Do It Yourself with Online Marketing - #SEOpodcast 248

Episode37 min2014-09-29

Small businesses doing their own online marketing should focus on social media engagement, consistent blogging, analytics centered on conversions, and making all channels work toward one common goal.

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Key takeaways
blogging creates an opportunity to write content targeting other phrases without adjusting your static content

About this episode

Welcome to the most popular internet marketing podcast on iTunes, hosted by E-Webstyle! Join us this week as we talk aboutUsing Short Forms for Higher ConversionsDo It Yourself with Online Marketing Giving your Audience Proper Content

Questions this episode answers

Is guest blogging still a good DIY online marketing tactic?

The hosts advise caution. Google has signaled that guest blogging done for links is likely to be penalized as spam. If you do it, make sure the content is high quality, has good word count, includes video and images, and is genuinely valuable. They prefer keeping that quality content on your own site.

What is the best way to analyze website analytics for a small business?

Set aside dedicated time, such as an hour on Saturday, to review analytics. Create a dashboard with your key reports. Focus on channels that drive conversions rather than just raw traffic volume. Use secondary dimensions to understand how and where visitors arrive.

Why did Google remove authorship markup?

Google stated authorship was a good experience for content creators but had little or no value for its users. The hosts noted Google was gradually phasing it out, first removing author avatars and then author names from search results, ending a project that had been running roughly three years.

In their words

focus on the channels that are generating more conversions

Charles Lewis

if you're going to do it, like go into it knowing that you're not doing this to get links. You're not doing this to help rank your site and you're doing this because you actually have valuable content that's going to be good on their blog

Charles Lewis
Terms defined in this episode
Authorship
A Google feature that displayed an author's name and avatar next to search results, linking to their Google Plus page. Google fully removed it, citing little or no value for users.
Responsive design
Building one website that adapts its layout across screen sizes rather than maintaining a separate mobile site. The hosts recommend a single design for screens above seven and a half inches and a modified layout for smaller devices.
Above the fold
The portion of a webpage visible without scrolling. Placing short lead generation forms in this area is recommended to increase form submission conversion rates.
Repurpose social posts
Taking one piece of content, such as a tweet, and reformatting it for other platforms like Instagram or a blog post, then resharing it at different times to extend its reach.

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Matthew Bertram, host of The Best SEO Podcast
Matthew Bertram
AI keynote speaker · Owner & CEO, EWR Digital · President, ModalPoint

Matthew Bertram is an AI keynote speaker, creator of DIG™ (Digital Information Governance), and owner and CEO of EWR Digital. He helps energy and industrial leaders win visibility in AI search (GEO and AEO), is President of ModalPoint and CMO of the Oil & Gas Global Network, hosts The Best SEO Podcast, and has authored eight books including LLM Visibility. More about Matthew Bertram.

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