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Page 1: Content Marketing is the New Link Building by Brent Csutoras - SFIMA 2014

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We Want Authority!

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Link Building is bad Mmkay!

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So Many Options

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• Comments• Forums• Directories• Article Sites• Organizational Sites (.gov, .edu)• Buying Links• Partnerships• Link Networks• Blogger Outreach • Linkbait (Viral Marketing)• Content Marketing

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So Many Options

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• Comments• Forums• Directories• Article Sites• Organizational Sites (.gov, .edu)• Buying Links• Partnerships• Link Networks• Blogger Outreach • Linkbait (Viral Marketing)• Content Marketing

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Is That a Bad Thing?

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Social Signals Are Better!

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Social Signals Are The Future• Matt Cutts (Google) : “Over time, Google will care more about identity

and social reputation.”

• Duane Forrester (Bing) : “Social and links will hit an equilibrium. Social gives you insight into the psychology of individuals and groups. There are a lot of people working to figure out social signals at Bing. Social reveals intent, we’ll see how it influences search.”

• Maile Ohye (Google): “To rank well, provide an awesome product or service, then attract buzz: natural links, +1s, likes, follows, shares…”

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Yeah Yeah. Give Me Links

Quality Social = Quality Natural Links!

The objective is not to “make your links appear natural”, the objective is that your links are natural ~ Matt Cutts

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Why Content Marketing Works

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Improving Your Chances

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• Social Aggregation Sites• Infographics • Become a Resource• Social Outreach • Research• Monitor for Natural Success

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Social Aggregate Sites

RedditInboundPinterestLinkedIn Today

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Imgur Gets Gangster

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Imgur Gets Gangster

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15,000,000 to 20,000,000 Views

Links From:

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Infographics• Harder to Snag• Too Big for Social• Consider Partnerships

- 196 links- Jeffbullas.com- Mediabistro.com- HuffingtonPost- Sitepronews

- Ranks well

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Be a Resource• Influencers Love Resources• Support Forums • Gaps in the Market• Vanity!• Trending

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Social Outreach• Reach out to Facebook Pages• Work to become a Reddit Moderator

– Identify or participate in upcoming SubReddits

• Participate in Twitter Chats• Google+ Communities

– https://plus.google.com/communities/111129321876252584400– 23,000+ members

• LinkedIn Today Influencer

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Monitor for Natural Success• Reddit .rss • Analytics Alerts• Social Mention Monitoring

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Connect With Me…

Facebook.com/kairaymediaFacebook.com/brentcsutoras

+kairaymedia+brentcsutoras

@kairaymedia@brentcsutoras

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