Stalk Forums for The EXACT Words Your Readers Use

First, optimize your page just like you normally would (If you need a hand, check out these 14 advanced on-page SEO strategies).

But before you hit “publish”, scan forums for words and phrases people tend to use around your topic.

For example, let’s say your primary keyword was “organic vegetable gardening”.

You’d search in Google with inurl:forum + “organic vegetable gardening”:

This will bring up a bunch forum threads around the topic of vegetable gardening:

Skim the first few threads that you find.

When you see a phrase that seems like a good fit…

…search for forum + “phrase” in Google:

If a lot of results pop up (like with this example), add those words and phrases to your post.

And you’re good to go.