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, will re-open 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 […]

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% […]

WordPress now powers over one-third of the top 10 million websites. Latest data from W3Techs shows WordPress is used on 33.5% of those sites – way ahead of any other platform: But choosing to use WordPress is just the start. On top of that, there are over 54,000 plugins to customize and optimize your site. […]

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.Are you struggling to bring in a steady stream of high-converting organic traffic?Truth is: Without SEO copywriting, you’re going to fail in two ways…Your content won’t rank for quality keywordsYour content […]

Are you tired of being outranked by your competitors? Do you wish you could steal their backlinks, rankings and traffic? (“YES, THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT I WANT, ROBBIE!”) Good, because this is exactly what I’ll be showing you how to do in this post with a technique I like to the call the RLR approach. This is […]

What are the best competitor analysis tools?Run a Google search and you’ll find dozens of posts listing hundreds of different tools, covering every aspect competitive analysis. While these lists provide a solid high level overview of all the tools on the market, they often leave feeling totally overwhelmed, not knowing where to start. I mean:You’re busy. I’m […]

Traffic.It’s the lifeblood of any online business.Without it, generating leads and feeding the sales funnel is next to impossible.Ask any marketer how to get more traffic and you’ll inevitably hear things like:Write more engaging content.Send more emails.Invest in paid traffic.Focus on SEO.And, while all play an important part in the overall strategy…It’s not necessarily the […]

This is a guest post by Venchito Tampon. He is the CEO and Co-Founder of SharpRocket, one of the top link building companies in Asia, offering content writing and link building services to SEO agencies. Be sure to follow Venchito on Twitter. Stressed about how you’re going to get more SEO clients? Struggling to market your SEO […]

Have you ever written (what you thought) was an epic piece of content only to see it sink into oblivion. No social engagement. No backlinks. No email signups. No traffic. Nothing! It’s a common story. In fact, there are 2 million new blog posts published everyday.  With all this noise and competition floating around, how do […]

Have you ever spent hours writing a quality piece of content only to see it scrape in a few social signals and deliver a handful of new visitors to your site? We’ve all been there. The problem is that in the era of content marketing so many people are drilling you with the notion that […]

Has your organic search traffic plummeted? Worried that Google might have hit your site with a manual or algorithmic penalty? Most SEO agencies will charge you an arm and a leg for the answer. Good news. I’m going to show you how to determine if you’re site has been penalized, identify which penalty you’re site […]