{"id":4138,"date":"2018-03-13T12:29:38","date_gmt":"2018-03-13T19:29:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.canirank.com\/blog\/?p=4138"},"modified":"2020-11-25T10:49:45","modified_gmt":"2020-11-25T18:49:45","slug":"proper-keyword-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.canirank.com\/blog\/proper-keyword-research\/","title":{"rendered":"10,000 Clicks in 60 Days Through Proper Keyword Research"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 hundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top: 0px;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last fusion-column-no-min-height\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When it comes to content marketing, the difference between success and failure usually comes down to one step: keyword research. In our experience as an SEO software company and agency, businesses who adopt an effective process earn up to 10x the amount of clicks as brands who are publishing without <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canirank.com\/seo-software\/keyword-research\">proper keyword research<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this post, I\u2019ll walk you through the keyword research process we used to generate over 10,000 clicks in 60 days entirely from a single keyword that we identified as having high search volume and low competition. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-fullwidth.fusion-builder-row-1 { overflow:visible; }<\/style><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-2 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: left top;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:20px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:20px;padding-left:0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top: 0px;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last fusion-column-no-min-height\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-section-separator section-separator triangle fusion-section-separator-1\"><div class=\"fusion-section-separator-svg\" style=\"border-top:1px solid #f6f6f6;margin-left: 0px;margin-right: 0px;\"><div class=\"section-separator-icon icon fa fa-tag\" style=\"color:#c2daef;\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div><div class=\"divider-candy-arrow top\" style=\"bottom:0px;border-bottom-color: #f6f6f6;\"><\/div><div class=\"divider-candy top\" style=\"top:-21px;border-bottom:1px solid #f6f6f6;border-left:1px solid #f6f6f6;\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-section-separator-spacer\"><div class=\"fusion-section-separator-spacer-height\" style=\"height:1px;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The \u201cContent Marketing\u201d Secret No One Ever Told You<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of our clients, a leading e-commerce destination within their industry, found it challenging to identify rankable keywords that had high search volume and value. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They put a ton of time into their blog content &#8211; and while it was full of great information, they weren\u2019t coming close to getting the search engine traffic and conversions they expected.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Even their best content only received a small amount of traffic for a few weeks before eventually fizzling down to no traffic at all. <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After months of watching their competitors publish sub-par articles with more favorable results, they grew frustrated and realized something was missing in their process. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was pretty easy for us to pinpoint the reason why their content marketing strategy wasn\u2019t progressing as fast as some of their competitors; and why their approach wasn\u2019t producing traffic. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We see it all the time with e-commerce businesses that are new to content marketing. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to State of <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stateofinbound.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Inbound<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, over 63% of e-commerce businesses find it difficult to generate traffic and leads, through both content marketing and other forms of digital marketing. Often times, unsuccessful content marketers find themselves in one of two scenarios: <\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They know that content marketing would be highly beneficial, but have no idea what to write about. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They think they know what to write about, but their content never produces significant traffic or conversions. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our particular client fit the second profile, and we let them in on a little secret that separates successful, rankable, and valuable content from the millions of great content pieces that are published but never able to rank or reach its audience. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The good news is, I\u2019m about to tell you the secret. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-3 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: #edf1ff;background-position: left top;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:10px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top: 0px;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last fusion-column-no-min-height\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-center fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-four\" style=\"margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><h4 class=\"title-heading-center\" style=\"margin:0;\"><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Most publishers with successful content already know that their content will succeed before they write the first word. <\/span><\/i><\/h2><\/h4><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-4 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: left top;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:50px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:20px;padding-left:0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top: 0px;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-3 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last fusion-column-no-min-height\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-section-separator section-separator triangle fusion-section-separator-2\"><div class=\"fusion-section-separator-svg\" style=\"border-top:1px solid #f6f6f6;margin-left: 0px;margin-right: 0px;\"><div class=\"section-separator-icon icon fa fa-tag\" style=\"color:#c2daef;\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div><div class=\"divider-candy-arrow top\" style=\"bottom:0px;border-bottom-color: #f6f6f6;\"><\/div><div class=\"divider-candy top\" style=\"top:-21px;border-bottom:1px solid #f6f6f6;border-left:1px solid #f6f6f6;\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-section-separator-spacer\"><div class=\"fusion-section-separator-spacer-height\" style=\"height:1px;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\"><h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Creating Content with a Sixth Sense<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A proper <a href=\"http:\/\/www.canirank.com\/blog\/find-winning-keywords-2-step-process\/\">keyword research process<\/a> is the crystal ball of content marketing. Imagine the possibilities if you knew ahead of time precisely which keywords your customers were searching for, knew how likely you could rank for them, AND absolutely knew what to include in each article to make it succeed? <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you were a baseball player, it would be like exactly knowing what pitch the pitcher would deliver, where the ball would cross the plate, and how fast it would come at you &#8211; every time you went up to bat. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When the first article we worked on with our client hit 10,000 views in only 60 days, they were ecstatic! We weren\u2019t really surprised though &#8211; our research process already told us that our efforts for this keyword would yield the proper results. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-5 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: left top;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:20px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:20px;padding-left:0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top: 0px;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-4 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last fusion-column-no-min-height\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-section-separator section-separator triangle fusion-section-separator-3\"><div class=\"fusion-section-separator-svg\" style=\"border-top:1px solid #f6f6f6;margin-left: 0px;margin-right: 0px;\"><div class=\"section-separator-icon icon fa fa-tag\" style=\"color:#c2daef;\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div><div class=\"divider-candy-arrow top\" style=\"bottom:0px;border-bottom-color: #f6f6f6;\"><\/div><div class=\"divider-candy top\" style=\"top:-21px;border-bottom:1px solid #f6f6f6;border-left:1px solid #f6f6f6;\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-section-separator-spacer\"><div class=\"fusion-section-separator-spacer-height\" style=\"height:1px;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-4\"><h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How We Found Our Golden Keyword<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Using the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canirank.com\/users\/sign_up\">CanIRank software<\/a>, we employed a strategic approach to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.canirank.com\/blog\/keyword-research-for-blogs\/\">researching the most ideal keywords<\/a> for our client. This approach focused on identifying the customer research journey, turning questions into keywords, figuring out how valuable those keywords were and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.canirank.com\/blog\/best-keyword-difficulty-metric\/\">determining their ranking difficulty<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Step 1) Know Thy Customer<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our first step in the process was determining our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.canirank.com\/blog\/customer-research-journey-structure-site\/\">Customer Research Journey<\/a>. You can\u2019t speak directly to an audience that you don\u2019t truly understand, and you can\u2019t provide answers to them if you don\u2019t know their questions. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Customer Research Journey not only helps you identify your customer. It enables you to understand what information they seek as they progress from being a curious prospect into a paying customer. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Regardless of the product or industry, every consumer goes through a similar process. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At each step of this process, their search intent shifts. Identifying the questions that they ask during each step of this method allows you to understand the topics most important to your customer. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No matter the industry or the product, every customer goes through each of the following phases: <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-6 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: #b4d5ea;background-position: left top;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:20px;padding-right:10%;padding-bottom:20px;padding-left:10%;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top: 0px;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-5 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last fusion-column-no-min-height\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><ul class=\"fusion-checklist fusion-checklist-1\" style=\"font-size:14px;line-height:23.8px;\"><li class=\"fusion-li-item\"><span style=\"height:23.8px;width:23.8px;margin-right:9.8px;\" class=\"icon-wrapper circle-no\"><i class=\"fusion-li-icon fa fa-check\" style=\"color:#33a4dc;\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><div class=\"fusion-li-item-content\" style=\"margin-left:33.6px;\"><b>Problem recognition: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They realize that they have a challenge that needs to be overcome. <\/span><\/div><\/li><li class=\"fusion-li-item\"><span style=\"height:23.8px;width:23.8px;margin-right:9.8px;\" class=\"icon-wrapper circle-no\"><i class=\"fusion-li-icon fa fa-check\" style=\"color:#33a4dc;\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><div class=\"fusion-li-item-content\" style=\"margin-left:33.6px;\"><b>Information search: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They begin searching to see if a solution exists to their challenge. <\/span><\/div><\/li><li class=\"fusion-li-item\"><span style=\"height:23.8px;width:23.8px;margin-right:9.8px;\" class=\"icon-wrapper circle-no\"><i class=\"fusion-li-icon fa fa-check\" style=\"color:#33a4dc;\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><div class=\"fusion-li-item-content\" style=\"margin-left:33.6px;\"><b>Purchase decision: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They evaluate the product across different brands and decide to purchase a specific product\/service from a particular brand. <\/span><\/div><\/li><li class=\"fusion-li-item\"><span style=\"height:23.8px;width:23.8px;margin-right:9.8px;\" class=\"icon-wrapper circle-no\"><i class=\"fusion-li-icon fa fa-check\" style=\"color:#33a4dc;\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><div class=\"fusion-li-item-content\" style=\"margin-left:33.6px;\"><b>Post-purchase evaluation: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They determine whether the product\/service actually met their expectations and whether it helped them solve their issue. <\/span><\/div><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-7 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: left top;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:20px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:20px;padding-left:0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top: 0px;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-6 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last fusion-column-no-min-height\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-5\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Knowing the questions that your consumer asks across each of these phases will open you up to a ton of topic possibilities. Let\u2019s assume that our client was an online computer parts supplier who was focusing on writing content to promote a premium SSD hard drive for everyday computer users. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Their customer research journey may look like this:<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-8 hundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top: 0px;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-7 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last fusion-column-no-min-height\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-glow imageframe-1 hover-type-none\" style=\"-webkit-box-shadow: 0 0 3px rgba(43,71,123,0.3);box-shadow: 0 0 3px rgba(43,71,123,0.3);\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1219\" title=\"10000-clicks-infographicv2\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.canirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/10000-clicks-infographicv2.png\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-4420\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.canirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/10000-clicks-infographicv2-200x238.png 200w, http:\/\/blog.canirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/10000-clicks-infographicv2-400x476.png 400w, http:\/\/blog.canirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/10000-clicks-infographicv2-600x714.png 600w, http:\/\/blog.canirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/10000-clicks-infographicv2-800x952.png 800w, http:\/\/blog.canirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/10000-clicks-infographicv2.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/span><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-fullwidth.fusion-builder-row-8 { overflow:visible; }<\/style><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-9 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: left top;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:20px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:20px;padding-left:0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top: 0px;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-8 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last fusion-column-no-min-height\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"><h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Step 2) Turn Questions Into Keywords<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">People search on Google in a variety of ways. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some ask questions like, \u201cWhat are the best donuts\u201d; while others only use a few words to request specific information, such as \u201cbest donuts.\u201d Some people narrow their searches down even further and search for terms like, \u201cbest vegan donut\u201d or \u201cbest donut in Chicago.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your chances for success become much stronger when you know not only for what your customers search but also how they search. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Try to determine every possible way your customers might request a search for the questions you found in Step 1.\u00a0<\/span>The manual way of doing this is to brainstorm deeply and try to pull out every possible keyword combination of which you can think.<\/p>\n<p>Google also provides a Keyword Planner tool that can help you find additional keyword possibilities, but for us, the easiest way is through a few clicks on the CanIRank software.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Going back to our computer parts supplier example, we want to find keywords around, \u201cWhy is a SSD hard drive better than a HDD hard drive?\u201d. The first keyword we want to explore is \u201cSSD vs. HDD.\u201d If we want to find other keywords that are related to \u201cSSD vs. HDD\u201d we simply select the \u201cIdeas Related To\u201d button. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Not only does the software return a ton of related keywords, but it also shows us how much traffic these related keywords receive, their value to our client\u2019s business and the likelihood of ranking for each keyword. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-dropshadow imageframe-2 hover-type-none\" style=\"-webkit-box-shadow: 3px 3px 7px rgba(43,71,123,0.3);box-shadow: 3px 3px 7px rgba(43,71,123,0.3);\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"849\" height=\"585\" alt=\"related keyword phrases\" title=\"related keyword phrases\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.canirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/related-keyword-phrases.png\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-4189\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.canirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/related-keyword-phrases-200x138.png 200w, http:\/\/blog.canirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/related-keyword-phrases-400x276.png 400w, http:\/\/blog.canirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/related-keyword-phrases-600x413.png 600w, http:\/\/blog.canirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/related-keyword-phrases-800x551.png 800w, http:\/\/blog.canirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/related-keyword-phrases.png 849w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 849px\" \/><\/span><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"><h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Step 3) Determine Which Keywords Have the Most Value<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The CIR tool gives us all the data we need to select the right keywords for our topics &#8211; the ones with the most traffic, that offer us the most value, and where we have the highest potential of ranking. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First, we look at the traffic potential of each keyword to see which term gets the most searches. Obviously, we\u2019d love to go after every phrase that has the highest search volume. But it\u2019s more important to find highly-searched keywords for which we have a high potential for ranking. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For our client, we analyzed keyword possibilities through the CIR software and found that a particular keyword had 880 searches per month and even better, they had an 82% chance of ranking for that keyword.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>High search volume plus a high ranking potential? We knew at that moment that we had found the perfect keyword.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-dropshadow imageframe-3 hover-type-none\" style=\"-webkit-box-shadow: 3px 3px 7px rgba(43,71,123,0.3);box-shadow: 3px 3px 7px rgba(43,71,123,0.3);\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"932\" height=\"352\" alt=\"Keyword research and analysis report.\" title=\"keyword-analysis-research\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.canirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/keyword-analysis-research.png\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-4754\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.canirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/keyword-analysis-research-200x76.png 200w, http:\/\/blog.canirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/keyword-analysis-research-400x151.png 400w, http:\/\/blog.canirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/keyword-analysis-research-600x227.png 600w, http:\/\/blog.canirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/keyword-analysis-research-800x302.png 800w, http:\/\/blog.canirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/keyword-analysis-research.png 932w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 932px\" \/><\/span><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-8\"><span style=\"display:none\" class=\"tl-placeholder-f-type-shortcode_4338\"><\/span>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-10 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: left top;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:20px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:20px;padding-left:0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top: 0px;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-9 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last fusion-column-no-min-height\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-9\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Through the CanIRank \u201cGrow My Content\u201d tool, we were able to quickly analyze how the top ranking pages for that keyword were able to rank. Through this detailed insight, we knew exactly what we needed to do to best improve our chances of ranking for that keyword. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Looking at the CIR report, we could easily assess competitor metrics such as: <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-11 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: #b4d5ea;background-position: left top;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:20px;padding-right:10%;padding-bottom:20px;padding-left:10%;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top: 0px;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-10 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last fusion-column-no-min-height\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><ul class=\"fusion-checklist fusion-checklist-2\" style=\"font-size:14px;line-height:23.8px;\"><li class=\"fusion-li-item\"><span style=\"height:23.8px;width:23.8px;margin-right:9.8px;\" class=\"icon-wrapper circle-no\"><i class=\"fusion-li-icon fa fa-question-circle\" style=\"color:#33a4dc;\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><div class=\"fusion-li-item-content\" style=\"margin-left:33.6px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How many words are on the ranking page? <\/span><\/div><\/li><li class=\"fusion-li-item\"><span style=\"height:23.8px;width:23.8px;margin-right:9.8px;\" class=\"icon-wrapper circle-no\"><i class=\"fusion-li-icon fa fa-question-circle\" style=\"color:#33a4dc;\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><div class=\"fusion-li-item-content\" style=\"margin-left:33.6px;\">What related keywords did they use to strengthen the page\u2019s relevancy?<\/div><\/li><li class=\"fusion-li-item\"><span style=\"height:23.8px;width:23.8px;margin-right:9.8px;\" class=\"icon-wrapper circle-no\"><i class=\"fusion-li-icon fa fa-question-circle\" style=\"color:#33a4dc;\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><div class=\"fusion-li-item-content\" style=\"margin-left:33.6px;\">How many times did they include the primary keyword and related keywords on the page?<\/div><\/li><li class=\"fusion-li-item\"><span style=\"height:23.8px;width:23.8px;margin-right:9.8px;\" class=\"icon-wrapper circle-no\"><i class=\"fusion-li-icon fa fa-question-circle\" style=\"color:#33a4dc;\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><div class=\"fusion-li-item-content\" style=\"margin-left:33.6px;\">How many other sites link back to the competitor\u2019s page?<\/div><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-12 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: left top;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:20px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:20px;padding-left:0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top: 0px;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-11 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last fusion-column-no-min-height\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-dropshadow imageframe-4 hover-type-none\" style=\"-webkit-box-shadow: 3px 3px 7px rgba(43,71,123,0.3);box-shadow: 3px 3px 7px rgba(43,71,123,0.3);\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"879\" height=\"583\" alt=\"Keyword ranking heatmap\" title=\"keyword-ranking-heatmap\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.canirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/keyword-ranking-heatmap.png\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-4765\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.canirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/keyword-ranking-heatmap-200x133.png 200w, http:\/\/blog.canirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/keyword-ranking-heatmap-400x265.png 400w, http:\/\/blog.canirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/keyword-ranking-heatmap-600x398.png 600w, http:\/\/blog.canirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/keyword-ranking-heatmap-800x531.png 800w, http:\/\/blog.canirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/keyword-ranking-heatmap.png 879w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 879px\" \/><\/span><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-13 hundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top: 0px;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-12 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last fusion-column-no-min-height\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-10\"><h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Does This Keyword Process Work Every Time? <\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Using this process, the first article we prepared for our client rose to #1 for our chosen keyword and almost a dozen secondary keywords. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Did every other subsequent article reach 10,000 views in 60 days? No, not all of them; but, every article after did receive <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at least 5x the amount of traffic<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> than any other article our client published before adopting our keyword research process. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here\u2019s the best part &#8211; since this traffic is all from organic search engine rankings, these articles bring in new traffic every month, compounding traffic with each new post they publish. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Using this process, we have been able to duplicate similar results with dozens of other clients. Ready to try it yourself and find the keywords that can bring in thousands of views every month for your business? Register for a trial of CanIRank and run a few of your own reports. 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