What are the best SEO audit tools? Ask Google, and you’ll get 9.5M results: You’ll see loads of posts listing dozens of different tools. And, while some are comprehensive, they usually aren’t organized in a way that allows you to quickly identify which tools are best for different parts of the SEO audit process. See: […]

Note: My premium training course, “The SEO Playbook”, will re-open soon. Find out more about the program and see what other students are saying here.  Looking to create high-performing SEO campaigns?Then you need a stout SEO toolset. The problem? The more tools you buy/subscribe-to, the more costs skyrocket. Think about it:Keyword research tool…$100+/month.Link analysis tool…$100+/month. Rank tracking tool…$100+/month.Site […]

It’s hard to discuss SEO without mentioning one piece of software or another: Keyword Research – you need this. Rank Tracking – I swear by this one. And for those folks running SEO agencies, the number of tools increases. Because let’s face it, managing multiple clients and campaigns requires more than one tool. Even if you’re using an all-in-One […]

Note: My premium training program, The SEO Playbook, will re-open soon. Learn more about the training and see what current students are saying here. Do you want to learn to rank #1 for high-traffic keywords in any niche?In this SEO case study, you’re going to learn the repeatable 6-step process one of my readers used to get […]

It’s critical to measure success when doing SEO, but which SEO metrics should you be looking at to determine success?Keyword rankings?Organic traffic?Number of backlinks?SERP engagement?   Leads and sales?Truth is – all of these are important. But, here’s the kicker: you should never use any single SEO metric to determine success/failure.This is because all SEO campaigns […]

Note: My premium training program, The SEO Playbook, re-opens soon. Learn more about the training and see what current students are saying here.  Let’s face it:Most on-page SEO checklists are completely useless.Don’t believe me? Do a Google search for “on-page SEO checklist” and take a look at the results…You get 3.6 million results!And: Most of them […]

Note: My premium training program, The SEO Playbook, will re-open soon. Learn more about the course and see what current students are saying here. Think you need dozens of tools for keyword research? Think again. I asked 137 search marketing experts a simple question: If you could only use 3 tools for keyword research, which 3 would you […]

Note: My premium training program, The SEO Playbook, will re-open again soon. Learn more about the training and see what current students are saying here. Traffic…the lifeblood of any online business.Think about it:No traffic = ZERO sales.And ZERO sales = ZERO revenue.Now:There’s always the option to pay for traffic (i.e. PPC). BUT:In some industries, the cost […]

What are the best tools for link building? Run a Google search and you’ll come across 11.7 million results! A lot of the posts list dozens of different tools. And, while the lists are comprehensive, the tools usually aren’t organized by category or use case. The result? You often come away feeling overwhelmed and not knowing where […]

Note: My premium training program, The SEO Playbook re-opens Monday, May 20th to another hundred students. Learn more about the training and see what current students are saying here.Most people rely on Google. How many times have you heard someone say: “Just Google it.” People make more than 3.5 billion searches every day on Google! But even more […]