SEO plays an important role in helping deserving brands be more relevant, visible, and competitive. Discover the fun, complex world of SEO that ranges from content marketing to conversion optimization, analytics to content creation, and more.
One of the biggest challenges with SEO in this day and age, is that it takes longer to get results. There is more than ever that has to come together. And when you couple that with the fact that you need more input and tasks delivered by other people and teams, it compounds the difficulty.…
A few weeks ago, I had a lawyer friend I’ve known since college call me up. He was fed up with his current SEO agency, and he asked if he could hire me to help find, vet, and hire a new SEO agency on his behalf. This isn’t the first time someone has come to…
This month, I am proud to celebrate 10 years in business for myself. Entrepreneurship is a dream I had since my early 20’s, shortly after starting work in the real world. A dream that was precipitously—yet fortuitously—made when I was let go in the recession of 2008 while on maternity leave with my first baby.…
If you’re a marketer who has an eye on constant improvement to keep up with SEO, you have most likely come to accept two facts: Google changes. A lot. People search. A lot. In 2018 alone, a data scientist from Moz cataloged more than 3,000 algorithm changes. Before you freak out, know that most of…
10 years ago, if you would’ve told me I’d be teaching SEO to adult learners in the marketing industry on stages and in front of classrooms, I wouldn’t have believed you. But here I am today, with 40 SEO presentations under my belt. I’ve led 45-minute SEO workshops. 2-hour SEO seminars. A 4-hour SEO course.…
An acquaintance of mine recently reached out because his company was just about ready to launch their new site. They mentioned they were ready to start “SEO tagging” and asked if I could point them in the right direction. That phrase always makes me pause as I wonder what in the world they’re referring to.…
Nothing makes digital marketers nerd out like talking about tools. Marketers are hugely dependent on hacks, tricks of the trade and tools that help us get the job done (and done well). Tools for SEO in particular, are critical. There is so much more today that contributes to SEO, it’s important to not only know…
For better or worse, search engine optimization has never been a slow-moving field. For brands and organizations desiring to stay visible in search engines, keeping up with Search and Google trends and changes can seem like a part-time job all by itself. If you’ve been a busy marketer, you may have missed one very important…
Don’t you love “How-To” articles? They get straight to the heart of the matter. And in this article, we’re going to be getting right down to how to rank at Position 0 (aka “Featured Snippets”). In my last post I explained what Position 0 is and why it is so important today to pursue and…
To say Google has evolved over the years is putting it mildly. So if you’re still doing the same things you did 5 years ago, you’re going to be in trouble (if you’re not already). Years ago, everyone was asking: “how do I rank in Spot 1”? Today, the question is “how do I rank…
