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Today I’m talking with Jono Alderson. Jono is a digital strategist at Yoast and also a bit of a wise old sage in the world of SEO, he’s not actually that old, but he has an air of Doctor who about him if you ask me.

I saw him present at Yoastcon last year and his talk about the future of the internet and Google searches was, without doubt, my favourite speech at any conference I’ve ever been too. High praise right?

So today on the podcast I wanted to ask Jono a big question. We’re all working on our websites, right? Some DIY, some splashing big bucks, the platforms are working to improve, the plugins, the browsers, the search engine.

So what actually happens when all our websites are fixed? What will we do then?

In this episode well think about the future… and what it means for the average Joe or Johanna.

Because of the CoronaVirus, the world has gone on pause and is staying at home for an undetermined amount of time. While working from home is not new to me, the pandemic has created a new set of circumstances that I have to deal with. I know you are probably dealing with the same, so I am going to share some ways I am handling each one.

If you’re a small to medium sized business, you’re probably short on both time and money, so you’ve taken a DIY approach to many aspects of your business. But when it comes to SEO, this can seem like an impossibly daunting task that only an expensive professional should tackle. Well, take it from Matthew Woodward, who’s been taking the DIY approach to SEO long before there was even a name for it, who guarantees you can see immediate success on your own by following a few specific strategies and utilizing the help of some great plugins.

When it comes to digital marketing, content is king. But it’s also difficult and time consuming to create. So how can you create content that works well in both search and social? Melissa Sciorra, who is the Senior Manager of SEO & Content Marketing for SmarterTravel Media, shows us how your content can do double duty.

Featured snippets, some love them, some hate them.

For some, they’re a chance to grab position zero and end up at the tipperty top of the Google results even when competing with the big boys.

For others, they’re Google scraping our content and denying us click-throughs.

Today we’ll talk through what Featured Snippets are, the different formats, and what tactics you need to use to nab them, and whether they really are good for branding, click through and conversion.

 

Tune in to learn:

• What are featured snippets
• Types of snippets (old and new)
• What triggers Google to show a featured snippet
• Benefits beyond ‘position zero’
• How being featured relates to traffic and click-through
• Why voice search is important
• How to get there, and make it ‘work’ for you

 

We might think we know what our customers are thinking, but we’re wrong, according to revenue coach, Kristin Zhivago. And in order to really go down that journey of better customer service, you first need to toss aside any expectations of what you think your customers are going to say, and actually be willing to start talking to them. 

By doing this, you get to find out your company’s strengths and weaknesses. You find out the things you’re really good at that you want to promote, and the things that you need to fix in the background. And once you fix them, then you can promote those.