*** In a hurry? Check out the final leaderboard here. *** What are the best tools for tracking keyword rankings? Run a Google search and you’ll get over 9.5M results: You’ll see posts listing dozens of different rank tracking tools. And, while a lot of the posts are comprehensive, you often leave paralyzed by all […]

Note: My training program, The SEO Playbook, is now OPEN for enrollment. You can learn more about the course and see what current students are saying here.Are you wondering why your website traffic is so low? Even though you’re ranking on page one, you’re not getting the number of visitors you expected. So what’s going wrong? To find […]

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 […]

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 training program, The SEO Playbook, is now OPEN for enrollment. 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: […]

Note: My training program, The SEO Playbook, is now OPEN for enrollment. 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 website traffic (i.e. PPC). BUT:In some industries, […]

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 training program, The SEO Playbook, is now OPEN for enrollment. 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 interesting is that 75% […]