bas van den beld @a4uexpo about brandbuilding using social media

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Bas van den Beld talked at A4UExpo about how to build your brand using social media. He showed how he made a success out of Searchcowboys in less than a year.Posted on:http://www.searchcowboys.comhttp://www.basvandenbeld.comhttp://www.basvandenbeld.nl

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Steps, tips and tools for “Social branding”

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Wednesday, October 14, 2009

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Social - Branding - Search

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• Chief Editor Searchcowboys

• Search / social media strategist

• Self employed

Bas van den Beld

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• Founded in november 2008

• Gone public in January 2009

• Part of a network of sites

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• Now over 1100 articles

• Well known in the industry

• Lots of links, mentions & goodwill

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• Speaker at events

What has that done for me?

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http://www.twitter.com/basvandenbeldhttp://www.searchcowboys.comhttp://www.basvandenbeld.com

• Speaker at events

• A radioshow on webmasterradio

What has that done for me?

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

http://www.twitter.com/basvandenbeldhttp://www.searchcowboys.comhttp://www.basvandenbeld.com

• Speaker at events

• A radioshow on webmasterradio

• Many new contacts

What has that done for me?

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

http://www.twitter.com/basvandenbeldhttp://www.searchcowboys.comhttp://www.basvandenbeld.com

• Speaker at events

• A radioshow on webmasterradio

• Many new friends & contacts

• A lot of new business opportunities

What has that done for me?

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• The story of Searchcowboys

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Step 1: Content is king

• The content has to be good

• There has to be plenty content

• It has to be appealing

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Step 2: Get help

• You can’t do it alone

• Get your friends in

• Talk to those who matter

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Step 3: Share• Let the world know what

you like

• Don’t just push your own content

• Help others

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Step 4: be everywhere

• Use social media tools

• Also offline

• Connect

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Step 5: Go outside• Contribute on other

platforms

• Don’t let them find you, find them and go to where they are

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Step 6: Monitor• Know who is talking about

you

• Get involved

• “Reward” them

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Step 7: Keep going

• If you’re out, you’re out

• Find new ways

• Seed and harvest

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Four take away tips to go

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Tip 1: Be recognizable

• Not to many different pictures

• Use it everywhere

• Think about what you use

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Tip 2: Be real

• Don’t be fake

• The internet will find out

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Tip 3: Be findable

• Make sure your SEO is good

• Do PPC if needed

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Tip 4: Never Assume

You will make an.. Ass out of u and me

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Final take away: Tools to use

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Bas van den Beld - Searchcowboys

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http://www.twitter.com/searchcowboys

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