Every business is searching for ways to make their site rank better organically. And is makes sense. According to Search Engine Journal:
70 percent of links search engine users click on are organic.
70 – 80 percent of users ignore paid ads and focus on organic links.
Companies that blog have 434% more indexed pages. And companies with more indexed pages get far more leads.
Source: http://neilpatel.com/blog/seo-dead/
What Is Cornerstone Content?
Cornerstone content defines what you want your business to be known for. LinkedIn refers to it as “Big Rock” or marquee content. It must be a useful reference tool and provide answers for anyone searching on the keyword. Good cornerstone content will position your company as a thought leader in your area of expertise. And it will help your site rank organically.
Image: https://yoast.com/cornerstone-content-rank/
How To Create Cornerstone Content
The good news is you don’t have to start from scratch. You can re-edit content you have already created to make it cornerstone content.
1. Revisit the page you want to make cornerstone content and start editing.
Make your cornerstone content a page, not a blog post.
Build cornerstone content like a landing page. It should answer all the questions in one place.
Your aim is to write an informative response the question relating to your keyword.
Use the keyword you want to rank for on your cornerstone content.
Use long-tail keyword variations to create blog posts and link those pages back to your cornerstone content.
For example, if you had a gardening business and wanted to demonstrate your expertise in vegetable gardens, you would use “vegetable gardens” as your cornerstone content keyword. You would then create a series of blog posts using long-tail variations of the keyword vegetable gardens, such as “Planting Summer Vegetable Gardens” or “10 Tips To Maintain Your Vegetable Gardens” etc. These blog posts would link back to the cornerstone content “Vegetable Gardens”.
Hint: There are free online tools to generate long-tail keywords, such as http://keywordtool.io.
3. Write the perfect headline incorporating your keyword.
It’s a good practice to write up to 20 headlines and select your best.
Michelle Le Cornu is the founder and director of Brainbox Marketing. Her goal is to make life easier for busy marketing managers and business owners by providing smart and reliable marketing services.
