
consistent, streamlined
experience for every
user.
BDM
Maker
Gamer
Strategy
Strategy
Strategy
Strategy
Strategy
Strategy
ITDM
Developer
Consumer
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Solution
CMS
Utilize a consistent site structure
that delivers a streamlined
experience for each user
Dynamic Site Structure
CMSTemplates
Deliver a consistent experience
through the use of defined Page
Types and Life Cycle
management
PageTypes/Life Cycle
Customer Intent Modeling
Create content that aligns with
the interests of our audience
User Intent
PersonalizationTechnology
Improve relevance and deliver a
simplified experience for every
user
Contextualization
DynamicContent Delivery
Leverage engagement on high
traffic pages to merchandise our
solution offerings
Merchandising
MobileOptimizationOptimize the Experience based on the User’s Device
Right Device
Web AnalyticsMonitor KPIs to understand what’s working or not working and why to continually optimize our efforts
Close the Loop
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Direct
InDirect
OrganicTraffic data can help
us determine if our content is
balanced between the interest
of our brand and our users
Direct - Content earns ranking in search
which results in Direct clicks
Indirect - Other content on the site ranks in
search resulting in pageviews of content
from cross links
How Do We Know it’s Working?
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How Do We Know it’s Working?
Balanced Hub Pages
When a hub page is well balanced
it receives an equal blend of Direct
and Indirect Pageviews.
• DirectViews – Hub Pages earn
visibility in search through
relevance and authority
• IndirectViews – Hub Pages act as
the central hub of for
neighborhoods of content
Detail
Detail
Detail
Detail
Detail
Detail
Detail Detail
Detail
Hub
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Putting it All Together
This holistic approach based on a unifying central strategy utilizes a Site Structure built on
the use of Page Types with defined roles to meet the needs and interest of diverse
audiences resulting in a consistent and streamlined experience for each user.
Delivering the right message to the right user at the right time
Strategy
BDM
Maker
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Transforming
the Brand
DisruptExpand
Defend &
Extend
Leverage strength, history, and
equity garnered from PC market
to create relevance and credibility
in adjacent categories
Spotlight new-to-market
products, embedded
technologies and security
solutions to expand Intel brand
definition. Focus on the cutting
edge of technology innovation
Evolve focus to what the
technology inside enables in better,
more powerful, more meaningful,
more immersive, more engaging
product experiences
Offer a clear path for our
millions of monthly
visitors to explore content
on new adjacent
categories
Leverage search insights
to create content that
goes beyond our core.
Explore new content
opportunities focused on non
branded terms that intercept
searchers that are not yet
considering our brand
Search as a Brand Builder
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Search is the one channel that ties all of the disparate sites together.
There have never been
more ways to engage with
our customers.
While nearly every path is
unique, Search almost
always plays a role in the
journey.
Search as the Key Connective Tissue
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Search as a native advertising tool
We can exploit millions of FREE impressions to a highly qualified target
audience each month to promote new content aligned to business critical
priorities.
We do this by developing an action plan to improve the merchandising
power of the site by leveraging our top pages from organic search to
promote our priority campaigns and drive engagement.
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Key Takeaways
Think “User First”
Balance content between what you want to say and what your audience
cares about
Adopt a Digital Native approach