I get asked how to optimize social media pages and content for SEO (search engine optimization), and there are tactics to helping people find your content when they search on Social Media platforms like YouTube (tagging and titles), Twitter (hashtags), Instagram (hashtags), Facebook (still trying to figure this one out) and more...

...But the way I answer this question is around content strategy. As a business seeking a high ranking on Google, which is ultimately still where more than half of all website traffic comes from regardless of business vertical, you need to develop a content outline for what you're going to talk about, and then create and publish consistently to all social media outlets.

Nothing produces better SEO results than this strategy.

Paul Hickey, Founder / CEO / Lead Strategist at Data Driven Design, LLC and founder of The Voice Event, and The Voice Designer, has created and grown businesses via digital strategy and internet marketing for more than 15 years. His sweet spot is using analytics to design and build websites and grow the audience and revenue of businesses via SEO/Blogging, Google Adwords, Bing Ads, Facebook and Instagram Ads, Social Media Content Marketing, Email Marketing and most recently, Voice App Design and Development – Alexa Skills and Google Actions. The part that he’s most passionate about is quantifying next marketing actions based on real data.