New content checklist

[okuma]

Hi everyone,

Hope your day is super fantastic.

I am working on a new content publishing checklist. Once we publish a new article or blog post, what are the sites/ links/ actions to take to distribute the content and "get it out there".

I looked around on here, but couldn't find one.

Let's start a great discussion and then I will compile the answers and publish.

Something like:

Social:
Facebook
Twitter
G+
Pinterest

Bookmark:
del.icio.us
stumble
rededit

Answer Q's:
Yahoo Answers
Quora

What do you think? Too secret sauce for a general discussion?

Thanks.

[KyleChamp]

There is no "secret sauce" in SEO, Just hard work and knowing what you’re doing. If your blog is not well established I would look into guest blogging with other blogs in your industry so you can build up your name / followers.

[intSchools]

That is a good start but it is important to not just jump into these channels without thinking about the audience - this checklist may sound good for SEO but it is may not be the best for your potential audience.

Explore their communities - for example, if you were targetting SEOs then you would hang out on SEOmoz, share content on inbound.org, comment on searchengineland.com, tweet the industry leaders on Twitter etc. By joining your niche communities you will build up connections and awareness which will help you gain links at a later date.

Before you publish content I would suggest joining in the conversation. That way, when you begin publishing your content you will have a basic following to be able to market to.

There is no secret but to be honest most people on here are very open and willing to share their expertise. I hope this question gains more of a discussion!

What kind of industry is your content targeting? Or is this a general checklist that can be applied to any industry?

[okuma]

Hi Kyle,

Sorry for my late reply.

You are correct, and please let me clarify.

We have a team of 2 writers and 2 others who help/manage social, etc. While the social guys are familiar with SEO, our writers concentrate on producing awesome content for humans, not search engines.

What I would love to develop is a simple checklist of basics to help promote the new content. Once a writer completes a piece, each participating member then has a list of activities to help "promote" the content.

Does that make more sense?

Thanks.

[okuma]

Thanks Dan,

I was really hoping of just a general checklist for any industry any blog.

For instance, once a post gets published, the author should:

Promote their post on G+ and FB, and our company Twitter account.

Add the page to their del.icio.us account. Other "bookmark" sites.

Connect with Top 10 "blogger friends" and let them know the post is up.

Promote on reddit.

Do a couple of general searches around the web and see if any other blog posts would benefit from the content you just posted.

etc.

etc.

We could take this list, clean it up, and boom, might have a pretty darn good publishing/promoting list or infografic for aspiring seo professionals....