Big links don't have to mean big budgets. My April 2018 BrightonSEO session looked at ways to produce content which lands big links on a budget.

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James Brockbank
DIGITALOFT
Producing Link Worthy Content
For Under £1k
@BrockbankJames
https://www.slideshare.net/JamesBrockbank/

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Let’s cut to
the chase...

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If you want to
succeed at SEO...

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You need
BIG
links!

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Links which
look like this...

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And which deliver
organic visibility
growth that looks
like this...

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What if I told you we achieved
this on a budget of just
£1k?

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You’d probably think I’m
crazy.

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Don’t you need
big budgets to
land big links?

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Ba
ng head her
e

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You just have to get
smart...

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Think big and
execute within
your budget
constraints.

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- Steve Jobs
The most powerful
person in the world
is the storyteller.

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Journalists
cover
stories...

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...not
content.

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I’m sorry, but they don’t care about your fancy,
big-budget interactive...

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Only the
story.

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So change your
focus...

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There’s a
simple formula
to follow...

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Big Links
=
A Great Story
Told To The
Right People

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Ideas Cost Nothing...

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Let’s stop just
talking about
the theory...
And look at things
you can actually
do to produce real
results on a low
budget.

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Start With
The Story...

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01. Start With The Story...
During ideation
sessions, evaluate
every idea by
asking 3 simple
questions.

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01. Start With The Story...
What’s
the hook?

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01. Start With The Story...
What do potential
headlines look
like?

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01. Start With The Story...
Does anyone actually
give a sh*t?

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01. Start With The Story...
If this comes easy,
there’s a good chance
you’ve got a great story!

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Use Free
Public Data

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02. Use Free Public Data
The best stories
are backed with
authoritative data.

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02. Use Free Public Data
But that doesn’t
mean you need to
spend money to
get it.

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02. Use Free Public Data
Forget expensive
surveys...

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02. Use Free Public Data
There’s thousands of free
data sets available which
are just waiting to be used
in a creative way...

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02. Use Free Public Data

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02. Use Free Public Data

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02. Use Free Public Data

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02. Use Free Public Data

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Forget big,
fancy
productions

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03. Forget big, fancy productions
They’re nice
but a waste of
resources when
you’re working to
a budget.

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03. Forget big, fancy productions
Remember,
journalists just
want the story!

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03. Forget big, fancy productions

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03. Forget big, fancy productions

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03. Forget big, fancy productions

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03. Forget big, fancy productions

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03. Forget big, fancy productions

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03. Forget big, fancy productions

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03. Forget big, fancy productions

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Include A
Regional
Hook

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04. Include A Regional Hook
Regional journalists
LOVE talking about
their town or city.

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04. Include A Regional Hook
Use this to your
advantage.

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04. Include A Regional Hook
Take public data
and compare
towns and cities to
each other.

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04. Include A Regional Hook

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04. Include A Regional Hook

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04. Include A Regional Hook
Think
about it...

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04. Include A Regional Hook
If you compare all
69 cities
in the UK with
each other...

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04. Include A Regional Hook
That’s
69
different regions
whose local press
you can outreach to.

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04. Include A Regional Hook
Alongside
national and
industry specific
publications

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04. Include A Regional Hook
Warning:
Regional publications often
give unlinked brand mentions.
Have a link reclamation strategy ready.

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04. Include A Regional Hook

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04. Include A Regional Hook
Don’t blame
the budget...

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THANK YOU!
james@digitaloft.co.uk @BrockbankJames
#brightonSEO