5 Actionable Ways To Drastically Improve The ROI Of Your SEO Strategy Ep. 571

Ep. 57122 min2023-05-013,749 plays

Improving SEO ROI comes down to five actions: targeting seasonal keyword trends, finding low hanging fruit, maximizing SERP features, optimizing for informational searches, and measuring share of value against competitors.

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Key takeaways
It's so much better to preempt it than to post explain it.

About this episode

Learn how to effectively maximize the ROI of your SEO Strategy through focus and prioritization of opportunities.

Questions this episode answers

How far in advance should you plan SEO content for seasonal search peaks?

The hosts recommend starting year strategies mid-year and launching content at least a quarter ahead of the seasonal peak. They also suggest monitoring at least three years of cooperative search volume data to reliably identify recurring peaks and troughs before they arrive.

What is share of value in SEO and how do you measure it?

Share of value is a metric that combines keyword visibility scores across thousands of relevant keywords with commercial data like conversion rates, average order value, and CPC rates. Overlaying these figures lets you identify where you outperform or underperform competitors in terms of actual revenue opportunity.

How do you find low hanging fruit in an SEO audit?

The hosts recommend slicing keyword data by rankings, search volume, and actual conversions rather than relying on surface-level rankings. A client ranking number one for low-volume terms may be missing higher-volume, easier-to-rank keywords that are already driving real conversions outside branded traffic.

Why does showing up in informational searches help SEO ROI?

Appearing repeatedly across the search journey at informational stages builds familiarity and trust. According to the hosts, data suggests that if a prospect already knows your company name when they enter the market, they are three times more likely to lean toward you than toward an unfamiliar brand.

In their words

Find content that ranks on page two and three and investigate how you could tweak this content to get into the conversion zones.

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Terms defined in this episode
Share of value
A metric that overlays keyword visibility scores across thousands of relevant keywords with commercial data such as conversion rates, average order value, and CPC rates to identify competitive SEO opportunity in dollar terms.
SERP zero (position zero)
The featured answer box or infographic that appears above the standard organic results on a search engine results page, also called the answer box.
Low hanging fruit (SEO)
High ROI, low effort keyword and content opportunities, typically pages already ranking on page two or three that can be tweaked to reach the first page conversion zones.
Seasonal keyword search trends
Recurring patterns in search volume tied to time of year, identified by monitoring data over multiple years using tools like Google Trends or Keyword Planner, used to time content launches ahead of peak demand.

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Matthew Bertram, host of The Best SEO Podcast
Matthew Bertram
AI keynote speaker · Owner & CEO, EWR Digital · President, ModalPoint

Matthew Bertram is an AI keynote speaker, creator of DIG™ (Digital Information Governance), and owner and CEO of EWR Digital. He helps energy and industrial leaders win visibility in AI search (GEO and AEO), is President of ModalPoint and CMO of the Oil & Gas Global Network, hosts The Best SEO Podcast, and has authored eight books including LLM Visibility. More about Matthew Bertram.

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