Category: SEO

  • You Ask, I Answer: SEO Trends for 2020?

    Summary In today's episode, I walk through the advanced SEO trends powered by machine learning that help dominate search results and generate revenue. Here's what this means for you. You gain a practical roadmap for using predictive analytics, multilingual models, and natural language questions to outpace competitors heading into the next year. You'll also learn…

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  • Content Marketing World 2019 Recap

    A few core themes stuck out from this year’s Content Marketing World: – Social as we knew it is toast. Treat social as an ad channel. – Content without strategy is noise. No surprise there. – SEO has retaken center stage in importance to content marketers. – Analytics and effective use of data still elude…

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  • Content Marketing World 2019 Recap

    Summary In today's episode, I recap the four major themes from Content Marketing World 2019 and what they mean for marketers heading into the next year. Here's what this means for you. You must recognize that organic social media reach has effectively ended and that modern SEO now requires artificial intelligence and machine learning to…

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  • You Ask, I Answer: Recommended SEO Tools?

    Paul asks, “What is your favorite/most cost effective software for managing SEO? Keywords, tracking competitors, etc.” My personal preferred choice is AHREFS, because it’s got a rich featureset and because its data export is the most generous of all the tools on the market. FTC Disclosure: AHREFS sponsors the podcast I co-host, Marketing Over Coffee,…

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  • You Ask, I Answer: Recommended SEO Tools?

    Summary In today's episode, I walk through what I consider the most cost-effective SEO software for keyword research, competitor tracking, and site auditing, answering a viewer question from Paul. Here's what this means for you. You get a vendor-neutral framework for trialing SEO tools so you stop paying for features you never actually use. You'll…

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  • You Ask, I Answer: Long Tail Keyword Search Volume?

    Maris asks, “How do you assess how many monthly searches is enough? Some of the terms we want to rank for have really low search volume. But how many is too many and how many is ‘just right’?” This is a terrific question that can really help to highlight how modern search works. The answer…

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  • You Ask, I Answer: Long Tail Keyword Search Volume?

    Summary In today's episode, I explain how to evaluate keyword search volume and why modern SEO goes beyond individual keywords to focus on semantic relationships and topical authority. Here's what this means for you. You'll discover a more sophisticated approach to keyword research that captures traffic your competitors miss. You'll also learn these concepts: how…

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  • You Ask, I Answer: Overcoming Similarly Named Brands in SEO?

    Natasha asks, “I found out that SERP for your name is shared with a namesake, an actor. I wonder, what would you recommend to someone in a similar situation, but who doesn’t have online presence of your magnitude, and just starts working on a personal brand and sees that an influential namesake occupies most of…

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  • You Ask, I Answer: 8 Tips for Using Medium as a Brand

    Audrey asks, “Since you mentioned Medium, if you have anything else on how to use that platform as a brand, I would love that.” Medium is a blogging platform that allows authors to monetize their content by distributing membership fees. It can be a useful marketing platform if you use it well. Watch the video…

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  • You Ask, I Answer: Duplicate Content on Social Networks?

    Travis asks, “Are there negative implications to publishing blog posts on LinkedIn that already exist in your site?” Generally speaking, if the content is inaccessible without logging in, it’s safe to duplicate from an SEO perspective. That means a fair amount of content on LinkedIn, anything non-public on Facebook, and if you use the rel=canonical…

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