sherif morgan how to make your blog shine
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Sherif Morgan, Connexins Web Development, on how to blog effectively so that your blog gets noticed.TRANSCRIPT
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Ways to Make Your Blog Shine
Sherif S. MorganFriday, September 14, 2012
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Why Blog?
• Builds Traffic– search engine traffic– social media traffic– email marketing
• Increases credibility– pre-sell– establishes you as an expert– Voice and Authority
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The two famous questions…
For each blog post, ask these 2 questions:
Who?
Why?
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Who is THE WHO
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Who is the WHO
Identify niches (needs) within your market
What are their... interests?goals?problems?pain points?hot buttons?
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• Who (age, location, gender, education, job title)
• Environment (when and where are they using your site? What device are they using?)
• Tasks (what are they trying to complete/learn)
• Motivation (what is their broader desired outcome?)
– Goals, Problems, Pain Points?
• Name or nickname & Representative photo
Source: http://blog.kissmetrics.com/user-personas-for-seo/
Drilling Down
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The two famous questions…
For each blog post, ask these 2 questions:
Who?
Why?
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What are some of the WHYSwhat would you like to accomplish [short term]
You?
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What are some of the WHYS
what would you like to accomplish [long term]
– Establish credibility or thought leadership– Increase traffic to your business website– Humanize your company– Generate Leads or Pre-Sell Prospects– Brand Building/Awareness
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The Topics
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Before you pick a topic… Listen!
Social Media
Conversations
Surveys
Questions
Clients’ FAQs
Clients’ Emails
Common Problems
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Problem?
eye-catching title/headline
KEYWORD OR in social media
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Why is a headline important?
“The anatomy of post”
• People judge a [post] by it’s [headline]
• Catchy… [ if not, they may not click! ]
• High SEO value– Include your keyword
PerfectTimeless
Shareable
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Write Headlines that SHINESpecificity / Helpfulness / Immediacy / Newsworthiness / Entertainment Value
http://blog.kissmetrics.com/how-to-write-headlines
A Scientific Approach to Writing Page Titlehttp://www.problogger.net/archives/2012/03/06/a-scientific-approach-to-writing-page-titles
52 Headline Hacks!http://headlinehacks.com (by Jon Morrow)
3 Must-Have Guides to Write Amazing Headlines
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The Content
design
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Designing Your Content
• Start with an engaging story?
• Scannable Text– Short Paragraphs– Headlines– Sub-Headlines– Bullet Points
• Use Photos
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Where to get the photos?
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http://www.flickr.com/search/advanced/
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Quality of Picture Matters
• Unique
• Engage people more
• Increases perceived value
• Shareabiliy?
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The Content
the content itself
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How to sound authoritative?
• Authoritative Headlines– The content must deliver
• Knowledge + Personal Experience (the story)
• Concise!– Simple yet profound (e.g. Seth Godin’s blog)
• Comprehensive– Dig Deep. Use details and examples– Go Wide. info can be applicable/universal
• Relevance: solve problems & ease pain points
• Present original research?
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Create Shareable Content
• Create authoritative content• Publish original research, info, graphs• Compile resources & links on a subject• Solve a problem• Make a list• Paint a picture
• Great referencehttp://www.chrisbrogan.com/23-essential-elements-of-sharable-blog-posts/
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The Call-to-Action
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How to Achieve the WHY?
• Conclude with a call to action:– ask an engaging question– ask them to comment, share, connect
• Include email subscription box after the post
• Make it easy for them to participate
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make it easy to share
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make it easy to subscribe
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The SEO
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Insert in the Title (Headlines)- 60 characters
Insert in the meta Description- 160 characters.- appeal to both people and search engines- make it emotional / intriguing (for people
not SE)- Tip: “the cliff hanger”…
Use in the content naturally- don’t over-use.- use related words
What to do with a “keyword”
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The Perfectly Optimized Page (SEO)
http://www.seomoz.org/blog/perfecting-keyword-targeting-on-page-
optimization
too many rules / always changing / etc.
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SEO techniques are important, but…write for people not for search engines
write great post titles (include your keyword)
provide quality content with related keywords
include relevant and helpful links
when you do that… people will link back, share on social media, etc.
The No BS Guide to SEO
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http://socialtriggers.com/perfect-blog-post/
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Recap
• Intro– why blog & questions you must ask before you
post
• How to attract and bring people in– via keyword research– the headline
• How to keep people there– engage with story, photo, easy-to-read content
• Deliver!– authoritative / shareable content
• Call to Action
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