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THE FUTURE OF SEARCH IN A
SOCIAL WORLD
SEO + Social + PR

Alison Groves	

Raven Internet 	

Marketing Tools
“THE BEFORE TIMES”
STUFF THOSE KEYWORDS, SON!
I’M GOING TO SUBMIT MY CONTENT 	

TO THE ENTIRE INTERNET!
(No, really, don’t. Seriously, stop. Don’t.)
YEAH...THOSE LINKS ARE RELEVANT.
#YOURETHEWORST
JC Penny: http://raven.im/NYTpenney
EVERYBODY HAVE FUN TONIGHT!	

AND LINK TO EACH OTHER….
WHERE DO I RANK?!
MORE MAIL, PLEASE!!!!
PRESS RELEASES	

AND	

PHONE CALLS!	

Oh my!
BUT....NOW.....
WHO KNOWS YOU BETTER THAN
YOUR FRIENDS?
GOOGLE’S ANIMALS, 	

SHUTTING IT DOWN.
Resource: Animal proof your site
OUR NEW SEARCH REALITY
Y U NOT THE SAME?	

Y U NOT BE MANIPULATED?
BIRMINGHAM COFFEE SEARCH	

IN BIRMINGHAM
SEO + SOCIAL + PR =
THE “NEW” MARKETING
SEARCH CONTAINS…
•

Creating relative content	


•

Acquiring links (really, mentions), and
building relationships with site owners	


•

Technical website code or markup
(schema.org)

Resource: http://schema-creator.org
SOCIAL CONTAINS…
•

Listening and sharing	


•

Relationship building	


•

Managing both (Community!)
PR CONTAINS…
•

Brand storytelling (or content creation)	


•

Relationship building	


•

Relationship nurturing (community!)
The Future of Search in a Social World
Relationships are the key to 	

the “new” marketing.
ARE YOU A TRUSTED PERSON?
!

IS YOUR STORY RELEVANT?
HOW DO WE GAIN TRUST?
(Not this trust fall, I assure you.)
AUTHORSHIP
How Google determines (and trusts!) 	

that you are an authority.	


Resource: raven.im/relauth
BECOME A	

THOUGHT	

LEADER
Build relevancy.	

Built trust.
HOW DO WE CREATE RELEVANT
STORIES?
•

Participate in the conversation wherever
your audience is	


•

Pay attention to social media	


•

Answer every question your audience
has, even the ones they don’t know they
have.	


•

Be authentic
BECAUSE YOU’RE AN AUTHORITY….	

YOUR CONTENT IS DISCOVERED.

Marcus Sheridan: YouTube
BECAUSE YOUR CONTENT IS GREAT…	

SOMEONE SHARES IT.
BECAUSE THEY SHARE IT…	

YOU FIND THEM.
BECAUSE YOU FIND THEM AND BUILD RELATIONSHIP….	

THEY BECOME A LIFELONG CUSTOMER,	

WORD SPREADS.
BECAUSE WORD SPREADS…	

THE CYCLE BEGINS AGAIN.
THIS PRODUCT WAS REALLY GOOD....
So good in fact, I’m going to take a photo of it and share it with everyone I know. And
maybe even a few I don’t.
TELL YOUR OWN STORY.
TELL IT WELL.
PEOPLE WILL SHARE.
RELATIONSHIPS WILL BE BUILT.
YOUR PRODUCT WILL BE FOUND.
ALISON GROVES
PRODUCT COORDINATOR
RAVEN INTERNET MARKETING TOOLS
ALISON@RAVENTOOLS.COM
@RAVENALISON

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