An Idiot’s Guide to Winning at SEO and Influencing SERPS with Mike Ramsey

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At the Final MnSearch Marquee event of 2014 held at Spyder Trap in Minneapolis, MN on November 19th, 2014, Mike Ramsey presented his slide deck "An Idiot’s Guide to Winning at SEO and Influencing SERPS".

Transcript of An Idiot’s Guide to Winning at SEO and Influencing SERPS with Mike Ramsey

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GuideIdiot’s

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Lesson One

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If I had 8 hours to chop down a tree, I would spend 6 hours sharpening my axe-Abe Lincoln

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UsabilityHub

17% Local64% Organic11% Paid92% Above Fold

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8% Local54% Organic23% Paid77% Above fold

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Salt Lake CityHotel

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Denver Sushi

Shout out to Darren Shaw

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100 US Cities

6 Different keywords

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1-3 Organic+local

8-10 Organic+local

Website+Content

Links+Shares

Local Listings

Reviews+ Feedback

Analyzed over 55 factors

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Total Citations (or local listings)

Top Ranking PI Lawyers had 9% less

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Niche Citations

Top Ranking PI Lawyers had 6% more

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NAP Issues – (infogroup)

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Phone NumberABC Co. 123 Road #117Salt Lake City, Utah(801) 567-5678

Alfa Beta Cappa Co. 123 Rd Ste 117SLC, Utah(801) 334-3456

Alfa Beta Cappa#117 123 RoadSalt Lake City, Utah(800) 123-1234

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Google Places/Map Maker Categories

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Total Images on Google Listing

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Top Ranking PI Lawyers had 95% more

Link Research

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WebMeUpLink Tool

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Top Ranking PI Lawyers had 37% more

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Total Linking C blocks

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Top Ranking PI Lawyers had 49% more

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Exact Match Anchor Text

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Example: Chico Personal Injury Lawyer

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Is Creating Great Content

Enough?

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Penalized Get a site

Lesson Two

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Panguin Tool

I’m going to tell you a little secret…

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Competitors Track

Lesson Three

Good Artists Copy…Great Artists

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WebMeUp

Facebook

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ConstantlyShare…

Lesson Four

Who do you Admire?

Knowledge increasesfrom sharing

What You Know

Enemy of Great

Good is the

Lesson Five

“Scissors”

Ran a Local Business for over 50 years.

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Are you willing to put your

Name On It?

Are you willing to bet your

Job On It?

Value

Show Your

Lesson Six

http://moz.com/rand/the-t-shaped-web-marketer/

Master your analytics platform and

Attribution

Keep PersonalStats

Mike Ramsey

Email me mike@niftymarketing.comFollow Me on Twitter @MikeRamsey