Noran El-Shinnawy, Director of Marketing, Onestop, interviews Marty Weintraub, Founder & Evangelist, aimClear, at SES San Francisco 2013 following the session that was provocatively entitled, "Paid Organic Social Content Distribution Unravelled." Can you say your website's content earns enough socially driven traffic, KPI/CPA conversion, critical social signals, inbound links, focused likes and follows? The answer for many marketers, even after massive investments in social media and creating excellent content is a resounding NO! There's a reason for that. An ever increasing percentage of the organic social media page is actually paid inclusion. It looks organic, but is actually paid. Social media distribution in Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter used to be mostly free. Content placed on your walls and feeds was seen and rebroadcast by many people without marketers needing to pay a dime. Now revenue-hungry social platforms have learned to monetize the distribution of "organic" content to the benefit of their shareholders. In many cases users who have already liked your page don't see your posts! It's a stark reality, but marketers must pay-to-play using "ad" units the tightly mimic previously free organic units. The good news is that it's relatively inexpensive to "re-enable" organic features to dominate. No matter how successful your content strategy is, it's only touching a small percentage of highly interested users that are incredibly willing to engage. This must attend session left attendees with crucial information to: -- Drive targeted & scalable social psychographic traffic to content that converts -- Generate authentic social signals from real users of good authority -- Earn real links from sites with good domain authority -- Insulate our sites from harsh search engine algorithm updates -- Amplify PR distribution to journalists, bloggers, and a myriad focused media-role users Marty is & Founder & Evangelist of aimClear® an integrated social, search, display, and PR online marketing agency. After piloting aimClear to INC. 500 status as CEO over the previous 6 years, he is now focused on guiding aimClear's extensive internal and client training programs, defining agency vision, writing, speaking, networking, and studies. Client credits include Intel, Siemens, Tektronix, United Health Group, MarthaStewart.com, The Washington Post, Ning, SecondLife & other iconic global brands. aimClear was named a top workplace place in Minnesota by Minnesota Business Magazine in 2012. A fixture on the international conference circuit. recent and upcoming speaking keynotes and panels include SES London, MediaPost Search Insider Summit, OMS, Charlotte Search Exchange, as well as many appearances over the last five years at SEMpdx, mozCon, PubCon, eMetrics, and numerous other global search and social marketing conferences. Marty's Wiley/Sybex book, "Killer Facebook Ads," was critically acclaimed. His second Wiley book, "The Complete Social Media Community Manager's Guide: Essential Tools and Tactics for Business Success," was released in January, 2013. He has written extensively for respected Internet marketing publications including SearchEngineWatch, SearchEngineLand, SearchEngineRoundTable & been quoted in others, from AdAge to MediaPost. aimClear Blog was cited as a Technorati Top 10 Small Business Blogs, Cison Top Ten Social Media Blogs & PRWeb's 25 Essential Public Relations Blogs You Should Be Reading. Marty was named the #3 most influential PPC professional. Marty has been described as "not your typical agency type." A "social media maverick" and "more innovator than follower." aimClear has become internationally recognized for its work in demographic targeting, especially as pertains to search, Facebook, & LInkedIn. Marty enjoys camping, canoeing, fishing, patronizing James-Beard-award-winning restaurants, & fine wine.

• published: 30 Sep 2013
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