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Your Brand
is a Thing,
not a String
Jason Barnard
@jasonmbarnard
jasonbarnard
kalicube.pro
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Three Things About...
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Thanks and Kudos :
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Your Brand = An Entity
(and your most valuable asset)
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It Has Relationships
With other entities
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Organize your digital ecosystem
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Overview
Google Is Looking for
3 Things
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Understanding
Credibility
Deliverability
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Entities and
Relationships
= Understanding
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So…
Brands Need to Leverage
Entities and
Relationships
to Build ‘Understanding’
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Categorisation and Relationships
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Categorisation and Relationships
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Get in the Graph
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Entities in Media =
(Relatively) Easy
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Categorisation and Relationships
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Easy !
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What Should
You be Doing?
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Organise Your Digital
Ecosystem
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Build an Internal Knowledge Graph
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At the VERY least use structured Data
On EVERY page
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Start with your site
Using structured data
provide accurate,
pertinent, detailed
information...
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Describe your brand through its relationships
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Then Corroborate :)
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Trusted Sources
(Wikipedia and Beyond !)
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Self as a ‘Trusted Source’
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Answer Boxes
(that look like Knowledge Panels)
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GEO
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Google’s Sources
For KP ‘n AB
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99%
DataSet
23,932 KP / AB
with a link
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Brands (7442 - UK-centric dataset)
101
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People (4070)
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Takeaways
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1. Map Out Your Ecosystem
(entities and relationships via and internal KG)
2. Educate Google
(via your your site)
3. Reinforce Understanding
(through corroboration)
Leverage Understanding
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Closing Thought
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Your Brand SERP
(taking it further)
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1. What Google Has Understood
Brand SERP - a reflection of
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1. What Google Has Understood
2. Google’s Opinion / World Opinion
Brand SERP - a reflection of
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1. What Google Has Understood
2. Google’s Opinion / World Opinion
3. The Balance of Your Digital Strategy
Brand SERP - a reflection of
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Takeaway 2
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Multiple Relevant Brand Questions
(include image search)
Tracked and Measured Over Time
Google’s Exam
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It is a good learner...
Google’s Exam
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It is a good learner…
Are you a good teacher ?
Google’s Exam
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Your Brand
is a Thing,
not a String
Jason Barnard
@jasonmbarnard
jasonbarnard
kalicube.pro

Your Brand is a Thing, not a String