A key concept in Daoist philosophy, “Yin and Yang” (“shadow and light”) describes forces that are opposites, yet complementary. Social media and search can be described as the Yin and Yang of inbound marketing. They are opposites – while social media is powered by people conversations, search engines are powered by machine algorithms. Yet they are complementary- when content links are shared on social media, search engines leverage those social signals to determine the content’s search rankings; and when search engines drives traffic to one’s content, visitors may share that content with their social networks, expanding one’s social reach. Here’s an infographic to illustrate how social media and search work differently and yet interdependently.
Are you leveraging both social media and search in your inbound marketing efforts?
– by InvestmentPal
Becca says
November 4, 2012 at 11:33 amI have learned so much by reading your blog. It always amazes me how much there is to learn. It is also mind boggling how fast things change. thanks for the share.
InvestmentPal says
November 4, 2012 at 5:41 pmHi Becca, Thanks for the feedback. Glad you find this blog useful. Yes, agree with you on how fast things change in the inbound marketing landscape.
M Lund says
November 1, 2012 at 6:29 amGreat visual for what we are trying to do! Thank you!
InvestmentPal says
November 1, 2012 at 5:30 pmThanks & you’re welcome!