Introduction 3
About Me: Franklin Nwangene 6
Getting Started: What is a Content Strategy? 7
How to Develop an SEO Content Strategy Step-By-Step: 10
Step 1: Research 10
➔ Your site’s content audit and SEO performance 12
➔ Your target audience research 15
➔ Set your goal (traffic vs leads) 17
➔ Use this table as a guide. You can take a screenshot of it. 23
➔ Your competitor's search rankings 24
➔ Your niche topic and keyword research 26
★ Topic Ideation 27
★ Keyword Research 33
❖ How to Conduct Advanced Keyword Research (Step-by-Step) 40
★ To conduct keyword research for your website’s content strategy, follow the steps outlined below according to your SEO goals: 43
Step 2: Filter 49
➔ Why is this step necessary? 52
Step 3: Cluster 53
➔ Follow these steps to cluster your keywords: 59
➔ Tool 1 SERP Clustering 60
➔ Tool 2 Clustering. 63
★ Comparing SEMrush and Tool 2’s keyword Database. 71
★ Tool 3 SERP Clustering 72
➔ Tips to Optimize Your Clustering Strategy 74
➔ How Does SERP Keyword Clustering Work? 75
Step 4: Analyze 78
➔ How Do You Analyze Your Clusters & Remove Duplicates? 80
➔ Below are Unique Strategies I Employ to Discover Duplicate Clusters in My Project: 81
★ #1. Sort Your Excel or Google Sheet in Alphabetical Order: 81
★ #2: Using In-App Cluster Management Features Below are tips for managing your clusters with Tool 1 or Tool 2. 83
➢ Tool 1 83
➢ Tool 2 86
★ #3. Group Your Clusters by Topical Clusters: 90
Step 5: Plan 93
➔ Ask yourself these questions: 95
➔ How Can You Plan Your Content Calendar? 96
Step 6: Map 105
➔ #1. Using Tool 2 105
➔ #2. Group Your Clusters by URLs: 108
➔ Additional Bonus Tip 110
★ Visual Topical Map Hierarchy 110
Is Developing a Content Strategy Worth it? 111
➔ It Prevents Content Cannibalization: 112
➔ What is Search Intent? 118
★ Understanding Search Intent for SEO Pricing Keywords 119
★ Why Does Search Intent Matter? 119
★ The image below (search results similarities for “SEO Rates, SEO Pricing, SEO Cost” keywords) justifies my claim: 120
➔ It Saves You Money and Time in Content: 123
➔ It Optimizes for Search Intent: 128
★ This is How Search Works According to Google: 135
➔ Without it, You End Up Making Blind Guesses: 140
➔ Accurately Interlinking Your Content: 143
➔ You Stay Organized by Planning Ahead of Time: 147
★ Is Planning and Streamlining Your Content Workflow Important? 150
Case Study: $2,000+ Wasted on Duplicate Content By My Client 158
➔ My client cannibalized their SEO campaign. 160
➔ Solution: 161
➔ Results: 165
➔ Bonus: Content Workflow and Automation 169
Closing: Summary 183
➔ How do you get the Schema Markup PDF File I promised in this ebook? 186