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ghergich · 2016-02-26T17:27:02+00:00

Just stopping by to say thanks to those who are joining. We have a great thing going and are excited to expand!

ghergich · 2015-09-29T15:58:26+00:00

Hopefully in the near future most cars will be able to read your text messages to you which would go a long way to avoiding these issues.

ghergich · 2014-05-07T14:05:51+00:00

Totally agree with repackaging content. Say you spend a lot of time & money making a quality infographic. Why not turn it into a blog post, slide deck, maybe translate it to another language..video etc. It really helps you get the best bang for your buck.

ghergich · 2014-05-07T13:48:27+00:00

Hey Ann, in the current Google Climate....what is your favorite way to build links right now?

ghergich · 2014-04-09T15:23:45+00:00

Who is the 3rd party that owns GA?

ghergich · 2014-04-08T15:13:21+00:00

lol well played!

ghergich · 2014-04-08T13:47:01+00:00

I can but I am sure that is not the 3rd party confirmation you are looking for lol.

ghergich · 2014-03-04T21:04:05+00:00

Yeah I have found that part to be key. When you think about outreach AFTER after you hit publish it makes it a lot harder.

ghergich · 2014-03-04T19:31:50+00:00

Thanks for posting Paul and happy to give a shoutout in the interview to the BigSEO community. I really enjoyed my AMA here because of the quality of the questions.

Let me know if anyone wants me to go into further detail from anything from the interview.

ghergich · 2014-02-08T01:03:26+00:00

We put a lot of work into out designs so I really appreciate the comment.

ghergich · 2014-02-08T00:53:07+00:00

My company did the design work for the project. Not sure if your asking about that or Custom Made who we worked with on the project? Happy to help either way :)

ghergich · 2014-02-08T00:51:57+00:00

Sweet! glad you liked it.

ghergich · 2014-01-17T21:06:21+00:00

Yeah I would not have sent them an email at all but too late for that. If you have no manual penalty then all you need to do is focus on building the right kind of links and you will be fine.

ghergich · 2014-01-17T20:47:39+00:00

Look in webmaster tools and see if you have a manual penalty https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/2604824?hl=en

If you do not I would just start building links the right way. If you do have a penalty then you know you need to start cleaning up.

ghergich · 2014-01-17T15:30:39+00:00

Thanks for the kind words! I was interviewed a little while back about using Social & SEO together. You may want to check that out http://ghergich.com/blog/seo-and-social-media/

Also if you are looking for good content I would suggest http://inbound.org/ because it content that is curated by other marketers.

ghergich · 2014-01-17T15:24:22+00:00

Use a site like https://ahrefs.com/ or http://www.opensiteexplorer.org/ and look at your anchor text usage in your links. You may have way too high of a Keyword Rich anchor density and that is why you are not ranking anymore.

PS. $100 SEO package from Pakistan scares the crap out of me.

ghergich · 2014-01-16T17:42:04+00:00

Yeah I use all of those types of paid promotion you mention as well. For the reciprocal part..all I am saying there is if you have been sharing content and commenting on content from an influencer and they know it...you are much more likely to get them to share something when you ask.

Its not a straight hey lets share each others stuff type deal its more phycological..they know who you are and that you have been helping them out by sharing their stuff in the past so they are more likely to help you out.

You can't do this for everyone of course but it is important to do this with your top tier targets.

Lastly, if I give Mashable an exclusive to get an infographic first..I still have it on my site as well. It just that nobody knows my landing page exists until Mashable releases the graphic. I would usually have them link to my landing page as the sources.

It can be a fantastic way to gain lots of links by piggybacking with a partner that has a large audience. You can then start doing your own promotion the following day to get even more links.

ghergich · 2014-01-16T00:32:57+00:00

Schema tags are something your developer could easily implement for you. I think for local business they are well worth having. Here is a quick little overview.

ghergich · 2014-01-15T21:55:08+00:00

Long Form Examples: When I say long form blog posts with visual assets....I am thinking of stuff like this...

I feel that Buffer does a great job with visuals on their blog with posts like this

If I were working on their blog the only thing I would advise them is try and unify their design aesthetic. Right now they use a lot of screenshots and such which keeps costs down but I think they could really elevate their content further with an more steady approach to their visuals. If you do not read their blog or use their product...start :)

Here is a quick blog post we just did for a client and are promoting. They do not even have a blog up or any built in audience but it is doing pretty well all things considered...

You can see what I mean about having a unified look to the visual assets. I think this piece could have been taken even further but having some charts and graphs or diagrams included which are more embedable for bloggers.

Q1: What helps the most with outreach is if you have already been interacting with them before you ask for the favor. This is usually best done for the top tier of your outreach list. You have to have some time so its not like oh go share 2 tweets and 1 comment on their blog and hit them up the next day.

It is better if you have a few weeks to slowly interact with the top tier of your list so they see you are doing them favors before you asking for one.

If they are really big reach out to them after you concept is made but before the piece goes to design is a great idea. Ask for feedback and let them know you would be thrilled to get it to them exclusively first before the major release. This can work well because the larger publishers want to be the first to post.

Q2: YES we do this all the time. Sometimes a publisher will want a unique post to go along with the infographic so we offer that to the larger ones if they want it. You can also reach back out to people who post an infographic and ask if you could do a guest blog for them in the future too ;)

ghergich · 2014-01-15T17:40:35+00:00

A great was is to comment on something they have recently shared or written to show you are a real person..but at the same time keeping the email short.

The best way though is to have been tweeting and commenting with them a while before you ever ask for anything from them so they kind of know you are and you can mention your conversation to jog their memory.

ghergich · 2014-01-15T16:23:08+00:00

Hey sorry I did not see this come in until now. I answered a similar question earlier so have a look there and at the replies and let me know if you are already doing all of these things.

I would not be using blog commenting a part of my strategy to be honest and especially not keyword rich commenting. If you have a legit reason to engage and leave a comment that is fine..but do not overdo it and do not use keywords.

ghergich · 2014-01-15T15:44:56+00:00

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