Is being an entrepreneur like playing a game of poker? Bernard Huang thinks so.

Bernard is the co-founder of Clearscope, an SEO content optimization platform that helps businesses rank with high quality content.

On this episode of The Long Game, he joined host Alex Birkett to discuss how being an entrepreneur is all about placing strategic bets, why learning a new skill always includes sucking at first, and the importance of finding your best fit customers.

If you’re starting a blog, you also won’t want to miss a discussion of the latest SEO developments and why following your passion is key.

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Ahrefs’ CMO Tim Soulo believes in practicing what you preach - and for good reason. Ahrefs is an SEO tool with a powerful content strategy. The popular platform attracts traffic with a balance of keyword targeting and genuinely valuable content. How does Tim keep Ahrefs’ output ranking at the top? By investing in new ideas and top-notch industry leaders to keep his content going. In this episode of Office Hours, Tim and Alex talk about how to win the content ranking game. The conversation touches on topics such as appealing to customer imagination, the importance of learning the SEO ropes, and how to hire click-worthy writers. 

The Long Game is hosted by Alex Birkett and David Ly Khim who co-founded Omniscient Digital to help companies ranging from early-state to scale-ups with growth strategy, SEO, and content marketing. Allie Decker, Head of Content, joins the conversation as well.

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In this episode, Alex Birkett talks to Ilona Abramova who is VP of Operations at AppSumo, and an absolute genius at email marketing and copywriting.

This convo is very different from our other Long Game episodes. First, Ilona and AppSumo are a client of Omniscient’s. Second, Ilona’s a friend and someone who shares Alex’s divergent and semi-ADD tendencies in conversation (according to Alex himself).

Finally, instead talking about content marketing or diving into Ilona’s background, he thought it would be cool to do a live consultation. In this episode, Ilona teaches Alex how Omniscient should be doing email marketing.

If you’re building your email marketing program from scratch or revamping it for more ROI, you’ll find this useful. It’s also just a fun exploration of ideas that also touches upon email marketing best practices that anyone can use to increase the effectiveness of their program.

Look at this as a masterclass on email, as well as a look behind the curtains at what it’s like getting consulted from a master email marketer. 

Ilona Abramova is the VP of Operations at AppSumo, a digital marketplace dedicated to empowering entrepreneurs to start and grow their business. Previously Head of Content, she's obsessed with all things written (her speciality is email - & you can shoot her one at [email protected]). When she’s not silently correcting people's grammar, she’s traveling the world in search of the best matcha, having long existential conversations, or doing the New York Times Crossword.

The Long Game is hosted by Alex Birkett and David Ly Khim who co-founded Omniscient Digital to help companies ranging from early-state to scale-ups with growth strategy, SEO, and content marketing. Allie Decker, Head of Content, joins the conversation as well.

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Listen to more episodes of The Long Game podcast here: https://beomniscient.com/podcast/

In this Kitchen Side series we show you behind the curtain at our own agency, Omniscient Digital. In this episode, co-founder Alex Birkett and Head of Content, Allie Decker discuss hiring and managing freelance writers.

They bring their varied experiences to the conversation. Previously, Allie was a full-time freelance writer, while Alex has hired and worked with freelancers for in-house roles as well as for his personal website.

They cover how to find and vet freelancers, how to onboard them and communicate your expectations, and some potential pros and cons of working with freelancers. 

Check out Allie's blog for a complete guide on hiring freelancers. 

The Long Game is hosted by Alex Birkett and David Ly Khim who co-founded Omniscient Digital to help companies ranging from early-state to scale-ups with growth strategy, SEO, and content marketing. Allie Decker, Head of Content, joins the conversation as well.

Connect with Omniscient Digital on social:

Twitter: @beomniscient

Linkedin: Be Omniscient

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 https://beomniscient.com/podcast/

Peep Laja is the founder of CXL Institute (formerly known as ConversionXL, an education platform for marketers, analysts, UX professionals, etc.), Wynter (a platform to test your copywriting and website or product messaging), and Speero (a CRO agency). 

Depending on when you met him, you might know Peep as the “CRO guy”, the CRO guy who wears the paper boy hat, the powerhouse blogger and conference speaker, or the guy on Twitter who consistently posts blunt and brilliant insights. 

Alex Birkett goes way back with Peep. In fact, he used to work for him! As such he's learned a ton about from Peep about A/B testing, CRO, and analytic, but also invaluable lessons on how to run a business, how to ship quickly, how to demand excellence of himself and others, and how to prioritize what’s important in life. 

This conversation between Peep and Alex spans many topics, from tactical tips on how Peep manages his social media and audience building techniques, to his drive and motivation for continually launching and running new businesses. 

This interview was done in-person, so excuse the slight inconsistencies in audio since Alex didn’t have his usual podcast set-up. Enjoy and prepare to be intrigued!

Connect with Peep on Linkedin or Twitter.

The Long Game is hosted by Alex Birkett and David Ly Khim who co-founded Omniscient Digital to help companies ranging from early-state to scale-ups with growth strategy, SEO, and content marketing. Allie Decker, Head of Content, joins the conversation as well.

Connect with Omniscient Digital on social:

Twitter: @beomniscient

Linkedin: Be Omniscient

Listen to more episodes of The Long Game podcast here: https://beomniscient.com/podcast/

Sabel Harris and David Ly Khim met through their co-marketing efforts while she was at Contactually, and during David’s time at Hubspot. Sabel has held various roles as Director of Marketing at tech start-ups and she’s built communities, teams and companies. 

She was recently elected and currently serves as her district's Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner for District 1B12 in Washington, D.C. Outside of her public office work, she is the Director of Marketing of Demand Generation at EVERFI, an education technology company. 

In this episode, Sabel and David talk about balancing two full-time jobs, going to therapy, transitioning between careers, and the skills she’s developed as a Marketer. She gives great insight into what she’s learned, and how to apply them in the tech-realm. We hope you enjoy this conversation. 

Connect with Sabel on her website at sabelfordc.com

Twitter: @sabelharris 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sabelharris/

The Long Game is hosted by Alex Birkett and David Ly Khim who co-founded Omniscient Digital to help companies ranging from early-state to scale-ups with growth strategy, SEO, and content marketing. Allie Decker, Head of Content, joins the conversation as well.

Connect with Omniscient Digital on social:

Twitter: @beomniscient

Linkedin: Be Omniscient

Listen to more episodes of The Long Game podcast here: https://beomniscient.com/podcast/

Tracey Wallace is currently the Director of Marketing at MarketerHire, an on-demand talent marketplace for pre-vetted, expert marketers. 

Previously, she was the Head of Marketing at Eterneva (eternity + eva), the Global Editor in Chief at BigCommerce, and the Senior Content Marketing Manager at Umbel. She studied English, planned on becoming a novelist, and worked in media and journalism directly after college. 

Tracey is a world class writer, editor, manager, and networker. She has a contagious buoyancy and optimism, and truly cares about the quality of the work she puts out into the world. 

In this episode, Alex and Tracey cover her approach to content, how she marries the perfectionist artists’ desire for purity and craft, with the pragmatists’ need to design systems and automate as much as possible. They also dive into how this plays out in building what she describes as integrated marketing campaigns.

Lastly, she gives practical advice on how to network better and work with influencers.  Enjoy!

The Long Game is hosted by Alex Birkett and David Ly Khim who co-founded Omniscient Digital to help companies ranging from early-state to scale-ups with growth strategy, SEO, and content marketing. Allie Decker, Head of Content, joins the conversation as well.

Connect with Tracey on Twitter or at MarketerHire.

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Linkedin: Be Omniscient

Listen to more episodes of The Long Game podcast here: https://beomniscient.com/podcast/

Bill is the Director of Marketing at Frase, an artificial intelligence platform that helps growth teams drive organic traffic and improve conversion rates with integrated SEO and on-site search tools. 

Bill is a former professional poker player turned marketer. 

He met Alex on Twitter and they've gotten along swimmingly since. They share interests in esoteric matters such as decision theory, game theory, experimentation, SEO & content marketing, meditation, sailing and music. 

They both played in bands and seriously considered music as a career. 

In this episode, they cover these topics and discuss Bill’s career arch. Throughout this podcast there are a million gold nuggets that you can take away and use to change how you view work and decision making, especially if you’re in SEO, content marketing, or any acquisition related work. Enjoy!

The Long Game is hosted by Alex Birkett and David Ly Khim who co-founded Omniscient Digital to help companies ranging from early-state to scale-ups with growth strategy, SEO, and content marketing. Allie Decker, Head of Content, joins the conversation as well.

Connect with Bill on his website and on Twitter

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Listen to more episodes of The Long Game podcast here: https://beomniscient.com/podcast/

This episode of The Long Game is part of our Kitchen Side series, where we show you behind the scenes discussions, brainstorms, and decision making processes that happen at our content marketing agency, Omniscient Digital. 

In this episode, Omniscient Digital’s co-founders Allie Decker and Alex Birkett discuss how to build an audience and a passionate following. 

Jimmy Daly, former Content Marketing Director at Animalz, wrote an article called “Your Blog is Not a Publication”. Most blogs won’t develop a big audience of passionate followers who read every post chronologically, but you can certainly set your blog up to be a reference library that answers searchers questions and converts those who are delighted. 

The problem, however, is that some creators and businesses can build audiences and can act as publications. In the best case scenario, your blog acts as both a library AND a publication -- think HubSpot, Intercom, CXL, etc. 

In most of our client work, we pursue a Barbell Strategy with about 70-85% of our work being driven by the “library” model. We pursue strategic keywords, build links, and hope to convert searchers on individual posts. 

However, building and owning an audience is powerful. You’re able to effectively motivate action, change ideas and perceptions about the market, and coral your fans if you have an audience. 

The question then remains. How do you actually develop an audience?

Hope you enjoy this episode of The Long Game podcast.

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The Long Game.

This episode of The Long Game is part of our Kitchen Side series, where we show you behind the scenes discussions, brainstorms, and decision making processes that happen at our content marketing agency, Omniscient Digital. 

In this episode, our Content Growth Marketer Karissa Barcelo interviews Omniscient Digital’s co-founders Allie Decker and Alex Birkett about the role of a Content Marketing Strategist.

What does a CMS actually do day-to-day, as well as quarterly and annually? How do they fit into the broader content program and broader marketing organization? What makes an effective content strategist versus an ineffective one?

We cover these questions and more.

From this discussion, Karissa developed The Ultimate Guide to Becoming a Content Marketing Specialist.

In this piece, we break down the role of a content marketing strategist. Whether you want to hire one or you want to be one, this post will give you the answers you need to the most pressing questions:

• What does a Content Marketing Strategist do?
• What are some of the skills or traits an employer looks for in a Content Marketing Strategist?
• What does a typical year, quarter, month, week and day look like for a Content Marketing Strategist?
• What are some of the biggest misconceptions about the role?
• What are the biggest mistakes Content Marketing Strategists make in their work or strategy today?
• What’s the median salary for a CMS today?
• Why is the role of Content Marketing Strategist worth diving into in 2021?
• What does the future of content marketing look like?

And so much more. Check it out.

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