Tailoring SEO to bring in qualified traffic that converts

Rachel Burns, Content Marketing Manager at Calendly, discusses the intricacies of tailoring SEO strategies to attract qualified traffic that converts. She emphasizes the importance of understanding your audience's search intent and aligning your content to meet those needs effectively. Rachel shares insights on optimizing website elements to enhance user engagement and conversion rates.
About the speaker

Rachel Burns

Calendly

 - Calendly

Rachel is Content Marketing Manager at Calendly

Show Notes

  • 05:30
    Identifying and targeting the right keywords for SEO.
    This topic explores how SEO operators can use specific keywords and phrases to attract traffic that is more likely to convert.
  • 10:45
    The role of user intent in SEO strategy development.
    Discussion centers on understanding user intent to tailor SEO strategies effectively, enhancing the likelihood of conversion.
  • 15:20
    Best practices for optimizing website content for conversions.
    Insights are shared on how to optimize content on websites to improve conversion rates, focusing on organic growth.
  • 20:35
    Utilizing data and analytics to track SEO campaign performance.
    The conversation delves into how data and analytics can be used to monitor the effectiveness of SEO strategies in attracting qualified leads.
  • 25:50
    Collaborative strategies between SEO operators and marketing executives.
    This section discusses the importance of collaboration between SEO specialists and marketing executives to ensure cohesive strategy implementation for optimal conversion outcomes.

Quotes

  • “One thing that's important is to rewire our thinking a little bit around what metrics we're looking at with SEO.” - Rachel Burns

  • “if your organic traffic is coming to a piece of content that's not converting to signups or to MQLs or anything like that, then it's a vanity metric. It's traffic for the sake of traffic.” - Rachel Burns

  • “One thing that I think can be a little bit tricky with SEO, especially when you're going after kind of top of funnel topics is a lot of people who land on your site are not going to be ready to sign up or to give you their contact information even right away.” - Rachel Burns

  • One thing that I think can be a little bit tricky with SEO, especially when you're going after top of funnel topics is a lot of people who land on your site are not going to be ready to sign up or to give you their contact information even right away.” - Rachel Burns

  • “We do ourselves a disservice if we're just looking at last touch or we're just looking at the actions [people] take in one visit versus this whole influenced journey they're taking throughout our content.” - Rachel Burns

  • “It's so easy to fall down a rabbit hole of trying to get so precise with everything and then kind of missing the forest for the trees when it comes to trying to find what's that exact decision point or that exact part of the journey versus looking at it as a whole.” - Rachel Burns

About the speaker

Rachel Burns

Calendly

 - Calendly

Rachel is Content Marketing Manager at Calendly

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