SEO helps a search engine to do its job more effectively and Public Relations can increase the reach and influence of the brands they promote by optimizing news. Recently the good folks at Vocus interviewed TopRank Online Marketing’s CEO on the basics of search engine optimization for public relations. The following post comes from the interview with Lee Odden of TopRank by Chris Pilbeam of Vocus.
Search engines aren’t perfect – that’s why people in SEO (Editor: like TopRank Online Marketing) are flourishing. People who write web copy often only consider one audience: customers, or analysts; maybe journalists. You should consider the extra audience of search engines.
At the Vocus User’s Conference in Washington D.C. last week, TopRank Online Marketing CEO Lee Odden gave a presentation on “Optimizing Public Relations for Web Search”. Studies by public relations software companies and Universities as well as informal polls by TopRank’s Online Marketing blog have show that journalists use search to report the news. The opportunity for companies and media relations professionals to improve the visibility of their brands & clients through search is one that should not be ignored.
Search engines like Google have become the newsstand of our time. And as more and more readers turn to search engines to find the timeliest news, journalists are following suit.
According to a recent survey by TopRank® Online Marketing, nine out of ten journalists and editors indicate that they use search engines daily as part of their jobs. As such, today’s public relations programs must include an online component, and this component must adhere to Search Engine Optimization (SEO) best practices to be successful.
At the recent MarketingProfs B2B Forum in Boston, TopRank CEO Lee Odden and SEO client Jiyan Wei, Director of Product Management for PRWeb, presented on B2B Content Optimization Best and Worst Practices to a packed room of business to business marketers.
Below is the full Powerpoint deck of the presentation including the Strategy & Tactics as well as the PRWeb case study. Below that is a video of the Strategy and Tactics presentation taken by Jeffrey L. Cohen of Social Media B2B.
The 45 minute video of Lee’s portion of the presentation covers: Content SEO Strategy, Core SEO Principles, SEO Best and Worst Practices.
Optimizing social media for search engines, presents a tremendous opportunity to grow social networks and build traffic to content that allows visitors to consumer, engage and share. TopRank Online Marketing has been “practicing what we preach” in the area of social media optimization and before that, blog SEO and social news/bookmarking for about 5 years or so.
Below is a PowerPoint presentation offering Social SEO guidelines, planning tips, case studies and practical SEO information for Blogs, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and YouTube.
TopRank works very hard to stay on top of current best practices for our clients. As a result of expertise, thought leadership and reputation in the industry, our team is asked to speak at a variety of conferences, workshops and webinars. The goal at TopRank Marketing is to help companies better understand the current landscape of Online Marketing to prepare strategies that can be executed more efficiently and adjust to the ever-changing digital environment.
To tap into some of the TopRank Online Marketing expertise, review the events below to see if we’ll be presenting in your area. If not, give us a call (1-877-872-6628) and we might be able to provide on-site training or consulting to meet your needs.
At the WebmasterWorld Pubcon conference in Las Vegas, TopRank’s CEO Lee Odden presented on how companies can drive more web site traffic through news optimization. NVI Solutions caught up with him to talk more about the intersection of Search Engine Optimization, Social Media Marketing and Online Public Relations in this video interview:
The audio on this interview is pretty low, so you’ll need to turn it up a bit. The one downside to a Flipcam
At the WebmasterWorld Pubcon conference in Las Vegas, TopRank’s CEO Lee Odden presented several times including a standing room only session on the intersection of search marketing and social media. Moderated by ex Googler Vanessa Fox, the panel included Odden, Tony Adam, Bill Hartzer and David Wallace.
Mike McDonald of WebProNews and his trusty videographer Travis, caught up with Odden after the session for the following interview. In it they discuss examples of how social media can be used to advance search engine visibility goals and how SEO can be used to grow social networks.
On Monday morning 10:15 am at the San Diego Marriott Hotel & Marina, TopRank Online Marketing CEO Lee Odden will be presenting the Top Ten SEO Tips for Public Relations. The presentation will be held in Marina Ballroom F and will cover the gamut of SEO advice for news optimization. Here’s a video preview:
Where does real-time marketing fit within an online advertising and social media marketing mix? Below is a video interview with Mike McDonald of WebProNews at Search Engine Strategies San Jose that starts to answer that question. The interview took place just before TopRank CEO Lee Odden moderated a ClickZ panel focusing on the same topic that included: Richard Jalichandra, CEO of Technorati; Steve Grove, Vice President at YouTube, Martin Green, COO at Meebo and Ricardo Guerrero, founder of Stwittergy.
SEO helps a search engine to do its job more effectively and Public Relations can increase the reach and influence of the brands they promote by optimizing news. Recently the good folks at Vocus interviewed TopRank Online Marketing’s CEO on the basics of search engine optimization for public relations. The following post comes from the interview with Lee Odden of TopRank by Chris Pilbeam of Vocus.
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