How to Find The Best Keywords With ‘Ahrefs’ and ‘SEMrush’
Apr 02, 2018
10 min read
Who doesn’t like free traffic from Google? I do and I am pretty sure you fancy a lot of traffic coming to your website from Google as well.
And a thorough keyword research is probably the best way to get it.
Obviously, if all your website content is wrapped around keywords that boast a high search volume, you are bound to receive some extra traffic.
Moreover, merging the power of digital marketing with your keyword optimized content will have you reaching new heights of exposure and traffic coming to your website, which is never a bad thing for your business, right?
Think you don’t have the required knowledge or time to conduct a proper keyword research? You’re wrong!
It could have been the case 10 years back but in this tech-savvy world of today, doing keyword research is a piece of cake.
How? By using the best keyword research tools out there.
As you would have guessed it from the title, we will be diving deep to research the best keywords in both Ahrefs and SEMrush - which are undoubtedly the best keyword research tools out there..
But first, we need some keywords before we begin with our actual research.
How to find the right keywords?
Finding the right keywords to rank is crucial as the ranking of your blog/webpage will be based on the keywords targeted through the content wrapped around it. Accordingly, there are many ways to ascertain the aptest. keywords for your business. Let’s look at some of them -
1. Know who you serve
If you are doing keyword research for a client or doing it for your own product, knowing who and what a website serves to its visitors is a crucial step in finding some relevant seed keywords.
You can have a look at the title tags and H1 tags of any webpage to get a gist of the keywords to be chosen.
For example, if you are a digital marketing agency, digital marketing or online marketing or marketing should be the keyword your homepage must be built around on...
2. See through your user’s eyes
It’s important to get into your user’s shoes and think about their intent when searching for your services online. Say, a searcher wants to buy ‘shoes’. His searches would be something like this - ‘nike shoes’, ‘casual shoes’, ‘best formal shoes’ or something similar.
So, if you sell shoes, it makes sense to add these search strings to your keyword list.
3. Use a tool
You might need around 30-40 apt keywords for your research. And using a tool like Keyword Planner can come in handy when searching for keywords with high search volumes. But using Keyword Planner requires a Google Adwords account which can be a trouble if you don’t have one.
Don’t worry though, there are other tools that deliver this functionality as well. And probably the most used keyword finder, after Keyword Planner, is Keyword Tool This tool literally bombards you with all the relevant keywords there are in accordance with your query. Suppose, you want to write a blog post for currently the most trending keyword in the UK - GDPR. Let’s see what keywords the tool throws at us -
The search resulted in 538 unique keywords for the query. You’ll need the paid version to get the metrics as well but we won’t be needing them as all the data will be exported to Ahrefs.
Now, combining the keyword results from the above-mentioned methods, export them to an excel sheet and delete some that you deem irrelevant.
Getting down to the research
Copy and paste the keywords to Ahrefs or SEMrush to begin your quest of choosing the best keyword.
Both of these tools are great. Both are quite similar in pricing as both the tools offer a basic subscription of $99 and provide almost the same level of functionality (limited in free accounts) but all the difference lies in how they present data to users and that can sometimes make all the difference.
I personally like Ahrefs more because of the sheer simplicity of the platform when it comes to keyword research and they also present their data in a more intuitive way (which you’ll see through screenshots as you’ll further read this blog). Which is probably the reason why we use it for our SEO purposes as well. But the only downside of using Ahrefs is that they don’t provide a free account.
In the remaining part of this blog, I will be telling you how to research keywords both on Ahrefs and SEMrush so it completely depends on you which tool you want to use and spend your precious marketing budget on.
But before we begin, it’s important to know about some of the metrics that we will be basing our keyword research on to find the most profitable keywords, which are:
Keyword difficulty
Ranked from 0 to 100, it is an estimate of how hard it will be to rank in the top 10 of search results.
Volume
Denotes how often a target keyword is searched by users per month in a given country
SERP Features
This metric shows us the different SERP features present on the search results such as Ads, top stories, related questions, AMP carousels etc.
Clicks
This metric reflects the total number of clicks in a month on a particular keyword
Cost per click
It is an estimated cost-per-click value of a keyword.
Clicks per search
Shows how many search results people click on for a particular keyword.
Return Rate
Tells us how often search for a targeted keyword again.
Now that you know all the metrics to look for in your perfect keyword, we will start off with Ahrefs first:
Researching Keywords on Ahrefs
Go to the ‘Keywords Explorer’ tab and paste your sheet containing all the remaining keywords on the search tab.You’ll be limited to a hundred keywords here. So, make sure you paste the best of the bunch.
After all the keywords are processed, you’ll see a screen which looks something like this:
This is the overview page. It gives an idea of the total search volume and clicks of your chosen keywords. But this is not where the gold is. To get a better idea of which keywords to choose, we will click on the metrics tab to get a better idea of how each of the keyword is performing on the SERPs.
On the metrics tab, you get detailed information of all the searched keywords. Of all the metrics, you need to primarily focus on Keyword difficulty, volume, and clicks.
The perfect keywords to capitalize on would be the ones which are easier to rank and receive a decent amount of search volume and clicks, I like to call them the ‘money keywords’,
In this case, those money keywords will be ‘GDPR compliance checklist’, ‘GDPR checklist’ and ‘GDPR for dummies’.So, if you were to write a blog about GDPR, ranking for these 3 keywords would be enough to get to the first page of Google as there’s not much competition.But there will still be some publisher ranking on the top spot for all these keywords and having a look at what they have done to reach to the top can give you an idea of what you need to do better to outrank them. Ahrefs provides for this as well. When you’ll further click on a keyword, it will give you an overview of the keyword with all its metrics and it’s SERP overview.Say, we need to have a look at the competition on the SERP for the keyword ‘GDPR compliance checklist’, to do that, when you’ll click on the keyword, you’ll see something like this:
Scroll down and you’ll see a fully detailed SERP overview for the keyword:
Having an idea of what content already is out there gives you an opportunity to put on your creative hats and provide the kind of value to searchers that isn’t available yet, which I think can give you a certain edge.So, the best keywords we found on Ahrefs are - ‘GDPR compliance checklist’, ‘GDPR checklist’ and ‘GDPR for dummies’Let’s see what SEMrush brings to the table...
Researching Keywords on SEMrush (free account)
Ahrefs and SEMrush are on the same level when it comes to functionality but to unleash the full potential of SEMrush you’ll have to spend some bucks on its subscription (just like Ahrefs). But the good part is that SEMrush lets you play with their tool ‘a little’ to get a gist of how it functions. If you are unsure whether to spend your marketing budget on the platform or not, I seriously recommend you to test their platform before making the final decision. You’ll be limited to 10 searches per day in your free account which I think is just enough to get a feel for the software.
Note: Both the platforms are different in how they search for keywords. While Ahrefs can search for multiple keywords (100 max) in one go, SEMrush can search for a single seed keyword at a time and kills the need to use the keyword tool we mentioned earlier.Just go to their website and search for a seed keyword you want to rank for. In our case, we will go with the term we chose for Ahrefs - GDPR.
After you click ‘Start Now’, you’ll be redirected to it’s ‘Keyword Overview’ tab in ‘Keyword Analytics’.
The ‘Overview’ tab in SEMrush is just like that of Ahrefs, displaying the total search volume, number of results and the search trend of the keyword overtime. But we searched for a seed keyword and not keywords which we will be actually wrapping our content around. For finding keywords that have some untapped potential, you’ll have to click on ‘Phrase Match’ and ‘Related Keywords’ tab to get more results.Here’s what came up when I clicked on ‘Phrase Match’...
And on ‘Related Keywords’...
You’ll be limited to 10 results while using a free account. You could’ve played with their filters and stumbled upon the most relevant of keywords for free but SEMrush now requires that you pay to add filters as well… sigh!
So, you’ll have to choose the best keywords from those 10 results based on the same metrics we chose in Ahrefs. Go for the keywords that have high search volume and low keyword difficulty.With a free account, unfortunately, that’s all that you can do with SEMrush when it comes to keyword research.Now, we move on to the better things….
Researching Keywords on SEMrush (paid account)
With a paid account, you’ll be able to see all the results there are in the searches we did above on the free account.Other than that, you’ll get access to it’s ‘Keyword Magic Tool’ (beta).... sounds interesting, doesn’t it? But what exactly is it?
Simply put, it is a new feature that saves researchers using the platform a lot of time as it shows the best keyword results there are that go well with the seed keyword and lets them add them straight to a ‘Keyword Analyzer tool’ that evaluates and analyzes all the selected keywords, kind of like how Ahrefs does things in the first place, but SEMrush does it in a more personalized way. Let me show you…Just go to the ‘Keyword Magic Tool’ tab and search for the seed keyword you want to rank for. Which in our case is… yep, you guessed that right… GDPR.
Once you search for your seed keyword, it will automatically create a list and show you all the keywords there are that relate to the seed keyword in any way.
Bear with SEMrush for their blank metrics as this feature is still in beta.The next step that comes in our keyword research using this new feature is to select the best keywords and adding them to ‘Keyword Analyzer’. To do that, just click the green plus sign beside a keyword to add it to the Keyword Analyzer list for further research.
Once you’ve selected the keywords you like, click on the green ‘Go To Keyword Analyzer’ button on the top right. And you’ll be redirected to the Keyword Analyzer tool which will place all the selected keywords together with all its metrics.
You can further decide the final keywords to choose from here. In this case, I chose ‘GDPR Compliance’ and ‘GDPR Summary’ as the chosen keywords as they have a lower keyword difficulty than others so it will be easier to rank for these keywords.
And with this, we are done with finding the perfect keywords in SEMrush as well. After using both the platforms, we have finally stumbled upon 5 keywords full of opportunities. If I was to select a title for my blog on GDPR, using all the keywords, it would look something like this - ‘GDPR for dummies: Your GDPR compliance checklist is here!’ and the blog would summarize the whole GDPR thing to make use of the ‘GDPR Summary’ keyword as well.Like I said before, with all these advanced tools at our disposal, keyword research is not what most of the business owners and marketers think of it.Doing keyword research with the help of Ahrefs or SEMrush will hardly take you 20 minutes and you’ll be on your way to creating highly keyword focused content that will bring in traffic for a lifetime.. a lot of it!Hopefully, with the help of this guide, you’ll find using these tools a lot, lot easier!
What is a Local Business SEO Listing
As a brick and mortar business, what options do you have if you want to market yourself to the local people?..... Yellowpages? Placing an advert in the local newspaper? Printing brochures and coupons? While these and some other traditional media marketing methods were popular some time ago. It was because they were the only options available for small business owners to market themselves locally. But things are a lot different now! With 87% of mobile owners using a search engine to find something at least once in a day, 50% of these people are searching for a local business online. So, it only makes sense to market your local business online as well to not lose out on potential business and gain some much-needed exposure. But how do you do it? Local listings or citations! A citation is an online mention of a name, address and phone number of a local business on local business directories, websites, apps and social platforms irrespective of it containing a link of the local business. And when a local business citation is submitted to a local business directory, it’s known as a local business listing. Why do local citations matter? Investing your time in setting up your local business citations accurately can affect your business in two ways - 1. Impacts Search Engine Rankings The number of citations a local business has under its belt, its accuracy and the quality of platform they exist on can negatively or positively affect search engine rankings of a local business. Google and other search engines keep a constant check on these citations for their accuracy and consistency across the world wide web and if any inaccuracy or inconsistency is found in these citations, you may see your search engine rankings tumble down. On the flip side, if your citations are consistent, accurate, are present on popular platforms and provide a handful of useful information about your local business, you may see a fair increase in your search engine rankings as you will build trust with Google for providing regular accurate information about your business. 2. Impacts Customers Inaccurate or inconsistent business information in local citations upsets customers the same way it upsets search engines. Citations help people get their hands on relevant contact information about a local business and an address which they can go to if need be. And if even that information is mentioned incorrectly in a citation, it may lead to loss of reputation, trust, and revenue for your business. What are the types of local citations? Depending on the various platforms local business citations are submitted on, it can be of 3 types - 1. Major Local Business Data Platforms Marketers or local business owners can choose to submit their business citation on data platforms that strive to publish this kind of data. Creating business listings on platforms like Google My Business, Facebook Business Pages and Yelp should be your top priority as they are really popular and can generate a nice flow of traffic coming to your local business. 2. Industry Specific Platforms Apart from listing your local business on the major local business data platforms that cater to all the industries, you can opt for a more industry-specific approach by building local business listings on websites that are specific to an industry or geographic location. 3. World Wide Web Various publications, blogs, news sites, maps, apps and government databases can serve as an important local business listing platforms. You can intentionally develop citations from these platforms or simply earn them by providing valuable information. How to submit your local business citation? Submitting your local business citation to business listing platforms is vital to make use of their advertising power on the web. And the best part is that it’s absolutely free! It just takes a considerable amount of time and efforts to first write down all your business details and providing them with it. To submit your local business information to these listing platforms you need to decide if you want to do it manually or automatically. But first, you need to know how to create a business listing and what information you need to provide in your local business citation while listing. Here are the core components of a local business listing - Business name/title Address Phone number Website URL Categories Description Tagline Social profiles Images Additional media Alternate phone numbers Fax number Certifications Brands Carried Payment forms accepted Attributes Google, being the market leader, has set the tone for the best practices to be followed on formatting this data and what/what-not to include in your business listing, you can view their guidelines here. Now that you know how and what information to submit in your business listing, figuring out the way you’ll do it is what comes next - 1. Manual Approach Creating a spreadsheet containing all the above-mentioned information about your business is fun but submitting the same information to 100 different business listing platforms is not, believe me! If you go for this approach, you have the power to choose the platforms you want to list your local business in. While it goes without saying, always choose the market leaders first and then go down the ladder. 2. Automatic Approach Not many business owners or marketers have that much time in hand to manually go submitting their local business to each individual business directory. Which gave rise to a more automatic approach. Service like Moz Local have mastered this and distributes your one-time business citation submission to high-quality business listing platforms and constantly monitor its health. Or you can choose us for your automatic local business SEO listing needs! Benefits of listing your local business in directories But why go through all this trouble? Because listing your local business in such business directories or listing platforms gives a serious SEO boost to your local business, resulting in a much stronger online presence, given if the information that you have provided is true and consistent. Here are some other benefits of listing your business on local business directories - 1. Helps your Local Visibility Listing your business in local directories gets your business in front of the local community searching for the services you provide. Local business directories have advanced filtering and tracking capabilities that connects your business with your target audience automatically. 2. Effective Link-Building Submitting your local business citation in a business directory creates a single high-quality backlink for your website. The more authoritative business listing platforms you target, the stronger your backlink portfolio will get and vice versa. Eventually, the more high authority business directories link back to you, higher will be your ranking in search engine result pages and higher will be the traffic coming to your website from these directories. 3. Increases Brand Awareness While searching through a directory, a prospective customer will see your brand even if he doesn’t click on it. Each and every encounter a person has with your business, whether favorable and unfavorable, increase their awareness and familiarity with your brand, warming them up for further engagement. I don’t see why a local business should not invest their time and efforts in creating a well-drafted citation and submitting it to various online local business directories…. It builds backlinks, increases brand awareness, acquaints your business with local customers, increases your search engine rankings, builds trust with Google, strengthens your business as a whole and enables your local business to get discovered by nearby customers leveraging the power of web. So, get started today with claiming, updating and creating your listings online! --> ...
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A Comprehensive Guide for SaaS Content Marketing
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Its importance stems not just from its organizational acumen but also from its capacity to match content creation with larger corporate goals. By planning your content ahead of time, you save time and guarantee that each item adds significantly to your overall marketing strategy. This insight is priceless, allowing you to capitalize on seasonal patterns, industry events, and consumer touchpoints. The content schedule serves as a strategic compass for your SaaS endeavors with precision and purpose. Calendar Components Creating a detailed content calendar necessitates great attention to detail. Each component is essential in defining your content strategy. Begin with the overall framework, which should include the notion of Topic Clusters to improve SEO and provide thematic consistency. Content kinds like blog entries, videos, or infographics should be specified to provide a wide and interesting content mix. Each entry should have a catchy title, carefully selected keywords, a smart URL, and a list of distribution outlets customized to your target demographic. This comprehensive strategy speeds up your content development process while optimizing each item for optimum effect. Hire one of the best saas content marketing agencies to create a robust content strategy for your SEO. The calendar components work together to produce a unified story that resonates across media and target groups as the heartbeat of your content strategy. Planning Ahead Foresight is a powerful ally in the fast-paced world of SaaS content marketing. Recommendations for preparing content at least one month ahead of time turn the content calendar from a reactive to a proactive force. This prior preparation allows for extensive study, deliberate thinking, and strategic alignment with corporate objectives. By staying ahead of the curve, you position your content to capitalize on rising trends, industry developments, and client demands. This proactive approach improves the quality and relevancy of your material and allows you to adjust and develop your strategy in response to real-time feedback and changing market conditions. Seeking expert advice from top SaaS marketing agencies can further enhance your preparation, offering insights, collaboration opportunities, and expert perspectives that can elevate your content. Accept the power of forethought and turn your content calendar into a dynamic instrument that accelerates your SaaS content marketing to new heights of success. Ready To Get Started ? get in touch 6. Repurpose Your Content Maximising Content Value In the area of B2B SaaS content marketing mastery, the key to unlocking long-term value rests in the strategic art of reusing material. Repurposing is more than simply recycling; it is a transformational technique that extends life and expands the reach of your precious content assets. Repackaging and redistributing old material gives it new life, ensuring it remains relevant and resonant over time. This maximizes the return on your content investment and helps you adapt to a wide range of audience tastes and consumption patterns. Repurposing has numerous advantages, ranging from improving SEO and reinforcing brand messaging to reaching new audience groups and strengthening thought leadership. The astute use of repurposing has become more important in the shifting world of B2B SaaS content mastering. Ideas for Repurposing Explore the enormous ocean of repurposing opportunities to expand your SaaS content portfolio and boost demand generation metrics. Transforming blog content into engaging Medium articles broadens your reach. Strategically incorporating keywords like "organic traffic" and "search intent" captures the attention of users seeking SaaS solutions, aligning with effective SAAS marketing principles. Use Google Analytics to gain insights regarding user activity. Optimize SAAS content for organic search and make educated judgments to improve marketing efforts. Track blog articles, eBooks, and other media to ensure a data-driven and results-oriented strategy.When generating content for your B2B SAAS firm, consider the demands of your target audience. A carefully defined audience and knowing their pain points are essential for creating captivating content that resonates with decision-makers.Maximize content value by implementing a diversified distribution strategy that includes online communities. Engage in debates, contribute knowledge, and quietly market your SAAS brand. Building relationships in these areas leads to organic traffic and beneficial collaborations. A dynamic content schedule strikes a balance between developing new content and reusing current stuff. Regular updates provide consistency, which improves brand relevance and authority.The SAAS content marketing guide covers a wide range of topics, including core ideas, the Jobs-to-be-Done methodology, and the four stages of the purchase journey: awareness, consideration, decision, and retention. Align information with organizational objectives while purposefully directing customers. In the keyword research dilemma, strike a balance between search volume and addressing user pain concerns. Topic Clusters in content frameworks usher in a new era of SEO by telling a relevant tale for both search engines and users. A content marketing calendar synchronizes strategic planning while ensuring uncompromising consistency. Prepare for adaptability in the face of shifting trends, ensuring that your SAAS content stays current and powerful. Conclusion The narrative of this comprehensive guide to SaaS content marketing culminates in a symphony of strategic orchestration. The trip has been centered on inquiry and invention, revealing the dynamic complexities that characterize success in the digital environment. The guide is a compass navigating the diverse facets of SaaS content mastery, from the foundational principles of understanding the ideal customer through the Jobs-to-be-Done framework to the strategic delineation of the buying journey's four stages—Awareness, Consideration, Decision, and Retention. The strategic connection between content and company goals enables intentional alignment that effortlessly takes consumers through their purchase adventure The paradox of keyword research creates a delicate balance between search volume and resolving user pain points, while the introduction of Topic Clusters into content frameworks ushers in a new age in SEO strategy. The delicate tango between pillar pages and cluster content generates a story that is meaningful to both search engines and consumers, building brand authority and relevance. A content marketing calendar emerges as a keystone, synchronizing strategic planning and maintaining uncompromising consistency while preparing ahead allows for agility in reaction to changing trends. Finally, the guide delves into the art of maximizing content value through intelligent repurposing, resulting in a dynamic and linked content ecosystem that resonates across several platforms. Discover Content Marketing Success With Saffron Edge Content in the SaaS world does more than inform; it differentiates, builds trust, and engages. Its flexibility allows it to stay relevant and responsive to the changing SaaS landscape.However, understanding content's potential and effectively deploying it are two different challenges. Every content piece represents an opportunity to boost your brand, connect with audiences, and fuel growth. Ready to optimize your SaaS content strategy? Partner with Saffron Edge. As a specialized digital marketing agency, we combine innovative AI technology with a proven playbook to deliver rapid SEO & PPC results tailored for SaaS.From targeted keyword research and impactful content campaigns to efficient PPC strategies, we provide the tools and expertise your SaaS business needs to excel. Ready To Get Started ? get in touch ...
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Marketing Lessons From The Most Epic Social Media Brand Wins
Social media is fascinating, and arguably the most creative aspect of contemporary digital marketing practices. The incredible growth in digital media consumption over the last two years through Facebook, Twitter, and more recently Instagram and Vine, has transformed the way social media channels were looked upon. We have come too far ahead from the time when getting social meant responding to customer queries, running brand awareness campaigns or sharing tidbits of information about a certain product. Through this article we will cover some of the most innovative ways in which well-known brands used social media in their customer acquisition and promotional campaigns, and see why social listening is important. Viral Marketing & Dove Dove is considered a master campaigner and their brand strategists are somewhat purest of examples of sentiment marketing. Last year carrying forward the legacy of their 2004 “Real Beauty” global campaign, Dove rolled out its revolutionary “Real Beauty Sketches” campaign that stamped their authority on being the most innovative social media loving brand. Dove’s “Real Beauty Sketches” campaign had a video which involved a professional sketch artist listening to women and drawing their pictures as per the description of themselves. That was one part of a story, and in the next the same artist draws portrait of the same person but this time the description was provided by a stranger. The comparison between the two pictures showed that most women don’t always consider them beautiful or are aware of their true beauty. The impact was outstanding among viewers, since Dove was able to convey a simple but important message in a way that was instantly relatable by everybody. That YouTube video managed to secure over 114 million views (YouTube and other sources) within months of its release. NASCAR driver Jeff Gordon in what could easily be the most epic “Punk’d” style prank ever, disguised himself and took an unsuspecting car salesman on the wildest test ride of his life. Gordon’s Pepsi prank was labelled fake by Jalopnik auto journalist Travis Okulski, and this led the prankster duo to bring in another equally crazy and berserk sequel. Gordon put on a disguise of a taxi driver and took in Okulski as his passenger in the rear side. Now Okulski, who’s supposed to be taken to a race track to test drive a new car, has no idea that Gordon is on the driver seat. In what follows an anxious conversation between the two where Gordon tells Okulski he was a convicted felon and that police were chasing him. Okulski having no idea what or how to respond is shocked with the proceedings, and Gordon busy while evading cops does little help to calm nerves of his scared passenger. Eventually after taking Okulski on a nightmarish taxi ride full of drifts, spins and mad turns, Gordon manages to evade cops and enter a Pepsi themed safe house where Okulski realizes he was punk’d! Pepsi received critical acclaim and the campaign bestowed a legendary status on Jeff Gordon. Moral of the story - Mad and crazy things hook you more, and there is no harm in going a little wild sometimes. Jimmy Choo, the favorite haute couture footwear brand of women across the globe, took social media campaigns and cross-domain collaboration between big brands to the next level. Jimmy Choo and Foursquare, social media check-in network, designed and organized a unique marketing initiative in which people took part in a talent hunt across central London. The treasure hunt participants were lured with special Jimmy Choo trainers that were to be awarded to the winners. The most incredible thing about this campaign was that the “treasure”, or the Jimmy Choo trainers were checking-in their locations on the Foursquare app, and participants were to find them based on where they were located around central London. Lesson to be learned from the Jimmy Choo-Foursquare joint marketing campaign is that when you incorporate play in the lives of busy people. A fresh change is better than a day’s off. Netflix & Captain Mike Let’s cut it, the Netflix example isn’t about a social media campaign nor does it talk about the outstanding glory of Captain Mike. It is an example of how something as simple as a Star Trek reference can have such a massive influence on customer relations and crowd engagement. The story goes something like this: Mike, a Netflix customer service rep, starts a funny conversation with a Netflix user.Netflix user participates in the exchange, complementing Captain Mike’s style. A healthy Start Trek like space mission banter continues, and the exchange goes viral on Reddit. Fellow redditors start talking about Netflix in more positive context than ever before. Netflix takes notice and commends Captain Mike on Twitter. This humorous exchange between Cpt. Mike and Netflix user is one example of the greatest and healthiest exchange of words between a user and a customer service rep. Moral of the story is: Intent is better than Content. If the intent and attitude about your work is right, then it doesn’t matter if you avoid the regular rudimentary protocol. Conversations matter, and in social media marketing, they matter the most. Crowd engagement, brand promotions or simply responding to customer issues, if your marketing strategy is able to make the time spent by your audience worthy; then a much greater objective is achieved than that campaign itself. I hope Dove, Netflix, Jimmy Choo-Foursquare and Jeff Gordon’s Pepsi prank help my readers with much better and clearer understanding of how to put social media to a good use for their marketing campaigns. Investing in paid promotions and social media listening is nothing but worthless, if you aren't aligning your central campaign idea conflicts with areas that your target audience finds interesting or worth engaging. ...
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