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Scaling outreach without looking like an idiot

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Scaling outreachwithout looking like an idiot

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I obviously know a thing or

two about looking like an idiot.

Eppie vojtDirector, SEORed Ventures

@eppievojt

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Dirty wordScale hasn’t always been a

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This...

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...Became this

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...not this

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...and definitely not this

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Scaling != creating a lesser version

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Scaling != producing something different

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Who did thisWe’re the ones

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...and this Earned a special email label!

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...and this

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So hardBecause building lots of real links is

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Word.

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Barrier of entryBut that means there’s a higher

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4 simple principles to scaling outreach

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Improve efficiencyCreate or use tools that

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Improve effectivenessTrack everything to

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Deskill laborCompartmentalize tasks to

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Fully automatedRepetitive, low intelligence tasks should be

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1 simple principle to happier employees

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Eliminate or automate what they hate

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Identifying performance levers

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Links = (ES)(OR)(RR)(AR)(CAR)(PR)Emails Sent Open Rate Response

RateAgreement Rate

Content Acceptance Rate

Publication Rate

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Emails Sent = (PF)(CIR)(RvR)(QR)

Prospects Found

Relevancy Rate

QualificationRate

Contact Info Rate

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Emails Sent = (PF)(CIR)(RvR)(QR)

Prospects Found

Relevancy Rate

QualificationRate

Contact Info Rate

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End of the internetProspecting beyond the

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Turn google against itselfadvanced search operators + scrapers

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Done For you

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~*-

intitle:inurl:intext:

site:filetype:related:

Do it yourself

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=IF(B5="Yes",ImportXML(B3,"//h3[@class='r']/a/@href"),"")

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Think laterally(or let Google do it)

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Done For you

UbersuggestGoogle Adwords Keyword Tool

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Semi-dIY

Over 1,000 followers... so you know it’s good!

http://01100111011001010110010101101011.co.uk/2013/05/finding-more-guest-post-opportunities/

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Semi-dIY

Hold CTRL (option on Mac)

while dragging down

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DIY: Recursive Tilde Negative Match

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Do it yourself

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Be everywhere your competitors areusing OSE, Majestic, Ahrefs and Screaming Frog

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Download link profile

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Follow the trailof prolific link builders

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1. Identify a top blog that accepts guest posts

2. Check to see if wp makes it easy for us to find all guest posts

3. Check to see if there’s an author bio footprint

4. Scrape all of the links

5. Pull down each “prolific poster’s” link profile

6. Run link profiles through link detective or screaming frog

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Emails Sent = (PF)(CIR)(RvR)(QR)

Prospects Found

Relevancy Rate

QualificationRate

Contact Info Rate

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Hidden in plain sightFind contact information that’s

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Contact me: sneaky [at] so sneaky (dot) com

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Obfuscated emailsScrape all of the

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Mechanical turk itWhen all else fails...

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Emails Sent = (PF)(CIR)(RvR)(QR)

Prospects Found

Relevancy Rate

QualificationRate

Contact Info Rate

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Quality Red flagsAutomatically find

http://emailmarketing.comm100.com/email-marketing-ebook/spam-words.aspx

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//a[not(@rel) or not(contains(@rel,"nofollow"))]/ancestor::*[contains(@id|@class,"advert") or contains(@id|@class,"sponsor") or (@id|@class="ads")]

Obvious paid LinksAutomatically find

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spam keywordsAutomatically find

+Custom Filters

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Links = (ES)(OR)(RR)(AR)(CAR)(PR)Emails Sent Open Rate Response

RateAgreement Rate

Content Acceptance Rate

Publication Rate

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Speed & trackingMail merge for better

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Links = (ES)(OR)(RR)(AR)(CAR)(PR)Emails Sent Open Rate Response

RateAgreement Rate

Content Acceptance Rate

Publication Rate

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Outreach campaignsDissecting real world

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We did a few things right

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1. We picked a popular, relevant topic: The NCAA Tournament

2. We built a super attractive asset

3. We made it easily sharable

4. We added a charitable element

5. We built a strong target prospect list & pursued them aggressively

6. We brought in a top outreach vendor to augment our capacity

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We failed. hard

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Terrible planAvoid starting with a

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A few weeks later

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1. We targeted another popular sporting event

2. We built a super attractive asset

3. We made it easily sharable

4. We took a unique angle

5. We built a strong target prospect list & pursued them aggressively

6. We handled all of the outreach ourselves

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We made it rain links

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If you’ve enjoyed this presentationI’m eppie vojt

@eppievojt

http://www.eppie.net/searchlove

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If not...I’m ian howells

@ianhowells

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Questions?@eppievojt