The Recipe For SEO Success Show

Hurrah back in the land of copy podcasts. It's been a while. So let me tell you what my new podcast is all about. I know. I know. There are a gazillion copywriting podcasts out there. I've made a few hundred or so episodes myself, but honestly, most leave me wanting. They're all so dry, so earnest, so teachy. All mega famous copywriters dispensing blobs of copy knowledge down from their lofty plin...

Turning those well-earned clicks into cash   Okay so you've listened to all the episodes of the Recipe for SEO Success podcast , you've done my fabulous courses, and put in the hard SEO hours. The Google beast finally understands who you are and the traffic is pouring in. But how do you turn casual browsers into sales? How do you move people from your page to a purchase? Today we're talking about...

Appealing to the humanity of the masses Have you noticed that your buying choices are often not defined by price or even product features but by how you feel about a brand? We want to buy from brands that we feel have values that are aligned with our own , but to do this, brands need to market intelligently and emotionally . They need to appeal to our humanness. So how do we do this? It might seem...

Peeling the fiction away from fact to help Google find you Keywords, we've covered them before and we'll cover them again. Why? Because no matter how long I swim in the murky waters of SEO, I still see so much misinformation about how keywords are found, researched and eventually used. Especially on low-grade SEO copywriting courses (shh, naming no names). These so-called experts are stuck in the...

Niching, knowing your audience & personal branding   In my Reality SEO episodes, I like to focus on real humans grappling with the Google beast, and Digital Marketing. I get all sorts passing through my slippery funnel of courses and resources: marketing professionals, copywriters, e-commerce owners, web developers, and real business humans. Today we're talking to Jude Love , a former student of T...

Creating more profitable conversations with your customers We all know that robots are taking over the world. If you're a fan of Black Mirror it's pretty clear we're headed for a Terminator future. And while I'd like to feel bleak about that, I won't. This is a marketing podcast, after all, so let's talk about when robots work for good. When AI can save you time and money. When using automation an...

Drawing your audience in with well-crafted content Everyone wants to go viral. (I'm doing air fingers, I know you can't see them, but believe me.) Whether it's for dancing on TikTok to a new catchy tune or for the perfect Twitter snipe, or a beautifully crafted blog post. We all dream of the traffic tsunami and the potential that has to lead to cold hard sales. But is it just a happy accident, or...

Taking measured steps into digital advertising Taking measured steps into digital advertising In my Reality SEO series, I interview real-life humans who've changed their digital marketing and SEO strategy for good and used simple techniques to transform their business and brand. These episodes include practical, doable advice and tips from people just like you. Find out why mad-cat marketer, Mitch...

Build up your business by expanding your network Build up your business by expanding your network I'll admit when it comes to social media, my least favourite platform is LinkedIn . It's like the boring guest at the party, hovering near the sausage rolls and talking about how great they are. And over the years I've had sporadic attempts to rekindle my LinkedIn love. But it still leaves me with a d...

What will change, what will stay the same, and how this will affect ranking Every year about this time, I dust off my crystal ball and start looking into Google's nether regions, trying to discern what lies ahead on the murky path of SEO. This is a solo episode, just a little old me, and I'll be running through my opinion of what's next, what's changed, and what remains the same. Will you agree? W...

This episode is a rerun - while I take a much-needed break from the pod, keep your SEO skills sharp by checking out one of my favourite episodes. I was lucky enough to chat with one of my SEO heros Rand Fishkin in my I LOVE SEO Group on Facebook recently. Not only was Rand my first ever guest on the podcast, he's also been a huge influence on my SEO career and a veritable font of knowledge and ide...

This episode is a rerun - while I take a much-needed break from the pod, keep your SEO skills sharp by checking out one of my favourite episodes. Crawlability is super important for your website. Ensuring humans and those sticky little Google bots can slip through your site like a damp otter down a pipe is crucial. We don't want duplicate content and we don't want oodles of pointless pages and arc...

This episode is a rerun - while I take a much-needed break from the pod, keep your SEO skills sharp by checking out one of my favourite episodes. 9 experts share their best advice for 2019   I was lucky enough to present at Yoastcon in the Netherlands, so thought I'd do a special live episode interviewing all the smart people there and asking them their number one Digital Marketing tip for this ye...

This episode is a rerun - while I take a much-needed break from the pod, keep your SEO skills sharp by checking out one of my favourite episodes. Let's be honest, most of us are scared of SEO agencies. We've heard too many horror stories. Of people being bamboozled, misled, ripped off, and left with sites riddled with dodgy backlinks, poor optimisation, and woeful rankings. So what do we do? How c...

This episode is a rerun - while I take a much-needed break from the pod, keep your SEO skills sharp by checking out one of my favourite episodes. International SEO is the process of optimising your website so that search engines can easily identify which countries you want to target and which languages you use for business. Most of us struggle with getting to rank locally, so do we really need to...

I was lucky enough to score an interview with one of my all-time SEO heroes, Mr. Rand Fishkin from Moz.com. I asked him a heap of useful small business SEO questions, and yes, even asked how he felt being an SEO heartthrob! Is it possible for small businesses to DIY their SEO? Other than Moz and of course the Recipe for SEO Success, what are your other favourite SEO education websites? Resources?...

If you have any suggestions for guests or topics for next year, email admin@therecipeforseosuccess.com , fill out the contact form on www.therecipeforseosuccess.com , or leave a comment in the I LOVE SEO Facebook group.  

Encouraging loyalty over quick sales In my Reality SEO episodes, I like to focus on real humans grappling with the Google beast, and Digital Marketing. Yes, I get lots of marketing professionals, copywriters, and web developers passing through my slippery funnel of courses and resources, but I also get real business humans. Today we're talking to  Bec Slack,  a former student of the Recipe For SEO...

Finding the right words to help your customers find you Ever wondered how Google takes your crazy search query and spits out pages and pages of relevant content? It's all in the words, my friend. You might even say that words are the KEY. And that's why today we're revisiting the topic of  Keyword Research . Much overlooked, much misunderstood, much avoided –  Solid Keyword research underpins ever...

Drawing in customers with keyword research and colourful prints Welcome to another Reality SEO episode, where I take the time to focus on real humans grappling with the Google beast, and Digital Marketing. Of course, I love to help all kinds of business humans, but one of my favourite types to help are e-commerce store owners. Because secretly, I long to have a shop. I mean I have 3 already, but t...

Getting cosy with data to make better content Do you love tracking trends, dissecting data, or rolling in results? Then I've got a treat for you. Today is all about Google Search Console , formerly Google Webmaster Tools , a free platform that gives you the awesome ability to see the data Google sees and tracks for your website or app . While I find it easy to get lost in data-tracking, it can be...

Putting away the prescription pills and picking up SEO stats In my Reality SEO episodes, I like to focus on real humans grappling with the Google beast, and Digital Marketing. Yes, I get lots of marketing professionals, copywriters, and web developers passing through my slippery funnel of courses and resources, but I also get real business humans. And sometimes my courses and resources have the po...

How to maintain and optimise your GMB profile When was the last time you checked out your Google My Business profile? Now this is not a set-and-forget project, people. Much like planting a bushy hedge, your GMB listing needs love and attention. Sometimes you need to prune back old images, or shape it into your new branding, fertilise it with a few fresh posts, or spruce it up with a nice flowering...

Using science to align your brand with your business goals and boost your bank balance. What do you think about when you think about brand? A sexy colour palette, logo, a particularly snazzy font? Obviously, branding is way more than that. But it's amazing how much the colours, or logos we use can impact how our customers see us. And of course, there's actually a psychology behind branding that us...

Get found across the board Pinterest , remember that? I used to use it yonks ago to plan my kid's birthday party, or to mood board my latest decorating project. But I never took it seriously from a business point of view. And maybe I should have done. For those living in a hole, Pinterest is a social media platform that allows users to "pin" images and articles to their board . People set up board...