Social Media Do's & Don'ts in 2017 and SEO Competitor Analysis with Ahrefs.com

Get the latest on social media from Matt Cail. Learn what NOT to do from some hilarious fails, but also what to DO when it comes to best practices.

Second up, learn about doing SEO competitor analysis with the powerful SEO tool Ahrefs. Hayk Saakian takes us along this insightful journey.

Catch this last Meetup event before the Seattle Search Network goes on summer break.

Step up your game on Social Media! - Matt Cail

Social media is no longer the new kid on the block and yet brands and businesses of all shapes and sizes continue to struggle with it. There's a lot of questions when it comes to having a solid social media strategy, such as:

• Why is it so hard to build engagement and audiences?

• Are online visitors just hopping onto the next best thing?

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Attend to hear why it's still worth bothering with social media, as well as new best practices and learning from some hilarious fails.

Matt Cail

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Matt Cail is a Northwest native and attended the University of Washington for undergrad and post-graduate studies. Matt began working in online marketing in the late 1990s as a message board and web design pioneer. After college he worked in Washington, DC for 5 years. His primary client was the U.S. Congress and he consulted on telecommunications and technology policies. That included work on emergency communications after Hurricane Katrina, the Digital Television Transition, and competition in the online video industry.

In 2007, Matt moved back to the Puget Sound area and later founded Super Charge Marketing (https://superchargemarketing.com/), which provides digital marketing services to Northwest businesses. Over the years he has worked in social media, search engine marketing, website design, and online advertising. He is a TEDx speaker and regularly presents to businesses and other groups. He makes his home with his wife, three children, and an unbalanced cat just south of Mukilteo.

SEO Competitor Analysis with Ahrefs.com - Hayk Saakian

How hard is it to rank on the first page of Google? If you're doing SEO for clients, that's a very common question in the sales process. For yourself, you need to plan your business and make goals that align with reasonable timelines for your search rankings.

Ahrefs is an excellent SEO tool that helps you scope out a search engine optimization project for your own websites or for your client's websites. This talk will teach you how to use Ahrefs to provide credible estimates for time and cost of ranking on the first page for any keywords.

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Hayk Saakian

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Hayk Saakian is one of the founders of Logic Inbound - a Digital Marketing Agency specializing in SEO. Hayk has a technical background that began with developing Android apps which got over 400,000 downloads.Today, Hayk is the Cofounder and COO of Logic Inbound, leading the client service fulfillment teams and directing Logic Inbound's own digital marketing campaigns.

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