Full Shownotes: https://boldwithbrooke.com/125 Brooke's note - shownotes take time, please be patient if they're not up quite yet. I wanted to get the episode to you ASAP, done is better than perfect! Brooke's SEO Starter Pack (FREE): https://boldwithbrooke.com/seo SEO Summer was a HIT, thank you so much for your kind messages! Today's episode is part of a project I've been working on, and I wanted to share 4 lessons I've learned from my podcast for both my business and my life. I've been a podcaster for 6 years now, and while I haven't been entirely consistent, it has really forced me to embrace a few things that I've put off. I've laughed, cried, and failed, and keep moving forward, and today I'm going to share 4 things I've learned, with a bonus one slipped in there regarding public speaking. Because if you're not learning, you're dying, right? Listen in, and let me know your biggest ahas and takeaways! You can share them in the community at https://boldwithbrooke.com/community , OR you can take a screenshot and tag me on social @boldwithbrooke pretty much everywhere. Either way, I want to help - ask questions, get insights and share what you're working on. 🩷

Full Shownotes: https://boldwithbrooke.com/124 Brooke's note - shownotes take time, please be patient if they're not up quite yet. I wanted to get the episode to you ASAP, done is better than perfect! Brooke's SEO Starter Pack (FREE): https://boldwithbrooke.com/seo You've gone through 6 episodes total so far when it comes to content and SEO, and today is the last part of SEO Summer: how to actually know where you're ranking. And yes, I said 6 episodes total and today is the 7th, although I didn't count content pillars as part of SEO Summer, even though they're very closely tied in. Really, why bother working on SEO if you don't know where you're ranking, so you can see growth or decline? If you need more reason to keep track of analytics, check out episode 115, where we talk all about measuring them. This episode is going to be all about how to tell where you rank with search engines, so you can keep track of the NOW, and watch for the growth you're going to see when you start implementing everything you've learned in SEO Summer! If you're putting in the work, we want to see results, right? Listen in, and let me know your biggest ahas and takeaways! You can share them in the community at https://boldwithbrooke.com/community , OR you can take a screenshot and tag me on social @boldwithbrooke pretty much everywhere. Either way, I want to help - ask questions, get insights and share what you're working on. 🩷

Full Shownotes: https://boldwithbrooke.com/123 Brooke's note - shownotes take time, please be patient if they're not up quite yet. I wanted to get the episode to you ASAP, done is better than perfect! Brooke's SEO Starter Pack (FREE): https://boldwithbrooke.com/seo You're on board and learning more about SEO, immersed in SEO Summer - and we're not done yet! In this episode we're in part 5 - 3 tools you REALLY need to use and embrace when it comes to improving your SEO. Plus, how to actually use them. Because what good is a list of tools you have no idea how to use, right? Listen in, and let me know your biggest ahas and takeaways! You can share them in the community at https://boldwithbrooke.com/community , OR you can take a screenshot and tag me on social @boldwithbrooke pretty much everywhere. Either way, I want to help - ask questions, get insights and share what you're working on. 🩷

Full shownotes: https://boldwithbrooke.com/122 Brooke's note - shownotes take time, please be patient if they're not up quite yet. I wanted to get the episode to you ASAP, done is better than perfect! Brooke's SEO Starter Pack (FREE): https://boldwithbrooke.com/seo I hear a LOT of myths about SEO, and for some reason Facebook groups tend to be the place that people go to complain the most. Today we're busting 3 of the most common myths that I hear, and I'm going to give you some strategies to not only overcome those myths, but thrive and grow in search engine rankings with different types of content. Spoiler alert: it's not just about blogging y'all. Listen in, and let me know your biggest ahas and takeaways! You can share them in the community at https://boldwithbrooke.com/community , OR you can take a screenshot and tag me on social @boldwithbrooke pretty much everywhere. Either way, I want to help - ask questions, get insights and share what you're working on. 🩷

Full shownotes: https://boldwithbrooke.com/121 Brooke's note - shownotes take time, please be patient if they're not up quite yet. I wanted to get the episode to you ASAP, done is better than perfect!🩷 Brooke's SEO Starter Pack (FREE): https://boldwithbrooke.com/seo SO many people ask me: "I want to start with SEO but what the heck do I even do first?" Today's episode is going to go into the very first steps and things to consider when it comes to SEO. After all, SEO is just like any other skill, you're going to grow more and more when you're actually DOING it, so this is a first steps guide with some basic starting points. Even if you think that you're terrible at it - I promise, you can do it. Everything you're good at took time, right? This is no different! Listen in, and let me know your biggest ahas and takeaways! You can share them in the community at https://boldwithbrooke.com/community , OR you can take a screenshot and tag me on social @boldwithbrooke pretty much everywhere. Either way, I want to help - ask questions, get insights and share what you're working on. 🩷

Full shownotes: https://boldwithbrooke.com/120 So you're IN - you're on board and want to get started with SEO. And if you've listened to what I've been telling you, you know that you now need to know what your keywords are so you can start to build some SEO rank and authority. But how the heck do you choose those keywords? Today we're going to talk about how to choose keywords, what to think about, and where do you PUT those keywords so you can start seeing some growth in your search engine rankings! SEO for small businesses is a puzzle, and we have to get several things in place to start working on that puzzle, keywords are one piece. SEO for photographers & small business owners doesn't have to be difficult, let's dive in! Listen in, then head to the community to share your biggest aha moments at https://boldwithbrooke.com/community . If you prefer to share on social media, tag me in your screenshot @boldwithbrooke - I read them all! If you're ready for some accountability paired with marketing skills and courses, check out Bold Marketing Academy (http://boldmarketingacademy.com) . We have group coaching calls where you can get customized help, PLUS my most popular courses.

Full shownotes: https://boldwithbrooke.com/119 YAY welcome to SEO Summer Part 01! We are going to dive into SEO 101, kind of a basic primer with some details that you'll need to know for the upcoming episodes. PLUS, five things that you really need to have on every webpage to get the maximum SEO benefits. Because really - why does SEO matter anyway? Listen in, then head to the community to share your biggest aha moments at https://boldwithbrooke.com/community . If you prefer to share on social media, tag me in your screenshot @boldwithbrooke - I read them all! If you're ready for some accountability paired with marketing skills and courses, check out Bold Marketing Academy. We have group coaching calls where you can get customized help, PLUS my most popular courses. This episode is available on the YouTube channel, click here to watch the video!

Full shownotes: https://boldwithbrooke.com/118 Do you ever sit down to create content and then draw COMPLETELY blank because you don't know what to share? Yup - me too. In today's episode we are going to go into a foundation of marketing in ANY format - whether it's social media, SEO, email marketing, and more: Content Pillars. Known by many names, they're absolutely essential in being consistent with your content and marketing, and making your life easier. Listen in, then head to the community to share your biggest aha moments at https://boldwithbrooke.com/community . If you prefer to share on social media, tag me in your screenshot @boldwithbrooke - I read them all! If you're ready for some accountability paired with marketing skills and courses, check out Bold Marketing Academy. We have group coaching calls where you can get customized help, PLUS my most popular courses. This episode is available on the YouTube channel, click here to watch the video!

Full shownotes: https://boldwithbrooke.com/117 Outsourcing can be a beautiful thing. It sounds like a DREAM to hire someone to handle the things you don't want to do in your business, right? It is definitely a dream - Until it's a nightmare.

I have had so many friends call me in tears, because they've been scammed by marketing and SEO companies that promise them the world, and then end up taking money without providing the service they promised.

This has even happened to me - and I promise you, it won't happen again.

We ALL make mistakes and learn from them, and I wanted to offer some red flags and things to look out for BEFORE hiring one of these companies, so that you can learn from my mistakes, and others.

Listen in, then head to the community at https://boldwithbrooke.com/community and tell me what you think - have you had issues with this in your own business?

If social media is your preference, take a screenshot and tag me on IG or TikTok @boldwithbrooke - I would love to know your aha moments!

This episode is available on the YouTube channel, click here to watch the video!

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Full shownotes: https://boldwithbrooke.com/116 I have been attending the Colorado Firefighter Calendar events for YEARS, and have watched how the firefighters behave and work the crowd, and this episode has been waiting now for two years to be published. Since the big event is this weekend, it's time! 6 Business Lessons from the Hot Firefighters, including kindness, inclusivity, imperfection and more. Listen in and then let me know your biggest ahas or takeaways in the community at https://boldwithbrooke.com/community If you want more great marketing content, course and skills PLUS the accountability and coaching you need to actually implement those skills, check out Bold Marketing Academy at https://boldmarketingacademy.com