When you want to be heard among a crowd full of people, the bullhorn won’t help you take centre stage anymore. Neither will a crowd full of social activists want to hear you yak about your newly discovered online marketing strategies.
How Do You Apply The Above Scenario To SEO?
- The person with the most pleasant voice is given the microphone; he/she doesn’t need to grab it. This means that if your content is interesting and it captivates your readers, more readers will come to you.
- Choose a relevant platform to market your website, for example, a social networking platform. Among the diversity of people present on social networking sites, you are bound to find at least a handful of people who share the same interests as you do. These people will read the interesting content that you share on your social networking platform.
Using social media as your microphone and powerful content as your interesting and pleasant voice, you can achieve great SEO results.
Let us take a look at how you can:
- Achieve measurable SEO results
- Increase website traffic
- Create a prestigious name for your brand
- Garner a large fan following
- Increase business operations, hence, make more profit
With the aid of 2 powerful online marketing tools:
- Social Media
- Powerful Content
Driving SEO to Success with Content as Your Accelerator
Did you know that all the fancy algorithms of Google, Yahoo and Bing prefer interesting content over boring content? Yes, keeping your content interesting helps you perform better in the test of search rankings. It also brings larger audiences to your website / blog / social networking platforms and ultimately gives you the SEO results you’ve always wanted.
Let’s take a look at an example to demonstrate this.
Scenario A: Suppose you own a ‘content writing business’ and you want people out there to know about you and also solicit clients for your business. Along with your own website, you also have a social networking profile on Facebook. Each time you create samples of content for your website, you also post the content on Facebook and solicit followers to read that content.
If your content is relevant, captivating right from the introduction, interesting, swift, not too fluffy, crisp and original, people are sure to enjoy your content and share it with their friends. From here begins a chain starting from your initial followers to potential followers (some of which may be possible clients for your business).
When word goes around that your work is good, followers will come to you. You are thus building social recognition for your business using social media, you are increasing your clientele and you are generating profits for your business.
Social signals are used by search engines like Google, Yahoo and Bing to determine search rankings. When there is a lot of activity on your social networking profile, you become more visible to search engines with high chances for a greater rank on the Search Results Page.
This applies to every business out there; those that have already conquered the online business marketing world and those that are taking their baby steps in the field. With rich content on social networking platforms, you can take your business forward.
Types of Content That You Can Distribute On Social Platforms
When you share content on social networking sites, you need not stick only to articles. There is a wide range of content that you can share on your website and your social platforms to garner followers, increase website traffic and your page rank for effective SEO results.
Thus, you can share:
- Blog Posts
- Articles
- Videos
- Info-graphics
- Images
- Slideshows
- Reviews
- Product / Service Descriptions
- Case Studies
- Short Stories
- Charts
- Diagrams
- Press Releases
- Guest Blogs
How to Distribute Your Content on Social Platforms?
When you create an online presence on a single social networking site like Facebook, it will be beneficial to your business. However, when you reach out to your audience with the aid of multiple social platforms, you distribute your content across various social platforms.
The more social media accounts, the more followers you have and the more exposure you create for your business. And most importantly – your social signals increase, thus increasing your page rank.
You can distribute Content online via:
- The Company Website
- Facebook
- Pinterest
- Twitter
- Youtube
- Google+
- LinkedIn
How Do You Benefit By Sharing Interesting Content On Social Media Platforms?
When you share interesting content on social media platforms, it translates into:
- +1s
- Likes
- Retweets
- Subscribes
- Votes
- Shares
- Links
- Comments
- Mentions
- Views
Each of these actions count as your social signals and as stated earlier, social signals determine search rankings. Also, those who like your content will surely visit your website, translating into high website traffic. This can also bring potential customers knocking on your doorstep, thus, benefitting your business.
Author Bio:
This guest post has been authored by Yasir Khan, leading Canadian SEO Consultant. Take a look at the Social SEO strategies offered by his company QuantumSEOLabs for great SEO Results.