Last week while studying SEO we looked at Keyword Research. This week we will look at three steps you can use to build links to your website that will improve your ranking on Google’s Search Engine Result Page (SERP).
1. High Quality Content
Whether it is a blog post, a news item or curated content from another source you should always have the mind frame of your reader as your focus. Ask yourself what is of interest to your customers? Can the content address or solve a problem? Organise the information so that it can be digested easily and scanned for top line news with more detail further on. Look for topical and relevant content.
2. Build a Reputation with Your Influencers
Do a search for experts in your industry. Use Twitter advanced search option to find people and companies who have built large audiences on Social Media. Use sites that rank the top blogs in your sector. Establish a relationship with them through commenting and sharing their content. Connect with them on social media by following them and posting valuable commentary.
3. Make Content Sharable and Distribute
Before you publish content make sure you add social network widgets and make them visible at the top and the bottom of the post. Consider adding Social Network ‘counters’. These are social network icons that tabulate the number of shares. Your content should encourage your readers to share with their networks. So when tweeting a link make sure you have left enough characters for your audience to retweet. Post a link of your content on relevant social media platforms such as Linkedin Groups, Facebook pages and Twitter. Create categories and hashtags so your content will show up on searches. Produce the content in different formats like posting images on Pinterest and instagram, slide shows on Slideshare and videos on Youtube including a link back to the landing page.
Check in next week when we will be learning about Google Analytics and finding the data that counts.