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Meet The Experts

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What is

KEYWORD RESEARCH?

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Real people telling us what they want

Modern Market Research

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DISCOVER GROUP UNDERSTAND VALUE USE

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Keyword Research is

MARKET RESEARCH

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Keyword Research is

CREATIVE PLANNING

Keyword Research Has

CHANGED

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The Data is Messy (see: Conductor Study)

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The Tail Remains Long

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We Need to

UNDERSTAND

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Search Suggest = Inventory

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Don’t Forget Wildcards

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Related Searches = Volume

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HAT-TIP: @joshbachynski & @dan_shure (link)

Related to Site = Exploration

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Site Search = Unfulfilled Need

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Trends = Insight

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Regional = Differences

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Actions

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FREE module:www.distilled.net/u/search-operators

Competitor Research

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Website Structure

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Content Strategy

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My Take on Keyword Research

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Welcome to My Blog!

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Over 600k visitors / month!!

Compound Monthly Growth Rate = 8%. HOW?!

What Effective Keyword Research Looks Like

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•Larry’s Proven Keyword Strategy

• Review of Keyword Grouping & Organization Concepts

• How I Prioritize Keyword Research

• Acting on Keyword Research to Get Mad Hits and $$$

Today’s Agenda

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Dominate your Search Category

To do this you need a plan!!!

Global Domination Strategy

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Figure exactly how people are searching for your products/services Be Specific, be Relevant, be

Exhaustive.

Group your keywords into focused Keyword Niches Organize your big list of keywords

into smaller lists (“keyword niches”).

Prioritize Your Work

Take action! It’s important to balance

“researching” with “doing”

Keyword Research Game Plan

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Keyword Planner Demo

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Priority = (Estimated Volume)*(Estimated CPC)----------------------------------

----------------Keyword Competition

Larry’s Keyword Prioritization Formula

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• Estimated Volume ~ Opportunity• Estimated CPC ~ Commercial Value• Keyword Competition ~ Likelihood of Success

• Author content…

• Specifically themed

• One page per Keyword Niche.

• Organize content with relevant intelligent information architecture

• Repeat!

Step 3: Act – Apply Keyword Niches to On-Page SEO

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• In Paid Search a Key Metric is Quality Score. A higher Quality Score yields:

• Better Ad Exposure (Higher Ad Position)

• Lower Cost per click

• Better Conversion Rate

• To Optimize your PPC Campaign’s Quality Score:

• Use specific keywords and negative keywords

• Group together closely related keywords

• Write relevant text ads and destination pages

Use Same Keyword Niches in PPC Campaign Creation

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A Note on Keyword Intent

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Keywords With Commercial Intent

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Keywords With Informational Intent

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Google Expects WAY More of Your Ads!

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Quality Score Based on Beating Expected CTR

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Today, average score is 5/10. Previously was 7/10

Google Has Changed How the Ad Auction Works

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Build Taxonomy, Organize & Prioritize Keywords

Act on Keyword Research according to Keyword intent, using Both PPC & SEO

Repeat for Years …

Summary

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