{"id":20805,"date":"2024-01-29T09:22:34","date_gmt":"2024-01-29T09:22:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mediashower.com\/blog\/?p=20805"},"modified":"2024-01-29T09:25:08","modified_gmt":"2024-01-29T09:25:08","slug":"content-optimization-for-success-stories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mediashower.com\/blog\/content-optimization-for-success-stories\/","title":{"rendered":"Content Optimization Success Stories: Case Studies + Best Practices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At Media Shower, we have worked with 500+ clients on high-performing marketing content like blog posts, landing pages, and industry reports. And we\u2019ve learned something important.<\/p>\n<p>Most of our clients think of their campaigns as \u201cone and done.\u201d Work on the content, launch it, then move onto the next thing.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve found a better way.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve had <strong>10x better results<\/strong> with a practice of measuring which content is performing best, then regularly optimizing it to make it even better. It\u2019s spotting your diamonds in the rough, then cutting and polishing them into incredibly valuable gems.<\/p>\n<p>In this guide, we\u2019ll show you a few of these <strong>content optimization success stories<\/strong> and reveal the playbook that we use.<\/p>\n<h2>Bitcoin Market Journal: Weekly Updates of Hard-To-Find Information<\/h2>\n<p><em><strong>Note<\/strong>: Bitcoin Market Journal is a publication of Media Shower, focused on responsible digital asset and DeFi investment research.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>One of the significant challenges of creating content in the digital asset industry is balancing the demand for insight and up-to-date information. You\u2019ve got to be fast, but you\u2019ve also got to be accurate.<\/p>\n<p>This space is incredibly competitive, with thousands of sites covering the industry. But reliable information is often hard to find, especially when it comes to real-time updates of real-time rates.<\/p>\n<p>Take, for example, one of our most popular articles, listing current <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bitcoinmarketjournal.com\/stablecoin-interest-rates\/\">Stablecoin Interest Rates<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-20781\" src=\"http:\/\/mediashower.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/example-of-the-BMJ-Journal.jpg\" alt=\"example of the BMJ Journal\" width=\"780\" height=\"708\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mediashower.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/example-of-the-BMJ-Journal.jpg 861w, https:\/\/www.mediashower.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/example-of-the-BMJ-Journal-300x272.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mediashower.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/example-of-the-BMJ-Journal-768x698.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For those unfamiliar with digital assets, a \u201cstablecoin\u201d is an asset where the token is pegged to a traditional currency, like the U.S. dollar. Investors can invest these stablecoins in interest-bearing accounts, much like investing dollars in a savings account or money market fund.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We wanted to ensure that visitors found our page at the top of Google when they searched for stablecoin rates.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-20782\" src=\"http:\/\/mediashower.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/3-1-1.png\" alt=\"Stablecoin rates\" width=\"780\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mediashower.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/3-1-1.png 803w, https:\/\/www.mediashower.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/3-1-1-300x127.png 300w, https:\/\/www.mediashower.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/3-1-1-768x325.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The article&#8217;s structure is relatively simple: we provide short but well-researched descriptions of each stablecoin and lending platform. We launched with a simple page, to see how users liked it.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our approach is to watch our pages using third-party tools like <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ahrefs.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AHREFs<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and when they start attracting organic keywords in <\/span>Google, to double down on our early winners.<\/p>\n<p>So as this page gained traction in Google, we developed an optimization plan:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Make sure that our page holds the latest rates at any given time.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Update project and platform descriptions as needed.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Provide additional educational information for people who might also land on the page for reasons other than checking rates (for example, Frequently Asked Questions).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Then we developed an optimization schedule, to update this article every week:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Updating a table of the top five stablecoins and the current interest rates.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Refreshing any information related to those platforms.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Removing any outdated information, adding new content as needed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Additionally, our writers refresh the page itself a few times per year, making structural changes as needed. The results?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">This page regularly rates on the first page of Google SERPs, currently in the #1 spot for \u201cstablecoin interest rates.\u201d<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">The article also has the Featured Snippet section for this search term:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-20783\" src=\"http:\/\/mediashower.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/4.png\" alt=\"Stablecoin rates in SERP\" width=\"780\" height=\"472\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mediashower.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/4.png 799w, https:\/\/www.mediashower.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/4-300x181.png 300w, https:\/\/www.mediashower.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/4-768x464.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This is a strategy that we\u2019ve carried over into other articles of the same type, all of which are ranked in the top SERPs position with a Featured Snippet.<\/p>\n<p>The approach in a nutshell: we create well-researched pages around hard-to-find information. We launch small, watch for traction in Google, then double down on our winners. This is the winning optimization approach.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-20784 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/mediashower.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/BMJ-page-analysis-by-Ahrefs.jpg\" alt=\"BMJ page analysis by Ahrefs\" width=\"780\" height=\"283\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mediashower.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/BMJ-page-analysis-by-Ahrefs.jpg 1521w, https:\/\/www.mediashower.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/BMJ-page-analysis-by-Ahrefs-300x109.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mediashower.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/BMJ-page-analysis-by-Ahrefs-1024x371.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mediashower.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/BMJ-page-analysis-by-Ahrefs-768x278.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-20785 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/mediashower.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/BMJ-organic-pages-and-organic-traffic.png\" alt=\"BMJ organic pages and organic traffic\" width=\"780\" height=\"196\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mediashower.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/BMJ-organic-pages-and-organic-traffic.png 1231w, https:\/\/www.mediashower.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/BMJ-organic-pages-and-organic-traffic-300x75.png 300w, https:\/\/www.mediashower.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/BMJ-organic-pages-and-organic-traffic-1024x257.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.mediashower.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/BMJ-organic-pages-and-organic-traffic-768x193.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Media Shower: Adding AI Resources<\/h2>\n<p>When we began exploring AI tools for marketers, our \u201cstart small\u201d approach was to create pages with lists of prompts that marketers could use in tools like ChatGPT.<\/p>\n<p>As these started getting traction in Google, we made a major upgrade, developing our own AI chatbot assistants that marketers could use immediately, right in the page.<\/p>\n<p>As this approach has gained more and more traffic, we\u2019ve developed more and more AI assistants for our most popular pages. Take, for example, our article on the <a href=\"https:\/\/mediashower.com\/blog\/content-distribution\/\">Top 15 Content Distribution Channels<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-20786\" src=\"http:\/\/mediashower.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Content-distribution-companies.jpg\" alt=\"Content distribution companies\" width=\"780\" height=\"561\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mediashower.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Content-distribution-companies.jpg 1034w, https:\/\/www.mediashower.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Content-distribution-companies-300x216.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mediashower.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Content-distribution-companies-1024x737.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mediashower.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Content-distribution-companies-768x553.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This page is often in our top 10 performers based on keyword placement and rankings. The original article was an informative list of content distribution platforms divided into categories (press releases, social media advertising, influencer matching, etc.).<\/p>\n<p>We added a new AI assistant that now gives marketers help with a content distribution plan for their business. Because people are now more engaged with the page \u2013 and with our site \u2013 the rankings continue to climb.<\/p>\n<p>This page now ranks highly for key terms such as \u201ccontent distribution services,\u201d \u201ccontent distribution companies,\u201d and \u201cmedia distribution companies\u201d (all at #1 position).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-20787\" src=\"http:\/\/mediashower.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/8.png\" alt=\"keyword analysis on Ahrefs\" width=\"780\" height=\"295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mediashower.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/8.png 667w, https:\/\/www.mediashower.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/8-300x113.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve used this AI playbook to greatly increase the value of many other pages. Take, for example, our <a href=\"https:\/\/mediashower.com\/blog\/marketing-and-sales-one-pagers\/\">Quick Guide to Marketing and Sales One-Pagers<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-20788\" src=\"http:\/\/mediashower.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Quick-guide-to-marketing-and-sales-one-pagers.jpg\" alt=\"Quick guide to marketing and sales one-pagers\" width=\"780\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mediashower.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Quick-guide-to-marketing-and-sales-one-pagers.jpg 894w, https:\/\/www.mediashower.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Quick-guide-to-marketing-and-sales-one-pagers-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mediashower.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Quick-guide-to-marketing-and-sales-one-pagers-768x433.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This page has quickly shot to one of our most valuable pages over the past six months. What started as a straightforward guide to one-pagers now includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Several real-world examples of well-designed one-pagers,<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">An example of an AI-generated one-pager outline, and<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Our AI-powered one-pager generator.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The page now ranks highly with keywords such as \u201cone pager examples,\u201d attracting nearly 100 new keywords over the last quarter. We\u2019re also featuring these refreshes in our weekly newsletter, which has increased engagement significantly.<\/p>\n<p>Again, we started small, looked for traction, then optimized and improved. Since launching these new AI assistants, we\u2019ve seen these pages consistently show up as our fastest-growing assets both in traffic and ranking:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-20789 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/mediashower.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/10.png\" alt=\"our AI assistant pages are attracting more traffic\" width=\"780\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mediashower.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/10.png 1227w, https:\/\/www.mediashower.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/10-300x115.png 300w, https:\/\/www.mediashower.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/10-1024x393.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.mediashower.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/10-768x295.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-20790 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/mediashower.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/11.png\" alt=\"organic traffic graphic of our ai pages\" width=\"780\" height=\"194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mediashower.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/11.png 1227w, https:\/\/www.mediashower.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/11-300x75.png 300w, https:\/\/www.mediashower.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/11-1024x255.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.mediashower.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/11-768x191.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Food Industry Client: Using Original Research<\/h2>\n<p>Wellness and nutrition is another competitive industry, and while content in this topic area is popular, there\u2019s a lot of it. It takes a new strategy to get your food-related content in front of buyers in search results.<\/p>\n<p>One of our food industry clients had hundreds of pages developed by Media Shower, which we optimized heavily for 2024. Using our playbook, we:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Started small, looked for traction, then doubled down on our top performers.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Looked for current industry trends and reworked the top performers to tie into those trends.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Leveraged original data, provided by the client from their in-house research reports, to support or provide additional context for these trends.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>By leveraging original data, that was available nowhere else, these articles steadily gained keyword rankings. In a few months, 17 of these keywords ranked on page one of Google, with a total traffic increase of 76% year-over-year.<\/p>\n<p>By positioning our client as the trend reporter of their industry, they actually became a trend setter, and one of the most popular go-to destinations for other food industry executives.<\/p>\n<p>Remember: <strong>these results stick<\/strong>. Unlike paid search, where your traffic stops the instant you turn off your AdWords campaign, organic results last for months and years.<\/p>\n<h2>How Often Should I Optimize?<\/h2>\n<p>Some good rules of thumb:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Weekly or monthly for constantly changing information like rates, fees, or prices<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Note that this kind of update schedule only works if you have reliable data sources for the information in question.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Quarterly for developing industries and topics. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For example, we regularly update <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bitcoin Market Journal <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">articles to reflect breaking news stories, such as the SEC approval of a bitcoin ETF (a massive event that our audience will discuss for months moving forward). <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Annually for longer-term topics like trends.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Anything like annual guides, updates, or industry reports fall into this category. Don\u2019t forget that annual content like \u201cThe Best Widgets in 2024\u201d can be updated in 2025 and beyond!<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Marketer\u2019s Takeaway<\/h2>\n<p>Start small.<\/p>\n<p>Look for traction.<\/p>\n<p>Double down on your winners.<\/p>\n<p>Creating wildly successful websites with loads of traffic is a long game. You\u2019ve got to throw a lot of stuff at the wall, and eventually some of it will stick. Take the sticky stuff, make it even stickier. Rinse and repeat.<\/p>\n<p>Many people think SEO is something you do before the content is published. Our approach is the reverse: of course we launch with good SEO, but we do a lot more optimization after the fact, to make our winners even stronger and better.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s no shortcut, except using a company like Media Shower to help you. When you\u2019re ready, give us a call.<\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We\u2019re ready to make your marketing content work for you, today and a year from today. Get <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/mediashower.com\/blog\/ai-generate-blog-topics\/?__mscta=3319_99368_15113\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Better. Content. Faster<\/span><\/i><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mediashower.com\/blog\/ai-generate-blog-topics\/?__mscta=3319_99368_15113\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-20584 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/mediashower.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/3-1.png\" alt=\"CTA better content faster\" width=\"680\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mediashower.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/3-1.png 680w, https:\/\/www.mediashower.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/3-1-300x106.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Content optimization should be part of any marketer\u2019s strategy. 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