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🎙️ Google doesn't rank websites. It ranks TRUST. 🔐

I had a blast joining the Conversion Zoo podcast 🦁🐒 to talk about SEO, AI, and what businesses should actually focus on right now if they want traffic that keeps growing for years. 📈

Here's what we got into:

🛹 From side hustle to full-time agency. I started SEO Optimizers on lunch breaks and late nights back when I was a director of SEO at ad agencies. I didn't quit my job until my agency had out-earned my paycheck for 6 straight months. (Spoiler: playing it safe saved me in 2020.)

🤖 AI content and Google. Google says it doesn't care who writes your content, as long as it's helpful and accurate. I share how I write prompts that run 1 to 2 pages long, and why copying and pasting straight from ChatGPT is a bad idea. 🚫📋

🔗 Backlinks still run the show. Why buying 1,000 links on Fiverr for $20 does more harm than good, why that "As Seen in Forbes" PR placement might be sitting on a noindex page 👀, and how to build links that actually count.

🧠 ChatGPT vs. Google. ChatGPT is basically Bing in an AI costume. Optimize for Google and you're covering most of the AI platforms too.

🎯 Quick SEO wins you can use today. Give every service its own page, write more than your competitors do, and stop trying to be on every platform at once. (But DO claim your username everywhere before someone else grabs it! 🏃‍♂️💨)

🐢 Patience pays. SEO is slow, steady wins until you hit that hockey-stick growth. 🏒📊

Plus, I talk about the skateboarding Instagram page I grew to a couple hundred thousand followers as a passion project. 🛹🔥

🎁 I put together a free gift for listeners! Head to 👉 seooptimizers.com/gift for my free classes, my contact info, and a free website SEO analysis you can book right on my calendar. 🗓️✅

Huge thanks to Conversion Zoo for having me on! 🙌 Hit play and let me know your biggest SEO question in the comments. 👇💬

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🎙️ I had a great time joining Ran Mehia on the eCoffee with Experts podcast to talk about where SEO is headed and how search is changing faster than ever! 🚀

We dove into some big topics, including how AI is reshaping search behavior, why businesses need to focus on visibility beyond traditional Google search, and why quality beats quantity when it comes to link building. 🔍

I also shared how I got started in digital marketing back in 2007, built SEO Optimizers from the ground up, and eventually went all-in on helping businesses turn search visibility into actual leads, sales, and conversions. 📈

We also talked about:
🤖 AI, ChatGPT, Perplexity & the future of search
🔗 Why quality backlinks matter more than collecting tons of links
🎙️ How guest podcasting can build backlinks, authority, trust, and content
📄 Why creating focused service pages can improve SEO
🏆 Building topical authority through strategic content and internal linking
💡 Using competitor research to uncover new SEO opportunities
🚀 The importance of patience when building a business
⏰ Why delegation and systems are essential for scaling

One thing I really emphasized is that SEO isn't just about getting traffic anymore. It's about being visible wherever people are searching and turning that visibility into real business results.

Thanks to Ran and the entire eCoffee with Experts team for having me! 🙌

🎧 Check out the full conversation and let me know what you think!

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🎙️ I went on the Virtual CPA Success Show to talk SEO, and we did not hold back.

Ever feel like you're doing all the SEO things but the needle just refuses to move? 😩 Yeah, I hear that a lot. So I sat down with Joey Kinney and Jody Grundin to unpack what actually works right now, and what people are wasting money on.

Here's what we got into 👇

📉 Why cranking out 10 blog posts a month is losing to 2 genuinely good ones
🤖 How Google really judges "quality" (hint: E-E-A-T, and no tool can fake it for you)
🔗 Why backlinks are still the trust currency of the internet
⏳ The real timeline for SEO results, and why "6 months" is a starting point, not a promise
💰 Where I'd put a marketing budget if I were starting from zero
🔁 Why remarketing ads to the folks who bounced off your site might be the best money you spend
📱 What social media actually does for your rankings (it's not what most people think)
🧐 My honest answer on whether ChatGPT is about to flip the whole thing upside down

One client story I share: a car leasing company with a 25-year-old domain, barely any SEO work done. We cleaned up their structure, built a handful of backlinks, and they shot into the top 3 for almost all their keywords within months. That kind of speed is rare, and I explain exactly why it happened for them.

My big takeaway, and I said it at the end of the episode: SEO is the long game. 🌱 Paid ads get you there fast. SEO keeps you there. Build it up, stay patient, don't get discouraged when month two looks quiet.

🎁 I put together a free gift for listeners at seooptimizers.com/gift, plus free classes and a link to book time with me. Happy to look at your site and tell you what I see.

Grab a coffee and watch this one all the way through. ☕👀

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