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SEO Less Than a Year is a Waste of Your Money

SEO Less Than a Year is a Waste of Your Money

I want to protect your investment. To put it simply, if you do SEO for anything less than 12 months, you’re just burning your money.  So don't start. When you rank higher with SEO, you are giving your business its best chance to reach more of your targeted audience,...

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How to Recover from a Google Penalty

How to Recover from a Google Penalty

A Google penalty could wipe out your online organic sales in the blink of an eye.  But you can recover. Here's how. First, be proactive. Avoid a penalty to begin with. Don't cut corners and go with cheap SEO. Cheap is expensive. If penalized, you need to figure out...

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Good SEO Copywriting

Good SEO Copywriting

That's what's up, literally. Corporate client's organic traffic is up 99% this summer over last. They already had a decent site, so this increase was a content play. Dug into data on who their ideal buyer is, and used tools to identify what they're already searching...

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Entrepreneur Hour 2024

Entrepreneur Hour 2024

Been building an online brand with my teenage son the last few months, but looks like there's a change of plans... Every other day he has part school/home release where I spend 60-90 minutes with him teaching him about business. Most of that time has been spent...

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Set boundaries. Clients respect confidence in transparency.

Set boundaries. Clients respect confidence in transparency.

My SEO contracts are probably one of the most detailed agreements you'll see on setting boundaries. you're hiring a professional, don't tell us how to do our job no meetings about meetings about meetings you don't get my cell phone number don't call on weekends don't...

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16% lift in organic traffic driving 104% lift in sales

16% lift in organic traffic driving 104% lift in sales

Q3s a wrap and looking back at some client growth.  Here's how incremental traffic increases can be big needle movers with search engine optimization. SEO not only increases traffic, but done right and it attracts higher converting visitors. When your website's...

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SEO Training

SEO Training

Students are already sharing they've hit page one on Google less than two weeks since teaching SEO secrets at my Optimize Live training. Now, aspiring agency owners that are diversifying into SEO are posting they have their first SEO clients too with an easy way I...

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Quick SEO

Quick SEO

#3 on Google in less than two weeks. Laura joined my live SEO training, Optimize Live, the other day. Few days ago she messaged and said after implementing just a few, not even all of the strategies I shared she's already #3 on Google. It's barely even been two weeks...

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Building a Strong Team

Building a Strong Team

Building a strong team is like parents building confident children. As a parent, you don't want your kids to grow up and move on, but you know it's best to build them strong to do so.  Leaders should build their team to outgrow them, too. The attached screenshot is a...

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